Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, May 10
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
794 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 847▲ 61 vs year ago 733 · +8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
212 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 146▲ 20 vs year ago 192 · +10.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 48▲ 34 vs year ago 15 · +226.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. steady to 2.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. 1.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 8.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. steady on limited comparable quotes. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 2.00*-3.00 higher though quality more attractive. Trade active, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.77/cwt on 266 head.
Average price
$165.77
266 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$774
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.00
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456169.2577296
Medium and Large 1-2477165.31789150
Medium and Large 2446152.4667920
One grade step is worth $16.80/cwt here — about $93 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 sale266 hd
165.77
—
NM average4 barns · 1,257 hd
155.77
+10.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,60484.091,34930
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25565.008161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12064.2171924
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00557.13574120

Every lot, as filed

78 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375161.30/cwt158.00–164.0060515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—287170.17/cwt159.00–174.004888
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619120.00/cwt120.00–120.007434
SteersMedium and Large 1—384185.28/cwt185.00–186.0071110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517141.07/cwt139.00–143.0072917
SteersMedium and Large 1—465176.19/cwt174.00–180.008198
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462160.64/cwt154.00–169.007427
SteersMedium and Large 1—683133.00/cwt133.00–133.009082
SteersMedium and Large 1—593141.00/cwt141.00–141.008362
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—248178.00/cwt178.00–178.004413
SteersMedium and Large 1—320187.77/cwt182.00–193.0060113
SteersMedium and Large 1—714133.78/cwt133.00–136.009558
SteersMedium and Large 1—529160.27/cwt159.00–163.0084822
SteersMedium and Large 1—634142.02/cwt140.00–148.009004
SteersMedium and Large 1—409180.24/cwt177.00–184.0073712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006302
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—332178.00/cwt178.00–178.0059112
BullsMedium and Large 1—558143.00/cwt143.00–143.007983
BullsMedium and Large 1—275178.00/cwt178.00–178.004906
BullsMedium and Large 1—434180.00/cwt180.00–180.007815
BullsMedium and Large 1—500160.00/cwt160.00–160.008002
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14066.79/cwt66.00–68.0076110
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10662.37/cwt56.00–65.0069014
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,16168.62/cwt64.00–75.007974
Bulls——1,45377.30/cwt73.00–81.001,1238
Bulls——1,87099.35/cwt98.50–100.001,8583
Bulls——1,75088.78/cwt82.00–96.001,55415
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3—725537.50/cwt525.00–550.003,8972
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,000960.00/cwt960.00–960.009,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105922.00/cwt675.00–1,050.0010,18820
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—975992.50/cwt885.00–1,100.009,6772
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2501,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0013,8751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—750610.00/cwt610.00–610.004,5751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—850835.00/cwt760.00–910.007,0982
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9001,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.009,9901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—950700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,040698.75/cwt610.00–785.007,2674
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,7631
CowsLean 85-90%—91747.55/cwt45.00–50.004367
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08366.00/cwt66.00–66.007153
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05960.09/cwt52.00–64.0063673
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25565.00/cwt65.00–65.008161
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—95360.34/cwt49.00–65.0057521
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—80223.89/cwt20.00–28.501923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—271196.00/cwt196.00–196.005315
SteersMedium and Large 2—337164.18/cwt160.00–167.005538
SteersMedium and Large 2—569136.67/cwt131.00–139.007787
SteersMedium and Large 2—388157.00/cwt157.00–157.006092
SteersMedium and Large 2—485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007523
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—86246.06/cwt38.00–50.0039713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—562154.37/cwt150.00–160.0086816
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410135.00/cwt135.00–135.005542
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469130.92/cwt129.00–135.006146
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590117.00/cwt117.00–117.006902
BullsMedium and Large 2—465160.00/cwt160.00–160.007442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—528162.19/cwt159.00–166.0085621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—623138.00/cwt138.00–138.008604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—465153.80/cwt144.00–162.0071513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—281163.21/cwt157.00–168.004599
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—242161.15/cwt158.00–165.003909
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—515142.04/cwt139.00–144.007328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—330182.00/cwt182.00–182.006012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—513150.00/cwt150.00–150.007702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—680130.00/cwt130.00–130.008844
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—381181.01/cwt179.00–185.0069032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420178.88/cwt175.00–181.0075122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—461161.51/cwt158.00–171.0074527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—918115.84/cwt115.00–116.501,0637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—744118.00/cwt118.00–118.0087817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—580128.50/cwt128.50–128.507453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—426155.90/cwt144.00–160.0066444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—367161.99/cwt154.00–164.0059531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—313170.32/cwt169.00–173.0053324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—364163.22/cwt161.00–164.005948
HeifersMedium and Large 1—698120.00/cwt120.00–120.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 1—331159.91/cwt159.00–164.0052920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433152.84/cwt150.00–156.0066216

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.