Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00-4.00 higher except 300-400 lbs. 7.00-10.00 lower, feeders and calves over 600 lbs. 5.00-6.00 higher though quality more attractive. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00-6.00 higher except 500-600 lbs. 3.00 lower. Over 600 lbs. steady on comparable quotes. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 2.00 higher. Trade active, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.13/cwt on 409 head.

Average price

$158.13

409 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$768

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$203

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

$7.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.40

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	337	164.77	555	13thin
Medium and Large 1	499	158.46	790	206
Medium and Large 1-2	481	157.31	757	190

One grade step is worth $7.46/cwt here — about −$203 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 sale409 hd

158.13

—

NM average4 barns · 2,579 hd

149.73

+8.40

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	—	Average	1,466	73.11	1,072	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	50.91	627	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,322	49.97	660	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	46.59	478	110

Every lot, as filed

119 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 1Fleshy	—	532	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	152.77/cwt	150.00–157.50	510	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	141.07/cwt	132.00–145.00	877	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	127.14/cwt	125.00–130.00	673	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	127.68/cwt	126.50–135.00	862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	157.57/cwt	156.00–158.00	797	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	174.26/cwt	172.00–175.00	643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	172.33/cwt	170.00–175.00	570	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	236	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	643	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	134.59/cwt	129.00–137.00	662	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	418	183.83/cwt	179.00–185.50	768	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	368	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	163.87/cwt	158.50–168.00	775	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	138.47/cwt	132.00–148.00	600	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	139.30/cwt	137.00–144.00	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	120.31/cwt	120.00–120.50	812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	120.17/cwt	119.50–120.50	734	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	775	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	581	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	906	6
Bulls	—	—	1,529	76.89/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,176	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	456	170.68/cwt	170.00–175.00	778	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	837	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	659	110.74/cwt	109.00–115.00	730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	702	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	867	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	10,213	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	51.53/cwt	48.00–53.50	658	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	46.35/cwt	46.00–47.50	520	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,326	66.16/cwt	60.00–70.00	877	8
Bulls	—	—	1,268	66.18/cwt	63.00–70.00	839	2
Bulls	—	—	1,923	84.54/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,626	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,274	53.85/cwt	48.00–54.50	686	10
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	6,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	683.33/cwt	625.00–750.00	7,756	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	862.50/cwt	550.00–1,050.00	8,194	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,065.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,075.00	10,650	4
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	3,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,181	51.08/cwt	47.00–53.50	603	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,050	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	4,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,102	909.49/cwt	525.00–1,025.00	10,023	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	841.67/cwt	800.00–925.00	8,981	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	642.50/cwt	635.00–650.00	6,316	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	724.06/cwt	460.00–900.00	8,052	53
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	875.00/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	7,263	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,125	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	625.88/cwt	450.00–685.00	6,766	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	867	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	1,011.67/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	10,795	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	55.77/cwt	54.00–56.50	667	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,445	74.38/cwt	72.50–76.50	1,075	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,019	47.94/cwt	44.00–50.50	489	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	42.13/cwt	39.00–43.50	425	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	902	42.53/cwt	39.00–43.50	384	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	936	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	52.76/cwt	52.50–53.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	268	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	440	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	47.21/cwt	44.00–51.75	506	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	154.53/cwt	150.00–159.00	413	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,366	49.61/cwt	47.00–52.00	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	120.34/cwt	119.00–122.00	696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	307	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	534	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	339	142.44/cwt	141.00–143.00	483	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	147.69/cwt	143.50–154.00	561	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	129.83/cwt	126.00–131.00	667	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	165.70/cwt	162.50–170.00	772	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	172.25/cwt	171.00–175.00	556	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	457	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	126.05/cwt	123.00–135.00	596	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	344	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	128.92/cwt	125.00–132.00	862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	142.93/cwt	139.00–146.00	813	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	155.49/cwt	152.00–159.00	796	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	118.66/cwt	116.50–119.25	797	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	169.37/cwt	166.00–175.00	479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	355	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	287	171.16/cwt	170.00–173.00	491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	758	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	162.52/cwt	160.00–171.00	710	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	162.33/cwt	158.00–165.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	131.55/cwt	131.00–133.00	587	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	476	154.28/cwt	154.00–155.00	734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	320	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	382	183.52/cwt	181.00–185.00	701	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	613	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	496	119.68/cwt	117.00–125.00	594	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	123.99/cwt	123.00–124.50	755	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	766	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	543	116.60/cwt	115.00–117.00	633	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	155.40/cwt	150.00–161.00	440	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	171.51/cwt	165.00–175.00	713	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	148.28/cwt	142.00–152.00	566	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	617	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	771	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	701	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,010	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	530	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,087.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,125.00	10,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	721	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	622.86/cwt	550.00–725.00	6,957	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,025	6

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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