Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale: Feeder steers and calves under 700 lbs. 1.00-300 lower except 300-450 lbs. 3.00 higher. Feeders over 700 lbs. 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 1.00-2.00 lower except 300-400 lbs. 3.00 higher. Over 600 lbs. steady except a few 700-750 lbs. 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady, bull 2.00 lower on limited receipts. Trade active, demand moderate to good following a sharp decline in CME markets.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.65/cwt on 456 head.

Average price

$133.65

456 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$9.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	137.68	682	235
Medium and Large 1-2	505	130.02	656	154
Medium and Large 2	445	127.86	569	67

One grade step is worth $9.81/cwt here — about $113 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 sale456 hd

133.65

—

NM average1 barns · 456 hd

133.65

+0.00

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	1,594	71.72	1,144	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	52.62	613	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,500	51.84	778	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	993	42.02	417	67

Every lot, as filed

111 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 1Value Added	—	454	172.03/cwt	170.00–175.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	124.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	843	10
Bulls	—	—	2,020	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	551	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	827	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	444	160.49/cwt	160.00–162.00	713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,107	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	122.13/cwt	120.50–125.50	949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	140.30/cwt	134.00–142.50	664	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	656	111.33/cwt	110.00–115.00	730	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	658	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	181.17/cwt	177.00–182.00	572	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	157.22/cwt	155.00–161.00	821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	783	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	128.19/cwt	128.00–131.00	923	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	138.00/cwt	131.00–138.50	874	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	713	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	119.71/cwt	115.50–120.50	849	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	140.40/cwt	134.00–145.00	819	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	130.42/cwt	125.50–132.50	694	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	176.59/cwt	173.00–179.00	759	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	161.80/cwt	157.00–164.00	769	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	154.92/cwt	144.00–156.50	505	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	123.63/cwt	117.00–126.00	841	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	126.22/cwt	125.00–129.00	714	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	214	159.22/cwt	158.00–160.00	341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	52.24/cwt	47.00–54.50	605	46
Bulls	—	—	1,767	76.84/cwt	74.50–80.50	1,358	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	9,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	200	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	119.75/cwt	119.00–120.00	746	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	50.46/cwt	44.00–58.25	627	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	7,310	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	783.33/cwt	700.00–800.00	8,358	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	651	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	43.19/cwt	40.00–46.00	459	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	54.89/cwt	54.75–56.25	658	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	578.33/cwt	550.00–625.00	5,107	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	790.71/cwt	625.00–900.00	8,113	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	6,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	707.00/cwt	685.00–750.00	7,798	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	985.00/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	10,540	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	643.75/cwt	625.00–650.00	7,403	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,613	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,674	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,738	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,143	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	607.60/cwt	500.00–675.00	6,708	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	935	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	691	123.51/cwt	122.00–125.00	853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	546	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	52.16/cwt	52.00–52.50	553	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	890	21.95/cwt	17.00–27.00	195	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,332	66.98/cwt	65.00–70.00	892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	114.76/cwt	111.00–124.50	646	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	298	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	131.25/cwt	125.00–138.00	757	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	48.84/cwt	44.50–51.50	531	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	41.32/cwt	33.00–44.00	405	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	52.81/cwt	50.50–54.50	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	611	9
Bulls	—	—	1,511	68.11/cwt	65.50–70.50	1,029	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	967	40.09/cwt	34.00–43.50	388	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	901	44.92/cwt	44.00–45.50	405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	135.10/cwt	130.00–137.00	453	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	679	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	404	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	127.70/cwt	127.50–128.00	683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	477	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	455	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	132.56/cwt	130.00–140.00	573	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	124.58/cwt	120.00–128.00	657	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	152.95/cwt	149.00–157.00	408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	123.52/cwt	120.00–129.00	576	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	130.95/cwt	127.50–141.00	466	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	138.28/cwt	136.00–141.00	864	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	172.81/cwt	167.00–177.50	671	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	156.06/cwt	151.00–165.00	659	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	155.60/cwt	151.00–161.00	725	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	172.87/cwt	170.00–177.00	562	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	145.40/cwt	145.00–147.00	624	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	143.04/cwt	140.00–147.00	738	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	448	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	127.20/cwt	126.00–128.00	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	148.09/cwt	141.50–152.50	578	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	323	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	497	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	109.05/cwt	107.00–113.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	149.61/cwt	141.00–155.00	566	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	129.55/cwt	125.00–131.50	640	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	181.50/cwt	181.00–185.00	684	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	296	155.81/cwt	151.00–159.00	461	5

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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