New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 218 priced lines covering 4,003 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,589 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 959 head. replacement cattle receipts at 747 head. Counted as USDA files them — 55 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,589Last week 1,102Year ago 4,123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 959Last week 363Year ago 365

Replacement CattleReceipts 747Last week 260Year ago 356

For the week, steer calves under 500 were mostly 4.00-8.00 higher, with steers over 500 lbs. ranging from 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs were 3.00 to 8.00 higher, with heifers over 500 lbs. 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows were mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher, with bulls mostly 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	213	280.00	280.00
2	—	158	200.00–275.00	238.10
2	—	313	120.00	120.00
3	—	876	127.00	127.00
13	—	690	121.00–124.00	122.68
1	—	275	140.00	140.00
39	—	616	123.00–140.00	125.36
38	—	570	120.00–146.00	129.03
16	—	520	121.00–137.00	128.68
19	—	431	128.00–160.00	147.72
5	—	335	140.00–162.00	153.58
6	—	712	107.00–143.00	121.79
49	—	479	124.00–166.50	147.95
5	—	365	130.00–141.00	135.29
2	—	837	124.00	124.00
3	—	767	130.00–144.00	139.37
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	225.00	225.00
2	—	215	275.00	275.00
1	—	650	44.00	44.00
3	—	477	200.00–225.00	216.70
1	—	425	325.00	325.00
8	—	570	50.00–51.50	50.37
1	—	810	55.00	55.00
1	—	895	51.00	51.00
1	—	530	65.00	65.00
1	—	280	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	175	300.00–400.00	344.29
1	—	115	400.00	400.00
14	—	828	128.00–139.50	134.53
5	—	979	114.00–125.00	122.77
2	—	867	132.00	132.00
9	—	334	157.00–201.00	185.44
5	—	937	134.00	134.00
79	—	564	138.50–177.00	159.47
5	—	774	126.00–145.00	139.60
90	—	530	137.00–179.00	161.03
29	—	721	119.00–149.50	138.33
50	—	674	130.00–158.00	151.78
2	—	1,018	111.00–115.00	112.99
65	—	613	135.00–170.00	150.52
67	—	430	145.00–200.50	171.97
8	—	274	155.00–180.00	168.66
34	—	384	149.00–200.00	167.09
55	—	474	144.50–181.00	166.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	672	136.00–157.00	149.19
43	—	477	154.00–180.00	167.13
6	—	294	165.00–210.00	197.42
17	—	817	135.00–144.00	135.53
32	—	377	165.00–212.00	198.42
51	—	422	165.00–207.00	191.27
112	—	771	134.50–145.00	136.95
15	—	317	170.00–228.00	194.63
38	—	625	152.50–165.00	159.93
2	—	195	200.00	200.00
56	—	706	129.00–154.75	152.98
113	—	522	158.00–175.00	170.47
38	—	565	155.00–175.00	167.52
2	—	215	160.00–180.00	169.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	474	125.00–158.00	133.87
2	—	540	152.00	152.00
3	—	853	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	139.50	139.50
5	—	680	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 4 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	702	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	155.00	155.00
6	—	447	175.00–176.00	175.50
13	—	691	141.00–141.50	141.34
13	—	616	140.00–150.00	144.48
16	—	506	130.00–156.00	133.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	192.00	192.00
4	—	268	190.00–195.00	192.50
7	—	509	185.00	185.00
16	—	424	190.00–206.00	200.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	629	148.00–162.00	151.09
6	—	544	160.00	160.00
15	—	575	158.00–163.00	161.12
22	—	734	134.25–142.00	135.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	201.00–210.00	206.49
4	—	486	183.50	183.50
3	—	340	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	210.00	210.00
3	—	258	207.00	207.00
4	—	358	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	143.00	143.00
4	—	370	201.00	201.00
19	—	412	201.00–205.00	203.94
22	—	341	220.00	220.00
21	—	501	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	697	129.00	129.00
16	—	604	139.00	139.00
3	—	710	125.00	125.00
5	—	477	140.00	140.00
48	—	443	144.00–151.00	149.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	139.00	139.00
2	—	765	128.00	128.00
3	—	710	121.00	121.00
18	—	682	121.00–129.00	127.79
7	—	571	130.00–132.50	130.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	377	152.00–167.00	163.35
13	—	313	152.00–165.00	157.26
76	—	532	145.00–156.50	151.43
26	—	714	129.00–145.00	137.17
3	—	292	165.00–167.50	166.18
67	—	412	145.00–170.50	157.28
52	—	612	125.50–149.50	144.78
27	—	795	123.00–144.00	129.61
144	—	582	130.00–151.00	139.36
11	—	678	133.00–136.50	135.86
68	—	475	145.00–163.00	154.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	452	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	519	125.00–153.00	136.99
33	—	574	120.00–148.00	134.28
1	—	795	110.00	110.00
4	—	836	120.00	120.00
48	—	475	125.00–158.00	148.57
98	—	426	123.00–173.00	137.64
4	—	875	110.00	110.00
40	—	728	119.00–140.75	126.84
5	—	225	132.00–142.50	139.17
19	—	372	134.00–166.00	147.49
3	—	272	130.00–142.00	134.52
18	—	321	135.00–165.00	148.11
21	—	671	110.00–146.00	134.49
61	—	620	110.00–146.00	131.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	821	106.00–116.00	114.35
6	—	1,004	104.00	104.00
29	—	531	110.00–122.00	115.20
3	—	725	100.00–136.00	123.75
31	—	478	114.00–136.00	120.76
7	—	568	107.00–115.00	110.95
5	—	794	125.00	125.00
7	—	691	106.00–117.50	108.92
10	—	424	114.00–132.00	122.17
15	—	337	125.00–151.00	134.30
4	—	239	125.00–132.00	128.56
6	—	374	125.00–132.00	126.45
1	—	645	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	675	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	848	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	121.00	121.00
8	—	650	124.00	124.00
4	—	504	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	75.00	75.00
7	—	569	95.00–118.00	108.13
2	—	658	89.00	89.00
2	—	720	75.00–89.00	82.19
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
2	—	753	76.00–105.00	90.45
1	—	910	78.00	78.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
1	—	225	130.00	130.00
1	—	570	112.00	112.00
1	—	765	95.00	95.00
4	—	418	125.00–134.00	129.16
1	—	625	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	75.00	75.00
1	—	555	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	885	112.00	112.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,092	600.00–950.00	812.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	986	775.00–990.00	849.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,167	670.00–1,235.00	1,043.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	600.00–850.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,081	700.00–1,325.00	1,095.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,285	1,125.00–1,185.00	1,155.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	625.00	625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	525.00	525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,093	710.00–835.00	751.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	575.00–850.00	712.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	—	1,138	735.00–1,285.00	927.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	987	725.00–1,100.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	—	932	710.00–1,010.00	867.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	74	—	1,170	510.00–1,035.00	865.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,074	760.00–900.00	831.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	845	550.00–775.00	680.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	913	660.00–760.00	695.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	800	575.00–600.00	587.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	—	802	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,171.58
Bred Cows — Large 1 · Registered$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	—	1,351	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	680	300.00	300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	682	400.00	400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	816	425.00–575.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	—	794	250.00–360.00	313.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	773	100.00–110.00	101.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	—	952	575.00–1,035.00	891.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	58.00	58.00
19	—	1,516	68.00–72.00	69.63
1	—	1,725	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	882	33.00–50.00	43.05
23	—	958	50.00–62.00	53.43
41	—	866	24.00–37.50	32.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	1,079	51.50–66.50	56.58
90	—	1,030	36.00–55.00	46.82
33	—	967	25.00–41.50	37.42
9	—	1,180	63.00–72.50	66.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	37.00	37.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,238	59.50–77.50	67.87
13	—	1,303	71.50–89.00	74.82
9	—	1,039	53.00–61.00	58.08
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,316	61.00–74.50	64.35
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,287	60.00–80.00	71.20
1	—	1,030	82.00	82.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,873	95.00–95.50	95.25
23	—	1,641	62.00–80.00	72.62
40	—	1,757	78.00–93.50	85.60

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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