Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 300-400 lbs. 3.00-8.00 lower, 400-600 lbs. 2.00-9.00 higher, the most advance on 550-600 lbs. Steers over 600 lbs. 5.00 higher on comparable quotes. Heifers under 500 bs. unevenly steady, over 500 lbs. 2.00-6.00 higher on comparable quotes. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower. Trade active, demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.28/cwt on 646 head.

Average price

$137.28

646 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$33.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

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	462	141.11	652	181
Medium and Large 1	514	137.55	707	368
Medium and Large 2	451	131.00	591	89
Medium and Large 2-3	356	108.00	384	8thin

One grade step is worth $33.11/cwt here — about $268 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 sale646 hd

137.28

—

NM average4 barns · 2,061 hd

134.11

+3.17

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	1,580	70.99	1,121	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,313	49.93	655	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	47.00	682	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	38.58	372	175

Every lot, as filed

113 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	47.68/cwt	39.50–51.50	509	74
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,638	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	764.81/cwt	600.00–850.00	8,512	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	117.32/cwt	117.00–117.50	828	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	145.08/cwt	132.00–148.50	673	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	133.32/cwt	124.00–136.00	693	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	128.81/cwt	127.50–133.00	751	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	555	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	148.69/cwt	146.00–150.00	562	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	114.42/cwt	111.00–123.00	605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	132.45/cwt	130.00–137.00	577	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	126.26/cwt	122.00–128.50	602	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	394	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	133.53/cwt	131.00–136.50	708	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	697	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	819	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	490	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	127.13/cwt	126.50–129.00	788	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	151.76/cwt	151.25–156.00	568	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	144.81/cwt	138.50–145.75	675	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	150.29/cwt	150.00–151.00	400	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	895.00/cwt	875.00–925.00	9,398	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	925.00/cwt	900.00–950.00	9,481	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	900.00/cwt	875.00–925.00	9,297	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	782.50/cwt	685.00–900.00	8,216	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	900	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	45.85/cwt	34.00–52.00	471	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	650.00/cwt	625.00–675.00	7,963	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	710.00/cwt	580.00–835.00	7,384	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	6,680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	619	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	626.93/cwt	550.00–685.00	7,178	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,225	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,415	68.72/cwt	67.50–70.00	972	2
Bulls	—	—	1,663	74.50/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,239	16
Bulls	—	—	1,488	66.29/cwt	60.00–70.50	986	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	984	41.93/cwt	39.00–44.50	413	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	884	37.13/cwt	32.00–42.50	328	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	795	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	37.78/cwt	34.00–42.00	383	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	43.37/cwt	42.00–44.00	507	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	50.12/cwt	46.00–52.00	659	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	682	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	50.38/cwt	50.00–51.50	566	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	45.00/cwt	42.50–49.50	488	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	843	24.36/cwt	20.00–30.00	205	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	820	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	710	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	117.76/cwt	111.00–126.00	689	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	386	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	172.38/cwt	169.00–175.00	741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	733	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	387	175.03/cwt	174.00–176.00	677	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	905	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	608	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	666	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	325	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	592	144.35/cwt	143.50–156.00	855	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	335	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	115.58/cwt	113.00–117.50	1,075	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	164.29/cwt	160.00–166.00	458	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	155.69/cwt	151.50–162.00	817	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	177.00/cwt	173.00–178.00	595	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	152.09/cwt	151.00–153.00	800	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	164.91/cwt	160.00–167.00	533	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	125.28/cwt	122.00–126.00	729	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	938	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	144.98/cwt	144.00–147.00	616	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	113.80/cwt	112.00–114.00	867	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	144.39/cwt	138.00–151.50	606	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	462	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	162.04/cwt	155.00–165.00	446	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	146.40/cwt	146.00–147.00	451	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	596	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	488	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	119.62/cwt	119.00–120.50	752	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	165.10/cwt	157.00–168.00	703	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	465	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	472	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.50	869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.11/cwt	139.00–145.50	834	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	160.48/cwt	157.00–164.00	774	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	166.70/cwt	163.00–171.00	652	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	172.92/cwt	168.00–175.00	737	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	140.02/cwt	128.00–145.00	811	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	141.85/cwt	132.00–146.00	816	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	173.06/cwt	164.00–175.00	670	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	165.45/cwt	161.00–169.00	778	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,006	16

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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