Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00 lower except 350-450 lbs. 10.00 lower, feeders and calves over 600 lbs. 2.00-3.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. steady tp 1.00 lower, 500-600 lbs. 1.00-3.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 4.00 lower. Feeders and calves not as attractive as last week. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 higher. Trade active, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.86/cwt on 587 head.

Average price

$137.86

587 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$22.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.53

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	149.93	684	130
Medium and Large 1-2	465	136.25	634	367
Medium and Large 2	452	126.96	574	90

One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $110 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 sale587 hd

137.86

—

NM average4 barns · 1,570 hd

137.33

+0.53

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	—	High	1,400	81.87	1,146	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,153	61.14	705	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	50.18	482	154

Every lot, as filed

118 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	—	534	150.26/cwt	148.00–154.00	802	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	149.90/cwt	149.00–151.00	857	50
Bulls	—	—	1,780	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,718	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,325	78.48/cwt	77.50–80.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	740	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	858	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	809	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	157.97/cwt	150.00–170.00	504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	458	154.38/cwt	153.00–155.00	707	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	544	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	201.35/cwt	197.00–204.00	634	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	137.84/cwt	133.00–145.00	853	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	187.74/cwt	179.00–190.00	770	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	129.69/cwt	129.50–130.00	920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	200.23/cwt	197.00–204.50	561	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	175.89/cwt	164.00–181.00	839	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	186.99/cwt	184.50–190.00	707	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	176.96/cwt	170.00–185.00	573	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	238	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	473	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	128.72/cwt	123.00–145.00	653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	139.00/cwt	134.00–142.00	913	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,095	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	54.75/cwt	53.00–56.50	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	66.12/cwt	64.00–69.00	832	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	59.74/cwt	55.00–63.50	671	32
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,145	74.58/cwt	72.50–76.50	854	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	653.33/cwt	650.00–660.00	5,338	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,810	1
Bulls	—	—	1,422	86.84/cwt	80.00–92.50	1,235	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,490	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	612.50/cwt	550.00–675.00	5,666	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	726	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	630	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	9,975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	515.83/cwt	440.00–580.00	4,998	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,077.22/cwt	935.00–1,150.00	11,849	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	11,393	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,089	53.83/cwt	53.00–55.50	586	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	885	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	641.50/cwt	510.00–850.00	6,383	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	801.11/cwt	685.00–960.00	8,844	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	54.30/cwt	54.00–55.00	641	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	706.08/cwt	425.00–825.00	7,654	51
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	12,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	693	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	714.79/cwt	600.00–760.00	7,727	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	122.32/cwt	121.00–125.50	705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	703	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	847	44.93/cwt	35.00–47.50	381	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	973	49.69/cwt	48.50–53.00	483	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	53.70/cwt	48.50–60.50	525	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	45.74/cwt	37.50–47.50	442	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	495	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	62.57/cwt	62.25–64.00	722	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	769	23.63/cwt	20.00–27.00	182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	125.22/cwt	120.00–126.50	591	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	119.25/cwt	116.00–126.00	496	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	610	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	144.53/cwt	141.00–148.00	685	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	541	5
Bulls	—	—	1,419	69.66/cwt	60.00–78.00	988	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	145.41/cwt	142.00–147.00	471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	659	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	131.23/cwt	126.00–135.00	488	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	400	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	137.44/cwt	133.00–149.00	580	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	917	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	147.82/cwt	146.50–150.00	395	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	873	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	152.96/cwt	151.00–155.00	597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	120.59/cwt	120.00–121.00	813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	124.86/cwt	123.00–139.00	662	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	118.13/cwt	117.50–118.50	924	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	143.03/cwt	141.00–146.00	678	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	147.48/cwt	143.00–152.00	752	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	162.79/cwt	158.00–168.00	604	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	153.11/cwt	151.00–155.00	666	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	365	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	260	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	439	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	386	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	137.32/cwt	136.00–138.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	139.24/cwt	135.00–146.00	668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	512	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	309	173.59/cwt	173.00–174.00	536	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	142.07/cwt	134.00–146.00	673	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	183.33/cwt	179.00–195.00	706	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	193.99/cwt	192.00–197.00	553	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	408	155.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	887	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	160.13/cwt	157.00–165.00	762	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	168.26/cwt	164.00–178.00	729	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	144.35/cwt	142.00–145.50	804	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	188.38/cwt	180.00–195.00	622	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	128.63/cwt	119.00–133.00	743	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	148.32/cwt	145.00–164.00	486	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	146.10/cwt	133.00–154.00	543	24

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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