Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 350 lbs not well tested. Steer calves 350-450 lbs traded 6.00-8.00 higher; 450-500 lbs mostly steady; 500-550 lbs were sharply higher; 550-600 lbs were not well tested. Heifer calves 350-550 lbs traded 15.00-18.00 higher, with instances sharply higher on 450-500 lbs. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs 8.00 higher, instances 15.00 higher; over 650 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers this week to compare. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter mostly steady, instances 6.00-8.00 on lean cows. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $209.31/cwt on 300 head.

Average price

$209.31

300 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

per head · Medium 1 over Small and Medium 3

$165.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.81

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	333	220.00	733	3thin
Medium and Large 1	498	217.66	1,085	266
Medium and Large 1-2	640	167.57	1,072	20
Medium 1-2	481	102.00	490	6thin
Small and Medium 3	658	54.20	357	5thin

One grade step is worth $165.80/cwt here — about $376 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 sale300 hd

209.31

—

NM average4 barns · 1,370 hd

202.50

+6.81

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	—	Average	1,513	97.76	1,479	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,360	88.23	1,200	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,370	86.09	1,179	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	79.40	857	42

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	865	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,284	$1,169	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,188	$1,038	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	892	$728	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	840	$460	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	495	$285	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,035	$1,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,090	$1,175	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	983	$980	2thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Bulls	Large 1	—	826	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,206	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	945	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	345	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	507	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	277	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	424	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	335	150.52/cwt	146.00–153.00	504	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	466	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	629	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	683	130.19/cwt	112.00–148.00	889	39
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	773	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	866	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,203	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	235.17/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,256	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	636	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,304	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	524	108.19/cwt	100.00–111.00	567	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,140	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,129	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	860	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,238	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	965	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	444	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,097	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	317	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	471	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	232.42/cwt	222.00–241.00	955	41
Steers	Medium 1	—	333	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,161	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	623	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	230	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	644	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,159	7
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	710	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,265	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	158.74/cwt	153.00–162.00	1,127	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	200.69/cwt	200.00–202.00	863	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	393	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	208.35/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,090	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	191.94/cwt	185.00–198.00	1,209	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	243.56/cwt	240.00–252.00	940	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	849	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	190.18/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,092	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	221.01/cwt	208.00–225.00	1,037	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	181.75/cwt	172.00–187.00	1,029	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	188.00/cwt	185.00–191.00	931	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	550	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	941	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	501	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	438	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	937	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	440	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	216.22/cwt	210.00–228.00	947	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,334	2
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	218.56/cwt	200.00–225.00	809	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	152.83/cwt	148.00–156.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,069	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	632	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	569	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	708	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	637	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	311	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	163.42/cwt	163.00–165.00	951	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	152.24/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,191	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	439	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,001	5
Heifers	Large 3	—	690	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	932	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	83.69/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,063	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	90.65/cwt	87.50–94.00	1,283	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,018	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	79.96/cwt	75.00–86.00	851	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	66.19/cwt	64.00–67.50	559	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	88.72/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,050	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	86.09/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,179	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	71.23/cwt	66.00–76.00	765	8
Bulls	—	—	1,582	99.37/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,572	13
Bulls	—	—	2,018	108.93/cwt	108.00–110.00	2,198	2
Bulls	—	—	1,231	90.64/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,116	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,010	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	909	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,037.50/head	900.00–1,175.00	1,038	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	1,250.00/head	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,250	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	919	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	495	285.00/head	285.00–285.00	285	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	865	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	805	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 3	—	795	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	211.06/cwt	200.00–218.00	975	24
Heifers	Medium 1	—	368	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	197.06/cwt	186.50–208.00	1,029	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	916	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	361	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	388	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,012	1

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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