Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 5.00-7.00 higher, a few 400-450 lbs. 10.00 higher. Feeders over 600 lbs. 2.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 6.00-7.00 higher except 300-400 lbs. 3.00 lower. Feeders over 600 lbs. steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower, bulls steady on limited receipts. Trade active demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.06/cwt on 366 head.

Average price

$146.06

366 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$15.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.16

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	154.85	845	150
Medium and Large 1-2	737	140.04	1,033	172
Medium and Large 2	499	139.65	696	44

One grade step is worth $15.20/cwt here — about $148 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 sale366 hd

146.06

—

NM average2 barns · 1,206 hd

162.23

−16.16

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	1,515	84.47	1,280	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	66.74	782	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,437	63.53	913	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,010	58.32	589	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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	900	37.16/cwt	33.00–41.50	334	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	148.24/cwt	145.00–149.00	903	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	891	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	225	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	135.34/cwt	135.00–136.00	859	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	151.07/cwt	149.00–155.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	146.61/cwt	146.00–147.00	717	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	939	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	127.96/cwt	120.00–130.00	743	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	136.53/cwt	131.00–143.00	785	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	955	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	184.12/cwt	183.00–185.00	755	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	863	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	448	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	568	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	183.11/cwt	175.00–185.00	621	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	792	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	510	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	120.59/cwt	116.00–125.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	160.64/cwt	154.00–165.00	766	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	1,045.00/cwt	835.00–1,200.00	11,411	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	885.00/cwt	750.00–1,000.00	8,054	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,300	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	775	425.00/cwt	350.00–500.00	3,294	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	889.17/cwt	785.00–950.00	9,007	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	783	350.00/cwt	300.00–400.00	2,741	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	650	392.50/cwt	250.00–535.00	2,551	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	61.68/cwt	58.00–67.50	639	51
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	933.75/cwt	925.00–960.00	11,438	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,768	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	8,243	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	829.75/cwt	800.00–900.00	9,650	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	152.26/cwt	147.00–153.00	580	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	813	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	128.19/cwt	124.00–137.00	686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	148.18/cwt	147.00–153.00	419	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	562	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	799	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	141.60/cwt	141.00–142.50	885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,171	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	150.18/cwt	145.00–159.00	889	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,058	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	385	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	160.48/cwt	152.00–170.00	851	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	66.10/cwt	60.50–69.50	777	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	54.17/cwt	49.00–57.50	527	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	70.51/cwt	70.00–72.50	824	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	753	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	59.30/cwt	59.00–59.50	655	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	359	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	64.09/cwt	62.00–66.00	903	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	973	52.34/cwt	43.00–55.00	509	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	1,107	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	968	69.69/cwt	65.00–74.50	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	310	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	133.16/cwt	130.00–134.00	973	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	143.77/cwt	140.00–147.50	769	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	150.98/cwt	145.00–157.00	454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	153.21/cwt	153.00–154.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	117.75/cwt	117.50–118.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	122.90/cwt	117.00–124.00	891	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	131.16/cwt	121.00–135.00	817	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	718	3
Bulls	—	—	1,070	75.44/cwt	75.00–76.00	807	2
Bulls	—	—	1,799	91.27/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,642	7

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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