New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 8, 2024

4,847 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $259.13/cwt +9.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,360/hd at 525 lb · 281 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $220.52/cwt +21.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,403/hd at 636 lb · 262 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $254.54/cwt +36.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,234/hd at 485 lb · 196 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,847	670	6,126
Feeder cattle	4,134	467	5,046
Slaughter cattle	447	126	555
Replacement cattle	266	77	525

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-14.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifer also sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher, Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252 unweaned	252	5	297.00	$297.00	$748	—
252–299	288	20	317.00–342.00	$323.36	$931	—
300–345	328	16	270.00–334.00	$308.78	$1,013	+22.37
346 value added	346	4	312.00	$312.00	$1,080	—
357 unweaned	357	5	277.00	$277.00	$989	—
355–398	378	111	260.00–328.00	$312.39	$1,181	+36.45
407 value added	407	2	322.00	$322.00	$1,311	—
403–445	425	82	254.00–310.00	$292.15	$1,242	+22.59
456	456	6	258.00	$258.00	$1,176	-2.53
453–471 value added	467	12	290.00–298.00	$296.06	$1,383	—
467–498	486	75	254.00–288.00	$270.42	$1,314	+9.89
523–525 value added	524	18	275.00–282.00	$278.51	$1,459	—
500–549	525	253	242.00–275.00	$258.70	$1,358	+8.64
526	526	10	235.00	$235.00	$1,236	-15.06
560 value added	560	9	262.50	$262.50	$1,470	—
550–599	586	162	228.00–259.00	$244.57	$1,433	+4.00
600–646	624	130	225.00–245.00	$237.84	$1,484	+0.84
653–694	677	163	210.00–240.00	$226.98	$1,537	—
717	717	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,420	-11.00
704–740	723	95	183.00–227.00	$214.21	$1,549	+5.21
751–796	776	54	165.00–218.50	$209.10	$1,623	—
826–832	828	19	208.50–209.00	$208.84	$1,729	—
859	859	8	191.00	$191.00	$1,641	—
910–937	931	9	177.00–194.00	$180.69	$1,682	—
1002	1002	5	173.00	$173.00	$1,733	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225 unweaned	225	1	250.00	$250.00	$562	—
265–290	280	4	260.00–280.00	$265.17	$742	+6.97
300–345	333	18	222.00–280.00	$256.82	$855	+14.31
350–397	374	46	240.00–285.00	$266.82	$998	+18.15
405–448	436	42	222.00–286.00	$269.52	$1,175	+28.73
455–495	485	31	230.00–251.00	$248.34	$1,204	+9.78
500–547	534	51	222.00–247.00	$232.89	$1,244	-4.52
550–595	573	9	200.00–223.00	$217.39	$1,246	-17.61
600–630	620	3	190.00–220.00	$199.68	$1,238	-19.02
650–690	670	2	170.00–215.00	$191.83	$1,285	—
775–791	786	9	185.00–201.00	$194.82	$1,531	—
805–825	815	2	165.00–187.00	$175.87	$1,433	—
915	915	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,665	+41.00
1090	1090	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,199	-30.00
1150	1150	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,265	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	15	295.50	$295.50	$1,155	—
404–438	415	6	220.00–230.00	$223.52	$928	—
486	486	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,166	—
558	558	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,256	—
605–626	610	13	215.00–229.00	$218.32	$1,332	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	225	3	190.00–240.00	$215.16	$484	-14.84
260–290	277	10	175.00–240.00	$215.82	$598	-14.18
300–340	321	6	172.00–220.00	$194.20	$623	+20.87
355–390	375	4	165.00–217.00	$195.93	$735	+3.71
415–440	428	6	190.00–215.00	$206.75	$885	+6.75
450–475	463	2	187.00–190.00	$188.54	$873	+28.38
500	500	1	162.00	$162.00	$810	—
565–595	580	2	162.00–205.00	$182.94	$1,061	+12.94
650–680	665	2	172.00–202.00	$186.66	$1,241	+34.66
715	715	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,072	-10.77

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	4	112.00	$112.00	$391	—
512–530	521	4	65.00–74.00	$69.58	$363	—
585	585	4	69.00	$69.00	$404	—
615	615	2	78.00	$78.00	$480	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492–493	493	8	238.00–242.00	$240.00	$1,183	—
550	550	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,282	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	427	3	60.00–67.00	$62.30	$266	—
460	460	1	55.00	$55.00	$253	-9.00
558	558	3	78.50	$78.50	$438	+8.29
612	612	3	78.00	$78.00	$477	+5.69

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	4	160.00	$160.00	$810	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	3	194.00	$194.00	$1,053	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,363	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50 unweaned	50	1	150.00	$150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	260.00	$260.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120 unweaned	120	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	4	277.00	$277.00	$598	—
268–289 unweaned	283	13	225.00–227.00	$225.58	$638	—
290	290	8	250.00–270.00	$262.50	$761	+10.00
305–339 unweaned	333	17	220.00–240.00	$236.77	$788	—
312–348	335	34	222.00–287.00	$273.25	$915	+32.17
350–398	380	35	221.00–283.00	$268.13	$1,019	+46.12
391	391	3	253.00	$253.00	$989	+30.99
409	409	13	228.00	$228.00	$933	+6.92
403–448	421	97	240.00–274.00	$255.17	$1,074	+34.09
472 value added	472	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,303	—
456–499	485	194	213.00–262.00	$254.32	$1,233	+35.88
500–540	511	74	210.00–253.00	$242.39	$1,239	+24.12
567 value added	567	53	277.00	$277.00	$1,571	+57.00
557–598	578	75	216.00–236.00	$230.50	$1,332	+15.50
600–648	636	262	205.00–228.50	$220.52	$1,403	+21.52
651–697	674	94	207.50–224.00	$214.35	$1,445	+25.10
707–738	718	54	200.00–227.50	$212.77	$1,528	+20.27
762–787	766	39	180.00–207.00	$200.91	$1,539	—
788	788	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,182	—
803–848	816	27	175.00–187.00	$182.92	$1,493	—
888	888	2	177.00	$177.00	$1,572	—
914	914	8	179.00	$179.00	$1,636	+14.00
975–988	984	7	130.00–169.00	$157.96	$1,554	—
1085	1085	8	140.00	$140.00	$1,519	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	4	215.00	$215.00	$580	+5.00
300–340	328	18	191.00–253.00	$239.64	$786	+20.22
350–398	383	23	190.00–260.00	$225.66	$864	+19.97
420–440	429	6	190.00–212.00	$202.77	$870	+10.77
453–495	470	15	192.00–240.00	$204.82	$963	+2.07
505–535	526	18	187.00–233.00	$217.42	$1,144	+5.42
556–598	570	11	190.00–226.00	$211.44	$1,205	+19.52
620–633	629	3	177.00–181.00	$179.69	$1,130	+1.01
670–690	673	8	167.00–194.00	$189.48	$1,275	—
805–820	813	13	149.00	$149.00	$1,211	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	285.00	$285.00	$841	—
375–395	386	13	265.00–267.00	$265.90	$1,026	—
405	405	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,000	—
549	549	17	225.00	$225.00	$1,235	—
626–640	636	15	191.00–215.00	$208.70	$1,327	—
650	650	2	157.00	$157.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	283	3	162.00–185.00	$171.28	$485	-17.30
315–345	326	4	160.00–210.00	$185.63	$605	-2.34
355–385	375	4	150.00–192.00	$171.90	$645	-4.73
400–445	423	2	172.00–187.00	$179.10	$758	+7.10
450–485	470	3	182.00–190.00	$186.57	$877	+10.74
512	512	8	208.00	$208.00	$1,065	—
552	552	2	216.00	$216.00	$1,192	+54.68
668–698	688	6	160.00–170.00	$163.24	$1,123	+6.24
830	830	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,245	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	5	190.00	$190.00	$735	—
407	407	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,123	—
457–483	470	10	250.00–258.00	$254.11	$1,194	—
517	517	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,210	—
557	557	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,303	—
602	602	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,397	—
734	734	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,138	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684	684	19	206.00	$206.00	$1,409	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125 unweaned	125	1	220.00	$220.00	-55.00
203 unweaned	203	6	400.00	$400.00	+70.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,086	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	230.00	$230.00	$713	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	67.00	$67.00	$332	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	60.00	$60.00	$267	+10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–338	328	10	302.00–312.00	$308.90	$1,013	—
369	369	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,144	—
445	445	3	207.00–258.00	$241.00	$1,072	—
513	513	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,118	—
553	553	10	228.00	$228.00	$1,261	—
613–636	631	14	182.00–208.00	$202.59	$1,278	+42.59
650–679	676	11	195.00–215.00	$213.25	$1,442	+43.25
731	731	4	191.00	$191.00	$1,396	+21.09
888	888	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,199	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	3	198.00	$198.00	$942	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
823	823	2	193.00	$193.00	$1,588	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,261	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	162.00	$162.00	$875	—
570	570	1	142.00	$142.00	$809	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	1	105.00	$105.00	$840	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	65.00	$65.00	$380	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–825	753	85-90%	2	75.00	$75.00	$565	—
758–970	823	85-90%	16	55.00–68.50	$63.98	$527	—
785–975	880	85-90%	2	57.00–63.00	$59.68	$525	-3.41
583–1610	912	85-90%	8	80.00–90.00	$87.22	$795	+14.65
685–1350	955	85-90%	33	68.00–79.50	$75.85	$724	-9.40
840–1845	1049	85-90%	70	76.00–90.50	$82.44	$865	—
900–1420	1060	85-90%	23	83.00–87.00	$84.40	$895	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1270	884	80-85%	4	91.00–95.00	$92.44	$817	—
905–1455	1092	80-85%	3	100.00–110.00	$106.35	$1,161	—
900–1305	1108	80-85%	15	94.00–111.00	$96.23	$1,066	+5.15
930–1755	1109	80-85%	31	86.00–97.00	$89.92	$997	-1.16
820–1695	1171	80-85%	42	89.00–108.00	$94.65	$1,108	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1385	1198	75-80%	2	100.00–105.00	$102.11	$1,223	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	1	80.00	$80.00	$752	—
1015–1975	1428	37	90.50–110.00	$102.84	$1,469	—
1450	1450	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,784	—
1140–1760	1470	12	64.00–94.00	$81.22	$1,194	—
1100–2180	1579	20	107.00–117.00	$110.51	$1,745	+7.23

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
565–1163	789	(<2 yrs)	Open	51	105.00–182.00	$141.12	$1,113

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	117.50	$117.50	$875

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
893	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00
950–1000	975	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	610.00–1,085.00	$847.50
966–1045	979	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,300.00–1,625.00	$1,570.83
825–1123	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	900.00–1,600.00	$1,090.00
940–1293	1038	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	700.00–1,250.00	$1,029.33
905–1236	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	800.00–1,250.00	$1,058.08
1145–1175	1162	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,675.00	$1,395.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00
1080–1350	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	925.00–1,375.00	$1,233.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570	570	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
715–845	803	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$827.50
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
910–1180	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,025.00–1,375.00	$1,156.67

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
772	772	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	435.00	$435.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	785.00	$785.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
702–885	755	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	975.00–1,300.00	$1,115.63
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
840–860	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–1,475.00	$1,100.00
775–1032	904	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,200.00	$1,137.50

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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
805–1125	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,925.00	$1,450.00	—
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1080–1095	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00–1,925.00	$1,650.00	-25.00
915–1265	1094	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	675.00–1,460.00	$1,070.00	-605.00
920–1600	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	900.00–1,650.00	$1,390.00	—
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	2	100.00	$100.00	$417	—
684	684	5	140.00	$140.00	$958	—
742	742	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,106	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	114.00	$114.00	$826	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–399	380	85	224.00–272.00	$263.91	$1,003	—
413	413	6	160.00	$160.00	$661	—
470	470	4	185.00	$185.00	$870	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	4	130.00	$130.00	$478	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	105.00	$105.00	$407	—

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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.