Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 350-450 lbs were 24.00--32.00 higher and 450-500 lbs sold 3.00 higher while 500-550 lbs were 14.00 lower and 550-600 lbs sold 8.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 were16.00 lower and 650-700 lbs sold steady. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs were 10.00 lower. Trade was moderate to strong on smaller numbers with an active market. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher instances 8.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 1.00-3.00 higher. Excelllent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.09/cwt on 498 head.

Average price

$257.09

498 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$615

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3

$167.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.85

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	272.11	1,414	373
Medium and Large 1-2	523	255.29	1,335	44
Large 1	566	241.00	1,364	5thin
Large 1-2	591	223.91	1,324	32
Large 2	655	183.92	1,205	13thin
Small and Medium 2	479	179.86	862	7thin
Medium and Large 2	641	155.80	999	15thin
Large 3	761	105.00	799	9thin

One grade step is worth $167.11/cwt here — about $615 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 sale498 hd

257.09

—

NM average4 barns · 2,300 hd

258.95

−1.85

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	1,539	106.13	1,633	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	103.02	1,470	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,317	93.13	1,226	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,074	79.62	855	44

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$1,505	24
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,134	$1,345	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,181	$1,266	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,008	$1,164	16
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,069	$1,009	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,018	$986	11
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	922	$1,905	93
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	879	$1,800	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$1,275	2thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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	—	433	218.62/cwt	215.00–220.00	947	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,380	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,024	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,092	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	448	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,375	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	335	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	825	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	224.34/cwt	213.00–234.00	1,285	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	233.67/cwt	229.00–246.00	1,236	81
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	536	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,211	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	240.39/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,142	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	241.55/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,024	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	427	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,025	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,058	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	608	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,067	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	214.47/cwt	209.00–224.00	1,353	34
Bulls	—	—	1,522	104.45/cwt	97.00–109.00	1,590	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	55.74/cwt	39.00–64.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	80.14/cwt	80.00–81.00	885	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,059	2
Steers	Large 1	—	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	639	163.18/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,043	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	495	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	267.57/cwt	260.00–273.00	993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,203	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,134	1,345.00/head	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,345	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,164	1,453.57/head	900.00–1,650.00	1,454	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,181	1,265.71/head	1,150.00–1,400.00	1,266	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	825	1,275.00/head	975.00–1,575.00	1,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,248	1,845.83/head	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,846	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	1,352.27/head	1,225.00–1,600.00	1,352	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	988	1,167.86/head	1,050.00–1,400.00	1,168	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,069	1,009.44/head	975.00–1,200.00	1,009	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	1,905.11/head	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,905	93
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	883	142.33/cwt	120.00–170.00	1,257	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	986.36/head	925.00–1,000.00	986	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bulls	—	—	1,659	113.53/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,883	11
Bulls	—	—	1,058	83.97/cwt	73.50–95.00	888	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	97.30/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,332	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	89.79/cwt	87.00–91.50	1,121	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,427	103.02/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,470	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	93.49/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,250	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	85.78/cwt	85.00–87.00	936	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	75.67/cwt	74.00–79.00	799	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,301	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,505	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	219.61/cwt	213.00–226.00	1,388	11
Steers	Large 2	—	623	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,306	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	295	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	275	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,009	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	285.18/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,255	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	550	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	532	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,500	36
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	225.51/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,439	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	248.71/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,308	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,211	3
Steers	Large 2	—	728	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,420	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	388	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	330.21/cwt	322.00–342.00	1,103	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	312.01/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,179	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,142	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,185	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	964	2
Steers	Large 1	—	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	326.92/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,402	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	225.07/cwt	220.00–226.50	1,515	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	340	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	490	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	277.01/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,310	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,730	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	508	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	676	3
Steers	Large 3	—	694	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	673	5
Steers	Large 3	—	845	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	972	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	617	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,388	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	773	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	533	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,173	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	349.08/cwt	337.00–358.00	977	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	830	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	245.89/cwt	236.50–261.50	1,424	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	217.37/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,556	5

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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