Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Steer calves sold steady to 4.00 higher, with 400-450 lbs 10.00-12.00 higher. Heifer calves were steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower on comparable sales. Feeder Heifers not well tested. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.79/cwt on 536 head.

Average price

$182.79

536 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$622

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

$80.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.34

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	192.82	1,018	343
Medium and Large 1-2	477	175.02	834	110
Medium and Large 2	531	152.74	810	75
Medium and Large 2-3	443	150.79	668	6thin
Small and Medium 2	353	112.00	395	2thin

One grade step is worth $80.82/cwt here — about $622 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 sale536 hd

182.79

—

NM average3 barns · 2,386 hd

184.13

−1.34

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	—	Low	1,575	80.15	1,262	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,362	67.36	918	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,150	66.91	770	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	62.46	659	156

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,003	$1,225	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$1,059	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,388	$900	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,193	$888	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,136	$874	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$860	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,080	$750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,043	$700	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	860	$810	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	996	$810	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	590	$410	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,114	$1,234	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$1,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$1,025	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$920	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,000	$900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

124 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,246	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	153.94/cwt	150.00–160.00	797	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	170.78/cwt	158.00–175.00	728	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	768	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	138.87/cwt	135.00–143.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	347	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	166.82/cwt	154.00–173.50	779	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	193.65/cwt	186.00–210.00	567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	190.69/cwt	160.00–196.00	999	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	150.90/cwt	143.00–155.00	945	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	178.02/cwt	175.00–180.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	138.40/cwt	130.00–145.00	850	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	163.91/cwt	154.00–168.50	788	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,164	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	164.41/cwt	150.00–165.00	733	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	197.04/cwt	189.00–204.00	934	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	403	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	174.46/cwt	167.00–177.00	588	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	173.75/cwt	170.00–180.00	667	16
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	308	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	147.83/cwt	145.00–153.50	704	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	153.76/cwt	147.50–159.00	886	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	972	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	330	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	1
Steers	Small 4	—	330	260.00/head	260.00–260.00	260	11
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	353	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	139.97/cwt	135.00–150.00	945	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	225.04/cwt	210.00–245.00	639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	195.85/cwt	190.00–205.00	731	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	152.20/cwt	145.00–157.00	889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	155.01/cwt	150.00–165.00	825	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	149.88/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,129	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	236.62/cwt	222.00–252.00	752	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	156.22/cwt	151.00–171.00	1,123	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	244	201.75/cwt	196.00–202.00	492	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	243.58/cwt	229.00–252.00	909	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	197.17/cwt	195.00–200.00	852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	213	223.88/cwt	217.00–227.00	477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	185.27/cwt	175.00–190.00	1,086	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	158.74/cwt	150.00–170.00	670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	137.06/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,135	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	165.28/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,097	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	221.71/cwt	211.00–231.00	913	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	168.24/cwt	160.00–174.50	1,045	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	173.33/cwt	167.00–183.00	813	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	167.90/cwt	160.00–170.00	967	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	151.03/cwt	148.00–160.00	799	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	186.68/cwt	177.00–190.00	771	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	598	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	889	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	307	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	682	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	983	66.47/cwt	60.00–70.00	653	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	76.02/cwt	75.50–77.00	1,004	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,331	70.95/cwt	68.50–74.00	944	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	675	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	365	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	58.44/cwt	55.00–65.00	612	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	63.10/cwt	60.50–66.00	884	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	70.50/cwt	68.00–73.50	844	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	63.85/cwt	57.00–68.00	713	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	65.06/cwt	60.00–70.00	708	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	49.29/cwt	41.00–55.00	481	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	69.17/cwt	68.50–74.00	929	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	860	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	516	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,122	69.98/cwt	64.00–73.00	785	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,325	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,034	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,045	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	575	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,370	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	925	1
Bulls	—	—	1,513	77.93/cwt	70.00–83.00	1,179	27
Bulls	—	—	1,815	88.69/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,610	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	850	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,388	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,097	1,125.00/head	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,125	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	775.00/head	725.00–825.00	775	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	903.50/head	810.00–1,000.00	904	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	887.50/head	875.00–1,000.00	888	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	137.58/cwt	133.00–138.50	1,335	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	138.53/cwt	131.00–145.00	852	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	544	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	221	142.71/cwt	140.00–152.00	315	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	303	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	166.23/cwt	160.00–172.00	637	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	131.99/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,239	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	139.70/cwt	135.00–146.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	142.74/cwt	140.00–145.00	825	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	164.20/cwt	160.00–175.00	468	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	167.26/cwt	164.00–170.00	811	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	604	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	797	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	526	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	473	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	945	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	750	535.00/head	535.00–535.00	535	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	1,365.00/head	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,365	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	760	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	590	410.00/head	410.00–410.00	410	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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