New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 205 priced lines covering 5,827 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,606 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,219 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,009 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1,155 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,606Last week 5,894Year ago 3,170

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,219Last week 1,075Year ago 627

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,009Last week 1,317Year ago 431

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. mixed, 3.00-5.00 lower in early reports and 3.00-5.00 higher mid week. No accurate comparison on feeders over 600 lbs. due to very limited offerings of weaned or yearling types. Calves over 600 lbs. mostly steady. Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	582	100.00–119.75	112.92
2	—	393	111.00	111.00
8	—	341	120.00	120.00
2	—	677	115.50	115.50
23	—	542	106.00–120.00	117.17
2	—	637	113.00	113.00
10	—	443	125.00–132.00	127.14
46	—	478	120.00–129.00	124.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	672	119.00	119.00
154	—	523	119.50–129.00	125.64
35	—	335	130.00–149.00	143.78
19	—	374	130.00–146.00	138.70
128	—	427	120.00–141.00	133.43
1	—	290	140.00	140.00
152	—	475	115.00–137.50	130.62
90	—	557	122.00–127.00	124.39
19	—	638	125.00–126.00	125.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	727	116.50	116.50
16	—	760	110.00–117.50	113.92
65	—	670	110.00–120.00	118.51
69	—	633	105.00–123.00	119.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	544	119.00	119.00
14	—	568	104.00–118.00	112.65
10	—	484	105.00–120.00	117.10
10	—	425	113.00–118.50	114.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	507	134.00	134.00
6	—	312	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	684	124.00	124.00
28	—	426	120.00–128.00	124.41
4	—	523	122.00	122.00
2	—	773	105.00	105.00
23	—	632	117.50	117.50
13	—	480	110.00–123.00	114.58
21	—	563	114.00–126.00	120.40
14	—	318	118.00–135.00	130.71
24	—	386	95.00–126.00	117.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	657	110.00	110.00
12	—	631	104.00–106.00	104.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	109.00	109.00
31	—	493	106.00–115.50	113.33
4	—	406	118.50	118.50
6	—	589	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	574	114.00–127.00	121.46
42	—	377	124.00–141.00	136.36
115	—	517	119.50–131.00	124.33
39	—	466	123.00–135.00	129.99
7	—	278	150.00	150.00
67	—	429	125.00–139.00	129.18
8	—	670	122.50–124.00	123.05
25	—	338	133.00–145.50	142.67
4	—	729	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	360	149.00–149.50	149.28
5	—	259	157.00	157.00
4	—	647	125.00	125.00
40	—	405	136.50–138.00	136.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	670	106.00–120.50	114.23
7	—	621	109.00–122.00	118.12
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	379	120.00	120.00
8	—	323	130.00	130.00
18	—	468	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	588	100.00–106.00	102.41
8	—	483	139.00–142.00	140.51
4	—	448	140.00–143.00	141.50
3	—	652	120.00	120.00
18	—	535	132.00–139.50	135.67
3	—	345	145.00	145.00
1	—	760	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	153.50	153.50
40	—	374	150.00–176.00	164.70
9	—	726	126.50–129.00	127.76
182	—	577	129.00–149.50	140.44
108	—	522	130.00–159.50	150.58
15	—	327	150.00–182.00	170.39
47	—	430	143.50–165.50	154.77
3	—	776	130.00	130.00
3	—	835	120.00	120.00
1	—	690	124.00	124.00
17	—	624	131.50–141.00	132.57
2	—	908	100.00	100.00
142	—	481	135.00–162.00	151.08
1	—	225	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	120.00–137.00	129.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	625	131.50–138.50	135.87
8	—	457	164.00–165.00	164.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	621	109.00–130.00	122.83
14	—	682	120.00–123.00	121.13
11	—	789	110.50–118.00	116.65
73	—	726	118.00–125.00	121.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	113.00	113.00
11	—	687	115.00–125.00	122.20
43	—	612	121.00–127.50	127.20
24	—	723	105.00–121.50	116.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	328	175.00	175.00
2	—	500	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	553	149.50	149.50
40	—	413	165.00–173.00	169.06
6	—	368	178.50	178.50
10	—	680	128.00–135.00	132.98
27	—	457	157.00	157.00
29	—	513	153.75	153.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	619	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	469	141.50	141.50
6	—	510	125.00–141.00	130.54
4	—	572	110.00–128.00	119.10
8	—	641	124.50	124.50
2	—	875	93.00	93.00
3	—	327	166.00	166.00
9	—	726	103.00–130.00	121.24
12	—	781	104.00–130.00	125.84
6	—	668	106.00–131.00	122.89
2	—	240	157.00	157.00
7	—	294	150.00	150.00
21	—	355	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	133.00	133.00
4	—	278	150.00–168.00	159.08
32	—	835	120.00–128.50	121.06
16	—	323	169.00–176.00	172.86
49	—	478	126.00–155.00	145.69
125	—	426	130.00–162.00	150.51
80	—	564	135.00–147.00	142.02
2	—	683	125.00	125.00
92	—	519	142.00–152.00	147.25
2	—	763	100.00	100.00
51	—	375	135.00–169.00	161.10
29	—	865	126.50	126.50
21	—	722	107.00–124.00	119.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	474	139.00–140.00	139.37
18	—	577	108.00–133.00	116.63
10	—	411	140.00–145.00	144.01
14	—	543	134.50–139.00	135.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	97.00	97.00
5	—	591	118.00	118.00
3	—	393	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	885	88.00	88.00
2	—	675	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	103.00	103.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	47.50–57.00	52.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	83	—	1,126	550.00–860.00	720.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,165	635.00–900.00	811.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	—	1,060	585.00–700.00	658.85
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,153	600.00–750.00	705.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	535.00	535.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	923	425.00–685.00	598.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	71.00	71.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	51.00	51.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,130	625.00–800.00	734.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,205	47.00–57.50	53.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	909	625.00–870.00	738.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,127	51.00–52.25	51.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,278	55.00–55.50	55.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	57.50	57.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,258	49.00–56.00	52.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,070	50.00–54.00	53.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,212	40.00–55.50	51.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	77	—	1,174	550.00–775.00	657.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,170	585.00–650.00	619.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,179	600.00–675.00	653.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	979	500.00–550.00	507.14
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,000	54.50	54.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,154	50.00–55.25	52.89
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,150	48.00	48.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,122	550.00–760.00	639.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	61.00–64.00	62.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,250	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	857	875.00–1,100.00	946.43
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	967	500.00–810.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	963	650.00–910.00	827.19
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,042	800.00–850.00	833.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	700	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1,100	—	1,150	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	480.00	480.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	350.00	350.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	850	460.00	460.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	800	600.00	600.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	650.00	650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,146	49.50–55.50	52.04
21	—	893	27.00–39.00	34.10
90	—	1,028	34.00–49.50	43.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,242	48.50–59.00	54.74
11	—	975	37.50–50.00	45.49
6	—	1,432	57.50–62.00	60.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,121	47.00–56.00	51.10
3	—	1,102	56.50–59.00	57.57
262	—	1,019	36.00–48.50	44.05
15	—	857	26.00–35.50	32.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,545	48.00–58.25	52.73
3	—	1,545	57.00–58.00	57.66
4	—	1,374	46.50–49.00	47.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,818	79.00–89.50	83.01
2	—	1,888	90.00–92.25	91.13
60	—	1,536	61.00–78.50	74.16
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	60.00–82.00	72.79
7	—	1,381	69.50–78.50	72.97

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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