Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; steer calves were significantly higher on comparable sales, Feeder steers had too low of numbers last week to compare .Heifer calves sold steady and feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady with slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Trade was very active on higher numbers and a higher market. Demand was strong with excellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $262.71/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$262.71

268 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,121

per head · Large 1 over Small 3

$194.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.39

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	593	274.18	1,625	41
Medium and Large 1	563	265.47	1,496	211
Large 1-2	626	229.09	1,433	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	528	195.00	1,030	2thin
Small 3	630	80.00	504	3thin

One grade step is worth $194.18/cwt here — about $1,121 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 sale268 hd

262.71

—

NM average3 barns · 1,000 hd

249.32

+13.39

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	1,408	110.66	1,558	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,248	103.52	1,292	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,205	94.95	1,144	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	77.60	854	38

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,249	$1,345	5
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,125	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	985	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,385	$1,125	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	895	$1,113	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	863	$1,000	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	655	$750	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	915	$1,125	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	580	$850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,134	$1,737	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$1,332	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	870	$1,225	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	855	$650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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 1Full	—	595	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	210.62/cwt	196.00–214.50	1,331	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	253	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,417	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	545	252.51/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,376	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	203.45/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	287.11/cwt	276.00–294.00	1,516	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	441	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,241	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	228.14/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,059	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	228.09/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,216	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	302.77/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,423	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	323.00/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,069	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	617	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	251.13/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,193	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	298.76/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,141	4
Steers	Small 3	—	630	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	445	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,264	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	568	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,335	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	695	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,543	5
Steers	Large 1	—	485	290.71/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,410	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	229.20/cwt	222.00–236.00	1,648	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	—	370	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	259.57/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,620	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	567	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,486	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	310.87/cwt	307.00–314.00	1,315	7
Steers	Large 1	—	983	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,349	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	360	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,159	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,791	18
Steers	Large 1	—	580	266.21/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,544	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	235.03/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,361	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,331	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,311	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,275	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,378	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,339	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	85.96/cwt	85.00–89.00	912	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	64.76/cwt	45.00–79.00	730	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	82.36/cwt	80.00–84.00	859	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,226	101.11/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,240	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	90.11/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,039	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,262	105.13/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,327	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	97.35/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,223	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	94.94/cwt	93.50–96.50	1,132	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	91.55/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,062	12
Bulls	—	—	1,161	91.31/cwt	85.00–99.00	1,060	5
Bulls	—	—	1,353	104.52/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,414	7
Bulls	—	—	1,489	117.65/cwt	108.00–129.00	1,752	20
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	1,567.50/head	1,360.00–1,775.00	1,568	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	655	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	895	1,112.50/head	800.00–1,400.00	1,113	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,249	1,345.00/head	1,125.00–1,450.00	1,345	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	725	122.25/cwt	112.00–137.00	886	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	710	156.00/cwt	113.00–175.00	1,108	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	863	1,000.00/head	900.00–1,100.00	1,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	985	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	261.16/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,011	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	484	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	223.78/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,262	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	488	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	986	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	419	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	419	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	386	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,065	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	418	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	283.74/cwt	282.00–287.00	914	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	601	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,226	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	588	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,352	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	782	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	509	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,232	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,395	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,385	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	339	251.48/cwt	245.00–258.00	853	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	186.36/cwt	174.00–192.50	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	737	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	870	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	855	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	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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