New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 236 priced lines covering 3,993 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,097 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 519 head. replacement cattle receipts at 436 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,097Last week 4,134Year ago 4,175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 519Last week 447Year ago 444

Replacement CattleReceipts 436Last week 266Year ago 223

Compared to last week, steer calves sold 10.00-24.00 higher. Heifer calves traded mostly 4.00-11.00 higher. Feeder steers were 4.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Trade moderate to active, demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	160.00	160.00
4	—	845	115.00	115.00
4	—	402	127.00	127.00
5	—	694	97.00	97.00
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	67.50–79.00	73.27
1	—	395	450.00	450.00
1	—	745	85.00	85.00
1	—	445	65.00	65.00
2	—	505	50.00–76.00	62.87
1	—	495	54.00	54.00
1	—	775	76.00	76.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	265.00	265.00
3	—	630	225.00	225.00
5	—	411	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	571	236.50–277.00	254.84
147	—	714	204.50–229.50	215.15
53	—	324	279.00–346.00	336.72
113	—	428	256.00–342.00	315.55
91	—	786	222.50–225.00	224.66
113	—	476	258.00–288.00	276.58
21	—	286	337.00–358.00	347.83
113	—	370	274.00–339.00	320.25
126	—	668	220.00–249.00	231.31
209	—	627	220.00–250.00	243.00
77	—	528	240.00–278.00	256.90
1	—	235	372.00	372.00
95	—	845	206.00–213.00	209.36
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	220.00	220.00
5	—	617	225.00	225.00
12	—	449	268.00	268.00
15	—	550	240.00	240.00
4	—	830	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	230.00–253.00	240.79
15	—	626	213.00–226.00	219.78
3	—	310	222.00–245.00	236.91
6	—	754	181.00–205.00	200.94
4	—	588	227.00–234.00	231.24
41	—	435	220.00–297.00	264.68
4	—	743	219.00	219.00
29	—	381	230.00–290.00	251.44
16	—	516	220.00–238.00	231.08
14	—	663	214.00–227.00	220.02
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	517	205.00	205.00
2	—	727	186.00	186.00
3	—	428	282.00	282.00
4	—	752	184.00–206.00	195.00
3	—	555	248.00	248.00
2	—	387	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	195.00	195.00
31	—	371	262.00–271.00	267.36
4	—	451	190.00	190.00
2	—	537	210.00	210.00
4	—	677	155.00	155.00
3	—	1,036	147.00	147.00
9	—	623	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	255.00	255.00
2	—	388	295.00	295.00
8	—	442	294.00–307.00	303.89
2	—	335	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	295	312.00	312.00
7	—	313	300.00–309.00	306.33
7	—	421	316.00	316.00
5	—	568	230.00	230.00
5	—	367	227.00–302.00	286.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	275	367.00	367.00
4	—	684	230.00	230.00
3	—	550	268.00	268.00
16	—	615	235.00–285.00	247.62
7	—	305	358.00	358.00
10	—	409	339.00–345.00	342.61
103	—	528	248.00–299.00	281.80
33	—	486	295.00–306.00	298.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	—	140	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	202.00	202.00
1	—	95	275.00	275.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	377	160.00	160.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	347	152.00	152.00
7	—	523	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	368	180.00–221.00	204.36
1	—	825	155.00	155.00
12	—	665	117.00–200.00	141.58
8	—	444	195.00–260.00	214.45
3	—	725	167.00	167.00
1	—	580	160.00	160.00
5	—	468	170.00–222.00	197.99
2	—	280	190.00–240.00	215.45
4	—	629	190.00–200.00	192.50
2	—	308	202.00–220.00	211.22
7	—	526	177.00–208.00	192.09
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	396	100.00	100.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	133.00	133.00
2	—	575	190.00	190.00
4	—	743	206.50	206.50
2	—	340	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	531	293.50	293.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	256.00	256.00
35	—	426	268.00	268.00
12	—	389	300.00–307.00	301.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	202.00	202.00
2	—	110	220.00–225.00	222.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	230.00	230.00
2	—	438	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	363	200.00	200.00
6	—	627	137.00–166.00	151.07
8	—	536	226.00	226.00
2	—	737	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	772	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	321	163.00–202.00	171.20
4	—	490	213.50	213.50
6	—	580	194.00	194.00
6	—	212	185.00–210.00	201.66
1	—	365	185.00	185.00
1	—	170	205.00	205.00
9	—	401	180.00–269.50	240.37
2	—	513	170.00–185.00	177.39
1	—	695	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	745	199.00	199.00
8	—	585	204.00–210.00	205.41
2	—	825	165.00	165.00
12	—	426	240.00–275.00	254.54
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	487	78.00	78.00
7	—	395	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	427	195.00–238.00	225.25
19	—	567	181.00–245.00	215.20
5	—	457	190.00–220.00	209.86
3	—	843	164.00	164.00
10	—	681	182.00–204.00	200.34
2	—	620	180.00–183.00	181.50
8	—	876	181.00	181.00
3	—	283	225.00–230.00	228.26
20	—	312	210.00–268.00	248.53
6	—	724	157.50–167.00	160.63
19	—	382	202.00–246.00	217.79
10	—	513	185.00–208.00	204.25
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	639	161.00–170.00	163.18
2	—	577	180.00	180.00
3	—	441	265.00	265.00
3	—	495	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	995	174.00	174.00
231	—	470	217.00–272.00	252.03
84	—	374	220.00–298.00	276.04
151	—	531	210.00–254.00	236.47
49	—	732	174.00–209.00	204.27
80	—	576	210.00–240.00	226.27
55	—	328	227.00–310.00	286.80
55	—	628	205.00–231.00	217.65
66	—	418	216.00–285.00	254.72
6	—	1,058	171.00	171.00
3	—	1,036	176.00	176.00
37	—	839	180.00–191.00	181.93
12	—	682	203.00–212.00	206.72
2	—	860	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	281	300.00	300.00
4	—	470	225.00	225.00
8	—	390	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	265.00	265.00
2	—	975	147.00	147.00
3	—	453	241.00	241.00
38	—	359	256.00–260.00	256.34
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	52.50–55.00	53.32
1	—	795	66.00	66.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	972	168.00	168.00
2	—	900	197.00	197.00
6	—	658	218.00–219.00	218.49
2	—	1,018	112.50–117.50	114.96
2	—	353	300.00	300.00
4	—	542	220.00	220.00
4	—	782	167.00	167.00
6	—	430	289.00	289.00
15	—	466	200.00–281.00	258.49
1	—	1,120	126.00	126.00
23	—	576	227.00–265.00	255.73
5	—	838	142.50–182.00	173.73
6	—	720	180.00–210.50	202.52
4	—	327	298.00	298.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	260.00	260.00
3	—	621	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	921	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	454	276.00	276.00
6	—	736	208.00	208.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,285	1,675.00–1,825.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	850.00–900.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	825	975.00–1,575.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,140	1,725.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,129	1,200.00–1,600.00	1,371.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,128	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,360.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,069	975.00–1,200.00	1,009.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	825	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,011	900.00–1,000.00	955.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,008	900.00–1,400.00	1,159.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,101	825.00–1,175.00	1,114.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	990	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,726.47
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,058	835.00–1,400.00	1,171.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	—	1,002	1,500.00–1,840.00	1,787.93
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	543	400.00–535.00	478.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	630	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,375	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,126	900.00–1,650.00	1,421.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	937	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	860	1,250.00–1,275.00	1,262.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	800	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	915	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,248	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,845.83
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,175.00	1,175.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	735	120.00–142.00	129.90
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	837	120.00–152.00	139.67
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	902	108.00–170.00	132.14
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	937	110.00–117.50	112.83
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	93	—	922	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,905.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	805	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	879	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	94.00	94.00
2	—	1,425	107.50–110.00	108.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,666	107.50–119.50	114.50
28	—	1,525	70.00–100.00	89.73
42	—	1,515	97.00–111.00	104.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	841	61.00–67.00	65.05
2	—	895	75.00–79.00	77.36
28	—	1,082	79.00–89.00	86.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,327	98.50–113.00	102.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,176	87.00–98.00	90.65
29	—	1,292	94.00–111.00	97.37
57	—	1,287	90.00–105.00	94.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	958	60.00–80.00	73.24
8	—	989	39.00–64.00	57.05
24	—	1,092	85.00–87.00	85.82
40	—	1,077	75.00–90.00	83.73
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,460	90.00–95.00	93.57
2	—	673	90.00	90.00

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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