Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 1.00-4.00 higher except 300-400 lbs 6.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. 1.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. mostly 3.00 lower except 300-400 lbs. 3.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs.2.00 lower on comparable quotes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls steady. Trade active, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.33/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$131.33

301 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$66.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	136.89	734	97
Medium and Large 1-2	524	135.26	708	128
Medium and Large 2	510	127.14	648	45
Small and Medium 1-2	605	115.50	699	4thin
Small and Medium 2	522	104.62	546	25
Medium and Large 2-3	628	70.00	440	2thin

One grade step is worth $66.89/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale301 hd

131.33

—

NM average1 barns · 301 hd

131.33

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,563	80.91	1,265	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,383	62.24	861	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,172	61.95	726	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,002	55.99	561	115

Every lot, as filed

123 lots · USDA AMS · Roswell Livestock Auction - Roswell, NM

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	168.48/cwt	167.00–174.00	527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	149.39/cwt	147.00–154.00	615	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	125.36/cwt	125.00–125.50	760	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	815	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	163.82/cwt	160.00–166.00	595	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	132.33/cwt	126.00–137.00	764	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	118.00/cwt	117.00–120.00	738	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	156.01/cwt	154.00–158.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	114.67/cwt	114.00–116.00	811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	123.57/cwt	120.50–127.00	712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	140.25/cwt	137.00–142.50	609	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	299	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	577	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	763	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	648	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	706	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	127.22/cwt	120.00–130.00	787	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	308	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	542	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	645	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	613	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	823	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	823	3
Bulls	—	—	1,357	71.69/cwt	70.00–75.00	973	6
Bulls	—	—	1,747	86.25/cwt	85.50–87.25	1,507	8
Bulls	—	—	1,544	81.96/cwt	76.25–85.25	1,265	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,100	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	1,100.00/cwt	875.00–1,225.00	12,430	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	800	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	692	506.67/cwt	400.00–570.00	3,506	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	750	555.00/cwt	550.00–560.00	4,163	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	700	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	638	560.00/cwt	500.00–620.00	3,573	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	650	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,925	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	575	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	60.02/cwt	56.75–61.75	729	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	63.49/cwt	62.00–65.00	726	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	62.97/cwt	62.50–63.50	865	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	857	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	62.04/cwt	61.50–62.50	736	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	50.18/cwt	47.00–52.50	447	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	56.21/cwt	53.00–61.00	563	95
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	712.50/cwt	650.00–850.00	7,225	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,363	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	812.50/cwt	800.00–825.00	6,524	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	508	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	483	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	467	124.55/cwt	115.00–129.00	582	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	577	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	519	11
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	564	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	716	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	681	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	606	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	456	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	616	7
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	714	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	785	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	700.00/cwt	650.00–750.00	6,216	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,301	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	688	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,165	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	5,250	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	7,053	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	675	550.00/cwt	500.00–600.00	3,713	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	147.14/cwt	143.50–149.00	680	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	119.33/cwt	118.50–120.00	742	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	129.64/cwt	129.50–130.00	678	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	119.89/cwt	110.00–124.50	790	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	329	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	433	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	634	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	449	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	398	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	132.37/cwt	127.00–138.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	304	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	117.46/cwt	116.00–118.00	688	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	131.32/cwt	125.00–135.00	682	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	440	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	605	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	195.85/cwt	190.00–200.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	180.47/cwt	170.00–191.00	594	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	166.79/cwt	156.00–175.00	679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	166.66/cwt	158.00–169.50	818	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	149.74/cwt	140.00–153.50	877	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	155.17/cwt	149.00–159.00	821	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	137.09/cwt	135.00–146.00	872	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	137.83/cwt	130.50–140.00	943	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	215	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin	—	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin	—	531	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	658	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin	—	572	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,027	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	176.44/cwt	170.00–182.00	655	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	153.90/cwt	150.00–155.50	817	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	154.94/cwt	150.00–157.00	738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	149.88/cwt	142.00–157.00	844	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	165.33/cwt	156.00–172.00	727	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	918	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	126.27/cwt	125.00–127.50	731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	772	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	402	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	699	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	189.53/cwt	175.00–191.00	601	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	116.98/cwt	116.00–118.00	792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	137.96/cwt	135.00–144.00	720	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	825	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	682	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	757	3

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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