Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 300-400 lbs were 5.00-7.00 lower and 400-600 lbs sold 12.00- 20.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs were 1.00-3.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs were 29.00 lower while 350-400 lbs sold 5.00 lower and 400-450 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Heifers 450-500 lbs were 14.00 lower and 500-600 sold 7.00-21.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650-700 lbs were 8.00 higher. Trade was moderately higher with good demand on slightly higher numbers. going into a 2 week shutdown. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher while slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Moderately higher market with excellent buyer attendance. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! See you in 2024

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $245.47/cwt on 468 head.

Average price

$245.47

468 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,331

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$723

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$199.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.87

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	452	255.32	1,153	33
Large 1-2	515	249.15	1,283	13thin
Medium and Large 1	547	249.12	1,363	378
Medium 1-2	380	237.00	901	2thin
Large 1	537	223.54	1,200	13thin
Medium 2	558	222.00	1,239	6thin
Small and Medium 2-3	462	213.90	989	10thin
Medium 1	660	206.00	1,360	7thin
Small and Medium 3	870	161.00	1,401	4thin
Small 3	768	56.00	430	2thin

One grade step is worth $199.32/cwt here — about $723 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 sale468 hd

245.47

—

NM average4 barns · 3,620 hd

241.60

+3.87

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	—	Low	1,469	108.72	1,598	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,173	92.53	1,086	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,034	80.69	834	52

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)	1,192	$1,510	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,405	42
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,187	$1,313	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$1,208	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,176	$1,145	23
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	945	$1,117	27
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,079	$1,067	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	938	$1,236	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,661	9
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$1,850	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	267.13/cwt	257.00–276.00	892	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	266.81/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,003	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	997	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,077	1,687.50/head	1,350.00–1,925.00	1,688	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,330	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	1,775.00/head	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,775	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	937	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	1,156.82/head	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,157	22
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,195	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	950.00/head	750.00–1,075.00	950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	1,150.00/head	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	975	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,222	1,605.00/head	1,500.00–1,785.00	1,605	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	1,235.83/head	1,165.00–1,250.00	1,236	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	914	146.50/cwt	115.00–172.00	1,339	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	759	152.20/cwt	134.00–170.00	1,155	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,207	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	3
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	770	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	1,187.50/head	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,188	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,187	1,312.50/head	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,313	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	1,080.00/head	910.00–1,250.00	1,080	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,201	1,441.25/head	1,325.00–1,510.00	1,441	36
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	631	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	1,179.17/head	1,100.00–1,475.00	1,179	6
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	915	1,275.00/head	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	926	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	875	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bulls	—	—	1,497	92.39/cwt	85.00–99.00	1,383	5
Bulls	—	—	1,385	103.13/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,428	13
Bulls	—	—	1,494	112.68/cwt	107.00–120.00	1,683	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	59.62/cwt	54.00–69.00	560	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	96.10/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,181	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	76.00/cwt	71.00–79.00	754	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	89.61/cwt	89.50–90.00	1,022	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,034	88.16/cwt	87.50–89.00	912	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	92.64/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,106	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	82.79/cwt	80.00–85.50	854	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	86.83/cwt	86.00–87.00	961	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	266.46/cwt	258.00–272.00	999	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	726	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,561	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	354	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,189	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	327	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,112	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	207.18/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,208	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,327	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,119	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	283.49/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,202	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	558	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,239	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	300.97/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,246	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	432	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	944	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	248	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	719	3
Steers	Large 1	—	840	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	309.12/cwt	297.00–330.00	1,172	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	398	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,142	2
Steers	Large 1	—	530	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	264.70/cwt	257.00–285.00	1,257	62
Steers	Large 1	—	437	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,141	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	250.82/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,349	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	309.04/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,038	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	211.53/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,398	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	223.03/cwt	211.00–238.00	1,401	48
Steers	Large 1	—	593	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,127	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	186.15/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,329	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	300	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	720	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	478	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	774	2
Steers	Large 1	—	310	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	905	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	870	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,401	4
Steers	Small 3	—	768	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	430	2
Steers	Medium 1	—	660	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,360	7
Heifers	Small 3	—	424	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,086	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	245.09/cwt	235.00–249.50	1,417	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	492	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	627	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	760	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,368	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	380	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	236.40/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,319	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	268	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,057	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	351	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	955	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	258.48/cwt	240.00–272.00	1,086	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	558	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,222	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	278.53/cwt	275.00–286.00	777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,502	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	210.80/cwt	206.00–212.00	1,206	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	236.96/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,135	24
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	535	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,017	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	238.27/cwt	226.00–246.00	1,229	43
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	638	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	220.09/cwt	202.00–222.00	1,336	52
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	309	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	189.80/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,274	14
Heifers	Medium 1	—	469	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,055	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium 2-3	—	532	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,056	4

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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