Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer calves under 600 lbs. Feeder steers and calves over 600 lbs. 1.00 lower. No comparison on heifers but a lower undertone noted except 500-600 lbs. instances as much as 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Due to drought conditions, the receipts of slaughter cows and replacements is increasing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.97/cwt on 694 head.

Average price

$140.97

694 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$11.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.16

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	143.87	771	417
Medium and Large 1-2	567	137.92	782	214
Medium and Large 2	546	132.14	722	63

One grade step is worth $11.73/cwt here — about $49 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 sale694 hd

140.97

—

NM average4 barns · 2,401 hd

143.13

−2.16

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	—	High	1,558	80.96	1,262	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,433	59.24	849	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	57.46	694	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	961	46.59	448	145

Every lot, as filed

112 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	—	814	34.99/cwt	32.00–37.50	285	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	57.36/cwt	52.00–63.00	697	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	52.77/cwt	50.00–60.50	550	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	64.21/cwt	63.75–65.50	779	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	45.55/cwt	42.00–49.50	445	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	211	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	327	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	127.18/cwt	124.00–128.50	663	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	793	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	134.95/cwt	130.00–145.00	516	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	135.60/cwt	129.00–138.00	574	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	578	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	125.09/cwt	124.00–125.50	684	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	115.82/cwt	114.50–118.00	665	10
Bulls	—	—	1,720	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	861.67/cwt	750.00–960.00	7,902	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	660.00/cwt	585.00–735.00	6,435	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	850	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,995	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	903.89/cwt	800.00–1,025.00	10,096	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	857.50/cwt	800.00–910.00	8,043	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,240	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	793.46/cwt	550.00–975.00	8,696	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	603	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	910	44.35/cwt	40.00–50.00	404	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	63.25/cwt	63.25–63.25	928	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	58.64/cwt	54.50–61.00	853	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	854	34.73/cwt	30.00–39.00	297	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	49.83/cwt	48.50–50.50	527	5
Bulls	—	—	1,320	72.35/cwt	65.00–78.50	955	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	843	2
Bulls	—	—	1,628	84.54/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,376	30
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,805	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,444	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,394	71.55/cwt	62.50–78.00	997	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	470	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	779	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	635	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	460	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	362	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	475	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	571	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	136.70/cwt	135.00–144.00	395	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	127.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	416	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	644	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	698	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	124.91/cwt	121.50–132.50	717	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	640	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	148.64/cwt	145.00–160.00	493	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	135.72/cwt	130.00–138.00	757	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	852	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	146.01/cwt	137.00–148.50	772	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	135.97/cwt	130.00–142.00	775	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	149.01/cwt	148.00–156.00	641	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	123.22/cwt	123.00–125.00	835	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	757	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	475	150.07/cwt	148.00–151.00	713	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	498	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	162.25/cwt	160.00–166.00	539	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	140.48/cwt	132.00–143.00	747	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	122.03/cwt	119.00–125.00	616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	677	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	163.34/cwt	160.00–164.00	632	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	140.21/cwt	135.00–154.00	655	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	502	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	133.27/cwt	130.00–134.00	833	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	149.18/cwt	144.00–152.00	692	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,029	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	219	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	791	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	636.60/cwt	610.00–725.00	6,812	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	802.50/cwt	700.00–860.00	9,181	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	721.43/cwt	700.00–725.00	8,037	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	968.18/cwt	750.00–1,010.00	10,873	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,300	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	940.00/cwt	800.00–975.00	10,434	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	7,193	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	853.33/cwt	760.00–900.00	8,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	138.60/cwt	135.00–139.50	532	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	119.37/cwt	117.50–119.50	739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	128.56/cwt	126.00–129.50	603	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	524	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.49/cwt	125.00–136.50	613	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	633	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	130.23/cwt	125.00–134.50	940	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	152.01/cwt	145.00–158.00	643	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	571	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	954	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	686	118.32/cwt	117.00–120.00	812	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	421	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	128.50/cwt	125.00–131.75	980	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	162.63/cwt	160.00–169.00	520	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	127.54/cwt	122.00–128.00	927	25

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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