Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bull steady to 1.00 higher. Trade active, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.63/cwt on 587 head.

Average price

$149.63

587 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$46

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

$16.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	498	153.86	767	152
Medium and Large 1	529	151.67	803	328
Small and Medium 1-2	363	150.00	545	2thin
Medium and Large 2	593	137.13	813	105

One grade step is worth $16.74/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale587 hd

149.63

—

NM average4 barns · 2,474 hd

146.91

+2.72

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	—	Average	1,526	72.29	1,103	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	54.48	679	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,440	53.63	772	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	45.13	473	147

Every lot, as filed

112 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	151.27/cwt	147.50–157.00	794	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	144.07/cwt	136.00–148.00	827	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	161.42/cwt	156.00–167.50	762	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	453	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	784	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	122.52/cwt	120.00–133.00	706	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	133.90/cwt	127.00–137.00	781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	144.80/cwt	141.00–151.00	676	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	138.65/cwt	138.00–141.50	735	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	979	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	584	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	976	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	140.34/cwt	140.00–141.00	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	678	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	693	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	670	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	127.54/cwt	125.00–129.00	615	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	116.31/cwt	113.00–119.00	670	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	451	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	798	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	405	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	678	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	173.05/cwt	168.50–179.00	649	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	163.24/cwt	160.00–169.00	713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	189.40/cwt	186.00–195.00	508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	151.97/cwt	146.00–155.00	372	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	138.19/cwt	131.00–145.00	527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	129.25/cwt	124.00–134.00	726	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	57.47/cwt	57.00–58.00	918	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	52.10/cwt	47.50–55.50	717	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	32.04/cwt	29.00–33.00	284	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	40.65/cwt	38.00–44.50	392	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	48.81/cwt	45.00–56.50	543	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	1,004.38/cwt	900.00–1,175.00	9,712	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	602	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	53.57/cwt	47.50–58.00	606	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	341	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	416	171.43/cwt	169.50–177.00	713	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	703	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	619	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	817	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	673	123.75/cwt	122.50–125.00	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	133.23/cwt	130.00–135.00	831	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	133.48/cwt	127.00–135.50	888	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	621	137.92/cwt	131.50–141.00	856	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	157.51/cwt	157.00–158.00	662	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	126.76/cwt	124.00–129.50	909	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	178.24/cwt	177.00–179.00	617	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	173.84/cwt	166.00–177.00	641	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	141.91/cwt	137.00–145.00	803	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	145.95/cwt	135.00–149.00	765	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	153.63/cwt	150.00–163.00	714	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.61/cwt	128.00–137.00	704	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	468	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	721	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	538	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	681	127.27/cwt	125.00–128.00	867	12
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	363	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	545	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	612.50/cwt	600.00–625.00	5,359	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,010	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,325	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	8,640	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	622.22/cwt	600.00–650.00	6,428	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,250	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	53.55/cwt	47.50–57.50	661	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	749	5
Bulls	—	—	1,647	75.87/cwt	72.00–80.50	1,250	15
Bulls	—	—	1,323	66.32/cwt	63.00–69.00	877	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	700.00/cwt	650.00–750.00	6,125	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	865	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,190	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	748.85/cwt	600.00–825.00	7,938	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	755.00/cwt	750.00–760.00	7,361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	178.30/cwt	176.00–181.00	569	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	377	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	490	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	553	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	133.47/cwt	130.00–137.00	581	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	618.33/cwt	575.00–675.00	6,542	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	788.89/cwt	775.00–800.00	8,023	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,300	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	454	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	477	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	547	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	659	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	663	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	547	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	741	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	147.28/cwt	145.00–149.00	539	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	125.61/cwt	124.00–128.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	377	152.11/cwt	147.00–156.00	573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	136.21/cwt	132.00–139.00	573	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	126.14/cwt	119.00–129.50	640	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	127.22/cwt	123.00–132.00	621	18

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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