Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 3.00-7.00 higher the most advance on 300-350 lbs., calves over 600 lbs. 1.00 lower, yearlings steady on limited comparable quotes. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 3.00-4.00 lower except 300-350 lbs. 10.00 lower, offerings over 600 lbs. steady. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower on boner and breaker offerings, instances 4.00 lower on lean on thin offerings with many going back to feed. Bulls 1.00 lower. Trade moderate to active demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.14/cwt on 644 head.

Average price

$141.14

644 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$9.91/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	521	143.08	746	413
Medium and Large 1-2	548	138.56	760	193
Medium and Large 2	479	133.18	639	38

One grade step is worth $9.91/cwt here — about $107 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 sale644 hd

141.14

—

NM average4 barns · 3,181 hd

137.37

+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	—	Low	1,495	70.62	1,056	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,221	50.15	612	82
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,431	49.98	715	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	41.48	433	178

Every lot, as filed

110 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 1-2	—	683	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	110.06/cwt	107.00–111.50	678	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	125.57/cwt	120.00–127.00	772	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	140.71/cwt	138.00–151.00	723	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	592	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	585	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	129.87/cwt	129.00–131.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	146.32/cwt	145.50–162.00	711	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	120.19/cwt	112.50–124.00	977	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	452	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,024	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	524	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	702	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	114.52/cwt	110.50–117.50	772	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	115.60/cwt	109.00–117.00	610	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	512	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	116.30/cwt	110.00–123.50	683	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	813	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	161.07/cwt	150.00–166.50	680	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	140.62/cwt	138.00–142.50	418	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	123.42/cwt	122.50–128.50	583	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	133.75/cwt	126.00–136.50	560	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	716	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	243	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	350	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	135.20/cwt	131.00–141.00	515	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	656	105.21/cwt	104.50–107.00	690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	172.34/cwt	171.00–174.50	665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	398	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	478	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,175	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,000	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	965	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	439	136.71/cwt	130.00–140.50	600	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	883.33/cwt	750.00–950.00	10,158	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,738	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	768.43/cwt	550.00–850.00	8,706	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	51.50/cwt	48.00–55.00	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	116.42/cwt	111.50–119.50	553	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	443	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	536	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,271	47.61/cwt	42.50–54.00	605	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,700	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	714	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	46.61/cwt	42.00–49.50	537	41
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	808.33/cwt	700.00–875.00	6,329	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	933.33/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	9,492	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	800.00/cwt	750.00–850.00	9,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,184	647.78/cwt	500.00–685.00	7,670	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	608.33/cwt	500.00–750.00	6,795	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	4,888	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	572	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	45.95/cwt	45.00–47.00	567	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,050.00/cwt	900.00–1,200.00	11,970	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,213	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,311	64.86/cwt	58.00–72.50	850	15
Bulls	—	—	1,400	67.67/cwt	58.00–72.00	947	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	38.56/cwt	32.50–40.50	374	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,072	44.72/cwt	42.50–46.50	479	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	942	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	283	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	30.01/cwt	29.00–31.00	284	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,114	44.89/cwt	41.00–48.00	500	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	44.76/cwt	41.00–50.00	480	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	50.78/cwt	48.50–55.00	736	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	51.26/cwt	47.50–57.00	643	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	974	36.43/cwt	33.00–40.50	355	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	135.91/cwt	132.00–137.00	633	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	502	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	734	1
Bulls	—	—	1,723	77.74/cwt	73.50–83.50	1,339	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	413	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	630	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	589	114.16/cwt	101.00–121.50	672	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	129.34/cwt	123.00–134.00	548	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	114.48/cwt	108.00–116.00	603	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	638	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	139.58/cwt	133.00–142.00	731	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	417	171.05/cwt	170.00–172.50	713	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	544	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	436	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	118.43/cwt	116.00–120.00	681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	624	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	648	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	682	122.85/cwt	117.50–125.00	838	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	652	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	502	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	162.75/cwt	154.00–170.00	614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	121.67/cwt	114.00–125.00	954	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	681	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	545	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	164.57/cwt	159.00–170.00	533	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	834	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	150.86/cwt	145.00–156.00	711	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	111.93/cwt	110.00–115.00	791	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	548	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	673	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	133.29/cwt	125.00–138.50	505	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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