Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers 6.00-8.00 higher, instances 12.00-16.00 higher under 600 lbs. Heifers 7.00-11.00 higher, instances 14.00 higher on 500-550 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade very active, demand very good on a very attractive offering of feeder cattle. Trade and demand moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.42/cwt on 447 head.

Average price

$167.42

447 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$17.89/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	483	172.96	835	225
Medium and Large 1-2	494	163.07	805	187
Medium and Large 2	474	155.07	734	35

One grade step is worth $17.89/cwt here — about $101 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 sale447 hd

167.42

—

NM average1 barns · 447 hd

167.42

+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	1,503	69.97	1,051	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,340	56.00	750	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,177	49.97	588	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	41.13	422	115

Every lot, as filed

111 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 1-2	—	660	144.72/cwt	141.00–146.50	955	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	134.95/cwt	130.00–137.50	785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	833	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	196.35/cwt	194.00–198.00	660	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	159.86/cwt	149.50–165.00	825	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	258	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	170.32/cwt	166.00–175.00	821	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	173.63/cwt	167.00–181.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	376	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	707	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	154.83/cwt	153.00–156.00	797	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	423	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	601	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	162.97/cwt	161.00–166.00	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	181.36/cwt	181.00–181.50	783	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	874.75/cwt	400.00–975.00	9,990	61
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,205	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	39.14/cwt	35.50–42.75	387	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	44.64/cwt	43.00–46.00	476	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	45.57/cwt	43.00–50.00	480	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	55.34/cwt	54.50–55.50	703	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	971	30.72/cwt	20.00–37.50	298	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	49.73/cwt	47.50–53.00	585	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	34.02/cwt	32.50–35.00	333	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	122.97/cwt	120.00–125.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	163.03/cwt	161.00–165.00	536	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	152.14/cwt	148.00–157.00	641	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	819	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	565	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	822	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	153.58/cwt	145.00–157.00	639	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	873	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	628	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	684	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	164.61/cwt	159.00–170.00	765	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	905	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	192.57/cwt	189.00–196.00	734	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	135.95/cwt	135.00–140.00	930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	625	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	891	2
Bulls	—	—	1,400	65.15/cwt	59.00–69.00	912	21
Bulls	—	—	1,602	73.35/cwt	70.00–79.50	1,175	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	752	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	970	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	920	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	854	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	994	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	385	166.58/cwt	164.00–167.00	641	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	778	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	152.32/cwt	147.00–153.00	896	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	170.64/cwt	168.00–177.00	647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	644	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	154.31/cwt	144.50–161.00	887	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	142.37/cwt	140.00–143.00	937	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	700	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,940	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	868.75/cwt	550.00–975.00	7,767	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	650	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	702.50/cwt	600.00–785.00	7,201	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	738	440.00/cwt	400.00–480.00	3,247	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,715	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	733.75/cwt	700.00–785.00	5,180	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	1,144.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,160.00	10,982	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,033.33/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	10,850	12
Bulls	—	—	1,385	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,108	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,057	704.84/cwt	450.00–800.00	7,450	62
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,600	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	800.63/cwt	625.00–935.00	8,871	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	835.00/cwt	710.00–960.00	9,269	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	824	496.88/cwt	350.00–585.00	4,094	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	158.17/cwt	155.00–166.00	524	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	138.42/cwt	132.50–141.00	731	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	166.57/cwt	165.00–168.00	471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	142.83/cwt	140.00–148.50	758	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	123.59/cwt	120.00–126.00	824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	168.42/cwt	161.00–176.50	721	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	533	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	145.40/cwt	145.00–146.00	919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	182.65/cwt	177.50–187.00	765	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	145.97/cwt	144.00–149.00	915	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	307	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	177.90/cwt	175.00–185.00	671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	186.77/cwt	186.00–188.00	588	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	147.84/cwt	144.50–150.00	702	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	149.79/cwt	144.50–154.00	722	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	220	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	132.05/cwt	130.00–137.00	765	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	154.16/cwt	150.00–157.00	578	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,051	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	155.17/cwt	152.00–157.00	577	32

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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