New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 127 priced lines covering 1,683 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,203 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 164 head. replacement cattle receipts at 122 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,203Last week 2,844Year ago 4,604

Slaughter CattleReceipts 164Last week 121Year ago 632

Replacement CattleReceipts 122Last week 80Year ago 716

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, while calves were mixed. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	150.00	150.00
4	—	424	145.00–153.00	148.76
6	—	654	143.75	143.75
8	—	791	131.00–132.00	131.12
10	—	641	125.00–134.00	132.21
5	—	518	140.00–153.00	143.15
12	—	943	111.50	111.50
1	—	390	145.00	145.00
18	—	585	136.00–141.00	139.83
1	—	700	129.00	129.00
12	—	473	147.00–155.00	152.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	439	162.00–179.00	173.05
23	—	533	156.00–176.00	167.74
2	—	710	143.00–147.00	145.00
20	—	570	150.00–176.00	164.79
11	—	486	158.00–180.00	167.51
3	—	317	160.00–171.00	167.18
11	—	388	167.00–200.00	183.03
1	—	650	137.00	137.00
5	—	620	147.00–150.00	149.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	145	400.00	400.00
7	—	281	190.00–223.00	203.00
10	—	808	134.00–153.25	149.12
6	—	659	148.00–166.00	161.42
14	—	1,006	127.00	127.00
4	—	315	186.00–194.00	188.97
3	—	718	155.00	155.00
145	—	770	149.50–154.50	153.66
1	—	920	132.00	132.00
1	—	175	215.00	215.00
22	—	620	148.00–166.00	158.44
65	—	563	167.00–185.50	180.09
40	—	423	178.00–207.00	192.86
32	—	481	172.00–188.00	180.05
4	—	225	214.00–230.00	221.82
25	—	374	186.50–220.00	207.58
42	—	517	172.00–193.00	185.09
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	57.00	57.00
2	—	500	62.00	62.00
4	—	681	54.00–56.00	55.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	867	137.50	137.50
12	—	994	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	908	135.00	135.00
24	—	777	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	691	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	673	148.50–151.00	150.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	161.00	161.00
50	—	670	150.00–160.00	158.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	357	207.00–208.00	207.20
6	—	327	212.00–215.00	212.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	481	162.00–174.00	165.72
57	—	521	146.00–164.00	151.66
8	—	251	170.00–172.00	171.75
19	—	327	164.00–199.00	186.48
26	—	377	161.00–190.50	183.33
15	—	684	143.25–146.50	145.84
46	—	582	140.00–150.50	144.88
1	—	265	400.00	400.00
11	—	843	135.00–136.00	135.64
88	—	734	139.50–146.50	140.21
4	—	233	181.00–190.00	185.21
69	—	617	136.00–149.50	146.15
67	—	430	152.00–189.50	174.82
1	—	195	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	140.00–155.00	146.02
11	—	572	135.00–155.00	144.70
5	—	624	124.00–135.00	126.20
23	—	520	135.00–156.00	148.65
9	—	476	141.00–163.00	149.04
5	—	710	137.50	137.50
15	—	434	141.00–150.00	148.66
17	—	685	125.00–135.50	133.92
1	—	255	150.00	150.00
8	—	343	145.00	145.00
2	—	158	300.00–350.00	326.19
1	—	115	410.00	410.00
1	—	210	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	123.00	123.00
2	—	515	110.00	110.00
26	—	705	126.00	126.00
4	—	773	120.00	120.00
5	—	383	113.00–126.00	118.47
14	—	573	120.00–129.00	128.38
3	—	323	118.00–127.00	123.23
1	—	245	135.00	135.00
10	—	603	125.00–128.00	127.69
3	—	473	127.00–138.00	133.94
11	—	439	127.00–137.00	134.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	697	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	730	110.00–132.00	121.89
6	—	485	125.00–150.00	133.07
1	—	675	121.00	121.00
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
1	—	170	410.00	410.00
2	—	130	385.00–400.00	391.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	180.00–182.00	181.52
4	—	319	160.00–193.00	184.21
1	—	220	187.00	187.00
1	—	125	425.00	425.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	50.00	50.00
1	—	550	80.00	80.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	43.00–46.00	44.79
52	—	999	59.00–69.50	64.99
10	—	880	50.00–59.00	53.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,181	86.50–95.50	90.31
80	—	1,101	71.00–85.00	76.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	950	69.50–83.00	77.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	47.00–48.50	47.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,443	85.00–98.00	90.09
7	—	1,401	71.00–80.00	77.64
10	—	1,687	100.00–113.00	107.22

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	830	625.00–750.00	687.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	836	675.00–775.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	805	625.00–700.00	666.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	812	600.00–750.00	670.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	675	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	911	800.00–850.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	955	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	890	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	715	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	730	425.00	425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,060	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,116.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	38	—	1,015	2,000.00–3,200.00	2,544.87

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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