Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer calves 3.00-6.00 higher, feeders 4.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00-2.00 higher except 500-600 lbs. 5.00 lower, feeders 6.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower , bulls 4.00 higher though quality more attractive. Trade active, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.53/cwt on 426 head.

Average price

$157.53

426 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$11.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	167.03	855	59
Medium and Large 2	505	157.81	797	31
Medium and Large 1-2	580	155.84	903	336

One grade step is worth $11.19/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale426 hd

157.53

—

NM average2 barns · 1,410 hd

153.01

+4.53

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	1,645	79.65	1,310	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,115	59.38	662	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,310	58.75	770	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,007	52.94	533	59

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	793.33/cwt	710.00–835.00	8,861	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	868.75/cwt	825.00–900.00	10,538	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	8,820	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	777.98/cwt	600.00–850.00	8,659	57
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,034.06/cwt	710.00–1,175.00	10,599	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	169.04/cwt	163.00–172.00	622	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	796	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	141.43/cwt	139.00–145.00	614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	151.50/cwt	147.50–158.00	647	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	139.51/cwt	138.50–145.00	826	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.24/cwt	128.00–133.00	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	175.72/cwt	175.00–176.00	552	7
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,375	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	4,050	1
Heifer Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	550	372.50/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,049	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	1,012.73/cwt	1,000.00–1,035.00	10,451	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	10,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	183.18/cwt	180.00–186.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	825	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	170.14/cwt	161.00–174.00	822	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	507	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	902	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	164.66/cwt	162.00–168.00	851	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	127.81/cwt	127.00–131.00	973	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	192.36/cwt	187.00–195.00	737	15
Bulls	—	—	1,747	82.59/cwt	76.00–88.00	1,443	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	121.14/cwt	120.00–125.00	803	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,089	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	187.68/cwt	180.00–190.00	711	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	164.77/cwt	161.00–168.50	868	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	845	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	254	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	62.41/cwt	61.50–63.00	755	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	63.74/cwt	63.50–64.00	805	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	999	52.60/cwt	35.00–59.25	525	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	55.30/cwt	50.50–60.50	568	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	58.75/cwt	57.50–59.50	770	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	837	46.00/cwt	44.00–47.50	385	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	47.28/cwt	46.00–48.00	485	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,102	59.00/cwt	55.00–61.50	650	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	165.00/cwt	163.00–175.00	635	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	146.23/cwt	145.50–146.50	769	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	867	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	152.68/cwt	147.00–154.50	734	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	144.64/cwt	143.00–145.50	777	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	173.36/cwt	167.00–176.00	657	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	148.58/cwt	147.00–149.00	704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	415	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	134.13/cwt	128.00–138.00	830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	130.87/cwt	124.00–135.00	861	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	157.24/cwt	152.00–164.00	660	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	616	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	770	4
Bulls	—	—	1,945	89.30/cwt	89.00–90.50	1,737	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,206	68.22/cwt	67.50–70.00	823	7
Bulls	—	—	1,406	70.72/cwt	65.00–74.00	994	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	907.22/cwt	775.00–985.00	10,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	952	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,017	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	150.66/cwt	146.00–151.00	907	105
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	901	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	163.15/cwt	161.50–163.50	933	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	155.18/cwt	152.00–162.00	903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	360	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	172.60/cwt	170.00–174.00	735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	132.46/cwt	131.50–140.00	922	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	503	176.41/cwt	175.50–176.75	887	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	550	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	902	3

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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