New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 232 priced lines covering 3,259 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,441 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 262 head. replacement cattle receipts at 251 head. Counted as USDA files them — 12 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,441Last week 1,515Year ago 143

Slaughter CattleReceipts 262Last week 207Year ago 188

Replacement CattleReceipts 251Last week 1,024Year ago 213

Compared to last week, steer calves sold mostly 2.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers mostly 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher, 6.00-8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	524	127.00–153.00	145.12
7	—	577	125.00–142.00	138.90
3	—	677	130.00–140.00	136.70
1	—	450	145.00	145.00
12	—	630	131.00–142.00	134.56
3	—	713	124.00–131.00	126.62
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
1	—	275	155.00	155.00
3	—	363	145.00–155.00	150.43
2	—	430	137.00–158.00	147.62
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	369	163.00–164.00	163.39
1	—	685	137.00	137.00
10	—	473	139.00–151.00	146.07
4	—	707	130.00	130.00
13	—	427	163.00–166.00	164.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	558	143.00–160.00	155.63
21	—	459	160.00–172.00	165.21
22	—	422	164.00–176.00	171.88
10	—	318	164.00–180.00	170.57
3	—	752	126.00–142.00	135.35
20	—	520	154.00–172.00	162.23
8	—	722	135.00–141.00	136.76
2	—	273	180.00–185.00	182.57
10	—	378	161.00–190.00	175.13
5	—	664	138.00–145.00	142.34
18	—	628	143.00–150.50	149.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	129.00	129.00
2	—	423	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	—	160	385.00	385.00
5	—	890	140.50	140.50
65	—	432	176.00–192.00	184.94
50	—	368	179.00–206.50	199.31
12	—	684	157.50–158.50	157.99
22	—	331	180.00–201.00	193.52
107	—	477	162.00–187.00	177.40
13	—	711	151.00–155.00	152.57
56	—	576	161.00–180.00	169.55
20	—	795	145.00–150.00	145.73
7	—	261	187.00–191.00	190.07
108	—	513	161.00–181.00	176.14
106	—	608	153.00–173.00	167.69
Heifers — Small 4$ per head · actual wt
2	—	510	360.00	360.00
1	—	380	360.00	360.00
1	—	625	50.00	50.00
2	—	475	360.00–375.00	367.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	440	165.00	165.00
1	—	290	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	740	160.00	160.00
7	—	609	176.00	176.00
8	—	577	190.00–192.00	191.25
27	—	410	200.00–209.00	203.31
3	—	500	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	800	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	584	155.00–166.00	161.64
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	302	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	122.00	122.00
1	—	335	146.00	146.00
1	—	920	90.00	90.00
1	—	745	109.00	109.00
1	—	495	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	151.00	151.00
6	—	645	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
2	—	83	200.00–300.00	245.45
3	—	577	135.00–151.00	142.15
3	—	482	153.00–166.00	157.18
4	—	626	150.00	150.00
6	—	788	130.00	130.00
6	—	678	131.00–136.00	135.15
1	—	810	125.00	125.00
3	—	382	187.00	187.00
2	—	530	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	74.00	74.00
1	—	740	71.00	71.00
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	141.00	141.00
1	—	765	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	130.00	130.00
4	—	655	165.00	165.00
7	—	550	167.00	167.00
10	—	489	175.50	175.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	190.00	190.00
1	—	845	137.00	137.00
10	—	538	160.00–162.00	161.62
1	—	435	192.00	192.00
5	—	644	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	622	169.00–193.25	186.70
46	—	576	182.00–203.00	192.24
26	—	841	162.50–168.00	164.60
123	—	526	180.00–214.50	201.20
126	—	472	183.00–221.00	202.38
3	—	238	219.00–222.50	220.54
35	—	725	164.50–175.00	167.15
9	—	872	140.00–155.00	153.32
10	—	768	166.00–178.00	169.75
52	—	376	200.00–240.00	225.64
1	—	145	400.00	400.00
10	—	923	143.00–150.00	146.28
4	—	278	214.00–220.00	215.77
2	—	1,080	135.00	135.00
77	—	429	195.00–238.00	218.40
28	—	332	200.00–244.00	219.11
90	—	653	167.00–189.10	186.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	553	210.50	210.50
6	—	405	230.00	230.00
76	—	532	192.00–214.00	213.45
2	—	350	235.00	235.00
13	—	465	206.00–220.00	216.79
18	—	774	173.00	173.00
11	—	339	230.00–252.00	248.35
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	687	155.00–172.00	168.77
24	—	866	145.00–146.00	145.08
19	—	988	144.50	144.50
3	—	502	191.00	191.00
4	—	631	178.00–181.00	179.49
5	—	717	155.00–161.00	158.59
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	352	176.00	176.00
16	—	477	173.00–177.00	173.76
6	—	548	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	152.00	152.00
6	—	329	185.00–198.00	192.73
5	—	270	196.00–210.00	205.52
61	—	580	164.00–184.00	170.38
31	—	529	170.00–188.00	178.61
3	—	834	136.00–139.00	138.02
10	—	628	163.00–169.50	166.62
2	—	1,010	125.00	125.00
9	—	724	155.00–162.00	158.65
17	—	428	172.00–192.00	187.90
73	—	393	190.00–202.00	201.57
39	—	470	181.00–190.00	185.11
2	—	230	196.00–210.00	202.70
3	—	675	160.00–163.00	161.97
1	—	110	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	660	140.00–150.00	142.42
7	—	785	125.00–141.00	134.43
3	—	808	129.00–135.00	131.31
7	—	523	145.00–167.00	152.42
7	—	412	160.00–175.00	167.99
2	—	333	163.00–175.00	169.05
2	—	730	145.00	145.00
3	—	628	159.00	159.00
2	—	875	130.00–135.00	132.51
1	—	200	175.00	175.00
4	—	582	150.00–158.00	151.89
3	—	350	169.00–177.00	171.67
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	170.00	170.00
8	—	569	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	430	148.50	148.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	530	170.50	170.50
Steers — Small 4$ per head · actual wt
3	—	620	300.00–400.00	367.74
1	—	685	48.00	48.00
2	—	608	49.00–50.00	49.50
1	—	455	340.00	340.00
1	—	575	410.00	410.00
2	—	403	220.00–350.00	285.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	494	196.00	196.00
4	—	446	210.00	210.00
32	—	654	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	414	204.00–208.00	206.78
48	—	367	200.00–205.00	204.24
7	—	484	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	980	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	196.00	196.00
Dairy Steers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	312	47.00	47.00
15	—	290	105.00	105.00
21	—	374	47.00–68.00	51.21
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	293	150.00	150.00
92	—	355	151.50	151.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	357	112.00	112.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	348	99.00	99.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	895	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,087.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,015	975.00–1,225.00	1,133.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	785	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,270	1,350.00–1,525.00	1,433.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,027	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,185.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	860	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	935	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,111	1,075.00–1,350.00	1,187.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,151	900.00–1,175.00	1,010.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,088	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,512.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,070	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,020	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	960	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	885	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	885	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	970	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	683	635.00–775.00	705.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	800	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	550	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	710	425.00	425.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	968	1,920.00	1,920.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	775.00	775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	835.00	835.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	120.00–131.00	125.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	785	83.00–130.00	110.25
Stock Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	702	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,525.00	1,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,385	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	900	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,295	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	1,100.00–1,410.00	1,255.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	940	52.50–67.00	61.15
39	—	958	63.00–71.50	68.45
26	—	929	72.50–78.00	75.21
19	—	815	43.00–57.00	50.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	949	65.00–74.00	70.82
24	—	1,218	85.25–95.00	88.13
116	—	1,150	72.50–85.00	78.67
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	55.00	55.00
2	—	880	66.00–71.00	68.43
1	—	710	40.00	40.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	77.00	77.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	27.00	27.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,165	75.00–87.00	75.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,449	86.00–100.00	93.60
13	—	1,197	76.00–91.00	84.47
12	—	1,693	100.50–108.00	103.62
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,231	91.00–113.00	102.38

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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