Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2021-11-29

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Nov 29
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
781 head
321 vs last sale 1,102 664 vs year ago 1,445 · 46.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
367 head
4 vs last sale 363 134 vs year ago 233 · +57.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
223 head
37 vs last sale 260 98 vs year ago 125 · +78.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs. 2.00 lower, calves and feeders over 500 lbs. 4.00-5.00 higher, a few 700-750 lbs. 10.00-12.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher, calves and feeders over 500 lbs. 6.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower than last week's extreme market, bulls 1.00 lower. Trade active, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.66/cwt on 237 head.
Average price
$165.66
237 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$905
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542169.13917121
Medium and Large 1-2558164.6991993
Medium and Large 2521151.3578923
One grade step is worth $17.78/cwt here — about $128 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 sale237 hd
165.66
NM average1 barns · 237 hd
165.66
+0.00
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
BullsLow1,51980.081,21652
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19368.8382156
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,02558.005951thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01152.01526179

Every lot, as filed

80 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 1-2649136.00/cwt136.00–136.008834
HeifersMedium and Large 1405151.96/cwt150.50–155.5061530
SteersMedium and Large 1793145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2407176.00/cwt176.00–176.007163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy540152.00/cwt152.00–152.008212
HeifersMedium and Large 1310157.00/cwt157.00–157.004872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned604139.00/cwt139.00–139.0084016
HeifersMedium and Large 1514145.00/cwt145.00–145.007454
SteersMedium and Large 2613140.00/cwt140.00–140.008584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,00312
SteersMedium and Large 1667156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0418
SteersMedium and Large 2561146.00/cwt146.00–146.008195
SteersMedium and Large 1375211.00/cwt211.00–211.007912
SteersMedium and Large 1825144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524165.44/cwt164.00–169.0086717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380200.00/cwt200.00–200.007602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563162.88/cwt155.00–167.0091711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465175.27/cwt167.50–180.0081522
SteersMedium and Large 2770144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1092
SteersMedium and Large 2348162.00/cwt162.00–162.005642
SteersMedium and Large 1428185.27/cwt184.00–187.007939
SteersMedium and Large 1569166.61/cwt166.00–167.0094813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340201.00/cwt201.00–201.006833
SteersMedium and Large 1527166.00/cwt158.00–175.0087535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2937134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2565
SteersMedium and Large 1-2727145.40/cwt140.00–149.501,0577
SteersMedium and Large 1718149.42/cwt149.00–152.001,0737
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed258207.00/cwt207.00–207.005343
SteersMedium and Large 1613163.36/cwt160.00–165.001,0018
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned644162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0435
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed358214.00/cwt214.00–214.007664
SteersMedium and Large 1472166.10/cwt156.00–170.0078416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1243
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed333210.00/cwt210.00–210.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2412147.50/cwt147.50–147.506083
HeifersMedium and Large 2433126.31/cwt121.00–132.005474
HeifersMedium and Large 2338136.09/cwt132.00–140.004604
BullsMedium and Large 1722121.00/cwt121.00–121.008743
BullsMedium and Large 1504159.00/cwt159.00–159.008014
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned675151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0195
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03958.08/cwt53.00–61.006039
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed85728.27/cwt25.00–31.002429
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed86341.70/cwt33.00–50.0036025
Bulls1,63776.27/cwt70.00–80.001,2497
Bulls1,87395.25/cwt95.00–95.501,7842
CowsLean 85-90%1,06656.77/cwt52.00–66.50605113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22370.10/cwt62.00–77.5085744
CowsLean 85-90%99145.96/cwt36.00–51.0045522
CowsLean 85-90%1,21372.50/cwt72.50–72.508792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,02558.00/cwt58.00–58.005951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21782.54/cwt79.00–89.001,0053
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed87455.21/cwt51.00–62.004838
Bulls1,73387.16/cwt82.50–93.001,51021
BullsReturn to Feed1,25572.73/cwt61.00–80.0091321
BullsReturn to Feed1,03082.00/cwt82.00–82.008451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030695.56/cwt510.00–960.007,16427
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3800525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2850725.00/cwt600.00–850.006,1632
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2850850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,2251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750725.00/cwt575.00–875.005,4382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.009,9003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2700575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1381,052.50/cwt900.00–1,235.0011,9778
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0671,180.67/cwt875.00–1,325.0012,59815
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,000650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned569130.00/cwt130.00–130.007405
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2828120.00/cwt120.00–120.009942
HeifersMedium and Large 1494147.77/cwt145.00–148.0073025
HeifersMedium and Large 1728132.50/cwt132.50–132.5096510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy460139.00/cwt139.00–139.006392
HeifersMedium and Large 1586140.25/cwt137.50–148.0082223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy497158.00/cwt158.00–158.007856
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515146.00/cwt146.00–146.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564140.07/cwt132.00–143.0079014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2714127.00/cwt127.00–127.009074
HeifersMedium and Large 2794125.00/cwt125.00–125.009935
HeifersMedium and Large 1610139.00/cwt139.00–139.008482
SteersMedium and Large 2449157.90/cwt156.50–160.0070910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671135.00/cwt135.00–135.009069
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480147.35/cwt145.00–152.0070712

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.