Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 300-400 lbs 10.00 lower with a winter storm approaching, over 400 lbs. 4.00-5.00 lower except a few 450-500 lbs.9.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher, except a few 400-450 lbs. 9.00 higher. Heifers over 500 lbs. 3.00-4.00 higher, a few 500-600 lbs 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 1.00 higher. Trade active, demand moderate to good with some concern about the predicted winter stormapproaching.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.08/cwt on 987 head.

Average price

$147.08

987 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$3.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.87

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	148.66	765	468
Medium and Large 1-2	509	145.84	743	387
Medium and Large 2	444	145.09	644	132

One grade step is worth $3.57/cwt here — about $122 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 sale987 hd

147.08

—

NM average3 barns · 1,301 hd

144.21

+2.87

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	1,595	74.66	1,191	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,179	58.92	695	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,387	58.45	811	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	49.81	482	73

Every lot, as filed

107 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	—	544	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	889	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	459	179.97/cwt	177.00–186.00	826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	325	201.40/cwt	199.00–203.00	655	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	617	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	938	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	388	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	413	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	178.75/cwt	175.00–184.00	685	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	303	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	136.94/cwt	127.00–138.00	834	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	142.81/cwt	134.00–148.50	687	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	137.99/cwt	135.00–144.00	791	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	148.34/cwt	140.00–153.00	764	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	160.20/cwt	151.00–163.00	617	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	148.21/cwt	145.00–155.00	627	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	161.00/cwt	155.00–171.00	560	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	353	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	141.45/cwt	135.00–144.00	932	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	130.51/cwt	130.00–135.00	964	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	135.33/cwt	133.75–139.00	838	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	126.21/cwt	125.00–126.50	844	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	166.58/cwt	166.00–168.50	651	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	912	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	172.52/cwt	168.00–178.00	556	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	179.02/cwt	175.00–180.00	491	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	116.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	917	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	526	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	842	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	767	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	695	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	504	155.56/cwt	144.00–162.00	784	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	140.65/cwt	131.00–142.00	837	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	306	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	490	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	130.47/cwt	123.00–132.00	904	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	668	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	189.41/cwt	188.00–190.00	826	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,001	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	188.70/cwt	188.00–190.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	285	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	150.96/cwt	144.00–153.00	636	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	128.16/cwt	127.00–132.00	733	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	143.15/cwt	135.00–147.50	744	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	159.86/cwt	159.00–161.00	545	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	271	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	420	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	654	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	148.45/cwt	147.00–150.00	754	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	137.54/cwt	137.25–145.00	810	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	154.30/cwt	147.50–158.50	741	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	159.11/cwt	156.00–163.00	683	64
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	62.47/cwt	62.00–64.00	642	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	897	44.52/cwt	40.00–49.00	399	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	52.04/cwt	48.00–60.00	521	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	45.77/cwt	40.00–47.50	410	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	56.74/cwt	51.50–60.00	831	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	61.88/cwt	61.50–62.25	761	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	58.97/cwt	54.50–63.00	696	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	64.62/cwt	64.00–65.50	874	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	910	49.74/cwt	47.50–51.50	453	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,160	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	696	1
Bulls	—	—	1,651	77.30/cwt	72.00–84.00	1,276	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	148.50/cwt	148.00–149.00	557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	450	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	453	158.63/cwt	157.00–160.00	719	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	159.34/cwt	159.00–160.00	685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	161.61/cwt	155.00–170.00	766	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	987	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	132.98/cwt	129.00–137.00	859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	408	182.35/cwt	182.00–184.00	744	25
Bulls	—	—	1,305	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	718	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,079	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	184.02/cwt	181.00–194.00	572	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	133.36/cwt	127.00–135.00	947	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	888	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	153.58/cwt	148.50–160.00	809	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	833	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	914	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	336	205.98/cwt	205.00–207.00	692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	469	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	145.16/cwt	143.50–147.00	907	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	161.95/cwt	156.00–163.50	871	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	181.94/cwt	174.00–186.00	837	50
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	800.00/cwt	625.00–925.00	8,736	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	846.25/cwt	750.00–950.00	9,097	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	860.00/cwt	550.00–1,025.00	9,047	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	628.00/cwt	485.00–850.00	6,619	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	868.89/cwt	500.00–925.00	9,836	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	912.50/cwt	825.00–1,000.00	7,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	902.00/cwt	825.00–950.00	9,065	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	845.83/cwt	675.00–900.00	8,357	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	315	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	222	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	164.97/cwt	160.00–170.00	779	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	156.65/cwt	153.00–160.00	888	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	172.62/cwt	167.00–180.00	737	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	135.93/cwt	134.00–143.50	836	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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