Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available due to reporters absence last week. Trade active, demand very good. Quality average to very good on calves and feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.35/cwt on 553 head.

Average price

$163.35

553 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$877

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$7.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.16

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	165.63	907	203
Medium and Large 1-2	537	162.37	871	322
Medium and Large 2	465	158.16	735	28

One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $172 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 sale553 hd

163.35

—

NM average3 barns · 1,633 hd

167.51

−4.16

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	1,424	81.50	1,161	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	79.00	1,165	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	70.34	852	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	54.61	536	198

Every lot, as filed

106 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 2	—	372	169.54/cwt	150.00–177.00	631	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	171.02/cwt	164.00–176.00	862	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	460	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	808	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	200	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	360	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	154.74/cwt	148.00–163.00	743	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	614	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	130.69/cwt	130.00–133.50	830	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	164.09/cwt	155.00–170.00	952	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	151.33/cwt	148.00–155.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	154.32/cwt	152.00–159.00	515	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	152.37/cwt	145.00–160.00	649	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	155.73/cwt	151.00–156.00	802	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	136.44/cwt	136.00–137.00	630	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,049	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	130.00/cwt	125.00–140.00	564	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	776	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	708	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	163.85/cwt	160.00–171.00	701	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	153.47/cwt	150.00–165.00	968	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	175.74/cwt	173.00–185.00	833	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	175.77/cwt	162.50–184.00	816	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,045	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,094	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	177.75/cwt	170.00–188.00	684	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	202	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	159.80/cwt	158.50–169.50	917	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	174.56/cwt	168.00–183.00	915	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	178.54/cwt	178.00–180.00	771	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	590	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	178.50/cwt	177.00–180.00	610	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	614	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	502	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	793	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	148.94/cwt	144.00–152.00	947	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	685	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	963	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	665	138.54/cwt	135.00–143.50	921	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	852	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	815	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	158.36/cwt	145.00–160.00	803	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	770	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	733	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	57.56/cwt	53.50–64.50	569	112
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	78.04/cwt	76.50–82.00	1,033	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	262	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,165	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	69.28/cwt	63.00–74.50	822	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	60.20/cwt	54.00–62.50	671	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	51.33/cwt	47.50–52.50	511	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	68.67/cwt	67.50–71.00	731	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	850	26.36/cwt	20.00–29.00	224	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	960	46.69/cwt	34.00–50.50	448	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	959	57.04/cwt	55.00–60.00	547	17
Bulls	—	—	2,043	93.78/cwt	92.50–95.00	1,916	2
Bulls	—	—	1,475	86.40/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,274	24
Bulls	—	—	1,357	74.98/cwt	64.00–80.50	1,017	13
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,103	83.09/cwt	81.50–85.00	916	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,238	69.38/cwt	51.00–80.00	859	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	88.72/cwt	75.00–99.00	795	46
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	833	611.67/cwt	575.00–635.00	5,095	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,091.73/cwt	610.00–1,150.00	9,989	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	650	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,055	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	588.75/cwt	510.00–700.00	5,564	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,097	809.11/cwt	700.00–1,100.00	8,876	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	1,171.25/cwt	1,135.00–1,250.00	11,572	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	91.14/cwt	86.00–100.00	737	71
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	1,057.03/cwt	850.00–1,125.00	9,270	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	538	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	421	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	583	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	237	193.06/cwt	184.00–200.00	458	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	448	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	141.64/cwt	133.00–150.00	820	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	159.97/cwt	158.00–161.00	694	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	549	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	792.50/cwt	700.00–885.00	7,133	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	1,160.20/cwt	810.00–1,410.00	11,648	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	650	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	3,023	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	1,324.09/cwt	1,200.00–1,360.00	11,678	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	1,042.09/cwt	800.00–1,300.00	10,619	43

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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