Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Steer calves 300-350 lbs were 12.00 lower and 350-400 lbs sold 5.00 higher while 400-450 lbs were 15.00 lower. 450-550 lbs sold sharply higher and 550-600 lbs were 18.00 lower. Feeder steers 650-700 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-500 lbs were sharply lower with exception of 350-400 lbs being 5.00 lower.Feeder heifers 500-650 lbs sold 5.00 higher.Trade was moderately erratic on smaller numbers with moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher with instances of 8.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 17.00 higher.Unsteady market with excellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $294.88/cwt on 598 head.

Average price

$294.88

598 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,663

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$344

per head · Medium 1-2 over Large 1

$80.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.89

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	457	317.00	1,447	4thin
Medium and Large 1	556	299.94	1,668	532
Medium and Large 1-2	522	261.87	1,367	30
Medium 1	682	257.00	1,753	3thin
Large 1	756	236.97	1,791	29

One grade step is worth $80.03/cwt here — about −$344 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 sale598 hd

294.88

—

NM average4 barns · 1,889 hd

290.99

+3.89

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	1,503	109.32	1,643	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,115	115.00	1,282	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,061	105.40	1,118	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,048	94.87	994	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	83.75	836	5thin

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)	968	$1,313	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,019	$1,279	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,199	$1,212	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	976	$1,160	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	960	$1,087	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	795	$875	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	877	$1,192	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	780	$1,088	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	770	$1,081	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,008	$1,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	830	$650	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,035	$1,725	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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	351	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,109	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	250.67/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,331	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	311.12/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,640	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	516	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	229.09/cwt	227.00–233.00	1,530	10
Steers	Large 1	—	829	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,882	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	540	281.71/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	362	355.27/cwt	352.00–357.00	1,286	3
Steers	Large 1	—	704	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,718	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	393	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	931	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	483	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,439	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	434	327.82/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,423	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	379	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,364	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	275.70/cwt	255.00–290.00	1,166	60
Heifers	Small 3	—	163	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	227.88/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,454	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	333.34/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,103	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	273.30/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,041	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	253.53/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,296	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	334.88/cwt	325.00–350.00	928	26
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	423	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,267	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	400.96/cwt	387.00–408.00	1,484	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	432	323.22/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	254.03/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	379.30/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,077	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	225.87/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	337.07/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,564	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	345.15/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,501	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	385.01/cwt	367.00–390.00	1,286	19
Steers	Medium 1	—	682	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,753	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	490	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,804	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	266.84/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,668	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	356	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,467	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	252.85/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,724	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,090	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,457	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	252.11/cwt	230.00–267.00	1,561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	562	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,236	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,262	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	84.25/cwt	83.00–85.00	845	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	827	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	983	100.51/cwt	99.00–101.00	988	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	97.99/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,022	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	90.43/cwt	89.00–92.00	913	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,115	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,282	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,156	110.95/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,283	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,069	106.00/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,133	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	814	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	94.87/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,011	18
Bulls	—	—	1,263	82.00/cwt	66.00–95.00	1,036	5
Bulls	—	—	1,575	111.18/cwt	99.00–117.00	1,751	15
Bulls	—	—	1,650	126.51/cwt	120.00–141.00	2,087	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	885	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,168	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	965	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,199	1,212.27/head	1,185.00–1,235.00	1,212	11
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,070	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	1,375.00/head	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	1,412.50/head	1,325.00–1,600.00	1,413	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	1,191.67/head	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,192	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	685	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	1,087.50/head	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,088	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	810	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	765	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	715	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	855	130.50/cwt	114.00–147.00	1,116	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	755	127.00/cwt	124.00–130.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	237.50/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,389	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	255.12/cwt	236.50–262.00	1,207	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	523	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	460	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,320	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	595	2
Heifers	Small 2-3	—	313	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	325	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	2
Bulls	Small 3	—	600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	188.67/cwt	177.00–200.00	1,283	4
Bulls	Small 3	—	522	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	257.59/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,533	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,153	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,075	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,419	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	830	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	860	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	745	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	795	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	865	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	1,087.50/head	1,050.00–1,125.00	1,088	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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