Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-7.00 lower while steer and heifer yearlings had no comparable numbers or sales. Trade and demand were moderate on similar numbers. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Market was moderate with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.71/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −154.20 against this barn's trailing median of $384.91.

Average price

$230.71

63 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$699

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

$112.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs NM average

−13.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	242.56	1,368	44
Large 1	595	227.00	1,351	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	577	224.38	1,295	11thin
Small and Medium 2-3	568	210.00	1,193	2thin
Small and Medium 2	514	130.00	668	4thin

One grade step is worth $112.56/cwt here — about $699 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.95, low $353.92, median $384.91 across 32 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 sale63 hd

230.71

—

NM average4 barns · 300 hd

242.44

−11.73

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−13.70

This barn, trailing median32 sales

384.91

−154.20

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	1,596	154.76	2,469	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,117	132.94	1,485	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	120.69	1,249	35

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	855	$1,405	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	935	$1,225	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	733	$1,200	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	730	$1,125	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,234	$2,229	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,064	$1,650	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	970	$1,250	2thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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	300–350	319	383.82/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,224	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,360	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	332.54/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,137	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	234.13/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,316	16
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	412	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,257	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,555	5
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	525	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	220.16/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,486	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	275	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	409	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,023	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,176	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	280	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,176	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,385	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	123	633.33/head	475.00–750.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	173	900.00/head	800.00–1,000.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	220	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	595	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	782.41/head	650.00–925.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	373	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	305	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	581	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,330	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	343.04/cwt	330.00–350.00	909	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	247.13/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,280	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	297.26/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,231	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	253.48/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,204	30
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	350–400	366	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	769	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	805	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	493	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	299.89/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,140	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	229.41/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,404	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	321.78/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,075	18
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	622	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,406	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	650–700	654	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,056	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	398	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	796	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	485	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,271	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	170	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	223.77/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,296	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,758	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,298	3
Steers	Large 2	600–650	648	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	333	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	494	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	337.04/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,287	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	300.86/cwt	298.00–307.00	1,420	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	259.69/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,496	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	325.13/cwt	321.00–339.00	1,424	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	257.01/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,606	9
Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	305	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	399.57/cwt	390.00–412.00	1,135	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	331	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,208	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	635	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	308	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,103	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	386	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	933	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	600–650	634	179.78/cwt	176.00–181.00	1,140	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	500–550	514	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,129	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	122.01/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,313	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	117.38/cwt	110.00–127.00	1,094	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	128.03/cwt	126.50–131.00	1,486	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	134.36/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,483	59
Bulls	—	—	1,313	143.19/cwt	130.00–154.00	1,880	8
Bulls	—	—	1,733	155.03/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,687	8
Bulls	—	—	1,817	165.28/cwt	162.50–170.00	3,003	10
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,068	147.38/cwt	130.00–165.00	1,574	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	855	1,405.00/head	1,400.00–1,410.00	1,405	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	733	1,200.00/head	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,200	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,480	2,375.00/head	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,375	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	705	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	689	186.13/cwt	141.00–209.00	1,282	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	755	168.22/cwt	141.00–181.00	1,270	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	2,200.00/head	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	750	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,812.50/head	1,700.00–1,925.00	1,813	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	840	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	708	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,352	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	568	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	650–700	672	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,243	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	572	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	594	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,396	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	713	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	247.72/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,427	18

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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