New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 179 priced lines covering 2,350 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,642 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 556 head. replacement cattle receipts at 273 head. Counted as USDA files them — 51 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,642Last week 3,670Year ago 5,767

Slaughter CattleReceipts 556Last week 626Year ago 1,371

Replacement CattleReceipts 273Last week 440Year ago 1,047

For the week, steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher, with calves and feeders over 600 steady to 2.00 higher, except for unweaned offerings which were 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 lower, with bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	321	115.00–154.00	139.20
1	—	835	101.00	101.00
8	—	730	124.00	124.00
21	—	579	111.00–130.50	124.25
17	—	470	123.00–152.00	142.23
18	—	423	114.00–146.00	128.39
9	—	374	110.00–132.00	124.42
1	—	890	106.00	106.00
5	—	609	110.00–130.00	117.94
10	—	516	110.00–134.00	121.68
4	—	757	124.00	124.00
1	—	260	130.00	130.00
8	—	672	100.00–124.00	112.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	653	127.00–129.00	128.39
3	—	565	126.00	126.00
8	—	634	126.00–128.00	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	571	132.00–150.00	139.16
16	—	673	124.00–140.00	127.63
84	—	527	129.00–145.00	137.30
32	—	422	140.00–161.00	153.47
21	—	367	149.00–163.00	157.42
4	—	294	151.00–168.00	159.62
5	—	800	129.50	129.50
5	—	702	133.00	133.00
45	—	478	132.00–159.00	140.38
13	—	625	127.00–139.00	136.83
18	—	319	149.00–156.00	153.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	808	107.00	107.00
26	—	421	121.00–154.00	138.07
4	—	671	120.00–129.00	125.70
36	—	472	125.00–157.00	137.14
15	—	373	130.00–158.00	147.67
22	—	572	122.00–146.00	136.11
11	—	326	135.00–153.00	142.78
5	—	705	118.00–128.00	124.00
2	—	790	110.00–120.00	114.97
36	—	620	120.00–134.00	130.54
5	—	911	119.00	119.00
2	—	270	130.00–138.00	134.00
7	—	523	119.00–147.00	130.22
2	—	270	200.00–230.00	215.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	616	125.00–135.00	125.92
21	—	656	125.00–126.00	125.62
4	—	725	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	35.00	35.00
2	—	703	39.00	39.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	131.00	131.00
2	—	493	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	865	116.00	116.00
10	—	439	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	110.00	110.00
15	—	622	120.00–126.00	121.84
7	—	523	126.00–153.00	136.03
10	—	381	136.00–164.00	149.45
14	—	571	129.00–138.00	133.42
1	—	335	155.00	155.00
12	—	732	113.00–140.00	128.45
1	—	840	114.00	114.00
7	—	425	135.00–155.00	149.30
10	—	484	126.00–150.00	145.96
8	—	673	110.00–145.00	130.58
4	—	775	100.00–121.00	109.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	821	120.00–135.50	130.49
2	—	388	275.00–350.00	312.26
1	—	310	310.00	310.00
5	—	283	170.00–191.00	187.07
38	—	519	146.00–167.00	152.73
27	—	623	125.00–153.00	145.23
54	—	768	132.50–140.50	138.17
15	—	709	124.00–135.00	131.31
20	—	477	147.50–175.00	156.82
3	—	1,017	101.00–114.00	109.74
6	—	218	172.00–210.00	194.98
50	—	681	127.00–146.00	143.92
1	—	210	300.00	300.00
16	—	383	162.00–176.00	172.95
14	—	318	163.00–181.00	171.82
40	—	434	157.00–180.00	168.64
71	—	584	135.00–158.00	147.46
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	54.00	54.00
2	—	505	48.00–51.00	49.50
3	—	569	48.00–52.00	50.65
3	—	425	410.00–420.00	416.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	285	182.00–191.00	186.86
28	—	326	177.00–192.00	188.37
1	—	230	205.00	205.00
27	—	633	143.00–149.50	146.55
1	—	795	134.00	134.00
57	—	574	148.00–156.50	152.06
22	—	378	180.00–193.00	184.87
13	—	712	137.50–150.50	141.23
3	—	1,015	111.50	111.50
43	—	536	153.00–164.00	156.16
44	—	423	165.00–187.00	176.25
33	—	656	140.00–147.50	141.08
57	—	470	159.00–190.00	174.75
14	—	892	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	524	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	131.00	131.00
10	—	519	144.00–151.00	145.47
21	—	784	125.50–130.00	128.10
56	—	670	132.50–138.50	135.88
10	—	634	143.00–146.00	143.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	687	130.50	130.50
16	—	576	132.50–137.00	134.44
7	—	602	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	412	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	179.00	179.00
3	—	538	136.00	136.00
3	—	575	131.00	131.00
2	—	673	122.00	122.00
2	—	323	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	160.00	160.00
1	—	235	275.00	275.00
1	—	270	300.00	300.00
1	—	170	245.00	245.00
1	—	130	275.00	275.00
1	—	850	107.00	107.00
1	—	805	102.50	102.50
3	—	555	97.00–120.00	112.06
1	—	380	143.00	143.00
3	—	527	117.00–140.00	132.36
20	—	785	89.00–105.00	97.83
4	—	713	90.00–112.00	101.48
5	—	430	120.00–137.00	133.41
4	—	315	190.00	190.00
3	—	478	138.00–147.00	144.08
3	—	678	101.00–123.00	115.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	571	125.00–130.00	127.55
5	—	851	87.00	87.00
11	—	828	82.00–86.00	84.51
4	—	774	113.00	113.00
4	—	483	135.00	135.00
5	—	723	120.00	120.00
3	—	667	123.00	123.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	735.00	735.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	800	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	973	900.00–1,450.00	1,220.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	750.00–900.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,140	725.00–1,050.00	943.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	994	600.00–750.00	716.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	830	725.00–780.00	752.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	838	500.00–510.00	505.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	907	550.00–750.00	683.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	888	750.00–1,000.00	818.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,103	825.00–900.00	858.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	1,120	500.00–950.00	692.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,210	800.00–1,175.00	976.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,003	800.00–1,125.00	955.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	650	375.00	375.00
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	692	400.00	400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	650	610.00	610.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	600.00	600.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	842	935.00–1,350.00	1,326.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,175	59.00–81.00	72.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,717	80.00–93.00	86.55
21	—	1,421	70.00–80.00	75.36
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,044	60.00–71.00	67.14
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,069	50.50–63.00	56.80
13	—	870	34.00–52.50	45.04
2	—	655	31.00–40.00	35.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	806	25.00–37.00	33.47
1	—	1,245	64.00	64.00
44	—	957	38.00–53.50	47.19
122	—	1,115	50.00–63.50	56.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,053	45.50–60.00	52.85
125	—	1,273	55.50–72.00	64.30
6	—	1,288	67.00–70.00	67.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	66.50	66.50
11	—	1,573	62.00–72.00	64.65

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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