Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-450 lbs sold sharply higher and 450-600 lbs were 12.00-15.00 higher. Steer yearlings 600-650 lbs sold 12.00 higher with 700-750 lbs 6.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs were 2.00 lower and 350-450 lbs were 2.00-14.00 higher while 450-500 lbs sold sharply lower and 500-600 lbs were steady to sharply higher. Heifer yearlings 600-700 lbs sold steady to sharply higher. Slaughter cows were steady to 11.00 higher instances 2.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher instances 10.00 lower. Market was stronger with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.58/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −164.96 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$272.58

73 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,104

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$195.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.03

vs NM average

−36.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	284.51	1,592	67
Medium and Large 1-2	568	240.00	1,363	2thin
Small 3	549	89.00	489	4thin

One grade step is worth $195.51/cwt here — about $1,104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.05, low $371.03, median $437.53 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale73 hd

272.58

—

NM average4 barns · 531 hd

267.55

+5.03

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−36.03

This barn, trailing median31 sales

437.53

−164.96

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	—	High	1,556	145.16	2,259	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	122.48	1,788	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,203	121.10	1,457	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	906	106.73	967	59

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)	1,057	$1,580	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	960	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	965	$1,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	850	$1,261	5
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	805	$1,488	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,458	$3,819	18
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	951	$2,460	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,158	$1,817	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	822	$1,578	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	946	$1,465	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	912	$1,435	5

Every lot, as filed

101 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	930	2,400.00/head	2,000.00–2,800.00	2,400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,399	3,840.00/head	2,500.00–4,500.00	3,840	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	1,285.00/head	1,285.00–1,285.00	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	125	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	100–150	140	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	162	812.50/head	750.00–850.00	813	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	232	916.67/head	850.00–1,050.00	917	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	127.32/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,597	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	110.19/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,285	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	122.48/cwt	110.00–138.00	1,788	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	920	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,122	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	845	111.53/cwt	108.00–119.00	942	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,395	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,855	1
Steers	Small 3	550–600	563	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	512	2
Steers	Small 3	450–500	488	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	420	2
Steers	Small 3	500–550	535	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	278.31/cwt	262.00–281.00	1,333	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	249.37/cwt	244.00–261.00	1,456	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,569	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	521	280.78/cwt	268.00–287.00	1,463	9
Steers	Small 3	800–850	849	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	312.47/cwt	294.00–330.00	1,634	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,954	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	256.22/cwt	249.00–270.00	1,596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	172	816.67/head	700.00–875.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	137	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	185	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	915	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	910	1,437.50/head	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,438	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	1,580.00/head	1,200.00–1,800.00	1,580	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,272	2,008.33/head	1,625.00–2,300.00	2,008	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	975	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	890	174.33/cwt	140.00–197.00	1,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	1,487.50/head	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,488	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	960	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	965	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	1,825.00/head	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,825	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	975	1,450.00/head	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,450	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	870	172.00/cwt	150.00–197.00	1,496	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	910	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	767	1,135.00/head	1,135.00–1,135.00	1,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	2,500.00/head	2,000.00–3,000.00	2,500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,531	3,793.75/head	2,900.00–4,250.00	3,794	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	790	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,105	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	838	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	890	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Bulls	—	—	1,740	154.67/cwt	148.00–160.00	2,691	22
Bulls	—	—	1,390	138.95/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,931	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	117.26/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,164	23
Bulls	—	—	1,281	123.15/cwt	114.00–127.00	1,578	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,115	123.02/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,372	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	118.83/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,399	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	468	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,460	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	98.90/cwt	94.00–106.00	959	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	108.55/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,173	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	633	80.20/cwt	68.00–115.00	508	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	840	112.27/cwt	98.00–135.00	943	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	473	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,064	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	402	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	585	245.36/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	276.09/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,168	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,602	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	343.81/cwt	320.00–352.00	1,650	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	279.36/cwt	274.00–288.00	1,690	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	205.70/cwt	193.00–215.00	1,899	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	245.71/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,617	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	404.09/cwt	400.00–406.00	982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	321.47/cwt	315.00–342.00	1,241	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	374.81/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,413	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	337.01/cwt	322.00–347.50	1,109	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	270.46/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,415	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	304.38/cwt	282.00–324.00	1,288	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	361.65/cwt	356.00–385.00	1,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	244.51/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	237.82/cwt	216.00–243.00	1,872	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	413.51/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,104	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	340.39/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,106	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,919	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	216.88/cwt	196.00–220.00	1,653	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	291	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,036	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	329	393.63/cwt	392.00–397.00	1,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	380.01/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,577	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	229.88/cwt	225.00–235.00	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	273.66/cwt	254.00–293.00	1,587	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,456	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	301.89/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,709	13

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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