Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves mostly 15.00-20.00 higher, instances 25.00-27.00 higher. Feeder steers sold 5.00-7.00 higher on comparable sales. Feeder heifers not well tested. Trade very active, demand very good on excellent buyer attendance. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were steady on a very light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $201.01/cwt on 463 head.

Average price

$201.01

463 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$500

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

$67.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.82

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	214.70	1,121	294
Medium and Large 1-2	548	183.27	1,005	111
Medium and Large 2	526	168.10	884	50
Medium and Large 2-3	558	155.00	865	3thin
Medium 1-2	423	147.00	622	5thin

One grade step is worth $67.70/cwt here — about $500 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 sale463 hd

201.01

—

NM average4 barns · 2,577 hd

195.20

+5.82

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	1,614	84.94	1,371	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,134	74.71	847	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,107	67.59	748	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	57.00	555	72

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,131	$1,378	22
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,134	$1,343	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,325	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,142	$1,258	16
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$1,254	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,133	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$1,085	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$975	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$900	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$1,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	725	$800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$1,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,287	$1,150	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	695	$800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

116 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 1-2	—	340	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	190.66/cwt	177.50–195.00	982	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	174.22/cwt	171.00–180.00	1,181	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	160.39/cwt	152.50–161.00	1,144	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	166.67/cwt	160.00–171.00	940	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	165.30/cwt	164.00–168.00	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	234.41/cwt	225.00–237.50	898	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	163.87/cwt	156.00–167.50	1,001	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	196.85/cwt	196.00–200.00	974	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	163.51/cwt	147.50–167.50	996	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	183.64/cwt	177.50–190.00	1,019	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,088	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	194.74/cwt	187.50–197.50	1,040	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	343	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	360	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	563	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	207.51/cwt	195.00–218.00	660	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	241	221.31/cwt	217.50–222.00	533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	160.30/cwt	158.00–175.00	939	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	164.86/cwt	159.00–172.50	1,205	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	971	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	223.04/cwt	209.00–232.50	1,055	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	175.54/cwt	170.00–180.00	908	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	158.35/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,063	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	195.13/cwt	190.00–202.50	740	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	208.01/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,194	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	145.71/cwt	140.00–152.00	689	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	423	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	217.20/cwt	201.00–229.00	1,129	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	188.35/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,081	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	235.48/cwt	227.50–237.00	739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	161.09/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,245	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	194.40/cwt	190.00–210.00	855	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	492	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	184.30/cwt	165.00–190.00	1,154	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	348	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	238.79/cwt	224.00–242.50	1,044	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,122	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	896	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	782	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	910	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,128	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	56.17/cwt	52.50–62.50	524	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	48.61/cwt	39.00–55.50	478	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,003	51.37/cwt	48.00–57.50	515	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	858	72.02/cwt	70.00–74.00	618	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	845	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	346	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	765	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	375	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	63.05/cwt	60.00–69.00	648	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	940	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,238	70.54/cwt	69.00–72.50	873	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,063	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	638	2
Bulls	—	—	1,401	81.26/cwt	75.50–86.00	1,138	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	63.19/cwt	57.50–68.00	706	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	72.67/cwt	67.50–77.00	815	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,091	80.07/cwt	80.00–80.50	874	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	845	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	651	1
Bulls	—	—	1,968	91.08/cwt	87.50–93.00	1,792	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,078	912.50/head	900.00–925.00	913	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,133.33/head	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,133	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	1,256.25/head	1,100.00–1,450.00	1,256	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,250.00/head	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,380.56/head	1,225.00–1,475.00	1,381	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	187.38/cwt	180.00–190.00	802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	309	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	664	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	198.26/cwt	192.50–207.50	860	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	208.74/cwt	207.50–210.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	195.98/cwt	190.00–197.50	725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	177.49/cwt	177.00–178.00	863	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	214.05/cwt	200.00–225.00	811	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	152.62/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,059	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	153.00/cwt	150.00–154.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	177.72/cwt	173.00–180.00	554	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,191	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	172.46/cwt	170.00–175.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	443	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	941	33
Heifers	Medium 2	—	387	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	147.45/cwt	146.00–151.00	913	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,217	1,311.11/head	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,311	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	1,189.29/head	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,189	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	1,342.86/head	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,343	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,157	1,461.36/head	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,461	11

How this sale compares

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