Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00 higher, instances 6.00 higher on weaned offerings. Feeders steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower, bulls 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.11/cwt on 693 head.

Average price

$155.11

693 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$6.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.02

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	524	158.19	828	298
Medium and Large 1	570	152.89	871	344
Medium and Large 2	532	152.14	810	51

One grade step is worth $6.05/cwt here — about $18 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 sale693 hd

155.11

—

NM average4 barns · 2,217 hd

152.09

+3.02

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	—	Average	1,737	80.90	1,405	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	61.81	733	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,508	60.84	917	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	987	50.81	501	139

Every lot, as filed

113 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	—	533	162.78/cwt	160.00–165.00	868	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	153.83/cwt	150.00–157.00	883	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	526	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	182.37/cwt	175.00–187.00	571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	170.50/cwt	160.00–178.00	714	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	148.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	906	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	133.52/cwt	131.00–135.00	912	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	450	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	136.06/cwt	135.00–138.25	971	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	909	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	351	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	635	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	181.21/cwt	178.00–186.00	683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	545	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	725	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	159.23/cwt	159.00–160.00	779	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	132.27/cwt	130.00–135.00	754	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	949	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,074	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	692	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	433	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	136.32/cwt	135.00–136.50	713	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	126.13/cwt	120.00–129.00	733	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	135.66/cwt	130.00–138.00	921	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,141	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	156.97/cwt	154.00–160.00	808	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	367	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	173.03/cwt	168.00–174.00	891	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	379	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	781	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	178.46/cwt	174.00–185.00	764	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	146.71/cwt	143.00–155.00	827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	619	135.02/cwt	132.00–139.00	836	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	147.51/cwt	144.00–152.00	767	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	567	142.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	514	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	894	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	161.07/cwt	160.00–164.00	743	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	427	151.80/cwt	151.00–155.00	648	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	457	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	827	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	465	152.43/cwt	145.00–159.00	709	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	139.75/cwt	138.00–145.00	830	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	546	145.31/cwt	141.00–149.00	793	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	328	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	130.54/cwt	130.00–131.00	811	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	679	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	830	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	427	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	629	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	758	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	360	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	750	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	61.17/cwt	59.00–65.00	935	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	66.58/cwt	66.50–67.00	823	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	54.57/cwt	51.00–57.50	588	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	46.77/cwt	35.00–49.50	448	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	62.45/cwt	55.00–65.50	738	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,213	54.03/cwt	48.00–56.00	655	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	55.13/cwt	50.00–60.50	571	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	820	22.53/cwt	20.00–25.00	185	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	863	44.85/cwt	32.00–49.50	387	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,202	52.94/cwt	50.50–57.00	636	5
Bulls	—	—	1,924	84.78/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,631	15
Bulls	—	—	1,384	74.20/cwt	71.00–77.50	1,027	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,390	73.06/cwt	66.00–77.50	1,016	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	671.67/cwt	585.00–835.00	5,299	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	586.67/cwt	550.00–650.00	5,573	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	983.33/cwt	825.00–1,200.00	11,574	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	552.50/cwt	460.00–625.00	5,459	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	863.75/cwt	810.00–975.00	8,638	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	690.77/cwt	550.00–760.00	7,902	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	975.00/cwt	900.00–1,050.00	10,403	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	750	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	6,263	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	750	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,813	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,155.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,375.00	13,283	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	1,203.89/cwt	1,000.00–1,360.00	13,640	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	700	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	537	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	478	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	775	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	139.91/cwt	137.00–146.00	652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	428	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	117.30/cwt	114.00–120.00	737	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	610	126.13/cwt	120.00–128.00	769	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	480	125.84/cwt	125.00–129.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	140.76/cwt	138.00–149.00	669	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	152.05/cwt	148.00–161.00	584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	345	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	128.86/cwt	126.00–130.00	933	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	154.73/cwt	144.00–159.00	486	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	155.18/cwt	151.00–159.00	593	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	136.12/cwt	133.00–141.00	770	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	131.69/cwt	128.00–132.00	687	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	150.79/cwt	145.00–157.00	638	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	146.48/cwt	138.50–150.00	633	41
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,106.25/cwt	1,000.00–1,375.00	10,233	4

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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