Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison with last week due to reporters absence but a higher undertone noted on slaughter cows and bulls compared to two weeks ago. Trade active, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.00/cwt on 442 head.

Average price

$157.00

442 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$8.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.87

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	158.44	873	169
Medium and Large 1-2	565	156.43	883	259
Medium and Large 2	588	150.22	883	14thin

One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale442 hd

157.00

—

NM average2 barns · 1,628 hd

155.13

+1.87

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	1,542	83.05	1,281	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,375	66.01	908	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,149	63.51	730	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	57.10	559	217

Every lot, as filed

99 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 1-2Unweaned	—	583	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	140.14/cwt	136.00–145.00	992	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	145.22/cwt	144.00–147.00	819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	171.53/cwt	165.00–190.00	750	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	136.61/cwt	136.00–140.00	805	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,045	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,037	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	697	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	141.15/cwt	130.00–144.50	748	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	132.21/cwt	117.00–136.00	1,166	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	153.98/cwt	149.00–155.00	865	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	513	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	932	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	147.84/cwt	146.00–152.00	933	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	449	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	592	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	167.61/cwt	156.00–178.00	788	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	168.28/cwt	158.00–171.00	806	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	160.52/cwt	155.00–163.00	838	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	144.23/cwt	137.50–147.00	906	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	138.50/cwt	137.50–139.00	1,075	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	156.22/cwt	155.00–160.00	906	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	162.27/cwt	161.00–163.00	858	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	432	162.75/cwt	158.00–169.00	703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	690	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	956	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	619	143.23/cwt	140.00–146.50	887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	150.46/cwt	149.00–153.00	946	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	764	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	813	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	138.37/cwt	129.00–143.00	740	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	791	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,006	61.75/cwt	61.75–61.75	621	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,196	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	66.43/cwt	62.50–70.50	909	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	72.39/cwt	72.00–73.50	1,009	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	58.52/cwt	50.00–62.50	575	178
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	58.35/cwt	57.50–60.00	766	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	995	55.85/cwt	55.00–57.50	556	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	45.78/cwt	38.00–49.50	408	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	65.00/cwt	63.50–67.00	741	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	880	27.41/cwt	25.00–30.00	241	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	974	41.65/cwt	32.50–48.00	406	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	63.32/cwt	58.00–70.50	722	66
Bulls	—	—	1,675	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,533	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	86.17/cwt	80.50–91.50	1,433	16
Bulls	—	—	1,422	78.14/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,111	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,305	75.82/cwt	70.00–80.00	989	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,150	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	955	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	687.50/cwt	675.00–700.00	6,875	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	11,520	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	750	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	800	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,400	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	643	335.71/cwt	250.00–350.00	2,159	7
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,066.00/cwt	825.00–1,275.00	12,526	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,250	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,788	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,475	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	800	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	1,106.25/cwt	825.00–1,275.00	11,405	8
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	8,713	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,080.00/cwt	975.00–1,185.00	11,070	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	1,112.50/cwt	1,110.00–1,125.00	10,758	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	14,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	146.53/cwt	137.00–151.00	646	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	127.60/cwt	117.00–134.00	722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	145.59/cwt	135.00–146.50	706	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	674	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	135.47/cwt	133.00–136.50	969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	146.89/cwt	145.00–150.00	712	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	153.64/cwt	149.00–157.00	636	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	150.47/cwt	146.00–155.00	567	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	381	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	849	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	148.27/cwt	137.00–154.00	584	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	806	3

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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