Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 1.00-7.00 lower, no comparison on feeders over 600 lbs. but calves and weaned offerings 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00-7.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower, no comparison on bulls due to limited receipts last week. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.69/cwt on 445 head.

Average price

$146.69

445 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$102

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

$2.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.99

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	448	147.93	663	41
Medium and Large 1-2	526	147.57	776	202
Medium and Large 1	525	145.55	765	202

One grade step is worth $2.39/cwt here — about −$102 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 sale445 hd

146.69

—

NM average3 barns · 1,840 hd

138.70

+7.99

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	1,674	72.74	1,218	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,160	52.49	609	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,024	46.27	474	83

Every lot, as filed

103 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	52.49/cwt	48.00–54.50	609	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	674	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	924	40.88/cwt	39.00–42.50	378	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	47.23/cwt	43.50–51.75	500	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	145.96/cwt	141.00–150.00	563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	124.18/cwt	120.00–128.50	725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	148.57/cwt	141.00–154.00	481	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	127.81/cwt	124.00–130.00	657	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	142.00/cwt	130.00–147.00	598	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.25/cwt	130.00–140.00	640	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	810	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	647	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	686	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	136.50/cwt	135.00–137.00	592	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	534	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	560	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	748	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	246	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	349	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	534	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	272	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	484	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	419	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	307	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	408	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	806	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	205	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	175.39/cwt	173.00–176.00	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	522	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	317	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	498	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	341	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	512	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	698	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	745	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	752	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	696	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	887	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	127.23/cwt	116.00–133.50	779	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	707	129.13/cwt	127.50–129.50	913	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	616	134.06/cwt	133.00–135.00	826	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	684	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	869	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,014	46.45/cwt	38.00–52.50	471	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	697	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	161.11/cwt	160.00–162.50	514	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	703	111.14/cwt	110.00–112.00	781	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	625	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,175	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	774.00/cwt	760.00–800.00	8,142	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	694.00/cwt	600.00–810.00	6,968	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,344	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	53.92/cwt	51.50–56.00	634	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	53.63/cwt	49.00–56.50	651	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	513	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	627.50/cwt	560.00–700.00	7,141	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	585.26/cwt	450.00–800.00	5,806	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	730.00/cwt	710.00–750.00	6,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	252	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	821	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	121.48/cwt	119.00–129.00	513	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	123.51/cwt	120.00–128.00	584	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	145.72/cwt	140.00–151.00	689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	163.16/cwt	155.00–167.00	592	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	204	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	360	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	139.51/cwt	137.00–145.00	751	24
Bulls	—	—	1,715	75.23/cwt	71.00–78.25	1,290	26
Bulls	—	—	1,577	66.85/cwt	60.00–70.00	1,054	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	800.00/cwt	775.00–825.00	8,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	5,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	160.72/cwt	160.00–164.00	599	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	140.80/cwt	135.00–145.00	801	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	123.87/cwt	116.00–125.00	696	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	124.72/cwt	115.00–129.00	660	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	121.13/cwt	119.00–123.00	759	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	142.19/cwt	138.00–148.00	466	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	121.16/cwt	120.00–125.00	595	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	135.20/cwt	130.00–141.00	580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	144.43/cwt	143.00–146.00	533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	173.80/cwt	172.00–175.00	568	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	157.58/cwt	156.00–160.00	681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	136.47/cwt	125.00–145.00	801	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	141.88/cwt	135.00–144.00	674	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	179.86/cwt	177.00–184.00	507	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	169.24/cwt	167.00–177.00	662	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	121.58/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,005	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	142.14/cwt	135.00–150.00	729	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	163.06/cwt	154.00–171.00	690	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	124.71/cwt	124.00–126.50	893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	153.31/cwt	151.00–159.00	859	24

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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