Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers under 500 lbs. uneven, instances 4.00 lower,instances steady, over 500 lbs. 4.00-6.00 higher. Heifers 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls 5.00 higher though quality more attractive, Trade active, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.91/cwt on 648 head.

Average price

$147.91

648 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$13.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.84

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	152.63	796	252
Medium and Large 1-2	562	146.09	821	326
Medium and Large 2	551	139.40	768	70

One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $28 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 sale648 hd

147.91

—

NM average3 barns · 2,717 hd

141.07

+6.84

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	1,507	69.72	1,051	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,186	48.42	574	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,558	47.03	733	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,059	45.30	480	153

Every lot, as filed

114 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 1-2Value Added	—	369	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	268	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	140.34/cwt	136.00–142.00	879	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	117.43/cwt	117.00–118.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	121.69/cwt	117.50–127.00	629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	756	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	120.49/cwt	119.00–122.00	860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	747	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	641	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	118.24/cwt	117.00–118.50	610	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	743	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	909	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	151.64/cwt	151.00–153.00	490	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	120.29/cwt	117.00–122.00	919	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	140.49/cwt	135.00–146.50	662	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	117.39/cwt	116.50–117.50	1,074	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	146.24/cwt	138.00–149.00	608	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	127.83/cwt	126.00–129.00	782	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	151.33/cwt	146.00–156.00	575	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	130.76/cwt	127.00–135.50	744	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	168.62/cwt	168.00–169.00	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	124.87/cwt	124.00–125.00	961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	634	127.79/cwt	125.50–134.00	810	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	142.59/cwt	140.00–145.00	619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	141.22/cwt	141.00–142.00	730	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	817	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	131.21/cwt	124.50–132.50	936	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	730	120.84/cwt	120.00–122.00	882	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	930.00/cwt	910.00–950.00	10,463	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	928.33/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	9,125	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	1,088.89/cwt	1,050.00–1,100.00	12,609	9
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	6,280	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,216	912.15/cwt	610.00–960.00	11,092	130
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	790.60/cwt	535.00–950.00	9,519	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	132.25/cwt	127.50–135.00	632	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	640	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	762	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	6,440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	625.00/cwt	550.00–700.00	6,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	123.64/cwt	122.50–125.00	767	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	123.41/cwt	117.50–126.00	832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	663	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	508	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	149.97/cwt	148.50–152.00	565	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	122.10/cwt	121.25–123.00	872	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	128.45/cwt	127.50–128.75	825	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	131.15/cwt	127.50–136.50	685	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	141.42/cwt	136.00–146.50	614	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	151.29/cwt	149.00–152.00	517	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	125.53/cwt	120.00–130.00	716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	175.63/cwt	169.00–179.00	602	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	142.03/cwt	138.00–145.00	875	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	158.59/cwt	154.00–164.00	744	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	153.04/cwt	150.00–157.00	785	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	146.89/cwt	144.00–154.25	828	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	167.65/cwt	162.50–170.50	704	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	309	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	562	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	718	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	862	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	131.37/cwt	130.00–132.50	887	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	136.19/cwt	132.50–137.50	854	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	224	169.73/cwt	165.00–178.00	380	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	172.38/cwt	165.00–176.00	571	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	919	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	166.31/cwt	158.00–171.00	650	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	123.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,016	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	150.18/cwt	144.00–160.00	724	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	147.10/cwt	142.00–149.00	816	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	160.43/cwt	155.00–168.00	682	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	147.32/cwt	142.50–154.00	784	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	129.99/cwt	129.50–132.00	957	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	135.60/cwt	132.00–141.00	709	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	611	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	843	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	931.25/cwt	800.00–975.00	11,529	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	832.38/cwt	650.00–960.00	9,706	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,520	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	919	718.75/cwt	675.00–750.00	6,605	4
Bulls	—	—	1,390	64.62/cwt	57.00–67.50	898	11
Bulls	—	—	1,588	73.22/cwt	68.00–79.50	1,163	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	52.31/cwt	52.00–53.00	665	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	42.66/cwt	40.00–43.50	513	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	48.69/cwt	45.00–51.00	574	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	47.03/cwt	46.00–48.50	733	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	594	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	30.51/cwt	30.00–31.00	224	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	884	39.79/cwt	36.00–41.50	352	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	45.96/cwt	42.00–50.00	495	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,111	46.89/cwt	45.00–49.00	521	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	665	117.83/cwt	117.50–118.00	784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	473	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	815	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	791	1

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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