Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 11.00-12.00 higher, a few 350-400 lbs. 20.00 higher though quality more attractive. Feeders over 600 lbs. steady, a few 600-650 lbs. 11.00 higher, though quality more attractive. Heifer calves under 600 lbs.1.00-8.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. steady to 1.00 higher, a few 600-650 lbs. 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-6.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher. Trade very active demand very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.06/cwt on 322 head.

Average price

$139.06

322 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$8.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	143.37	679	162
Medium and Large 1-2	501	134.89	676	94
Medium and Large 2	523	134.41	703	66

One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale322 hd

139.06

—

NM average1 barns · 322 hd

139.06

+0.00

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	—	Low	1,547	87.35	1,351	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	68.89	847	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,406	67.52	949	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,025	61.96	635	81

Every lot, as filed

99 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 2-3	—	697	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	788	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	151.07/cwt	143.00–157.00	789	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	133.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	857	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	762	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	618	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	946	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	830.00/cwt	660.00–1,000.00	8,508	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	64.03/cwt	62.50–65.00	860	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	69.62/cwt	67.00–71.00	1,005	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	71.03/cwt	69.50–72.50	842	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	55.79/cwt	51.00–57.50	521	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	829	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	63.48/cwt	58.00–68.00	658	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	74.22/cwt	72.50–75.50	919	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,056	62.04/cwt	62.00–62.50	655	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	68.52/cwt	62.00–71.25	839	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	724	116.63/cwt	114.00–122.00	844	3
Bulls	—	—	1,285	78.41/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,008	6
Bulls	—	—	1,611	89.34/cwt	82.00–94.50	1,439	19
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,370	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	959	1
Bulls	—	—	1,679	95.64/cwt	95.00–96.50	1,606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	341	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	532	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	927	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	613	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	493	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	125.06/cwt	115.00–136.00	659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	136.23/cwt	131.00–140.00	712	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	425	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	650	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	692	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	171.75/cwt	169.00–173.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	312	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	149.02/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,040	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	157.26/cwt	156.00–160.00	756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	632	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	111.01/cwt	105.00–118.00	938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	137.71/cwt	136.50–140.00	989	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	151.08/cwt	145.00–151.50	937	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	468	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	146.39/cwt	135.00–156.00	823	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	147.71/cwt	138.00–153.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	129.56/cwt	127.00–137.00	557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	127.07/cwt	123.00–134.00	724	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	155.25/cwt	155.00–157.00	508	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	114.74/cwt	111.00–126.00	818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	124.57/cwt	123.00–130.00	714	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	430	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	148.14/cwt	140.00–149.00	656	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	7,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	905.71/cwt	800.00–1,085.00	10,062	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,363	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	4,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	146.89/cwt	139.00–152.00	867	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	389	162.02/cwt	155.00–167.00	630	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Replacement	—	700	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	924	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	153.48/cwt	152.50–156.00	556	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	145.45/cwt	138.00–154.00	541	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	792	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	135.28/cwt	130.00–141.00	637	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	129.71/cwt	115.00–133.00	876	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	454	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	120.09/cwt	117.00–123.00	743	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	130.67/cwt	130.00–131.00	704	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	673	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	154.73/cwt	153.00–156.00	506	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	261	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	418	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	1,058.33/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	12,351	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	925.00/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	7,631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	582	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	139.99/cwt	138.00–144.00	949	9

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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