New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 26, 2023

2,108 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $276.95/cwt -5.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,465/hd at 529 lb · 65 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $248.55/cwt +3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,188/hd at 478 lb · 44 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $229.17/cwt -13.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,548/hd at 676 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,108	2,967	481
Feeder cattle	1,416	2,303	244
Slaughter cattle	339	350	146
Replacement cattle	353	314	91

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; steer calves were mixed from 8.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves were mixed 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers 3-00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Very good buyer attendance.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284–295	288	6	310.00–362.00	$344.22	$991	+39.77
310–349	337	10	302.00–355.00	$337.66	$1,138	+68.66
361–395	373	12	292.00–316.00	$305.92	$1,141	+8.76
353–394 value added	380	12	331.00–352.00	$337.50	$1,282	+10.65
412–447	430	28	285.00–310.00	$295.03	$1,269	+38.03
447 value added	447	5	308.00	$308.00	$1,377	+6.22
450	450	9	256.00	$256.00	$1,152	-25.96
458 value added	458	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,466	+25.00
455–497	474	30	270.00–309.00	$284.32	$1,348	+2.36
505–508 value added	506	6	280.00–300.00	$293.31	$1,484	-7.69
515	515	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,221	-37.86
527	527	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,423	+26.00
505–547	532	55	261.00–294.00	$276.87	$1,473	+32.87
557 value added	557	2	284.00	$284.00	$1,582	+19.60
567	567	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,418	-14.49
550–597	578	20	257.00–276.00	$264.40	$1,528	-0.09
605–646	619	37	230.00–254.00	$246.36	$1,525	-6.87
667–675	669	26	198.00–235.00	$219.05	$1,465	-22.05
680–697 value added	685	18	228.00–250.00	$243.78	$1,670	-31.22
703–742	712	9	207.00–227.50	$222.75	$1,586	+10.98
738	738	2	183.00	$183.00	$1,351	-28.77
766–790	782	13	211.00–215.00	$213.79	$1,672	+3.09
801–835	807	6	180.00–215.00	$205.98	$1,662	-3.02
870 value added	870	2	245.00	$245.00	$2,132	—
853–891	874	16	181.50–202.00	$192.50	$1,682	+7.50
920–945	939	5	171.00–183.00	$177.99	$1,671	+16.99
982	982	2	177.00	$177.00	$1,738	—
1071–1098	1088	26	170.00	$170.00	$1,850	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,262	+25.06
535	535	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,204	+11.73
635	635	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,238	-17.52
670–680	675	4	210.00–211.00	$210.50	$1,421	+14.01
805–848	841	6	185.00–206.00	$195.75	$1,646	+17.50

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–477	477	8	282.00–289.00	$287.26	$1,370	—
536	536	5	151.00	$151.00	$809	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550 thin fleshed	550	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,568	—
565	565	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,412	-5.00
606	606	3	218.50	$218.50	$1,324	+1.50
787	787	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,653	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
244	244	5	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
858	858	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	500.00	$500.00	+30.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–267	262	10	285.00–288.00	$286.17	$750	+11.27
308–329	321	8	260.00–290.00	$279.21	$896	+9.45
338 unweaned	338	2	250.00	$250.00	$845	—
358–392	370	20	245.00–270.00	$258.35	$956	-3.59
411–448	424	27	238.00–260.00	$253.57	$1,075	-7.88
453–487 value added	474	10	260.00–275.00	$265.48	$1,258	-9.52
453–495	479	32	227.00–258.00	$244.11	$1,169	+0.14
483	483	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,135	+9.00
502 thin fleshed	502	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,255	—
502–538	518	23	224.00–243.00	$232.57	$1,205	-4.40
550–582	566	21	222.00–240.00	$229.74	$1,300	+8.22
560–591 value added	587	14	242.00–261.00	$258.41	$1,517	—
611–617 value added	613	6	261.00–268.00	$263.35	$1,614	—
607–628	618	21	224.00–244.00	$230.99	$1,428	+22.72
635	635	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,359	+5.73
645	645	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,425	+12.73
654–686	665	22	200.00–225.00	$215.82	$1,435	+27.82
715–742	724	8	211.00–222.00	$215.87	$1,563	+19.42
756–770	761	8	183.00–214.00	$203.55	$1,549	+17.72
920	920	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420	418	6	232.00–247.00	$241.65	$1,010	+18.71
473–495	485	7	207.00–227.00	$219.73	$1,066	+13.26
501	501	6	195.00	$195.00	$977	-3.58
621	621	10	228.00	$228.00	$1,416	+40.90
620–642	640	11	200.00–201.00	$200.91	$1,286	-3.59
700–745	723	2	160.00–164.00	$161.94	$1,171	—
777–785	783	7	164.00–172.00	$169.73	$1,329	-10.67
835	835	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,261	—
955	955	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,490	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	3	208.00	$208.00	$620	—
337	337	3	204.00	$204.00	$687	—
451–498	467	6	85.00–180.00	$118.79	$555	—
475	475	2	46.00	$46.00	$218	—
580	580	1	50.00	$50.00	$290	-97.00
602–635	619	4	47.00–66.00	$56.75	$351	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	325.00	$325.00	—
285	285	1	300.00	$300.00	—
315	315	2	350.00	$350.00	—
410	410	2	475.00	$475.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
723	723	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,352	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	105.00	$105.00	$562	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	301.00	$301.00	$882	+113.50
398	398	3	294.00	$294.00	$1,170	—
480–496	485	10	232.00–238.00	$233.84	$1,134	-11.16
520	520	3	278.00	$278.00	$1,446	+104.74
557	557	8	227.00	$227.00	$1,264	+15.32
673	673	16	220.00	$220.00	$1,481	+35.73
711–726	719	10	173.00–204.00	$188.66	$1,356	+8.66
760–778	770	7	186.00–191.00	$188.89	$1,454	+32.89
840–845	843	2	110.00–113.00	$111.50	$940	—
882 value added	882	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,746	—
965–970	968	2	76.00–105.00	$90.54	$876	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	180.00	$180.00	$612	—
351	351	4	188.00	$188.00	$660	—
450	450	4	192.00	$192.00	$864	—
533	533	4	166.00	$166.00	$885	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
405	405	3	475.00	$475.00	—
501	501	4	425.00	$425.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	5	172.00	$172.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,087	+62.50
528	528	3	256.00	$256.00	$1,352	—
640	640	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,536	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,061	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1265–1435	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,800.00–3,100.00	$2,950.00	-750.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	50.00	$50.00	$222	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1165	1055	80-85%	2	90.00	$90.00	$950	—
890–1650	1108	80-85%	40	89.00–95.25	$91.96	$1,019	—
945–1640	1209	80-85%	21	94.50–104.50	$99.03	$1,197	+3.69
1000–1690	1241	80-85%	22	91.00–101.50	$94.86	$1,177	-0.48
1093–1583	1247	80-85%	25	94.50–103.00	$99.73	$1,244	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678–1265	886	85-90%	38	79.00–89.50	$84.32	$747	+48.32
825–1190	923	85-90%	15	52.00–66.00	$61.92	$572	-3.89
685–1615	1018	85-90%	10	65.00–78.00	$71.67	$730	-7.94
995–1560	1154	85-90%	6	85.00–90.00	$87.55	$1,010	-0.51

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1310	1253	75-80%	3	102.50–106.00	$103.88	$1,302	—
1005–1485	1276	75-80%	14	100.00–111.00	$107.44	$1,371	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1605	1194	5	86.00–98.00	$91.84	$1,097	—
995–1915	1451	17	101.00–115.00	$109.67	$1,591	—
1300–2060	1645	28	114.00–130.25	$122.55	$2,016	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
896–1022	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	126.00–158.00	$132.86	$1,289

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
700–1225	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	900.00–1,400.00	$1,186.54
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	960.00	$960.00
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
780–1185	992	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	700.00–1,175.00	$987.00
930–1290	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,200.00–1,725.00	$1,455.00
970–1180	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,375.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635	635	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	635.00	$635.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–795	703	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	425.00–475.00	$452.50
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
755	755	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
700–960	837	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,325.00	$1,208.33

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,300.00–2,000.00	$1,650.00	+112.50
785–1300	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,200.00–2,200.00	$1,918.75	+381.25
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	-37.50
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	+275.00
910–1200	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00–1,900.00	$1,630.00	+305.00
985–1260	1073	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,275.00–1,900.00	$1,611.11	—
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
750–2050	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	1,075.00–2,350.00	$1,670.26	—
985–1230	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,575.00–1,900.00	$1,737.50	—
1025–1292	1114	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	1,700.00–3,000.00	$2,465.00	+778.89
935–1585	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,550.00–1,950.00	$1,721.88	+35.77
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,700.00	$2,700.00	+107.14
1070–1260	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,400.00–2,125.00	$1,843.75	-749.11
1065–1325	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,500.00	-608.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885	885	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00	$675.00	—
660–1190	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,725.00	$1,425.00	+370.00
905	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+195.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875–955	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–800.00	$762.50	-387.50
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	162.00	$162.00	$708	—
723	723	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,157	+55.00

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	105.00	$105.00	$362	—
455–460	458	2	102.00	$102.00	$467	—
575	575	1	71.00	$71.00	$408	—
740	740	1	75.00	$75.00	$555	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	14	258.00	$258.00	$795	—
359–360	359	90	242.00	$242.00	$869	—
421	421	26	228.50	$228.50	$962	—
442	442	4	180.00	$180.00	$796	—
485	485	2	156.00	$156.00	$757	—
585	585	31	221.00	$221.00	$1,293	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	130.00	$130.00	$442	-32.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.