Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2022-03-07

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Mar 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
707 head
480 vs last sale 227 772 vs year ago 1,479 · 52.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
13 vs last sale 109 116 vs year ago 212 · 54.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
97 vs last sale 0 6 vs year ago 91 · +6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent reported sales to compare to. Trade active, demand good. Bulk of supply consisted of steers and heifers weighing 300-800 lbs. Included in the total were 38 angus bulls weighing 900-2000 lbs and selling from 3250-5500. Also there were a number of angus replacement heifers weighing 500-1000 lbs at selling from1500-1900. The attendance and participation for the special sale was outstanding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.82/cwt on 279 head.
Average price
$168.82
279 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.90
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540169.21914255
Medium and Large 1-2507164.7483524
One grade step is worth $4.47/cwt here — about $79 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 sale279 hd
168.82
NM average4 barns · 1,456 hd
170.72
−1.90
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
BullsHigh1,66191.601,52123
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40389.061,25017
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17388.501,0382thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21181.9899318

Every lot, as filed

53 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
SteersMedium and Large 1471179.93/cwt178.00–181.0084755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2326195.00/cwt195.00–195.0063610
SteersMedium and Large 1775142.34/cwt136.00–145.501,10312
SteersMedium and Large 1620157.00/cwt157.00–157.009738
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470156.65/cwt150.00–160.007369
HeifersMedium and Large 1468155.99/cwt151.00–157.0073018
SteersMedium and Large 1846136.01/cwt128.00–138.001,15117
SteersMedium and Large 1654143.42/cwt140.00–148.009387
SteersMedium and Large 1517166.67/cwt164.00–167.0086228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636143.13/cwt141.00–144.0091014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335170.00/cwt170.00–170.005702
SteersMedium and Large 1372193.79/cwt192.00–196.0072117
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed459187.00/cwt187.00–187.008584
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501186.00/cwt186.00–186.0093214
SteersMedium and Large 1561156.51/cwt154.00–162.0087852
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430203.00/cwt203.00–203.008736
SteersMedium and Large 1330212.94/cwt209.00–217.007038
SteersMedium and Large 1270212.00/cwt212.00–212.005723
SteersMedium and Large 1419190.75/cwt190.00–191.0079912
SteersMedium and Large 1733139.48/cwt135.00–141.001,02212
HeifersMedium and Large 1675134.03/cwt133.00–135.0090521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613131.20/cwt130.00–134.0080415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy464146.00/cwt146.00–146.006778
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy585137.00/cwt137.00–137.0080113
BullsMedium and Large 1597140.00/cwt140.00–140.008363
BullsMedium and Large 1395192.00/cwt192.00–192.007584
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20469.58/cwt62.00–75.008385
CowsLean 85-90%1,17388.50/cwt87.50–89.501,0382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35073.00/cwt73.00–73.009861
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,945104.00/cwt104.00–104.002,0233
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28286.85/cwt84.50–95.001,11313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21486.75/cwt80.00–90.501,05313
Bulls1,798104.17/cwt101.00–107.001,8736
Bulls1,64891.44/cwt85.00–98.001,50711
Bulls1,54779.33/cwt70.00–83.001,2276
Bred HeifersMedium 18551,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.009,1913
Bred HeifersMedium 1865975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,4343
Bred HeifersMedium 1728900.00/cwt900.00–900.006,5522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0018,2004
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0201,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0013,77011
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4031,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0016,8362
HeifersMedium and Large 1630139.40/cwt131.00–142.5087825
HeifersMedium and Large 1573150.35/cwt149.00–152.5086213
HeifersMedium and Large 1419179.45/cwt179.00–180.007529
HeifersMedium and Large 1504156.05/cwt155.00–161.0078617
HeifersMedium and Large 1373176.57/cwt170.00–180.0065926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559134.03/cwt133.00–136.007496
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410185.00/cwt185.00–185.007593
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed329181.61/cwt180.00–187.005978
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed453176.00/cwt176.00–176.007978
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509150.00/cwt150.00–150.007645
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy435160.00/cwt160.00–160.0069612
HeifersMedium and Large 1833134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1162

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.