Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a few early sales of steer calves 300-400 lbs were 10.00-15.00 higher, while 400-600 lbs sold 5.00 -15.00 lower. Feeder steers sold 9.00-12.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs were steady to 2.00 lower; 400-500 lbs sold steady to 9.00 higher and 500-600 lbs were 3.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers last week to compare. Trade was moderately active, demand moderate. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly 1.00 higher. Late week auctions were not reported due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.35/cwt on 898 head.

Average price

$253.35

898 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$814

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$117.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.52

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	259.15	1,360	787
Medium 2	476	243.39	1,158	32
Medium and Large 2	418	236.00	986	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	574	222.00	1,275	45
Large 1-2	703	185.71	1,306	14thin
Medium 1-2	380	172.00	654	3thin
Small 3	319	150.00	479	8thin
Large 3	386	141.43	546	7thin

One grade step is worth $117.72/cwt here — about $814 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 sale898 hd

253.35

—

NM average4 barns · 3,026 hd

236.83

+16.52

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	1,505	105.09	1,582	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,148	107.05	1,229	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,181	92.02	1,087	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,049	82.27	863	213

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)	1,205	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,123	$1,278	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,069	$1,162	25
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	935	$1,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,055	$1,388	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,073	$1,353	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,016	$1,311	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,207	7
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	789	161.39/cwt	111.00–197.00	1,273	41
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	680	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	422	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,123	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	217.98/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	400	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,166	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	234.79/cwt	224.00–244.00	1,106	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	265.21/cwt	260.00–275.00	846	22
Heifers	Medium 2	—	531	224.55/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,192	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	248.96/cwt	240.00–262.00	729	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	430	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	222.38/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,259	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	225.05/cwt	220.00–240.00	709	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	170	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	246.75/cwt	235.00–263.00	1,068	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	214.37/cwt	209.00–218.00	1,353	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	230.04/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,199	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	264.73/cwt	240.00–268.00	1,001	36
Heifers	Medium 2	—	586	222.24/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,302	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	775	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	750	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	1,375.00/head	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,375	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,290	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,069	1,162.00/head	800.00–1,375.00	1,162	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	1,550.00/head	1,200.00–1,775.00	1,550	4
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,123	1,277.78/head	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,278	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,042	1,296.43/head	700.00–1,450.00	1,296	7
Bulls	—	—	1,487	104.22/cwt	98.00–110.00	1,550	34
Bulls	—	—	1,356	90.50/cwt	76.00–98.00	1,227	13
Bulls	—	—	1,640	116.63/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,913	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	89.01/cwt	87.00–91.50	993	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	74.44/cwt	72.00–77.00	732	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	63.52/cwt	55.00–70.00	561	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	97.05/cwt	96.00–97.50	1,363	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,148	107.05/cwt	98.50–115.00	1,229	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	83.60/cwt	78.00–88.00	881	99
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	90.52/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,028	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	92.79/cwt	80.00–99.00	1,103	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	464	278.48/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,292	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	577	260.91/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,505	22
Steers	Large 1-2	—	446	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	226.62/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,169	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	910	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	808	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	438	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	964	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	236.14/cwt	182.00–282.00	881	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,128	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	290	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,324	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,029	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	311	285.08/cwt	270.00–290.00	887	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,427	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	264.81/cwt	254.00–272.00	1,117	8
Steers	Large 3	—	428	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	253.61/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,326	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,370	54
Steers	Large 1-2	—	846	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,565	9
Steers	Medium 2	—	463	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	176.02/cwt	174.00–178.00	1,389	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	374	250.41/cwt	245.00–257.00	937	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	745	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,080	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	378	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	510	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	420	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	806	2
Steers	Small 3	—	319	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	479	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	477	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,121	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	218.11/cwt	209.00–232.00	1,566	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	507	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,252	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	428	216.34/cwt	212.00–218.00	926	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	293.79/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,249	140
Steers	Medium 2	—	563	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,346	12
Steers	Large 3	—	354	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	148.00/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,840	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	236.87/cwt	223.00–248.00	1,483	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	241.76/cwt	225.00–251.00	1,397	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	291.39/cwt	285.00–310.00	810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	202.86/cwt	181.00–206.00	1,670	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	253.81/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,226	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	316.66/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,039	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	296.80/cwt	287.00–315.00	1,128	36
Steers	Medium 2	—	517	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,334	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	228.44/cwt	222.00–239.00	1,517	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	214.68/cwt	204.00–221.00	1,249	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	380	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	654	3

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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