Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Feb 7
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
1,282 vs last sale 1,509 1,341 vs year ago 1,568 · 85.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
75 vs last sale 184 147 vs year ago 256 · 57.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to weather total number of cattle sold were very limited. No recent sales reported to compare to. Trade active, demand good. Bulk of supply consisted of steers and heifers weighing 300-800 lbs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.90/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$168.90
108 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3-4
$120.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.67
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1355189.786745thin
Medium and Large 1529183.3297080
Large 1441172.2075910thin
Medium and Large 3-470569.5449013thin
One grade step is worth $120.24/cwt here — about $184 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 sale108 hd
168.90
NM average2 barns · 162 hd
160.22
+8.67
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
BullsAverage1,63993.031,52411
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25780.921,01711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13373.838366thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,64068.001,1151thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1288189.29/cwt181.00–200.005457
BullsMedium and Large 1413181.00/cwt181.00–181.007483
BullsMedium and Large 1508166.00/cwt166.00–166.008432
HeifersLarge 1365155.00/cwt155.00–155.005664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004883
HeifersMedium and Large 1573157.02/cwt154.00–161.009007
SteersLarge 1Unweaned375159.00/cwt159.00–159.005962
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned623163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0154
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned529161.95/cwt161.00–164.008576
SteersMedium and Large 1728163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1873
SteersMedium and Large 1873141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2313
SteersLarge 1404181.00/cwt181.00–181.007314
SteersLarge 1510170.00/cwt170.00–170.008674
SteersMedium 1490174.45/cwt170.00–179.008552
SteersMedium 1265200.00/cwt200.00–200.005303
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added515192.80/cwt192.00–194.009935
SteersMedium and Large 1673157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0572
SteersMedium and Large 1511180.00/cwt180.00–180.009205
SteersMedium and Large 3-472769.00/cwt69.00–69.005026
SteersMedium and Large 3-468670.00/cwt70.00–70.004807
SteersMedium and Large 1300226.00/cwt226.00–226.006781
SteersMedium and Large 1765145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,1133
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy595180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0712
SteersMedium and Large 1582174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0135
SteersMedium and Large 1433196.85/cwt190.00–201.008528
SteersMedium and Large 1622175.22/cwt175.00–176.001,0909
SteersMedium and Large 1288229.40/cwt223.00–232.0066110
SteersMedium and Large 1483186.70/cwt180.00–191.0090214
HeifersMedium and Large 1479166.94/cwt164.00–168.0080011
HeifersMedium and Large 1389162.53/cwt160.00–165.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 1611159.24/cwt157.00–161.0097316
HeifersMedium 2385144.00/cwt144.00–144.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 1443159.00/cwt159.00–159.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned434142.00/cwt142.00–142.006164
Bulls1,58694.43/cwt91.00–98.001,4987
Bulls1,65880.64/cwt78.00–85.001,3372
Bulls1,803100.53/cwt100.00–101.001,8132
CowsLean 85-90%1,31683.13/cwt80.50–88.001,0946
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10974.59/cwt73.50–77.008275
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25070.00/cwt70.00–70.008751
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1151
CowsLean 85-90%1,18778.27/cwt76.00–80.509295

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.