New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 163 priced lines covering 2,055 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,661 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 420 head. replacement cattle receipts at 178 head. Counted as USDA files them — 45 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 6, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Portales, NM (LS-CV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,661Last week 3,062Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 420Last week 497Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 178Last week 325Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs. mostly 5.00-7.00 lower, over 600 lbs. steady, instances 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher, bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Lower numbers of slaughter cows and bulls available at auction increasing demand.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,039	975.00–1,000.00	989.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,168	1,350.00–1,490.00	1,409.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,239	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,327.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	958	850.00–1,125.00	995.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	968	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,262.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	970	850.00–1,010.00	906.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	925	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,133.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,168	1,370.00–1,380.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	873	910.00–1,075.00	992.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	753	650.00–760.00	720.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,440	880.00	880.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,013	700.00–750.00	725.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,315	775.00–885.00	830.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,138	800.00–875.00	833.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	917	650.00–785.00	740.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	600.00–825.00	712.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,073	450.00–585.00	531.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,044	600.00–800.00	737.50
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	360.00	360.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	800	385.00	385.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	575.00	575.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	869	75.50	75.50
6	—	966	73.00	73.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	307	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	155.00	155.00
5	—	463	157.00–158.00	157.61
5	—	303	187.00	187.00
3	—	388	164.00	164.00
2	—	825	115.00	115.00
2	—	715	132.00	132.00
2	—	598	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	861	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	419	186.00–190.00	187.79
6	—	631	144.00–155.50	151.85
2	—	322	196.00	196.00
13	—	263	221.00	221.00
11	—	351	192.00	192.00
8	—	205	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	772	130.00–136.10	135.91
63	—	622	142.50–152.75	147.77
48	—	582	147.75–156.50	150.23
25	—	476	154.50–170.00	162.17
22	—	520	153.00–161.00	156.77
22	—	428	171.00–181.00	175.54
17	—	879	120.50–122.00	120.76
17	—	825	120.50–126.50	123.64
12	—	671	135.00–141.50	138.54
3	—	266	201.00	201.00
10	—	925	115.50	115.50
6	—	379	179.00–188.00	184.02
2	—	343	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	531	150.00	150.00
8	—	455	153.50–161.00	158.15
8	—	314	169.00–170.00	169.62
7	—	368	165.00	165.00
4	—	422	162.50	162.50
2	—	667	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	168.00–170.00	168.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	459	180.50–183.00	181.64
4	—	296	219.00	219.00
3	—	302	185.00	185.00
6	—	401	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	723	133.00–143.50	137.40
27	—	579	150.00–161.00	154.73
6	—	332	186.00–202.00	192.77
5	—	881	120.25	120.25
3	—	845	126.50	126.50
21	—	422	173.00–193.50	184.13
16	—	619	139.00–145.50	144.07
6	—	366	190.00–200.00	194.76
4	—	1,026	97.00	97.00
26	—	672	136.00–151.50	143.55
21	—	484	161.00–177.00	169.09
19	—	514	150.00–175.00	162.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	837	118.00	118.00
10	—	727	125.00	125.00
1	—	610	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	166.00	166.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	721	120.00	120.00
2	—	952	110.50	110.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	220	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	357	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	530	131.00–131.50	131.27
5	—	486	138.00–139.00	138.40
4	—	751	116.00	116.00
2	—	670	123.00	123.00
7	—	388	159.00	159.00
6	—	586	124.50–129.00	125.94
2	—	713	113.00	113.00
2	—	433	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	321	174.00–181.00	175.29
9	—	592	139.50	139.50
21	—	251	181.00	181.00
4	—	200	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	660	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	527	139.00–147.00	144.53
66	—	735	120.50–128.50	123.17
50	—	575	131.00–141.50	139.14
41	—	379	160.00–168.00	164.68
32	—	470	141.00–154.00	148.75
21	—	430	150.50–166.50	156.00
17	—	677	120.00–124.00	123.00
10	—	629	125.00–127.00	125.59
4	—	797	115.00	115.00
2	—	307	172.00	172.00
13	—	810	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	411	141.50–142.00	141.77
11	—	334	149.00–155.50	151.98
2	—	250	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	606	136.75	136.75
33	—	763	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	575	131.00–142.00	135.73
7	—	758	118.50–121.00	119.21
7	—	294	182.00–187.00	184.89
3	—	850	120.00	120.00
22	—	622	132.00–134.00	132.18
17	—	656	133.00–135.00	134.18
46	—	518	138.50–172.00	146.09
29	—	468	146.00–166.00	154.35
29	—	417	150.00–170.00	161.77
19	—	372	165.00–172.00	168.10
8	—	322	171.00–180.00	175.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	669	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	822	112.50–116.00	115.76
6	—	694	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	537	152.50	152.50
7	—	496	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	466	146.00	146.00
5	—	627	122.00–131.00	127.37
2	—	818	105.00	105.00
2	—	673	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	719	120.50–125.00	123.11
5	—	893	90.00	90.00
4	—	677	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	784	120.00–120.50	120.29
16	—	643	137.00	137.00
2	—	428	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,472	64.00–83.50	75.47
10	—	1,665	82.00–86.00	84.14
7	—	1,296	50.50–70.00	62.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,158	57.50–64.50	62.98
57	—	1,147	46.75–62.50	57.81
3	—	1,170	53.00–57.00	55.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	901	43.50–52.00	47.35
18	—	1,147	57.00–64.50	62.02
59	—	996	47.50–62.00	55.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,204	63.50–67.00	64.41
7	—	1,484	54.50–61.50	59.18
2	—	865	51.00	51.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the New Mexico barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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