Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. steer calves weighing 300-350 lbs steady; over 350 lbs sold 2.00-8.00 higher, with the exception of 350-400 lbs trading 10.00 higher. Heifer calves weighing 300-400 lbs were 20.00 higher; 400-450lbs steady; over 450 lbs 2.00-8.00 lower, with the exception of 450-500 lbs 15.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers were not well tested. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Buyer attendance was very good. Slaughter cows steady, Bulls were steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $199.91/cwt on 1,039 head.

Average price

$199.91

1,039 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$619

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

$98.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.08

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	207.76	1,070	731
Medium and Large 1-2	496	189.25	938	244
Medium and Large 2	460	174.31	801	15thin
Medium 2	397	170.00	675	3thin
Large 1-2	560	166.51	932	4thin
Large 2	685	159.00	1,089	4thin
Medium 1-2	538	145.00	780	10thin
Medium 3	554	143.15	793	20
Small and Medium 3	390	125.00	488	3thin
Small and Medium 2	414	109.00	451	5thin

One grade step is worth $98.76/cwt here — about $619 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 sale1,039 hd

199.91

—

NM average4 barns · 3,147 hd

193.83

+6.08

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	—	High	1,592	86.08	1,371	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,083	67.79	734	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	58.58	578	39

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,292	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,182	$1,108	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	997	$924	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$888	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,086	$822	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,069	$812	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	887	$741	8
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,433	9
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	881	$1,355	10
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,058	$1,325	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	950	$1,225	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	890	$610	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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	900	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	828.13/head	800.00–925.00	828	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	1,325.00/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,325	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	1,010	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	7
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	868	855.00/head	710.00–1,000.00	855	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	835	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Bred Cows	Medium 3	—	675	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	755	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	1,062.50/head	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,063	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	1,475.00/head	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,128	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	4
Bulls	—	—	2,042	98.72/cwt	95.00–103.00	2,016	3
Bulls	—	—	1,468	80.86/cwt	73.00–87.50	1,187	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	75.94/cwt	75.00–77.00	952	2
Bulls	—	—	1,625	89.02/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,447	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	66.82/cwt	60.00–73.50	658	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	56.68/cwt	55.00–62.00	519	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	42.36/cwt	34.00–53.00	452	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	57.90/cwt	57.00–59.00	647	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	61.22/cwt	60.00–61.50	635	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	70.54/cwt	61.00–75.00	760	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	887.50/head	800.00–975.00	888	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,060	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	921.25/head	800.00–1,175.00	921	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	610.00/head	610.00–610.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	653	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	921	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	221.11/cwt	214.00–228.00	842	39
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	534	158.37/cwt	154.00–159.00	846	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	439	188.08/cwt	185.00–190.00	826	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	183.99/cwt	175.00–192.00	881	18
Heifers	Medium 2	—	613	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	576	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	973	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	972	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	157.30/cwt	156.00–157.50	961	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	174.56/cwt	165.00–175.00	925	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	807	149.75/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	777	139.94/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,087	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	605	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	505	172.30/cwt	169.00–173.00	870	17
Heifers	Large 2	—	680	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	761	27
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	388	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	172.30/cwt	159.00–175.00	744	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	198.48/cwt	190.00–206.00	653	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	165.26/cwt	164.00–167.50	1,054	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	156.15/cwt	149.00–167.00	799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	238.41/cwt	220.00–240.00	772	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	477	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	954	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	288	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	705	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,036	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	728	123.39/cwt	120.00–125.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	144.51/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	248	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	538	210.32/cwt	209.50–218.00	1,132	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	427	244.34/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	325	249.35/cwt	249.00–250.00	810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	661	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,213	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	194.86/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,097	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	235.49/cwt	230.00–247.00	744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	173.69/cwt	160.00–181.00	1,174	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	239.53/cwt	226.00–246.00	908	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	169.42/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,050	24
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	538	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	780	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	560	166.51/cwt	165.00–168.00	932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,037	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	206.55/cwt	201.00–215.00	861	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	190.99/cwt	190.00–192.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	155.96/cwt	151.00–166.00	959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	185.64/cwt	180.00–190.00	811	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	414	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	451	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	231.37/cwt	220.00–242.00	993	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	179.56/cwt	169.00–187.50	944	35
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	390	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	172.96/cwt	165.00–181.00	1,010	55
Steers	Medium 2	—	397	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	675	3
Steers	Large 2	—	685	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	194.81/cwt	189.00–205.00	1,034	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	209.41/cwt	197.00–211.50	821	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	194.58/cwt	186.00–200.00	918	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	168.97/cwt	168.00–170.00	806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	211.92/cwt	205.00–222.00	1,024	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	384	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	822	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	196.68/cwt	196.00–198.00	901	21
Steers	Medium 3Mexican Origin	—	713	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	998	3
Steers	Medium 3Mexican Origin	—	558	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	764	11
Steers	Medium 3Mexican Origin	—	468	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	173.38/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,219	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	159.36/cwt	153.00–170.00	749	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	152.35/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,120	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	171.83/cwt	164.00–179.00	892	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	190.93/cwt	188.00–200.00	823	28
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	260	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	161.61/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,088	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	200.26/cwt	195.00–207.00	731	37
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	444	175.02/cwt	170.00–185.00	777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	171.16/cwt	165.00–176.00	982	92
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	464	173.64/cwt	170.00–176.00	806	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	184.52/cwt	177.00–190.50	869	117
Heifers	Medium 2	—	383	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	479	2

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.

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