New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 152 priced lines covering 2,320 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,823 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 106 head. replacement cattle receipts at 80 head. Counted as USDA files them — 11 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,823Last week 2,896Year ago 536

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 264Year ago 36

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 183Year ago 45

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher, with steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	414	150.00–194.00	176.66
1	—	855	120.00	120.00
8	—	369	160.00–217.00	184.36
1	—	233	197.00	197.00
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
17	—	645	142.00–159.00	156.82
28	—	837	148.00	148.00
1	—	735	151.00	151.00
76	—	692	145.00–161.00	154.47
99	—	597	152.00–170.00	160.47
3	—	280	182.50–200.00	192.19
1	—	130	250.00	250.00
5	—	323	160.00–180.00	175.11
56	—	533	149.00–175.00	169.18
7	—	467	148.00–160.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	125.00	125.00
1	—	780	120.00	120.00
3	—	712	140.00	140.00
1	—	865	130.00	130.00
1	—	310	135.00	135.00
2	—	673	122.00–132.00	127.02
1	—	280	150.00	150.00
5	—	626	133.00–140.00	137.64
3	—	419	135.00–145.00	141.66
10	—	469	140.00–149.00	143.67
3	—	570	116.00–134.00	126.51
4	—	519	120.00–135.00	128.81
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	325.00	325.00
1	—	470	300.00	300.00
1	—	515	56.00	56.00
1	—	490	50.00	50.00
1	—	625	49.00	49.00
3	—	433	275.00–375.00	316.25
4	—	585	40.00–54.00	49.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	604	166.00	166.00
4	—	751	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	321	185.00–246.00	233.97
23	—	371	190.00–224.00	219.83
145	—	662	166.00–173.00	170.05
14	—	280	198.00–253.00	226.02
103	—	790	141.00–156.25	155.35
114	—	479	170.00–209.00	198.87
29	—	824	154.00	154.00
14	—	915	142.50	142.50
120	—	572	170.00–188.50	180.09
25	—	712	155.00–160.00	155.59
38	—	427	175.00–220.00	200.29
8	—	242	242.00	242.00
128	—	527	165.00–191.00	184.41
54	—	628	165.00–175.00	172.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	442	210.00–225.00	224.64
6	—	384	215.00–217.00	215.32
7	—	660	173.50	173.50
1	—	640	176.00	176.00
3	—	318	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	629	155.00–156.00	155.46
22	—	686	147.00–160.50	155.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	370	191.00	191.00
1	—	265	192.50	192.50
9	—	551	167.50	167.50
35	—	441	175.00–178.00	176.93
1	—	230	200.00	200.00
7	—	320	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	739	146.50–150.00	146.98
42	—	577	146.00–164.00	153.84
30	—	383	157.00–190.50	183.38
44	—	522	150.00–163.00	157.94
11	—	232	170.00–206.00	201.56
5	—	281	170.00–192.00	184.04
4	—	667	146.50	146.50
2	—	843	136.00	136.00
60	—	417	160.00–184.50	179.59
44	—	470	154.00–172.00	165.56
29	—	315	160.00–209.50	197.12
46	—	627	140.00–153.00	149.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	773	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	320.00	320.00
5	—	583	45.00–60.00	48.01
2	—	653	40.00	40.00
2	—	428	300.00	300.00
1	—	390	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	624	141.00–155.00	147.10
55	—	515	135.00–155.00	150.19
2	—	815	126.00–139.00	132.42
2	—	710	130.00–140.00	134.93
9	—	492	143.00–160.00	152.11
2	—	280	145.00	145.00
17	—	575	141.00–150.00	145.18
2	—	908	107.00–120.00	113.55
50	—	433	140.00–188.00	163.52
8	—	656	142.00–147.50	146.12
2	—	355	145.00	145.00
1	—	225	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	636	144.00–144.50	144.25
6	—	699	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	130.00–132.50	131.27
1	—	455	128.00	128.00
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
1	—	445	127.00	127.00
1	—	710	120.00	120.00
1	—	390	122.00	122.00
3	—	608	124.00–130.00	126.66
2	—	763	100.00–120.00	110.03
Dairy Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	358	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	333	128.00–132.00	130.40
46	—	383	132.50	132.50
16	—	427	130.00	130.00
15	—	282	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	296	28.00	28.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	364	28.00	28.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	96.00–97.00	96.51
1	—	550	144.00	144.00
1	—	645	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,055	90.00	90.00
3	—	538	120.00–144.00	130.32
1	—	425	128.00	128.00
1	—	485	142.00	142.00
3	—	730	107.00–112.00	109.37
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	46.00	46.00
1	—	440	63.00	63.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	391	215.00	215.00
14	—	470	174.00	174.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	736	36.00–45.00	42.43
8	—	842	47.50–57.00	54.19
9	—	887	58.00–72.00	63.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,025	68.00–82.50	76.48
7	—	1,215	84.00–90.00	87.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	24.00	24.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	930	67.00–79.00	71.99
1	—	1,070	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	684	43.00–47.00	45.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,734	97.50–105.00	99.91
1	—	1,395	80.00	80.00
7	—	1,482	85.00–96.00	90.61

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	893	1,270.00–1,300.00	1,285.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	968	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	680	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	879	800.00–1,100.00	1,037.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	876	900.00–1,100.00	1,016.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	880	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	875	900.00–925.00	912.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	752	675.00–850.00	742.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	653	675.00–775.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,406	1,625.00	1,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,315	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,098	1,050.00–1,260.00	1,136.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,443	1,440.00–1,750.00	1,601.72

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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