Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher. Feeders 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.91/cwt on 330 head.

Average price

$130.91

330 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$53.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.77

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	138.10	850	123
Medium and Large 1-2	641	134.13	860	120
Small and Medium 2	492	122.96	605	47
Medium and Large 2	674	119.78	807	27
Medium and Large 2-3	810	85.00	689	13thin

One grade step is worth $53.10/cwt here — about $162 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 sale330 hd

130.91

—

NM average3 barns · 930 hd

134.68

−3.77

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	1,516	82.62	1,252	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,230	65.06	800	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	59.00	929	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,095	56.73	621	38

Every lot, as filed

100 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	118.50/cwt	117.00–125.00	660	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	506	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	511	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	114.67/cwt	113.00–116.00	716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	116.62/cwt	116.00–117.00	792	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	420	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	452	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	124.26/cwt	118.00–127.00	656	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	406	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	132.69/cwt	130.00–137.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	108.87/cwt	102.00–111.00	745	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	152.26/cwt	148.00–155.00	740	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	719	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	396	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	161.07/cwt	159.00–164.00	673	10
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	362	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	489	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,052	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	952	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	800	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	3,920	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,084.62/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	12,473	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	573	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,205.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,375.00	13,737	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	13,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	600	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	3,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	744	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	711	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	726	12
Bulls	—	—	1,726	87.94/cwt	82.00–93.50	1,518	20
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,184	68.54/cwt	65.00–73.00	812	4
Bulls	—	—	2,028	94.51/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,917	2
Bulls	—	—	1,272	78.00/cwt	72.50–81.00	992	16
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	682	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	132.05/cwt	123.00–134.50	841	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	136.57/cwt	133.00–139.50	829	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	114.00/cwt	109.00–121.00	943	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	717	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	105.36/cwt	100.00–111.00	814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	145.13/cwt	135.00–148.00	850	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	927	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	348	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	134.65/cwt	130.00–136.00	773	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	540	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	659	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	122.26/cwt	116.00–129.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	124.57/cwt	120.00–128.50	590	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	124.29/cwt	124.00–125.50	661	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	750	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,638	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	648.75/cwt	500.00–910.00	7,221	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,126	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	65.43/cwt	65.00–66.25	784	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	59.70/cwt	54.50–64.50	699	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	653	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	735	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	338	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	67.70/cwt	66.50–68.50	798	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	64.77/cwt	61.00–66.00	806	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	929	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	47.57/cwt	44.50–50.00	401	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	749	32.59/cwt	23.50–37.50	244	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	6,673	4
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	750	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	3,825	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,500	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,800	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	339	111.42/cwt	110.00–121.00	378	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	120.75/cwt	119.00–125.00	692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	552	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	117.68/cwt	112.00–118.25	801	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	136.12/cwt	133.00–137.50	638	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	663	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	136.10/cwt	135.00–137.00	577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	137.70/cwt	135.00–148.00	527	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	777	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	985	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	966	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	130.77/cwt	130.00–134.00	884	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	689	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	143.00/cwt	135.00–153.00	742	16

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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