Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-350 lbs sold sharply higher and 350-450 lbs were 15.00-18.00 higher while 450--550 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-750 lbs were 10.00-17.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 10.00-19.00 higher and 400-500 lbs were sharply higher while 500-550 lbs sold 3.00 higher and 550-600 lbs sold 17.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 4.00 higher and 650-700 lbs sold 12.00 lower.Trade was very active with very good demand on larger numbers. Weaned calves on a preconditioning program brought a premium. Slaughter cows sold 6.00-7.00 higher with instances 11.00-17.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00-8.00 higher. Stronger market with excellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $320.06/cwt on 567 head.

Average price

$320.06

567 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$136.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.51

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	325.94	1,619	502
Large 1	485	318.86	1,548	21
Medium and Large 1-2	533	258.01	1,375	39
Medium 1-2	582	240.00	1,397	3thin
Small and Medium 2-3	758	189.00	1,433	2thin

One grade step is worth $136.94/cwt here — about $186 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 sale567 hd

320.06

—

NM average4 barns · 2,066 hd

296.56

+23.51

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	1,532	122.60	1,879	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	967	123.94	1,198	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,146	114.15	1,308	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	106.84	1,330	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,287	88.67	1,141	57

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,059	$1,668	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,066	$1,516	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$1,478	20
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	799	$1,394	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	896	$1,332	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	875	$1,246	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	760	$990	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$1,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	821	$1,363	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,183	$1,744	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	933	$1,369	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,118	$1,243	4thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,014	$1,587	4thin

Every lot, as filed

132 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 1Full	—	526	265.79/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,398	15
Steers	Large 1	—	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	4
Steers	Large 1	—	518	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,554	11
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	758	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,433	2
Steers	Large 1	—	605	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	206.68/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,020	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	660	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,188	1
Steers	Large 1	—	371	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	296.85/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,360	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	369	339.83/cwt	330.00–354.00	1,254	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	503	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	931	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	335	352.53/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,181	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	476	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,633	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	683	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	279.38/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,190	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	240.37/cwt	220.00–243.50	1,449	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,617	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	548	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,288	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	378	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,266	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	252.80/cwt	232.00–268.00	1,299	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	328.39/cwt	315.00–335.00	926	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	338.75/cwt	328.00–352.00	1,098	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	192.00/cwt	186.00–193.00	1,603	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	266.70/cwt	240.00–277.00	1,269	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	237.19/cwt	221.00–257.00	1,347	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	298.99/cwt	280.00–319.00	1,118	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	197.31/cwt	190.00–221.00	1,352	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	248.99/cwt	237.00–272.00	1,200	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	247.50/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,436	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	337.12/cwt	320.00–352.00	1,436	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	375.96/cwt	355.00–392.00	1,432	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	279.93/cwt	264.00–298.00	1,621	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	246.36/cwt	222.00–253.00	1,692	22
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	543	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	246	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,021	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	402.15/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,251	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	239.01/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	406.45/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	342	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,436	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	422	389.97/cwt	385.00–397.00	1,646	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	466	344.94/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,607	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	663	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,856	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	267.05/cwt	247.00–286.00	1,674	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	218.48/cwt	217.00–220.00	2,017	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	571	308.94/cwt	302.00–314.00	1,764	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	360	423.43/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,524	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	278	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	322.36/cwt	319.00–326.00	1,699	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	303.35/cwt	280.00–318.00	1,544	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	309.30/cwt	287.00–325.00	1,475	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,327	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,338	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	758	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,459	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	653	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,450	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	100.44/cwt	99.00–101.50	1,311	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	109.77/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,224	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	105.74/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,451	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	967	123.94/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,198	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	83.41/cwt	76.00–88.00	1,028	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,369	96.96/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,327	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,168	116.55/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,361	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,306	93.19/cwt	89.00–97.50	1,217	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	68.11/cwt	55.00–76.00	801	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,139	113.35/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,291	33
Bulls	—	—	1,436	116.54/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,674	7
Bulls	—	—	1,243	97.48/cwt	89.00–103.00	1,212	4
Bulls	—	—	1,624	129.75/cwt	121.00–140.00	2,107	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,330	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	1,833.33/head	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,833	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,650.00/head	1,600.00–1,675.00	1,650	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,700	1,245.00/head	1,245.00–1,245.00	1,245	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	986	1,465.00/head	1,275.00–1,525.00	1,465	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	645	887.50/head	775.00–1,000.00	888	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	875	1,092.50/head	975.00–1,210.00	1,093	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,615	1,950.00/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	1,893.75/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,894	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	615	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	782	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium 2	—	728	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,335	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	300	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	417	319.06/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,330	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	688	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	200.99/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,272	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,058	7
Bulls	Large 1	—	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,223	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	215.31/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,462	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,103	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,585	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	138.33/cwt	110.00–170.00	1,464	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,385	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	1,737.50/head	1,675.00–1,800.00	1,738	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	910	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	805	937.50/head	925.00–950.00	938	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	605	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	1,560.00/head	1,475.00–1,600.00	1,560	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	1,362.50/head	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,363	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	758	147.79/cwt	113.00–190.00	1,120	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	705	135.00/cwt	116.00–170.00	952	12
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	775	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,243	1,590.63/head	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,591	16
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	833	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	1,312.50/head	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,313	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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