New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

New Mexico reported 190 priced lines covering 2,121 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,388 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 257 head. replacement cattle receipts at 114 head. Counted as USDA files them — 32 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,388Last week 2,237Year ago 2,473

Slaughter CattleReceipts 257Last week 414Year ago 421

Replacement CattleReceipts 114Last week 515Year ago 298

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady early and closed the week 10.00-15.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady early and closed the week 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were unevenly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	239	392.00–394.00	392.39
18	300–350	328	382.00–396.00	389.47
7	350–400	375	320.00–395.00	346.82
27	400–450	421	310.00–357.00	335.89
54	450–500	467	305.00–358.00	330.53
27	500–550	522	285.00–366.00	312.77
98	550–600	563	270.00–314.00	295.88
16	600–650	626	247.00–275.00	261.53
89	650–700	682	235.75–259.00	253.75
12	700–750	714	232.00–260.00	240.79
64	750–800	783	231.50–232.00	231.51
11	800–850	810	214.00–215.00	214.09
4	850–900	868	215.50	215.50
6	950–1000	953	200.00–200.50	200.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	526	272.00–297.00	292.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	100–150	120	725.00	725.00
1	150–200	185	700.00	700.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	228	412.00–425.00	417.07
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
17	300–350	321	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	406	365.00	365.00
13	450–500	462	350.00	350.00
5	550–600	556	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	407.00	407.00
9	350–400	360	359.00–360.00	359.78
2	500–550	505	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	287	390.00	390.00
Steers — Small 4$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	295	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	664	262.00	262.00
4	800–850	841	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	307.50	307.50
1	250–300	275	325.00	325.00
12	300–350	334	295.00–365.00	356.50
4	350–400	396	310.00–340.00	332.51
8	400–450	427	292.00–327.00	301.41
24	450–500	480	260.00–310.00	290.58
24	500–550	525	254.00–319.00	289.32
25	550–600	576	250.00–287.00	271.86
9	600–650	639	243.00–257.50	252.72
19	650–700	667	227.00–245.00	240.90
5	700–750	717	226.00–247.00	234.70
12	800–850	834	197.00	197.00
6	850–900	898	199.50	199.50
1	1000–1050	1,040	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	272.50–330.00	307.37
1	500–550	505	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	665	190.00	190.00
3	700–750	715	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	240.00	240.00
5	550–600	572	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	50–100	90	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	285	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Small 4 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
2	200–250	238	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	735.00	735.00
2	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
15	300–350	327	332.00–362.00	346.95
29	350–400	379	280.00–347.00	327.74
41	400–450	415	272.00–340.00	308.82
81	450–500	483	262.50–300.00	281.41
83	500–550	512	257.00–287.00	273.37
71	550–600	587	239.00–260.00	250.56
12	600–650	626	235.00–247.00	238.84
30	650–700	663	220.00–234.00	224.42
14	700–750	715	220.00–227.00	224.13
46	900–950	914	191.50	191.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	595	238.00	238.00
5	650–700	654	210.00	210.00
24	700–750	736	204.50	204.50
33	750–800	757	206.50–207.00	206.55
4	800–850	816	199.00	199.00
13	850–900	896	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	290	100.00	100.00
2	400–450	438	90.00	90.00
1	400–450	420	550.00	550.00
1	450–500	470	110.00	110.00
1	500–550	515	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	234	375.00	375.00
2	250–300	295	342.00	342.00
14	300–350	312	364.50–365.00	364.65
4	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	240.00	240.00
1	300–350	345	242.00	242.00
3	350–400	373	280.00	280.00
10	400–450	428	225.00–276.00	250.06
4	450–500	473	216.00–227.00	221.06
4	500–550	529	190.00–230.00	208.39
5	550–600	569	190.00–224.00	210.13
4	600–650	615	180.00–190.00	183.81
5	650–700	691	160.00–190.00	177.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	160.00	160.00
4	700–750	700	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	648	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	474	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	270.00–285.00	280.06
5	300–350	324	250.00–275.00	265.73
20	350–400	383	267.50–330.00	306.22
28	400–450	433	250.00–320.00	282.61
33	450–500	479	232.50–288.00	271.98
44	500–550	521	239.00–259.00	243.21
35	550–600	575	230.00–245.00	237.14
12	600–650	609	200.00–237.00	225.02
6	650–700	674	190.00–225.00	202.05
4	700–750	705	205.00	205.00
2	750–800	765	194.00–200.00	196.98
1	850–900	885	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	50–100	80	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
5	400–450	431	302.00–352.00	321.14
2	450–500	493	285.00	285.00
5	550–600	589	260.00–277.00	270.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	252	436.00	436.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	296.00	296.00
9	450–500	464	230.00	230.00
2	550–600	550	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	242.50–270.00	256.18
8	500–550	522	258.00–280.00	268.96
12	550–600	573	252.00–260.00	253.93
1	600–650	635	256.00	256.00
6	650–700	659	210.00–243.00	231.73
3	700–750	710	207.00–210.00	208.97
2	750–800	758	183.00–190.00	186.51
1	800–850	840	181.00	181.00
1	850–900	865	187.00	187.00
3	950–1000	983	165.00–177.00	168.91
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	242.00	242.00
42	500–550	542	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
50	300–350	347	317.00	317.00
30	350–400	351	310.00	310.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	357	264.00	264.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	215.00	215.00
4	450–500	491	182.00	182.00
42	500–550	518	150.00–187.00	164.92
Dairy Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	387	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	570	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,013	1,625.00–1,850.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,249	1,725.00–1,850.00	1,766.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,110	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,941.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,520	1,675.00	1,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	855	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,375.00	1,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	930	1,325.00–1,425.00	1,391.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	955	1,300.00–1,525.00	1,412.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	111.00	111.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,144	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,366.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	725	170.00	170.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,037	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,916.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	740	1,225.00	1,225.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	908	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	805	162.50–177.50	170.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	682	108.00–145.00	126.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	130.00	130.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	18	—	788	120.00–212.00	157.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,117	134.00–150.00	140.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,367	2,275.00–2,450.00	2,354.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,195	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,770.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	918	1,275.00–1,800.00	1,483.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	868	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,435.00	1,435.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	2,100.00	2,100.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,298	129.00–139.00	133.69
8	—	1,396	122.00–130.00	125.58
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	983	100.00–120.00	112.01
9	—	906	80.00–96.00	90.14
3	—	787	91.00–116.00	103.71
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,229	117.50–122.00	119.85
3	—	1,212	125.00–137.00	130.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	123.00–127.00	123.94
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	117.00–125.00	121.73
1	—	1,300	129.00	129.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,028	92.00–119.00	106.90
12	—	1,036	104.00–130.00	117.27
27	—	902	80.00–100.00	94.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,191	117.00–126.00	123.11
34	—	1,163	121.00–136.00	132.87
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	120.00	120.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,809	151.00–166.00	159.25
21	—	1,254	103.00–147.00	129.81
23	—	1,507	127.00–160.00	145.09

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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