Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves, 350-400 lbs. sold steady; 400-550 lbs were 10.00-20.00 higher, while 550-600 lbs were 5.00-6.00 lower. Heifer calves under 400 lbs had insufficient numbers last week to compare; 400-600 lbs 8.00-16.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs have no comparison; 650-700 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower; over 650 lbs were not well tested. Feeder heifers had insufficient comparable numbers. Trade active, demand good, with excellent buyer attendance. Slaughter cows 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested but a higher undertone noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $199.13/cwt on 597 head.

Average price

$199.13

597 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,074

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$38.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.63

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	204.25	1,093	513
Medium 2	488	174.00	849	14thin
Medium 1-2	539	169.70	914	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	591	165.77	980	54

One grade step is worth $38.48/cwt here — about $114 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 sale597 hd

199.13

—

NM average3 barns · 1,528 hd

197.50

+1.63

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	1,584	89.67	1,421	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,535	95.00	1,458	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	88.81	1,042	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	875	70.95	621	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)	945	$1,038	19
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,091	$946	16
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	864	$916	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	914	$908	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	889	$817	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$625	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	950	$1,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	700	$625	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,178	$1,279	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$1,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$963	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,073	$888	2thin

Every lot, as filed

115 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 1Value Added	—	460	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	897	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	184.02/cwt	183.00–185.00	789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	436	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	396	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	437	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	909	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	188.33/cwt	180.00–192.00	898	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	147.02/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,072	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	518	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	984	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	369	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	764	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	151.96/cwt	146.00–154.50	922	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	175.49/cwt	170.00–180.00	913	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	203.84/cwt	200.00–206.00	675	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	212.29/cwt	206.00–215.00	624	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	401	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	183.69/cwt	177.00–195.00	685	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	870	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	663	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	157.73/cwt	150.00–162.00	809	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	165.94/cwt	163.50–168.50	1,042	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	170.68/cwt	165.00–177.00	959	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	558	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	527	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	209.48/cwt	204.00–214.00	775	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	197.44/cwt	192.00–204.00	831	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	155.33/cwt	150.00–159.50	1,025	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	995	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	958.33/head	825.00–1,050.00	958	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,327	1,116.67/head	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,117	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	1,375.00/head	1,250.00–1,550.00	1,375	5
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	700	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	900	885.42/head	850.00–975.00	885	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	118.25/cwt	94.00–146.00	1,076	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	818.75/head	600.00–950.00	819	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	641	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,019	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	349	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	984	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,909	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	207.86/cwt	198.00–213.00	875	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	695	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,286	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	408	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,036	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	295	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	333	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	290	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	508	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	150.66/cwt	149.00–157.00	933	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	215.93/cwt	208.00–224.00	1,110	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	192.93/cwt	187.00–198.00	1,100	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	239.11/cwt	227.00–243.00	899	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	173.26/cwt	164.50–181.00	1,168	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	154.52/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,052	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	180.88/cwt	173.00–188.00	955	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	181.37/cwt	172.00–188.00	1,128	101
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	427	177.92/cwt	176.00–180.00	760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,458	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	241.24/cwt	232.00–246.00	777	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	908	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	488	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	849	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	235.51/cwt	226.00–242.00	996	68
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	725	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	532	199.47/cwt	199.00–202.00	1,061	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	770	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,301	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	219.71/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,057	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	465	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	963	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	522	195.74/cwt	192.00–198.00	1,022	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	424	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	895	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,046	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	84.69/cwt	82.00–86.00	835	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,458	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	81.70/cwt	80.00–83.50	969	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	94.95/cwt	93.00–97.50	1,259	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	88.15/cwt	84.00–92.00	990	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	79.09/cwt	77.00–81.00	709	15
Bulls	—	—	1,550	55.49/cwt	48.00–65.00	860	2
Bulls	—	—	1,516	94.50/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,433	4
Bulls	—	—	1,698	106.01/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,800	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	71.70/cwt	67.00–76.00	609	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	727	37.42/cwt	30.00–59.00	272	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,104	1,375.00/head	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,375	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	931	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	887.50/head	875.00–900.00	888	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,055	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	745	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	830	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,200.00/head	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,200	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	800.00/head	650.00–950.00	800	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	990	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	853	937.50/head	925.00–950.00	938	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	707	118.83/cwt	100.00–125.00	840	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	943.08/head	850.00–960.00	943	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	881	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	6

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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