Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves mostly 10.00-20.00 higher, instances sharply higher. Heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, instances 6.00 higher. Feeder steers 5.00-6.00 lower, instances 15.00 lower 600-650 lbs. Feeder heifers not well tested. Slaughter cows have no comparison due to light offerings last week. However, a higher undertone noted. A large number of Holstein cows on offer. Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.70/cwt on 894 head.

Average price

$186.70

894 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$56.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.00

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	192.34	1,036	605
Medium and Large 1-2	478	186.78	892	162
Medium and Large 2	510	161.71	825	116
Medium and Large 2-3	564	141.78	800	5thin
Large 1-2	652	137.00	893	3thin
Medium and Large 3	507	136.00	690	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.34/cwt here — about $346 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 sale894 hd

186.70

—

NM average4 barns · 2,980 hd

185.70

+1.00

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,318	75.48	994	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,242	87.42	1,085	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	68.33	777	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,186	60.90	722	196

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,091	$1,400	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	945	$1,269	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$1,200	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,047	$1,133	34
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,055	$1,125	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$1,113	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,025	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	960	$856	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$808	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	948	$755	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,200	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,033	$1,120	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,122	$1,102	3thin

Every lot, as filed

148 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 1-2	—	372	205.95/cwt	192.00–217.00	766	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	174.70/cwt	165.00–185.00	664	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	507	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	155.02/cwt	154.00–156.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	176.58/cwt	170.00–187.00	835	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	141.78/cwt	137.00–143.00	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	147.99/cwt	147.00–149.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	618	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	850	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,190	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	162.39/cwt	152.00–179.00	853	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	231.73/cwt	220.00–246.00	978	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	239.34/cwt	225.00–252.00	900	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	691	138.47/cwt	136.00–143.00	957	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	332	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	691	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	159.88/cwt	149.50–164.00	761	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	502	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,044	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	327	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	474	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	986	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	177.37/cwt	170.00–188.00	646	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	162.44/cwt	155.00–174.00	859	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	420	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	190.86/cwt	180.00–194.00	720	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	174.25/cwt	165.00–184.00	831	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	191.50/cwt	190.00–193.00	613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	167.42/cwt	157.00–171.50	797	26
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	475	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	142.48/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,100	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	166.12/cwt	150.00–169.00	935	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	159.00/cwt	154.00–163.00	992	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	140.72/cwt	133.00–146.50	1,013	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	147.43/cwt	145.00–150.00	712	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	137.79/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,119	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	156.46/cwt	152.00–161.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	160.42/cwt	153.00–165.00	934	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	144.76/cwt	140.00–156.00	889	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	995	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	218.57/cwt	210.00–225.00	743	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	173.70/cwt	162.00–185.00	754	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	171.64/cwt	164.00–181.00	893	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	164.34/cwt	164.00–165.00	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	232.43/cwt	215.00–240.00	718	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	652	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	159.81/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,015	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	190.20/cwt	180.00–200.00	883	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	143.49/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,095	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	208.71/cwt	180.00–225.00	576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	164.73/cwt	156.00–171.00	1,031	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	149.07/cwt	141.00–157.00	1,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	210.08/cwt	187.00–218.00	882	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	186.40/cwt	179.00–200.00	980	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	154.49/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,176	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	160.18/cwt	150.00–166.50	1,080	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	387	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	175.11/cwt	165.00–188.00	986	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	244.06/cwt	220.00–260.00	705	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	151.19/cwt	148.00–159.00	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	247	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	407	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,026	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	335	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	884	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	136.16/cwt	133.00–147.00	963	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	156.37/cwt	149.00–159.00	823	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	155.15/cwt	146.00–158.00	894	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	905	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	216.73/cwt	214.00–219.00	808	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,194	89.49/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,069	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	945	90.79/cwt	83.00–95.00	858	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	42.39/cwt	40.00–45.00	446	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	69.45/cwt	66.50–74.00	872	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	73.41/cwt	63.50–76.00	931	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	67.72/cwt	60.00–72.50	788	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	58.77/cwt	56.00–65.00	706	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	76.47/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,128	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	44.29/cwt	31.00–55.00	519	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,221	60.18/cwt	52.00–66.50	735	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,058	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	71.54/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,177	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	862	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	603	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	760	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	494	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,025	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	564	1
Bulls	—	—	1,234	73.38/cwt	62.50–82.00	906	5
Bulls	—	—	1,735	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,492	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	807.50/head	715.00–900.00	808	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	1,124.24/head	800.00–1,250.00	1,124	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	855	710.00/head	710.00–710.00	710	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	888	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	856.25/head	850.00–900.00	856	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,091	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	171.33/cwt	164.00–173.00	487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	167.92/cwt	162.00–171.00	860	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	876	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	187	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	127.58/cwt	122.00–133.00	868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	165.68/cwt	160.00–171.00	517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	336	142.42/cwt	125.00–145.00	479	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,032	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	176.87/cwt	164.50–182.00	752	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	139.15/cwt	136.00–141.00	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	127.99/cwt	126.00–131.00	911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	162.32/cwt	150.00–169.00	631	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	268	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	362	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	590	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	779	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	420	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	208	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	300	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	206.77/cwt	182.00–210.00	587	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	213	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	148.61/cwt	146.00–153.00	782	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	494	34.42/cwt	30.00–40.00	170	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	813	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	976	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	843	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	156.71/cwt	155.00–158.00	580	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	1,230	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	136.53/cwt	132.00–141.00	901	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	1,187.50/head	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,188	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	1,330.00/head	1,330.00–1,330.00	1,330	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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