Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-350 lbs sold 20.00 lower and 350-400 lbs were 2.00 lower while 400-550 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and 550-600 lbs were 4.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-650 were steady. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs sold 20.00 lower and 350-400 lbs were 5.00 lower while 400-450 lbs sold sharply higher and 450-500 lbs were 5.00 lower. 500-600 lb heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 20.00 higher. Trade was moderate on smaller numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher, instances sharply higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00-7.00 higher. Market was good with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $314.40/cwt on 377 head.

Average price

$314.40

377 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$57

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

$68.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.65

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	316.10	1,610	346
Medium and Large 1-2	447	300.61	1,343	28
Large 1-2	672	248.00	1,667	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.10/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale377 hd

314.40

—

NM average4 barns · 1,832 hd

311.76

+2.65

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	1,486	128.41	1,908	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,294	115.78	1,498	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,230	107.50	1,322	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	986	100.01	987	23

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)	1,059	$2,438	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,979	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,042	$1,816	23
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,387	$1,787	55
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	963	$1,757	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,424	$1,617	51
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,062	$1,444	27
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	710	$1,375	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	756	$1,244	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	780	$1,195	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,495	$1,813	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	900	$1,450	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	600	$938	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$1,875	2thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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	—	443	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	594	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	338.08/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	287.50/cwt	272.00–310.00	1,636	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	678	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	286.94/cwt	284.00–297.00	1,105	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	300.90/cwt	282.00–315.00	1,279	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	414	341.04/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	373	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,807	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	366	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	915	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	252.12/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,533	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	323.67/cwt	314.00–332.00	1,100	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	278.80/cwt	258.00–294.00	1,310	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	320	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	245.44/cwt	230.00–261.00	1,411	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	213.65/cwt	206.00–220.00	1,425	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	763	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	491	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,277	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,417	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	540	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	398	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	327	138.68/cwt	137.00–140.00	453	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	261.10/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,366	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	343	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,201	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	260.46/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,740	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	300.88/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,420	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	258.19/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,314	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	271.17/cwt	241.00–287.00	1,651	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	357.43/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,169	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	672	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	307.95/cwt	292.00–325.00	1,617	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	369.48/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,397	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	248.88/cwt	231.00–259.00	1,807	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	418.04/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	238	418.29/cwt	415.00–425.00	996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	208.45/cwt	198.00–215.00	1,615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	328.55/cwt	315.00–357.00	1,538	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	353.19/cwt	337.00–377.00	1,498	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	396	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,572	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	334	390.02/cwt	387.00–400.00	1,303	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	424	389.17/cwt	380.00–392.00	1,650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	173	627.50/head	390.00–725.00	628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	789	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,262	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	—	628	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	401	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,424	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,271	118.92/cwt	117.00–130.00	1,511	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	112.92/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,485	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	113.58/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,208	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	108.06/cwt	107.00–109.50	1,310	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	107.90/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,024	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	85.48/cwt	85.00–86.00	846	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	104.04/cwt	102.50–106.50	1,408	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	96.52/cwt	95.00–98.00	979	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,014	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,136	4
Bulls	—	—	1,610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,691	1
Bulls	—	—	1,591	134.58/cwt	127.00–146.00	2,141	14
Bulls	—	—	1,287	120.54/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,551	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,097	2,028.85/head	1,300.00–2,150.00	2,029	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,042	2,073.21/head	925.00–2,300.00	2,073	14
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,025	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	383	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	988	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,397	1,796.76/head	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,797	54
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,121	2,038.46/head	1,075.00–2,350.00	2,038	13
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	830	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	1,050.00/head	900.00–1,250.00	1,050	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	920	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	900	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	680	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	1,387.50/head	1,350.00–1,425.00	1,388	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	1,055.00/head	875.00–1,175.00	1,055	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	1,586.25/head	1,150.00–1,900.00	1,586	20
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	795	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	262.81/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	550	228.40/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,256	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	655.00/head	620.00–690.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,234	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	125	642.50/head	610.00–675.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	438	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	338.91/cwt	322.00–367.00	1,101	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	426	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	330.94/cwt	300.00–350.00	950	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,731	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	600	937.50/head	900.00–975.00	938	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	765	1,100.00/head	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,495	1,812.50/head	1,675.00–1,950.00	1,813	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	930	1,875.00/head	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,875	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	899	136.11/cwt	110.00–177.00	1,224	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	764	180.86/cwt	150.00–195.00	1,382	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,112	1,825.00/head	1,250.00–2,025.00	1,825	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,075	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	1,243.75/head	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,244	4
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	665	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	1,200.00/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,200	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	1,617.50/head	1,550.00–1,625.00	1,618	50
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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