Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. mostly 5.00 lower except 350-400 lbs. 1.00 higher. Feeders over 600 lbs.1.00 lower on comparable quotes. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 1.00-3.00 lower except 500-550 lbs. 5.00 higher, no comparison on feeders over 600 lbs. but a lower undertone noted. Slaughter cows and bulls bulls steady. Trade active, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.69/cwt on 297 head.

Average price

$146.69

297 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.45

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	450	152.02	684	99
Medium and Large 2	411	149.91	616	29
Medium and Large 1	537	143.02	767	169

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale297 hd

146.69

—

NM average4 barns · 1,401 hd

139.24

+7.45

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	1,564	83.59	1,307	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,517	64.73	982	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,192	64.41	768	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	948	49.56	470	114

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
Bulls	—	—	1,832	94.58/cwt	94.00–95.50	1,733	5
Bulls	—	—	1,369	76.91/cwt	69.00–80.75	1,053	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,168	65.64/cwt	61.00–69.50	767	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	63.26/cwt	60.50–67.50	740	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,098	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	63.91/cwt	60.00–66.00	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	950	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	643	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	365	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	646	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	193.22/cwt	190.00–198.00	705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	924	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	151.12/cwt	146.00–156.00	719	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	188.22/cwt	182.00–191.00	798	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	135.63/cwt	130.00–139.50	768	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	883	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	163.23/cwt	152.50–169.00	617	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	147.38/cwt	140.00–154.00	942	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	147.97/cwt	145.00–150.00	775	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	671	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,825	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	754.17/cwt	625.00–800.00	8,861	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	9,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	10,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	690	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016	837.86/cwt	425.00–935.00	8,513	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	993.00/cwt	700.00–1,110.00	10,953	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	6,125	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	1,087.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,125.00	8,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	600.00/cwt	400.00–700.00	5,202	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	733	308.33/cwt	275.00–325.00	2,260	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	850	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,273	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	852.95/cwt	500.00–1,050.00	7,796	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,148.13/cwt	1,100.00–1,185.00	12,916	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	981.25/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	11,167	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	3,010	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	68.16/cwt	55.50–80.00	650	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,269	61.31/cwt	60.00–61.50	778	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	483.33/cwt	450.00–500.00	4,447	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	60.11/cwt	58.50–62.00	666	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	620	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	56.18/cwt	50.00–62.25	566	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	890	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	463	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	932	54.10/cwt	50.00–56.00	504	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	40.99/cwt	39.00–45.00	359	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	68.75/cwt	68.00–71.00	880	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	497	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	524	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	847	29.38/cwt	25.00–30.00	249	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	887	38.97/cwt	31.00–47.00	346	28
Bulls	—	—	1,670	87.72/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,465	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	168.12/cwt	165.00–175.00	553	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	490	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	166.59/cwt	164.00–172.50	800	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	155.91/cwt	150.00–162.00	915	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	302	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	406	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	160.86/cwt	155.00–168.00	923	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	166.54/cwt	164.00–170.00	866	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	162.64/cwt	158.00–166.00	675	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	794	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	124.34/cwt	121.00–128.00	834	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	136.63/cwt	132.00–144.00	727	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	194.55/cwt	189.50–197.00	831	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	233	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	508	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	133.35/cwt	133.00–135.00	964	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	223	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	161.39/cwt	161.00–162.00	839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	213.55/cwt	178.00–217.00	615	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	163.76/cwt	156.00–170.00	688	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	146.89/cwt	144.00–153.00	714	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	195.79/cwt	195.00–197.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	816	2

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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