Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale in June; steer calves 400-450 lbs were 6.00 higher while 450-500 lbs sold 17.00 higher. 500-600 lb steers were 5.00- 10.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 sold 18.00 higher while 800-850 lbs were 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs were sharply higher. Feeder heifers had too small of numbers last week to compare. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher while slaughter bulls were 2.00-4.00 higher.Trade was very active with high demand on a stronger market with larger numbers. Excellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $255.57/cwt on 303 head.

Average price

$255.57

303 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$438

per head · Large 1-2 over Medium 2

$105.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.28

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	505	275.33	1,390	6thin
Medium and Large 1	606	258.16	1,563	244
Medium and Large 2	376	250.00	940	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	508	243.74	1,238	47
Medium 2	560	170.00	952	2thin

One grade step is worth $105.33/cwt here — about $438 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 sale303 hd

255.57

—

NM average2 barns · 578 hd

242.29

+13.28

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	1,507	117.77	1,775	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,200	106.79	1,281	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,169	97.15	1,136	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	79.27	855	53

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)	1,137	$1,596	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,368	17
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,167	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,123	$1,125	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	940	$1,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	648	$500	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$1,613	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	798	$1,167	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	759	$1,088	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,472	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	981	$1,350	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,056	$1,313	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,303	21
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	752	$933	3thin

Every lot, as filed

121 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	Small and Medium 2	—	239	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,559	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,160	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	253.08/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,308	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	276.21/cwt	272.00–282.00	887	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	409	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,133	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	312	232.58/cwt	225.00–240.00	726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	173	525.00/head	500.00–550.00	525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	683	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,141	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,490	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	160	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	135	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	95	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,098	1,505.00/head	1,200.00–1,810.00	1,505	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,341	1,687.50/head	950.00–1,950.00	1,688	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	830	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,192	1,715.63/head	1,400.00–1,850.00	1,716	16
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	728	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	772	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,004	168.75/cwt	129.00–182.00	1,694	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	838	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	3
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	1,030	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	1,612.50/head	1,375.00–1,850.00	1,613	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	1,291.67/head	900.00–1,600.00	1,292	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	1,166.67/head	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,167	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	994	145.60/cwt	115.00–149.00	1,447	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,213	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	815	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	693	635.00/head	635.00–635.00	635	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	648	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	1,503.21/head	1,200.00–1,675.00	1,503	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,232	1,546.00/head	1,250.00–1,735.00	1,546	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	857	1,179.17/head	800.00–1,255.00	1,179	6
Heifer Pairs	Small 3	—	860	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifer Pairs	Small 3	—	698	850.00/head	800.00–900.00	850	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	610	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,191	1,762.50/head	1,200.00–1,950.00	1,763	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,243	1,900.00/head	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,900	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	595	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,681.25/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,681	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	875	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	940	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	91.27/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,140	18
Bulls	—	—	1,710	125.84/cwt	118.00–134.00	2,152	15
Bulls	—	—	1,272	100.36/cwt	78.00–111.00	1,277	6
Bulls	—	—	1,234	115.00/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,419	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	100.73/cwt	96.50–105.00	1,127	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	996	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,239	104.14/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,290	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,223	108.23/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,324	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	989	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,048	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	58.58/cwt	45.00–69.00	599	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	83.76/cwt	80.00–86.00	967	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	88.23/cwt	86.00–90.00	955	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	77.14/cwt	73.00–80.00	836	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	96.95/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,137	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	233	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	258.50/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,060	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,181	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,399	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	1,125	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,294	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	410	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	800	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	1,255	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	940	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	273.82/cwt	263.00–285.00	1,443	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	465	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,107	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	203.43/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	223.32/cwt	191.00–232.00	1,720	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	231.82/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,688	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	183.98/cwt	168.00–204.00	1,604	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	261.98/cwt	236.00–274.00	1,509	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	293.17/cwt	274.00–308.00	1,240	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	260.29/cwt	244.00–272.00	1,624	27
Steers	Large 1-2	—	576	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,509	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	363	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	306.41/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,020	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	258.57/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,205	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	247.97/cwt	232.00–260.00	1,349	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	437	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	140	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	462	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	245.26/cwt	236.00–264.00	1,172	24
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	528	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	453	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	953	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	578	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	275.66/cwt	270.00–285.00	904	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	249.27/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,064	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	453	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	220.07/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,378	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	272.93/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,007	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	209.32/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,319	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	273.17/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	206.01/cwt	190.00–218.00	1,376	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	205.98/cwt	202.00–207.00	1,471	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	289.33/cwt	278.00–309.00	1,395	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	251.63/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,671	37
Heifers	Large 1	—	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	232.73/cwt	224.00–244.00	1,343	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,125	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	237.76/cwt	229.00–243.00	1,068	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	560	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	952	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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