New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 205 priced lines covering 3,030 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,151 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 178 head. replacement cattle receipts at 213 head. Counted as USDA files them — 17 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,151Last week 3,988Year ago 2,823

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 254Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 213Last week 219Year ago 80

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves were unevenly steady with feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	80.00–90.00	85.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	42.00	42.00
1	—	630	72.00	72.00
1	—	785	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,130	80.00–93.00	87.22
8	—	1,124	76.50–83.50	80.10
17	—	1,292	92.00–106.00	96.62
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	45.00	45.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	743	30.00–61.00	43.95
19	—	986	82.00–86.00	84.69
22	—	918	69.50–81.00	77.59
35	—	865	61.00–76.00	70.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	89.00	89.00
2	—	1,585	93.00–95.00	93.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,443	89.00–101.00	95.04
9	—	1,715	101.00–112.50	109.15
5	—	1,275	48.00–90.00	71.36
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	96.00	96.00
2	—	1,288	94.00–97.00	95.62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	332	195.00–225.00	203.65
83	—	671	150.00–176.50	169.49
39	—	372	189.00–214.00	202.05
85	—	523	170.00–200.00	179.90
63	—	568	165.00–179.00	173.00
56	—	741	145.00–164.50	159.75
20	—	287	206.00–219.00	212.95
77	—	478	170.00–197.00	185.88
1	—	855	150.00	150.00
360	—	637	163.50–181.00	173.99
56	—	420	190.50–205.00	196.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	362	210.00	210.00
30	—	463	193.50–195.00	194.35
4	—	646	189.00	189.00
23	—	571	185.50–186.00	185.74
3	—	437	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	764	155.00	155.00
7	—	369	218.00	218.00
2	—	335	223.00	223.00
15	—	518	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	271	180.00–192.50	184.66
4	—	429	183.00–185.00	184.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	426	150.00–171.00	156.94
19	—	377	166.00–195.00	174.70
1	—	840	139.00	139.00
57	—	521	156.00–179.00	159.59
7	—	485	161.00–168.00	165.48
1	—	895	130.00	130.00
22	—	575	155.00	155.00
15	—	615	146.00–161.00	155.06
8	—	339	160.00–198.00	174.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	143.00	143.00
3	—	472	130.00–158.00	139.69
6	—	341	140.00–167.00	144.42
2	—	373	164.00	164.00
23	—	511	131.00–162.00	154.06
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
3	—	263	180.00	180.00
2	—	825	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	117.00	117.00
3	—	505	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	126.00	126.00
2	—	387	138.00	138.00
2	—	870	125.00	125.00
4	—	401	176.00	176.00
2	—	663	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	30.00	30.00
1	—	515	70.00	70.00
2	—	553	200.00	200.00
1	—	500	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	984	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	770	169.00	169.00
8	—	522	192.00–198.00	195.74
21	—	424	211.00	211.00
8	—	465	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	396	221.00	221.00
13	—	532	199.00–202.00	199.47
4	—	436	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	—	100	410.00	410.00
1	—	155	385.00	385.00
1	—	80	370.00	370.00
54	—	471	205.00–227.50	218.52
84	—	779	175.00–182.00	175.63
1	—	1,055	125.00	125.00
148	—	676	164.50–193.00	176.30
20	—	323	232.00–251.00	243.50
23	—	825	174.50–176.00	175.07
102	—	423	207.00–242.00	233.07
99	—	516	190.00–224.00	213.21
80	—	376	215.00–243.00	234.97
10	—	878	143.00–165.50	159.46
2	—	225	244.00	244.00
3	—	917	155.00	155.00
84	—	568	187.00–210.00	197.86
7	—	272	233.00–251.00	238.90
121	—	622	172.00–196.00	183.31
100	—	727	170.00–185.00	180.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	715	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	—	235	160.00	160.00
1	—	280	161.00	161.00
2	—	620	140.00–143.00	141.52
2	—	523	165.00–167.00	165.99
13	—	376	156.00–170.00	167.48
10	—	422	165.00–167.00	166.80
3	—	577	149.00–165.00	157.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
1	—	210	370.00	370.00
1	—	260	232.00	232.00
9	—	478	186.00–199.00	191.37
1	—	305	208.00	208.00
20	—	525	173.00–192.00	183.30
3	—	706	162.00–168.00	164.02
2	—	817	145.00	145.00
7	—	384	187.00–200.00	194.26
115	—	595	163.00–178.00	164.73
1	—	230	230.00	230.00
25	—	622	149.00–185.00	157.41
30	—	675	145.00–167.00	158.19
1	—	750	154.00	154.00
4	—	420	186.00–205.00	195.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	311	154.00	154.00
2	—	277	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	401	135.00	135.00
14	—	488	174.00	174.00
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	57.00	57.00
1	—	510	51.00	51.00
1	—	450	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	567	214.00	214.00
4	—	525	235.00	235.00
6	—	695	185.00	185.00
2	—	368	238.00–248.00	242.83
4	—	330	227.00–240.00	236.99
8	—	408	240.00–254.00	252.24
3	—	617	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	200.00	200.00
20	—	476	169.00–172.00	171.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	421	198.00–213.00	207.86
2	—	333	215.00	215.00
5	—	374	183.00	183.00
1	—	290	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	128	90.00–110.00	95.73
6	—	725	156.00	156.00
10	—	427	176.00–180.00	177.92
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	147.00–150.00	148.78
2	—	620	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	621	159.00–172.00	167.72
3	—	473	190.00–200.00	193.31
4	—	349	222.00	222.00
7	—	740	147.00–161.00	158.76
4	—	689	145.00–159.00	152.09
2	—	750	148.00	148.00
3	—	580	172.00	172.00
2	—	535	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	35.00	35.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	107.00	107.00
1	—	630	189.00	189.00
1	—	895	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	86.00	86.00
3	—	298	108.00	108.00
20	—	367	92.00–95.00	92.87
6	—	430	82.00	82.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	55.00–57.00	56.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,203	1,250.00–1,550.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,073	875.00–900.00	887.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,240	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,087.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	665	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	500.00	500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	828	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,337.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	868	600.00–950.00	818.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	783	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,087.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	828	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	978	825.00–1,050.00	958.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	915	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	810	650.00–950.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	985	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,106	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,117	850.00–960.00	943.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	928	925.00–1,125.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	948	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	915	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	881	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	900	850.00–975.00	885.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	931	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	686	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	760	800.00	800.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	100.00	100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	910	94.00–146.00	118.25
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	707	100.00–125.00	118.83
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,075	1,300.00–1,575.00	1,465.63
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	625.00	625.00

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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