Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold 3.00-11.00 higher with 500-600 lbs being steady. Steer yearlings were steady to 8.00 lower. Heifer calves 350-400 lbs sold steady and 500-550 lbs were 8.00 higher with no comparable numbers or sales of feeder heifers. Trade was moderately good on smaller numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher with instances of 4.00 lower. Market was active with excellent buyer attendance and participation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $266.22/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −171.31 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$266.22

52 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$28.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.10

vs NM average

−28.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	274.38	1,509	37
Medium and Large 1-2	545	246.10	1,341	15thin

One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about $168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale52 hd

266.22

—

NM average4 barns · 467 hd

269.32

−3.10

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−28.09

This barn, trailing median31 sales

437.53

−171.31

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	1,525	142.99	2,180	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,107	118.40	1,311	215
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	103.70	1,019	36

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,340	$1,900	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,729	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	968	$1,650	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,048	$1,546	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	885	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,225	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	760	$875	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	832	$1,583	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	920	$1,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,485	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,047	$1,665	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,073	$1,631	4thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$1,888	2thin

Every lot, as filed

113 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 1Value Added	400–450	402	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	324.10/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,510	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	272.93/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,441	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	351.92/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,330	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	312.92/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,008	4
Heifers	Medium 1	100–150	140	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	227.57/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,340	9
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	722	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,661	12
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	817	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,830	23
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	542	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	290.28/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,112	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	174.50/cwt	159.00–187.00	1,918	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	186.20/cwt	170.00–192.00	2,026	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,737.50/head	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,738	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	119.67/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,404	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Bred Heifers	Large 1	—	920	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Heifers	Large 1	—	745	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	879	174.74/cwt	152.00–200.00	1,536	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	963	157.33/cwt	130.00–182.00	1,515	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,242	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,490	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,345	115.40/cwt	115.00–115.50	1,552	5
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,035	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	715	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	760	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	885	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,485	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,247	1,855.00/head	1,700.00–2,025.00	1,855	5
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,033	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	968	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,030	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	1,175.00/head	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,175	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	117.67/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,338	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,205	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	870	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	966	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	1,721.00/head	1,500.00–1,885.00	1,721	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,175	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	945	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	920	1,887.50/head	1,750.00–2,025.00	1,888	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,255	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,456	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	118.00/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,473	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,418	153.00/cwt	152.00–154.00	2,170	2
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	1,483	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,928	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,082	135.10/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,462	3
Bulls	—	—	1,501	142.77/cwt	135.00–150.00	2,143	16
Bulls	—	—	1,810	149.70/cwt	139.00–153.00	2,710	11
Bulls	—	—	1,337	136.21/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,821	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	108.72/cwt	101.00–115.00	1,072	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	90.64/cwt	80.00–99.00	883	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	116.00/cwt	105.00–128.00	1,264	136
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	122.53/cwt	108.00–126.00	1,392	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,314	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	250–300	295	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	929	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	642	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,380	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	164	690.00/head	675.00–700.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	303.35/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,247	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,485	7
Steers	Small 2	600–650	628	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	348	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	479	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,265	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	248.96/cwt	238.00–254.00	1,307	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	482	297.89/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,436	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	292.83/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,242	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	295.67/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	230.22/cwt	227.00–236.50	1,584	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	317	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	283.51/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,245	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	507	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,369	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	247.83/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,455	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	257.33/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,351	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	703	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	324	281.04/cwt	270.00–285.00	911	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	624	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,466	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	242.84/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,379	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	476	284.56/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,355	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	488	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	808	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	332.49/cwt	325.00–336.00	1,453	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,704	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	244.15/cwt	239.00–254.00	1,526	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	268.16/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,531	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	226.39/cwt	216.00–234.00	1,521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	3

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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