New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 259 priced lines covering 3,212 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,280 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 420 head. replacement cattle receipts at 434 head. Counted as USDA files them — 36 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,280Last week 3,340Year ago 3,635

Slaughter CattleReceipts 420Last week 386Year ago 405

Replacement CattleReceipts 434Last week 454Year ago 360

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder steers were unevenly steady from 13.00 lower to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded unevenly steady from 6.00 lower to 16.00 higher. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly 10.00-12.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	299	355.00	355.00
6	350–400	397	295.00	295.00
16	400–450	428	241.00	241.00
2	450–500	495	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	352.00	352.00
2	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
14	600–650	641	228.00	228.00
8	650–700	690	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	291	300.00	300.00
32	300–350	336	292.50–342.00	316.98
35	350–400	376	295.00–336.00	311.19
39	400–450	429	265.00–305.00	278.35
55	450–500	472	265.00–300.00	281.87
96	500–550	524	240.00–300.00	269.28
83	550–600	561	240.00–280.00	267.23
136	600–650	637	230.00–258.00	247.82
28	650–700	678	204.00–258.00	233.52
86	700–750	733	215.00–240.00	225.63
17	750–800	769	190.00–235.00	217.11
7	800–850	817	194.00–215.00	208.89
21	850–900	860	191.00–220.00	196.74
2	900–950	910	180.00	180.00
4	950–1000	988	182.00	182.00
5	1000–1050	1,037	110.50–172.00	134.82
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	295.00	295.00
3	300–350	330	245.00	245.00
13	500–550	519	260.00–264.00	262.71
17	550–600	572	257.00–259.00	258.51
2	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
4	750–800	786	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	301	280.00	280.00
5	400–450	414	310.00–312.00	311.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	275.00–302.50	285.12
7	250–300	270	280.00–293.00	286.99
5	300–350	339	270.00–285.00	279.24
18	350–400	376	235.00–270.00	261.48
13	400–450	423	222.00–275.00	255.71
25	450–500	473	217.00–275.00	241.88
36	500–550	522	227.00–250.00	240.49
14	550–600	565	195.00–242.00	226.82
5	600–650	633	188.00–217.50	204.95
11	650–700	687	189.00	189.00
1	700–750	740	207.50	207.50
1	850–900	880	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	337	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	480	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	547	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	250.00	250.00
3	200–250	223	225.00–250.00	234.81
3	250–300	282	205.00–235.00	224.53
1	300–350	300	210.00	210.00
1	350–400	395	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	498	175.00	175.00
1	550–600	560	164.00	164.00
2	600–650	618	175.00	175.00
6	650–700	678	174.00	174.00
4	700–750	725	170.00	170.00
2	750–800	763	170.00–171.00	170.50
4	800–850	804	160.00–185.00	167.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	384	345.00–347.00	345.41
15	400–450	415	315.00–320.00	316.99
2	450–500	462	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	265.00	265.00
6	450–500	474	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	315.00	315.00
17	250–300	269	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	186.00	186.00
2	600–650	640	183.00	183.00
2	750–800	785	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	315.00–365.00	353.38
10	350–400	389	300.00–360.00	354.22
16	450–500	475	211.00–365.00	305.38
4	500–550	537	190.00–268.00	249.13
4	550–600	562	192.50–254.00	238.67
6	600–650	626	210.00–262.00	244.14
2	650–700	680	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	723	215.00–232.50	223.96
3	750–800	750	201.00	201.00
3	800–850	828	175.00–232.00	193.69
4	850–900	858	152.00–208.00	179.82
1	900–950	905	159.00	159.00
1	950–1000	965	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	345.00	345.00
5	450–500	460	298.00–310.00	300.45
2	750–800	788	190.00	190.00
1	1150–1200	1,190	120.25	120.25
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	863	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	50–100	90	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	210	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	312.00	312.00
11	350–400	373	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	518	278.00	278.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	372.00–380.00	377.26
13	500–550	505	322.00	322.00
7	550–600	585	294.00	294.00
3	650–700	693	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	286	300.00–357.50	336.73
5	300–350	324	320.00–350.00	336.11
21	350–400	376	262.00–350.00	318.15
44	400–450	432	283.00–325.00	308.51
39	450–500	488	250.00–305.00	277.26
29	500–550	525	250.00–295.00	265.80
21	550–600	574	240.00–282.00	261.61
12	600–650	631	230.00–267.00	251.34
2	650–700	665	232.00–233.00	232.50
10	700–750	718	193.00–246.00	219.41
2	750–800	790	210.00	210.00
5	800–850	818	200.00–202.00	200.83
3	850–900	858	191.00–203.00	199.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	255.00–300.00	277.90
5	350–400	377	212.50–295.00	258.74
5	400–450	416	225.00–272.00	253.75
12	450–500	476	212.00–270.00	242.56
2	500–550	513	230.00–245.00	237.54
9	550–600	565	202.00–240.00	230.37
1	700–750	725	181.00	181.00
2	750–800	760	184.00–188.00	185.97
1	800–850	820	151.00	151.00
1	850–900	880	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	215.00	215.00
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	363	338.00	338.00
18	400–450	402	326.00	326.00
4	450–500	478	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	360.00	360.00
3	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	310	425.00	425.00
24	400–450	413	370.00–395.00	388.37
4	550–600	555	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	488	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	400–450	435	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	797	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	298	360.00	360.00
8	300–350	345	367.00	367.00
26	350–400	382	345.00–355.00	348.02
27	400–450	410	310.00–332.00	314.95
7	450–500	471	318.00–332.00	325.98
4	500–550	514	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	630	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	239	420.00–422.00	420.57
11	250–300	292	400.00–420.00	410.88
45	300–350	321	375.00–415.00	393.46
86	350–400	386	315.00–400.00	389.39
68	400–450	422	325.00–378.00	351.99
60	450–500	486	295.00–380.00	323.33
122	500–550	522	293.00–330.00	316.94
51	550–600	571	267.00–312.00	286.22
52	600–650	621	247.00–300.00	265.06
54	650–700	670	241.00–285.00	258.73
53	700–750	722	222.00–277.00	244.94
82	750–800	788	230.00–265.00	237.41
11	850–900	878	201.00–255.00	210.92
9	900–950	918	206.00–220.00	209.20
1	1450–1500	1,490	146.00	146.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	818	175.00	175.00
13	900–950	933	171.00	171.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	850	171.00	171.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	150.00	150.00
5	300–350	313	200.00	200.00
7	350–400	381	110.00	110.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	240.00	240.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	328	180.00–195.00	189.11
66	350–400	360	306.00–311.00	308.91
2	400–450	425	227.00	227.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	300–350	324	325.00	325.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	339	142.00–165.00	155.38
3	350–400	367	200.00	200.00
2	400–450	405	185.00	185.00
3	650–700	670	170.00	170.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	290	162.00	162.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	417	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	925	140.00	140.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	960	119.00	119.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,165	1,500.00–2,350.00	1,941.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,043	1,300.00–1,950.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,160	1,100.00–2,650.00	2,080.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	915	1,525.00–2,300.00	1,912.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,185	2,050.00–2,085.00	2,067.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,700.00	1,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	114.00	114.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	810	112.00–117.00	114.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	818	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,208.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,108	124.00	124.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	758	1,175.00–1,350.00	1,262.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	790	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,493.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,038	119.00–127.00	121.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	790	187.00	187.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,006	1,550.00–1,775.00	1,655.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,175.00–1,525.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	—	1,097	985.00–2,500.00	1,818.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,035	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,655.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	896	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,818.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,275.00–1,575.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,107	1,125.00–1,750.00	1,460.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,029	1,650.00–1,910.00	1,755.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,045	1,125.00–1,750.00	1,466.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,132	1,000.00–2,025.00	1,808.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,115	950.00–1,400.00	1,289.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,019	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,094	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	710	148.00	148.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	693	900.00–925.00	912.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	825	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	690	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	903	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,127.27
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,134	1,350.00–1,800.00	1,628.57
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	1,750.00–2,500.00	2,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	879	1,200.00–2,000.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	988	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,508.33
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	765	1,050.00–1,400.00	1,225.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	1,625.00	1,625.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	967	1,250.00–1,950.00	1,716.67
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	530	750.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	809	110.00–180.00	128.90
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	854	130.00–171.00	158.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	892	100.00	100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	133.00	133.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	932	114.00–146.00	129.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,255	102.00–120.00	110.93
44	—	1,103	97.00–113.00	103.76
16	—	1,201	115.00–123.00	120.31
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	762	60.00–67.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	77.00	77.00
1	—	460	82.00	82.00
2	—	718	99.00–101.00	100.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	870	102.50–114.00	107.59
7	—	943	112.00–117.00	114.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,032	84.00–105.50	96.84
15	—	898	80.00–103.50	84.92
7	—	884	70.00–83.00	77.27
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	138.00	138.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,206	90.00–121.00	115.22
41	—	1,399	114.00–126.50	119.82
10	—	1,375	128.00–136.00	131.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	141.00–145.00	143.60
17	—	1,308	103.00–129.00	115.79
24	—	1,602	119.00–139.00	130.37

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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