Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale, steer calves 300-400 lbs were sharply higher and 400-600 lbs sold 13.00-17.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs sold 11.00-23.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-450 lbs were 17.00-21.00 higher, instances sharply higher, and 450-500 lbs sold 2.00 lower while 500-600 lbs were 14.00-32.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Trade was active on a moderately higher market with good demand on larger numbers. Slaughter cows were steady to 7.00 higher while slaughter bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower. Weaned and started vaccination programs are being rewarded. Evcellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.70/cwt on 677 head.

Average price

$256.70

677 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$816

per head · Medium 1 over Small 3

$190.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.08

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	428	260.00	1,113	10thin
Medium and Large 1	546	257.99	1,408	522
Small and Medium 2-3	431	256.58	1,106	101
Medium and Large 1-2	487	253.64	1,234	33
Large 1	644	232.46	1,497	9thin
Small 3	423	70.00	296	2thin

One grade step is worth $190.00/cwt here — about $816 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 sale677 hd

256.70

—

NM average4 barns · 2,441 hd

248.63

+8.08

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	1,518	102.84	1,561	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,398	117.22	1,639	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,236	100.25	1,239	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,137	93.51	1,063	221
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	82.18	846	105

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)	910	$1,418	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,161	$1,287	21
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,237	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,125	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$1,580	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,131	$1,575	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,211	$1,484	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,220	$1,462	3thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1	—	450	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,161	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,063	2
Steers	Small 3	—	423	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	296	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	910	1,417.50/head	1,350.00–1,485.00	1,418	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	1,236.00/head	1,100.00–1,450.00	1,236	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	825	158.67/cwt	144.00–186.00	1,309	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,211	1,483.57/head	1,350.00–1,585.00	1,484	7
Bulls	—	—	1,475	102.34/cwt	94.00–109.00	1,510	11
Bulls	—	—	1,438	83.70/cwt	75.00–95.00	1,204	7
Bulls	—	—	1,598	113.57/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,815	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	93.44/cwt	90.00–96.50	1,063	152
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	95.79/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,121	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,236	100.25/cwt	97.00–111.00	1,239	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	84.77/cwt	80.00–88.00	879	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	87.95/cwt	87.50–90.00	879	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	77.34/cwt	72.00–81.00	790	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	65.62/cwt	54.00–71.00	693	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	89.16/cwt	88.50–90.50	943	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,398	117.22/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,160	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	284.07/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,105	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	227.30/cwt	213.00–231.00	1,777	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	296.53/cwt	285.00–317.00	970	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	318.02/cwt	290.00–327.00	1,161	19
Steers	Large 1	—	465	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,293	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	223.35/cwt	205.00–238.00	1,834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	240.69/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,528	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	257.77/cwt	240.00–278.00	1,328	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	284.51/cwt	269.00–307.00	1,195	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	231.19/cwt	212.00–240.00	1,556	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	234.20/cwt	217.00–239.00	1,679	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	336	328.33/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,103	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	503	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,207	3
Steers	Large 1	—	788	187.04/cwt	174.00–200.00	1,474	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	247.34/cwt	230.00–262.00	1,064	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	546	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,594	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,093	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,240	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,279	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	179.60/cwt	167.00–193.00	1,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	265.59/cwt	250.00–287.00	1,262	26
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	330	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	835	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	241.75/cwt	224.00–258.00	1,388	53
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	494	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,186	26
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	436	258.83/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,128	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,298	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,135	2
Steers	Large 1	—	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium 1	—	260	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	213.71/cwt	205.00–222.00	1,216	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	381	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,036	23
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	496	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	253.97/cwt	245.00–273.00	1,084	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	240.05/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,128	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	212.97/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,516	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	394	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	383	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	919	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	597	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,295	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	310	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	258.76/cwt	245.00–275.00	831	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Small 3	—	463	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	324	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	198.55/cwt	164.00–252.00	649	7
Heifers	Small 3	—	598	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	879	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,021	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	589	188.13/cwt	170.00–196.00	1,108	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	178	340.83/head	300.00–445.00	341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	232.67/cwt	215.00–267.00	1,238	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	223.73/cwt	218.00–240.00	1,264	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	263.60/cwt	245.00–280.00	996	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	210.60/cwt	194.00–216.00	1,333	48
Heifers	Small 3	—	416	73.56/cwt	56.00–78.00	306	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,131	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	1,461.67/head	1,385.00–1,600.00	1,462	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,580.00/head	1,500.00–1,660.00	1,580	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	1,300.50/head	1,175.00–1,400.00	1,301	20

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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