Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 400 lbs have no comparison; 400-550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher; 550-600 lbs have no comparison. Heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers had insufficient numbers last week to compare to. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cow boners steady to 2.00 lower, with lean cows steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $190.03/cwt on 786 head.

Average price

$190.03

786 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$952

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$165.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.01

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	196.34	1,135	552
Medium and Large 1-2	506	182.24	922	202
Medium and Large 2	496	168.69	836	13thin
Medium 2	529	163.25	864	8thin
Large 1-2	612	141.00	863	3thin
Small 3	593	30.75	182	8thin

One grade step is worth $165.59/cwt here — about $952 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 sale786 hd

190.03

—

NM average3 barns · 1,752 hd

190.01

+0.01

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	1,474	89.15	1,314	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	81.85	996	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	953	68.18	650	57

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)	945	$1,014	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	858	$863	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	877	$857	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	861	$705	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$700	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,030	$1,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	720	$700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	953	$825	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	850	$660	1thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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	—	1,265	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,012	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	234.61/cwt	229.00–239.00	877	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,310	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	394	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	486	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,062	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	403	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	213.49/cwt	205.00–220.00	711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	168.91/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,285	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	187.01/cwt	185.00–189.00	1,156	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	205.67/cwt	196.00–209.50	1,006	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	198.74/cwt	187.00–204.50	1,127	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	378	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	646	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	318	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	873	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	740	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	181.82/cwt	175.00–187.00	855	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	170.20/cwt	168.00–173.00	1,139	66
Heifers	Large 2-3	—	548	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	183.95/cwt	182.00–192.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	537	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	172.06/cwt	160.00–178.50	974	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	162.11/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,018	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	403	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,103	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	845	656.00/head	560.00–750.00	656	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	865	685.00/head	685.00–685.00	685	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	917	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	785	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	980	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	849	132.00/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,121	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	175.22/cwt	168.00–182.50	925	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,303	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	192.59/cwt	185.00–202.00	743	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	164.66/cwt	163.00–165.00	721	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	874	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	440	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	739	2
Steers	Small 3	—	818	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	182.78/cwt	176.00–189.00	757	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	148.78/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,094	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,266	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	169.16/cwt	169.00–170.00	629	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	185.54/cwt	175.00–193.00	993	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	228	217.82/cwt	216.00–220.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	186.21/cwt	185.00–190.00	603	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	162.54/cwt	156.00–168.00	792	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	149.66/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,145	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	165.69/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,046	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,124	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	285	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	433	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	862	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	333	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	659	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	172.30/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,228	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	170.25/cwt	167.00–171.50	1,422	21
Steers	Small 3	—	518	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	150	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	536	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	938	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	191.60/cwt	186.00–196.00	810	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	204.31/cwt	196.00–211.50	1,058	49
Steers	Large 1-2	—	612	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	793	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	201.52/cwt	192.00–210.00	786	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	185.75/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,228	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	220.12/cwt	214.00–223.50	931	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	173.48/cwt	164.00–182.00	1,004	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	182.96/cwt	175.00–190.00	875	65
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	678	122.50/cwt	110.00–135.00	831	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	910	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	942.50/head	835.00–1,050.00	943	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	720	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	987.50/head	975.00–1,000.00	988	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	720	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	86.41/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,097	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	73.42/cwt	68.00–78.50	891	7
Bulls	—	—	1,402	74.65/cwt	65.00–82.50	1,047	5
Bulls	—	—	1,446	92.02/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,331	17
Bulls	—	—	1,888	101.01/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,907	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	81.44/cwt	76.00–85.00	972	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	48.56/cwt	43.00–54.00	441	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	71.11/cwt	65.00–75.00	687	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	78.87/cwt	75.00–84.00	775	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	59.93/cwt	55.00–64.00	550	12

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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