Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher, over 500 lbs. steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves and feeders 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.14/cwt on 342 head.

Average price

$139.14

342 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$20.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.47

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	142.80	802	57
Medium and Large 1-2	581	140.86	819	215
Medium and Large 2	580	133.09	772	55
Medium and Large 2-3	500	122.70	614	15thin

One grade step is worth $20.10/cwt here — about $189 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 sale342 hd

139.14

—

NM average3 barns · 1,236 hd

139.60

−0.47

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	1,567	81.83	1,282	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	64.55	760	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,378	63.09	869	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	57.78	568	68

Every lot, as filed

85 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	—	1,056	815.00/cwt	750.00–850.00	8,606	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	733.33/cwt	700.00–750.00	8,250	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,169	675.00/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,891	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	812	51.71/cwt	49.50–54.50	420	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	61.38/cwt	58.00–65.00	850	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	296	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	65.67/cwt	65.00–67.00	763	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	62.36/cwt	60.00–64.50	633	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	67.67/cwt	66.00–68.50	831	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	56.57/cwt	50.00–59.50	561	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	63.16/cwt	60.00–65.50	729	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	317	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	66.51/cwt	66.00–67.00	907	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	8,713	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	716	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	788	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	878	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	635	3
Bulls	—	—	1,668	86.40/cwt	80.00–92.50	1,441	17
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,250	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	888	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,204	70.00/cwt	68.50–73.00	843	6
Bulls	—	—	2,048	95.17/cwt	94.50–96.00	1,949	2
Bulls	—	—	1,520	76.19/cwt	72.50–79.50	1,158	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	659	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	144.64/cwt	140.00–148.00	607	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	112.31/cwt	110.00–120.00	902	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	154.31/cwt	148.50–156.00	718	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	137.64/cwt	125.00–143.00	778	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	149.45/cwt	140.00–154.00	731	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	156.96/cwt	155.00–161.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	127.70/cwt	115.00–135.00	808	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	147.16/cwt	142.00–150.00	771	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	143.01/cwt	140.00–145.00	802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	114.87/cwt	114.00–117.00	772	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	131.39/cwt	125.00–134.00	692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	118.74/cwt	117.00–120.50	742	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	117.93/cwt	116.50–119.00	792	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	887	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	116.81/cwt	115.00–120.00	551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	131.30/cwt	127.50–138.00	630	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	558	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	127.70/cwt	124.00–130.00	610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	127.69/cwt	124.00–130.00	543	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	120.71/cwt	120.00–121.00	758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	121.95/cwt	114.00–125.50	689	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	123.99/cwt	122.00–127.00	673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	150.25/cwt	148.00–151.00	512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	820	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	138.30/cwt	131.00–141.00	573	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,102	1,311.36/cwt	975.00–1,350.00	14,451	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	13,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	13,904	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,890	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	440	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	139.76/cwt	135.00–146.00	811	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	163.59/cwt	151.00–176.50	453	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	652	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	553	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	791	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	138.67/cwt	135.00–140.50	912	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	882	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	136.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	416	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	537	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	145.58/cwt	143.00–151.00	623	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	147.53/cwt	141.00–150.00	789	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	755.00/cwt	750.00–760.00	6,795	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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