Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeders 4.00-7.00 lower, instances 11.00 lower on 500-550 lbs. Heifers 7.00-14.00 lower except 300-400 lbs. 4.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower, bulls 4.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.71/cwt on 466 head.

Average price

$139.71

466 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$16.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.53

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	480	144.59	694	238
Medium and Large 1	539	135.53	730	200
Medium and Large 2	486	128.11	622	28

One grade step is worth $16.48/cwt here — about $72 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 sale466 hd

139.71

—

NM average3 barns · 1,976 hd

137.18

+2.53

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	1,456	70.19	1,022	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,277	49.92	637	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,335	49.70	664	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,006	40.92	412	157

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	136.54/cwt	134.50–140.00	459	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	151.62/cwt	144.00–155.00	700	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	808	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	136.32/cwt	132.00–142.00	703	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	151.48/cwt	150.00–157.00	657	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	355	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	113.45/cwt	109.00–114.50	706	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	407	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	681	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	114.21/cwt	109.50–120.00	552	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	610	103.67/cwt	101.00–105.00	632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	121.82/cwt	120.00–122.00	741	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	118.66/cwt	115.00–125.00	521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	485	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	638	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	683	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	637	111.97/cwt	111.00–114.00	713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	543	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	119.30/cwt	110.00–120.75	809	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	158.87/cwt	155.00–168.00	450	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	841.67/cwt	725.00–900.00	9,822	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	851.25/cwt	750.00–885.00	10,590	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	133.42/cwt	125.00–136.50	515	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	658	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	583	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	705.00/cwt	610.00–800.00	5,993	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,071	729.29/cwt	600.00–860.00	7,811	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	756.43/cwt	650.00–825.00	7,670	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	766	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	709	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	966	665.71/cwt	600.00–725.00	6,431	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,124	50.25/cwt	46.00–51.75	565	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	377.50/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,926	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	644	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	567.00/cwt	500.00–610.00	5,727	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	48.71/cwt	39.00–55.00	560	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,638	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,588	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	345.00/cwt	250.00–485.00	2,850	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	438	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	447	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	485	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	504	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	21.53/cwt	20.00–26.00	238	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	970	25.20/cwt	21.00–27.00	244	4
Bulls	—	—	1,374	61.16/cwt	55.00–66.00	840	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	994	40.52/cwt	32.00–43.75	403	39
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,211	63.70/cwt	56.00–68.50	771	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	46.15/cwt	39.00–47.50	543	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	37.92/cwt	32.50–43.50	370	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	43.50/cwt	43.50–43.50	596	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,424	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	51.51/cwt	51.00–52.50	639	4
Bulls	—	—	1,537	73.42/cwt	68.50–79.00	1,128	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	50.59/cwt	48.00–53.00	673	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	50.84/cwt	49.00–54.00	661	33
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,419	71.97/cwt	67.00–76.75	1,021	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	45.84/cwt	44.00–50.50	458	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,168	46.51/cwt	44.00–50.00	543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	544	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,225	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	642.50/cwt	635.00–650.00	6,586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	374	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	625	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	100.64/cwt	96.00–103.00	536	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	257	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	368	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	672	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	580	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	500	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	106.74/cwt	106.00–107.50	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	118.43/cwt	110.00–120.00	584	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	393	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	550	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	125.32/cwt	120.00–128.50	726	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	128.77/cwt	126.00–136.00	419	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	145.12/cwt	138.00–149.00	708	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	431	159.09/cwt	159.00–160.00	686	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	125.38/cwt	120.00–130.00	533	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	119.10/cwt	115.00–130.00	468	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	440	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	106.69/cwt	105.00–107.00	570	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	142.26/cwt	138.00–150.00	609	9

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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