Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available due to no reports being issued for the past severalweeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.20/cwt on 174 head.

Average price

$137.20

174 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

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

$12.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.55

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	448	140.94	631	107
Medium and Large 2	400	139.12	557	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	506	128.74	652	51

One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about −$21 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 sale174 hd

137.20

—

NM average2 barns · 482 hd

127.65

+9.55

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	1,573	69.28	1,090	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,285	50.50	649	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,193	49.06	585	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	922	35.10	324	33

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	800	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,413	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	800.00/cwt	700.00–900.00	6,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	725	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	244	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	410	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	119.55/cwt	116.00–122.00	793	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	367	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	275	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	334	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	146.11/cwt	141.00–152.00	703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	278	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	127.33/cwt	120.00–132.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	120.68/cwt	119.00–129.00	745	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	112.93/cwt	111.00–115.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	427	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	547	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	134.85/cwt	131.00–140.00	705	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	572	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	357	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	628	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	563	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	437	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	133.98/cwt	131.50–140.00	679	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	909	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.08/cwt	140.50–146.50	834	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	133.39/cwt	133.00–133.50	644	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	282	152.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	393	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	122.12/cwt	118.00–126.00	762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	750	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	49.14/cwt	45.00–51.50	584	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	47.54/cwt	44.00–50.00	471	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	908	29.31/cwt	26.00–40.00	266	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	43.17/cwt	42.50–43.75	544	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	649	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	890	42.28/cwt	42.00–42.50	376	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	52.33/cwt	52.00–53.00	623	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	42.50/cwt	41.50–43.50	413	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	795	22.51/cwt	20.50–26.00	179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	630	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	139.98/cwt	138.50–146.00	754	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	523	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	698	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	541.67/cwt	500.00–575.00	5,958	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	596	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	700	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,045	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	440.00/cwt	410.00–470.00	4,180	2
Bulls	—	—	1,569	72.36/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,135	9
Bulls	—	—	1,798	77.39/cwt	77.00–77.50	1,391	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	590.00/cwt	525.00–675.00	5,198	4
Bulls	—	—	1,428	59.25/cwt	50.50–63.50	846	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	800.00/cwt	750.00–850.00	8,904	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	850	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	272	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	506	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	730	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	431	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	668	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	788	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	284	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	466	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	131.29/cwt	128.50–139.00	632	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	465	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	503	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	737	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.62/cwt	137.00–147.50	826	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	167.50/cwt	165.00–168.00	605	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	332	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	416	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	315	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	121.95/cwt	116.00–128.00	888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	762	2

How this sale compares

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