New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 211 priced lines covering 5,052 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,948 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,158 head. replacement cattle receipts at 1,034 head. Counted as USDA files them — 77 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,948Last week 5,767Year ago 4,952

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,158Last week 1,371Year ago 1,009

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,034Last week 1,047Year ago 925

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Calves over 600 lbs steady on limited offerings. Yearling steers no comparison due to limited receipts last week. Heifer calves under 600 lbs sold uneven; 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, with the increase coming at late last week’s sale. Yearling heifers no comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	341	158.50–169.00	163.88
4	—	657	125.00–129.00	126.99
36	—	729	128.00–131.00	128.40
7	—	814	112.50–126.50	121.09
29	—	279	164.50–179.00	173.13
48	—	373	155.00–174.50	168.93
10	—	883	116.00	116.00
128	—	423	148.00–168.00	160.02
2	—	762	124.50	124.50
202	—	484	133.50–162.00	146.35
187	—	517	134.00–153.00	142.77
19	—	633	128.50	128.50
106	—	571	126.00–141.00	134.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	715	111.50	111.50
10	—	605	125.00	125.00
2	—	685	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	528	134.00–140.00	135.70
14	—	626	116.50	116.50
2	—	592	123.50	123.50
8	—	439	130.00–140.50	136.71
7	—	819	107.50	107.50
6	—	770	110.50	110.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	332	175.00–177.00	175.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	670	125.50–130.25	128.51
1	—	310	188.00	188.00
19	—	417	170.00–172.50	171.05
3	—	637	134.00	134.00
5	—	725	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	666	116.00–125.00	119.78
145	—	616	120.00–127.75	125.39
45	—	722	115.50–122.00	116.52
3	—	838	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	148.00	148.00
3	—	712	110.00	110.00
2	—	818	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	366	170.00	170.00
4	—	603	132.00	132.00
29	—	432	160.00–161.00	160.31
2	—	510	148.00	148.00
9	—	308	171.00–175.00	174.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	413	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	110.00–122.50	116.21
2	—	767	122.00	122.00
15	—	467	132.00–143.00	137.00
13	—	526	114.00–124.50	119.66
2	—	730	120.00	120.00
15	—	568	123.00–123.50	123.34
11	—	378	135.00–141.00	136.70
2	—	212	151.00	151.00
7	—	407	135.00–140.00	137.15
2	—	280	150.50	150.50
8	—	935	106.50	106.50
2	—	825	110.00	110.00
7	—	330	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	683	110.00–125.00	121.96
16	—	612	120.00–126.50	124.50
11	—	716	105.00–117.50	112.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	831	115.00	115.00
2	—	850	112.50	112.50
22	—	541	136.00–137.00	136.86
5	—	575	116.00–120.00	118.43
2	—	730	107.50	107.50
12	—	441	140.00–143.00	142.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	234	161.50–168.00	163.10
58	—	423	135.00–159.50	144.66
17	—	777	114.00–128.00	124.24
2	—	610	115.00	115.00
70	—	472	130.00–157.00	149.69
18	—	662	112.00–126.00	119.40
3	—	800	121.50	121.50
48	—	379	136.00–170.00	155.67
3	—	987	110.00	110.00
6	—	287	175.00	175.00
49	—	334	153.00–170.00	164.08
46	—	583	125.50–139.50	133.28
103	—	524	122.00–150.00	139.72
21	—	712	110.00–127.50	114.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	645	120.25	120.25
2	—	575	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	577	115.00	115.00
5	—	537	116.00	116.00
2	—	442	122.00	122.00
5	—	676	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	619	106.00	106.00
3	—	398	120.00	120.00
5	—	430	121.00–126.50	123.10
3	—	520	115.00	115.00
10	—	579	115.00	115.00
9	—	869	104.00	104.00
4	—	650	115.00	115.00
18	—	475	111.50–119.50	116.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	520	109.00–133.00	122.76
216	—	577	110.00–130.00	120.94
29	—	327	137.50–146.00	140.56
24	—	663	110.50–120.00	116.98
6	—	717	109.50	109.50
110	—	380	131.00–141.00	136.35
148	—	420	126.00–140.00	134.96
60	—	283	135.50–152.00	143.68
3	—	790	114.00	114.00
190	—	474	120.00–134.00	125.85
4	—	842	101.00	101.00
16	—	223	144.00–150.00	146.39
8	—	626	114.00–115.00	114.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	585	109.00	109.00
2	—	732	100.00	100.00
116	—	615	107.00–122.00	114.20
43	—	669	104.50–119.50	112.77
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	636	117.00	117.00
4	—	547	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	483	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	719	114.50	114.50
4	—	368	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	105.00–116.00	112.48
8	—	568	111.00–115.00	113.06
3	—	748	102.00	102.00
16	—	478	116.00–119.00	117.16
6	—	275	125.00	125.00
7	—	674	104.00–115.50	107.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	100.00	100.00
5	—	695	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	757	111.50	111.50
2	—	673	109.00	109.00
15	—	635	113.00–118.00	115.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	345	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	516	108.00–131.00	122.04
40	—	430	120.00–134.00	129.69
60	—	469	114.00–135.00	127.65
14	—	321	127.50–139.00	133.03
14	—	719	102.00–119.00	106.90
19	—	584	106.00–127.00	119.87
2	—	690	109.00	109.00
58	—	382	125.00–138.50	130.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	145.00	145.00
3	—	553	116.00	116.00
2	—	965	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	130.00	130.00
18	—	681	80.00	80.00
14	—	589	101.00–121.50	114.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	866	115.00	115.00
10	—	665	98.00	98.00
2	—	1,053	79.00	79.00
4	—	504	125.00	125.00
2	—	453	121.00	121.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,150	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,042	850.00–1,200.00	1,022.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,078	775.00–1,000.00	977.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,238	810.00–875.00	842.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	800.00–1,225.00	1,018.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,150	925.00–1,250.00	1,087.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	750.00–950.00	883.33
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,141	900.00–1,200.00	1,051.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,241	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	30	—	1,037	400.00–835.00	697.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,140	51.00–61.00	53.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	55.50	55.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,240	600.00–725.00	680.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,025	535.00–600.00	551.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,345	600.00–885.00	795.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,198	46.50–52.00	48.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	50.50	50.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,453	47.00–53.00	49.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,092	500.00–600.00	566.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	58	—	1,168	42.00–49.50	46.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,100	500.00–650.00	572.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,135	700.00–725.00	712.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,232	45.00–47.00	45.86
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,700	42.00	42.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	—	1,185	635.00–860.00	743.46
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	117	—	1,123	550.00–910.00	788.93
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	—	1,277	42.50–54.00	47.35
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,169	500.00–725.00	641.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,222	725.00–1,000.00	882.12
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,286	44.00–55.50	49.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	44.50	44.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,203	700.00–800.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	74.00	74.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	575.00	575.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	822	63.00–74.00	70.23
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	783	700.00–875.00	808.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,768	72.00–83.50	77.37
6	—	1,080	50.00–60.00	54.98
56	—	1,491	55.00–75.00	66.98
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,311	58.00–72.50	64.86
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	62.50	62.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,006	32.50–45.50	41.29
121	—	1,112	41.00–52.00	46.10
7	—	1,274	53.25–54.00	53.35
31	—	924	27.50–38.50	32.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,425	47.00–55.25	51.20
4	—	1,356	44.00–50.00	46.31
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,246	44.25	44.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,282	45.00–57.00	50.24
3	—	1,317	56.25–58.00	57.05
29	—	1,143	42.50–46.50	44.51
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,146	41.00–50.50	45.28
17	—	916	30.00–35.00	31.28
73	—	1,108	33.00–44.25	40.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	643	15.00	15.00

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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