Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; steer calves sold 10.00-11.00 higher with exception of 400-500 lbs being 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers had insufficient numbers to compare. Heifer calves had lower numbers on comparable sales. Trade was active on smaller numbers and a stronger market. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-10.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good with excellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $242.80/cwt on 229 head.

Average price

$242.80

229 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$971

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$204.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.81

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	281.36	1,446	118
Medium 1-2	509	260.44	1,325	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	241.26	1,371	39
Large 1-2	514	240.19	1,235	21
Medium 2	591	223.40	1,320	10thin
Medium 2-3	529	176.89	936	9thin
Small 3	615	77.30	476	23

One grade step is worth $204.06/cwt here — about $971 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 sale229 hd

242.80

—

NM average3 barns · 763 hd

256.62

−13.81

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	1,386	115.45	1,600	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,276	112.16	1,431	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	108.89	1,289	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,005	87.60	881	51

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,355	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,450	9
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	928	$1,250	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	863	$1,139	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	974	$978	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,368	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	959	$1,362	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,085	$1,255	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	889	$1,239	31
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,120	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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 1-2	—	508	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,105	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	291.69/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,394	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	775	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	923	1,407.61/head	1,000.00–1,775.00	1,408	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,153	1,180.00/head	1,110.00–1,250.00	1,180	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,255.00/head	775.00–1,335.00	1,255	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	995	1,483.33/head	1,425.00–1,525.00	1,483	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	850	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	928	1,250.00/head	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,139	1,575.00/head	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,575	8
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	700	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	890	133.50/cwt	120.00–147.00	1,188	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	975	153.83/cwt	131.00–165.00	1,500	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	967	1,300.00/head	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	978.33/head	800.00–1,210.00	978	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	1,205.00/head	935.00–1,475.00	1,205	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	785	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	673	612.50/head	535.00–950.00	613	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	850	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	975	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,500	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,301	112.31/cwt	103.00–120.00	1,461	16
Bulls	—	—	1,229	84.46/cwt	72.00–98.00	1,038	5
Bulls	—	—	1,499	126.24/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,892	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	963	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,262	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	698	91.78/cwt	82.00–111.00	641	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	98.31/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,129	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	59.05/cwt	45.00–68.00	621	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	94.16/cwt	90.50–97.00	1,135	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	82.02/cwt	75.00–90.50	954	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	101.24/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,272	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	106.34/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,397	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,248	113.80/cwt	106.00–120.00	1,420	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,311	110.12/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,444	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,194	89.07/cwt	88.00–90.50	1,063	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,445	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,444	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,396	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	963	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,204	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	638	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	453	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	971	144.80/cwt	125.00–165.00	1,406	41
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	408	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	498	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	362	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	241.94/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,628	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	275.41/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	258.30/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,508	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	315.94/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,188	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	1,175	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,453	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	259.86/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,214	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,447	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	630	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,405	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	533	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,396	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	453	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,110	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	290.87/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,297	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	214.57/cwt	205.00–224.00	1,470	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	587	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	237.31/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,246	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,285	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	410	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	935	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	892	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	423	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,079	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	713	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,597	4
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	672	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,048	3
Steers	Small 3	—	860	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,198	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	587	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,409	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,302	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	135	430.00/head	430.00–430.00	430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	150	490.00/head	490.00–490.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	230.35/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,108	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	267.50/cwt	260.00–275.00	971	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,263	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	222.67/cwt	211.00–230.00	1,236	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	487	229.50/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,118	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	384	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	929	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	580	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	974	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	527	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,186	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,082	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	417	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	413	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	579	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,285	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	603	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,272	2
Steers	Small 3	—	623	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	498	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	191.98/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,365	6
Steers	Small 3	—	507	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	345	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,470	20
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	498	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	847	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	438	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	858	4
Steers	Small 3	—	590	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	389	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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