Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves 300-400 lbs were 12.00-15.00 higher and 400-500 lbs sold 4.00-14.00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 8.00-14.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs sold 10.00 lower and 650-700 lbs were steady. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 1.00-8.00 higher and 400-450 lbs were 10.00 lower while 450-600 lbs sold 7.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs were 3.00-19.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher; instances 8.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00-6.00 higher. Trade was moderately higher on a stronger market with good demand. Smaller numbers with excellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $244.82/cwt on 549 head.

Average price

$244.82

549 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$725

per head · Medium 1 over Small 3-4

$191.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.65

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	439	255.58	1,122	76
Medium and Large 1	524	252.62	1,323	355
Medium and Large 1-2	485	235.31	1,141	94
Medium 2	432	227.00	981	6thin
Large 1	697	215.00	1,499	3thin
Medium and Large 2	443	172.00	762	2thin
Small 3-4	620	63.92	396	13thin

One grade step is worth $191.66/cwt here — about $725 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 sale549 hd

244.82

—

NM average4 barns · 2,754 hd

236.17

+8.65

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	105.40	1,595	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,370	101.53	1,391	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,189	92.97	1,105	154
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,062	80.90	859	135

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,115	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,041	$1,421	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,048	$1,362	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	955	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,156	$1,265	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	990	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,094	$1,185	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,089	$995	7
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$1,625	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$1,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,580	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$1,400	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,195	$1,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$1,306	8
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,053	$1,736	7

Every lot, as filed

112 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 1	—	624	219.96/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,373	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	206.68/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,815	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	225.58/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,191	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	327	276.58/cwt	275.00–280.00	904	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	721	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	774	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,316	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	771	5
Heifers	Medium 2Fleshy	—	445	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	627	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,467	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	900	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,512	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,160	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	977	1,285.71/head	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,286	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Heifer Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	1,185	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	818	170.22/cwt	140.00–174.00	1,392	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,093	1,531.25/head	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,531	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	955	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	933	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	838	163.21/cwt	136.00–179.00	1,368	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	978	153.00/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,496	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	1,081.25/head	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,081	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,249	1,633.33/head	1,450.00–1,700.00	1,633	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,060	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	1,271.43/head	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,271	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,069	1,487.22/head	1,299.99–1,575.00	1,487	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2Fancy	—	925	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,000	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	895	775.00/head	650.00–900.00	775	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,156	1,265.00/head	1,265.00–1,265.00	1,265	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,089	995.00/head	995.00–995.00	995	7
Bulls	—	—	1,393	103.09/cwt	94.00–109.00	1,436	12
Bulls	—	—	1,287	88.83/cwt	80.00–94.00	1,143	5
Bulls	—	—	1,711	113.91/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,949	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	96.85/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,149	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	101.53/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,391	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	58.59/cwt	40.00–70.00	639	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	83.99/cwt	81.00–85.00	897	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	87.45/cwt	86.00–88.50	929	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	89.79/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,079	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	87.81/cwt	87.50–89.00	947	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	76.30/cwt	70.00–80.00	791	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	93.10/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,113	91
Steers	Medium 1	—	318	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	855	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	247.70/cwt	239.00–261.00	1,310	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	206.36/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,199	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	264.26/cwt	260.00–265.00	959	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	430	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	449	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	233.59/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,336	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	762	2
Steers	Small 3-4	—	620	63.92/cwt	56.00–71.00	396	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	223.68/cwt	216.00–227.50	1,722	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	210.28/cwt	194.00–214.00	1,312	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	240.49/cwt	227.00–248.00	991	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	211.62/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,450	5
Steers	Large 1	—	697	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	725	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	398	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	247.01/cwt	238.00–252.00	1,052	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	248.84/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,175	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	226.54/cwt	216.00–235.00	1,173	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	206.82/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,272	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	499	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	998	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	205.02/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	454	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,249	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	393	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	202.18/cwt	196.00–205.00	1,132	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	220.81/cwt	206.00–226.00	1,261	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	244.22/cwt	240.00–247.00	894	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,042	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,406	5
Heifers	Large 3	—	748	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,197	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	365	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	202.71/cwt	195.00–213.00	1,460	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	254.25/cwt	248.00–258.00	847	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	238.15/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,136	44
Heifers	Medium 2	—	335	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	298.96/cwt	290.00–304.00	957	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,605	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	538	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,297	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	264.10/cwt	251.00–274.00	1,273	82
Steers	Medium 1	—	422	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,093	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	290.64/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,072	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	267.47/cwt	255.00–281.00	1,113	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	224.30/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,503	42
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,067	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,107	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	229.44/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,294	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,303	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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