New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 133 priced lines covering 1,800 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,844 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 121 head. replacement cattle receipts at 80 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,844Last week 2,823Year ago 4,661

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 106Year ago 538

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 80Year ago 497

For the week, feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly firm to 6.00 higher, with the exception of steer calves under 400 pounds which traded with a much lower undertone on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	716	130.00–150.00	142.79
7	—	878	135.50–143.00	137.27
22	—	428	161.00–198.00	178.24
55	—	518	152.00–193.00	181.54
13	—	677	140.00–158.50	150.60
16	—	568	156.00–181.00	161.51
5	—	326	170.00–198.00	186.71
3	—	280	160.00–177.00	165.26
11	—	475	157.00–184.00	168.38
8	—	381	164.00–193.50	182.78
12	—	634	160.50–165.00	161.89
4	—	800	132.00–147.00	143.25
2	—	765	124.00–136.00	129.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	126.00	126.00
17	—	524	110.00–140.00	137.13
2	—	665	130.00	130.00
2	—	708	100.00–135.00	117.31
5	—	614	127.00–135.00	131.77
3	—	383	152.00	152.00
1	—	495	149.00	149.00
3	—	573	115.00–147.00	133.28
4	—	413	128.00–146.00	141.59
Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	452	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	334	205.00–207.00	205.61
1	—	370	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	410.00	410.00
5	—	119	390.00–450.00	407.31
2	—	80	400.00–425.00	414.06
130	—	520	167.00–201.00	193.74
83	—	410	186.00–235.00	211.50
44	—	388	186.00–221.50	206.35
32	—	677	149.00–165.00	157.84
67	—	476	177.00–205.50	197.82
5	—	809	137.00	137.00
1	—	220	210.00	210.00
70	—	785	136.00–155.75	154.87
53	—	564	164.00–188.25	183.73
8	—	910	144.75	144.75
44	—	616	167.50–174.00	171.56
7	—	707	158.50	158.50
112	—	880	148.00	148.00
7	—	272	190.00–246.00	222.01
8	—	328	186.00–236.50	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	851	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	435	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	170.00	170.00
2	—	333	186.00	186.00
1	—	505	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	227	200.00–228.00	219.15
45	—	534	155.00–167.00	161.72
124	—	432	160.00–189.00	179.66
42	—	376	167.00–205.00	188.24
35	—	335	165.00–219.00	204.86
13	—	719	144.00–145.00	144.47
94	—	476	155.00–178.00	173.45
4	—	896	131.00	131.00
39	—	559	158.50–162.50	160.45
7	—	657	151.50	151.50
18	—	641	148.50–152.00	150.21
10	—	812	133.25	133.25
1	—	1,030	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	409	180.00–187.00	184.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	157.50	157.50
2	—	665	139.00–142.00	140.49
9	—	580	154.00–156.00	154.64
1	—	785	120.00	120.00
29	—	484	145.00–168.00	163.27
3	—	252	162.00	162.00
4	—	540	135.00–143.00	137.00
20	—	430	143.00–171.00	165.54
12	—	386	141.00–188.00	184.40
8	—	648	139.00	139.00
1	—	840	126.00	126.00
3	—	908	103.00–104.00	103.67
5	—	316	147.00–157.00	150.63
5	—	733	130.00–140.00	131.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	125.00–131.00	129.83
1	—	795	112.00	112.00
2	—	568	110.00	110.00
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
8	—	457	145.00	145.00
2	—	678	125.00–129.00	126.98
2	—	505	150.00	150.00
15	—	378	120.00–167.00	131.12
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
2	—	710	125.00–127.00	125.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	161.00–165.00	163.59
19	—	538	145.00–184.00	177.51
10	—	618	136.00–144.00	142.38
1	—	890	112.00	112.00
5	—	584	147.00–190.00	173.28
2	—	832	115.00	115.00
1	—	390	173.00	173.00
1	—	295	172.00	172.00
1	—	320	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	140.00	140.00
1	—	930	108.00	108.00
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
2	—	720	115.00	115.00
3	—	356	195.00	195.00
7	—	447	181.00	181.00
10	—	518	120.00–158.00	152.68
5	—	569	142.00–150.00	145.21
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	78.00	78.00
1	—	575	39.00	39.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	85.00	85.00
1	—	660	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	984	62.75	62.75
7	—	1,329	84.50–88.00	86.13
53	—	1,138	68.00–83.00	75.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	983	59.00–67.50	61.99
8	—	800	34.00–45.00	41.23
12	—	840	48.00–56.00	51.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	67.00	67.00
3	—	1,523	83.00–85.00	83.94
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,065	65.00–77.00	74.63
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	41.00–53.00	47.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,391	84.00–98.00	93.78
3	—	1,578	101.00–107.00	103.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	870	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	850	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	788	800.00–875.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,128	975.00–1,225.00	1,087.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	890	900.00–1,100.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,108	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,253.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	580	525.00	525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	580	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	1,100.00	1,100.00

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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