Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher on 400-450 lb. offerings, 600-700 lbs. 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs. 4.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs. 2.00-5.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady except a few 650-700 lbs 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 1.00 lower. Trade active, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.39/cwt on 530 head.

Average price

$150.39

530 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

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

$21.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.13

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	424	159.11	675	248
Medium 1-2	445	148.00	659	5thin
Medium and Large 1	579	143.68	831	231
Medium and Large 2	518	137.28	711	46

One grade step is worth $21.83/cwt here — about −$36 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 sale530 hd

150.39

—

NM average3 barns · 1,407 hd

142.26

+8.13

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	—	High	1,511	76.33	1,154	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	62.73	952	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,167	61.00	712	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	962	54.02	520	109

Every lot, as filed

121 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 2	—	722	125.51/cwt	125.00–126.00	906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	150.13/cwt	148.00–151.00	730	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	191.39/cwt	182.00–197.00	641	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	149.43/cwt	141.00–157.00	553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	132.39/cwt	125.00–144.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	492	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	117.01/cwt	115.00–119.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	979	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	122.50/cwt	120.50–123.00	1,003	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	136.02/cwt	130.00–141.00	720	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	740	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	703	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	736	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	172.03/cwt	168.00–174.00	723	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	864	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	128.69/cwt	121.00–136.00	797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	144.58/cwt	141.00–145.00	820	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	652	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	159.93/cwt	150.00–170.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	135.41/cwt	129.50–139.00	781	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,120	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	164.38/cwt	155.00–168.00	621	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	136.09/cwt	130.00–145.50	802	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	600	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	386	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	407	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	355	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	455	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	404	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	270	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	510	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	346	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	628	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	327	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	873	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	376	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	771	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	188.66/cwt	186.00–190.00	792	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	278	228.62/cwt	228.00–230.00	636	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	424	165.81/cwt	164.00–168.00	703	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	895	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	639	134.04/cwt	133.00–140.00	857	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	798	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	239	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	955	52.97/cwt	41.00–61.75	506	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	310	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	438	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	395	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	623	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	377	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	509	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	192.56/cwt	191.00–194.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	154.48/cwt	148.00–157.00	899	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,104	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	209	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	426	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	197.57/cwt	188.00–205.00	717	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	167.70/cwt	161.00–172.00	770	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	157.12/cwt	153.00–161.00	839	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	131.71/cwt	131.00–135.00	975	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	171.85/cwt	166.00–180.00	751	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	880.59/cwt	725.00–910.00	8,551	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	885.00/cwt	885.00–885.00	9,293	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	14,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,005.00/cwt	985.00–1,025.00	9,548	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,049	671.59/cwt	625.00–725.00	7,045	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	573.27/cwt	500.00–675.00	5,257	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	687.50/cwt	675.00–700.00	6,016	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	788.75/cwt	650.00–950.00	7,793	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	761.25/cwt	650.00–930.00	7,567	8
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	775	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,100	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	738	401.67/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,964	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,480	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	86.41/cwt	85.50–87.50	1,486	4
Bulls	—	—	1,412	67.81/cwt	61.50–70.50	957	7
Bulls	—	—	1,497	78.27/cwt	72.00–83.00	1,172	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	820	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	185.17/cwt	184.00–187.00	704	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	243	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	515	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	55.44/cwt	50.00–60.50	534	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	45.16/cwt	43.00–48.00	464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	154.73/cwt	151.50–161.00	887	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	169.82/cwt	163.00–177.00	802	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	185.66/cwt	182.50–190.00	783	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	205.47/cwt	203.00–210.00	748	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	158.45/cwt	153.00–164.00	816	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	215.30/cwt	215.00–217.00	713	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	151.58/cwt	145.00–157.00	931	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	144.31/cwt	142.50–148.00	965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,031	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	122.38/cwt	120.50–123.00	1,074	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	151.08/cwt	143.00–156.00	706	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	172.30/cwt	165.00–177.00	574	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	813	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	148.07/cwt	146.00–154.50	637	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	153.33/cwt	145.00–159.00	658	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	137.74/cwt	132.00–145.00	733	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	172.55/cwt	166.00–174.00	592	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	132.58/cwt	132.25–135.50	835	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.49/cwt	135.00–150.00	674	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	124.18/cwt	121.00–125.00	857	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	575	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	178.70/cwt	175.00–180.00	411	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	505	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	710	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	62.73/cwt	62.00–63.75	952	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	61.26/cwt	58.00–63.50	723	27

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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