New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 212 priced lines covering 2,156 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,384 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 307 head. replacement cattle receipts at 246 head. Counted as USDA files them — 56 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,384Last week 1,283Year ago 2,858

Slaughter CattleReceipts 307Last week 169Year ago 443

Replacement CattleReceipts 246Last week 131Year ago 340

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher on strong demand. Trade active demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	371	144.00–172.00	161.76
2	—	335	150.00–155.00	152.54
26	—	624	130.00–145.00	138.56
21	—	577	140.00–158.00	147.70
15	—	674	130.00–145.00	139.22
2	—	273	150.00–155.00	152.48
3	—	788	125.00	125.00
19	—	730	123.00–136.00	131.08
12	—	474	152.00–162.00	156.73
25	—	518	135.00–160.00	152.47
5	—	837	112.00–113.00	112.40
1	—	180	390.00	390.00
77	—	404	150.00–162.00	161.78
1	—	90	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	427	156.00–173.00	167.40
3	—	810	139.00	139.00
12	—	311	162.00–185.00	179.04
3	—	662	138.00	138.00
9	—	268	180.00–188.00	184.95
52	—	576	146.00–163.50	156.27
54	—	518	153.00–164.50	158.53
5	—	701	138.00	138.00
1	—	755	131.00	131.00
36	—	614	145.00–155.00	152.98
66	—	378	160.00–189.00	177.69
21	—	480	154.00–173.00	167.31
2	—	180	385.00–400.00	392.71
6	—	863	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	178.00–187.00	182.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	174.00–179.00	177.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	110.00–120.00	115.02
7	—	516	119.00–135.00	129.89
3	—	337	120.00–132.00	123.92
6	—	582	120.00–133.00	129.26
3	—	373	130.00–145.00	134.96
2	—	290	139.00–145.00	142.05
9	—	473	125.00–138.00	134.57
33	—	413	130.00–140.00	134.98
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	327	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	38.00–55.00	46.60
2	—	578	53.00	53.00
1	—	670	41.50	41.50
1	—	395	275.00	275.00
1	—	400	375.00	375.00
5	—	537	350.00–410.00	378.62
3	—	463	250.00–400.00	298.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	141.00	141.00
13	—	466	158.00–159.00	158.24
2	—	662	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	336	156.00	156.00
9	—	553	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	138.00	138.00
11	—	598	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	130	300.00	300.00
1	—	40	300.00	300.00
4	—	85	200.00–375.00	281.99
8	—	419	162.00–185.00	178.31
2	—	195	200.00	200.00
1	—	935	119.00	119.00
2	—	875	106.00–120.00	112.84
1	—	810	125.00	125.00
40	—	392	161.00–182.00	181.20
7	—	485	152.00–185.00	167.36
37	—	519	151.00–180.50	162.55
3	—	280	183.00–197.00	191.74
1	—	305	170.00	170.00
2	—	708	147.00	147.00
1	—	1,005	120.00	120.00
23	—	666	140.00–151.00	148.56
9	—	620	145.00–160.00	153.84
3	—	168	250.00–400.00	331.19
4	—	581	155.00	155.00
10	—	762	125.00–146.00	140.21
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	450.00	450.00
3	—	330	375.00	375.00
6	—	486	350.00–375.00	364.91
1	—	160	400.00	400.00
2	—	630	57.00–58.00	57.50
1	—	220	400.00	400.00
6	—	371	375.00–460.00	446.06
2	—	520	49.00–56.00	52.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	135.00	135.00
2	—	130	300.00–325.00	312.02
18	—	723	145.00–153.00	148.18
44	—	366	180.00–222.00	213.78
57	—	581	162.00–185.00	177.31
27	—	321	208.00–222.00	213.17
166	—	779	137.00–150.50	149.16
8	—	812	140.00–144.25	143.72
49	—	431	180.00–211.00	198.97
49	—	655	157.00–168.50	165.93
5	—	295	216.00	216.00
61	—	520	170.00–190.00	183.52
1	—	220	192.00	192.00
37	—	467	170.00–199.00	187.08
24	—	623	159.00–179.00	166.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	740	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	461	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	134.00–136.00	135.00
4	—	280	150.00–160.00	155.47
3	—	897	106.00	106.00
7	—	580	121.00–145.00	137.49
6	—	793	133.00	133.00
3	—	517	129.00–145.00	138.54
1	—	490	151.00	151.00
3	—	362	140.00–157.00	149.06
2	—	223	151.00–160.00	155.35
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
11	—	421	134.00–150.00	144.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	777	157.00	157.00
3	—	532	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	453	180.00	180.00
12	—	681	144.00–145.50	145.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	455	155.00–166.00	162.00
7	—	515	158.00–166.00	163.11
3	—	877	85.00	85.00
3	—	558	155.00	155.00
4	—	378	167.00–200.00	191.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	126.00	126.00
2	—	938	101.00	101.00
4	—	740	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	145.00	145.00
1	—	300	120.00	120.00
1	—	665	124.00	124.00
1	—	790	120.00	120.00
3	—	470	130.00–135.00	132.34
4	—	529	146.00	146.00
3	—	643	125.00–130.00	128.34
2	—	410	135.00–141.00	137.93
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	260	375.00	375.00
1	—	495	420.00	420.00
1	—	760	66.00	66.00
1	—	505	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	100.00	100.00
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	300	66.00	66.00
8	—	399	70.00	70.00
5	—	222	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	241	127.00	127.00
39	—	415	137.00	137.00
10	—	357	115.00	115.00
39	—	322	115.00	115.00
42	—	284	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	578	400.00–475.00	437.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	665	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	740	560.00	560.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	683	450.00–520.00	488.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,210	900.00–1,025.00	987.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	79.00	79.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	981	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,073	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,147	77.00–80.00	78.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	75.00	75.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,040	800.00–875.00	837.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	945.00	945.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,043	900.00–1,085.00	992.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	883	620.00–750.00	697.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	740	740.00	740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	934	760.00–800.00	775.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	770	770.00	770.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	765	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	759	550.00–610.00	585.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	660	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	640	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	960	800.00–1,020.00	906.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,022	700.00–950.00	858.33
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	680	82.00	82.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,041	830.00–1,060.00	911.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	877	650.00–1,050.00	843.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	65.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	690	400.00	400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,385.00	1,385.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,138	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,222.86
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,212	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,361.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	857	860.00–1,125.00	979.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,167	850.00–975.00	937.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,085	900.00–1,150.00	1,045.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,156	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,406.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,310	1,450.00–1,520.00	1,485.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	570	550.00–750.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	975.00–1,075.00	1,041.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,068	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,548	90.00–102.00	94.50
8	—	1,253	64.00–85.00	79.17
7	—	1,225	70.00–83.00	76.57
7	—	1,535	99.50–108.00	104.47
18	—	1,429	87.50–108.00	96.47
10	—	1,721	105.00–113.00	109.92
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	764	65.00–72.00	68.72
3	—	712	50.00–56.00	52.32
15	—	749	40.00–58.50	46.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,183	75.50–91.00	82.86
6	—	1,365	89.50–98.00	91.98
23	—	1,055	63.00–75.00	70.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	833	40.00–53.00	48.34
19	—	881	55.00–65.00	60.10
30	—	984	62.00–79.75	68.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,533	80.00–85.00	82.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	79.00	79.00
1	—	745	71.00	71.00

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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