Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2024-10-22

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Tue, Oct 22
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
1,001 vs last sale 1,456 1,410 vs year ago 1,865 · 75.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
349 vs last sale 458 202 vs year ago 311 · 65.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
99 head
42 vs last sale 141 128 vs year ago 227 · 56.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale on 10/14/24; This sale was on Tuesday because of large rain storms and flooding in the Roswell area. Steer calves had insufficient numbers to compare and feeder steers had low numbers also but a 10.00 lower market was evident. Heifer calves 450-500 lbs sold 7.00 lower and 500-550 lbs were 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers had no numbers or sales to compare. Trade was slow with light demand on small numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower few 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 4.00-5.00 lower. Good buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $248.04/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 189.50 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.
Average price
$248.04
58 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,360
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
16.17
vs NM average
51.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548248.041,36058
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
491446402357median 437.5301/0503/0204/2706/2208/17
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 sale58 hd
248.04
NM average4 barns · 506 hd
264.21
−16.17
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−51.00
This barn, trailing median31 sales
437.53
−189.50
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,540143.472,2109thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,377117.921,62424
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,199116.111,39328
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,044108.541,13323

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,131$1,6797
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$1,6502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$1,5752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,235$1,5101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)914$1,5083thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,127$1,9176
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,042$1,8253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)940$1,7001thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300255280.00/cwt280.00–280.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800781201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5706
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250220300.00/cwt300.00–300.006603
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,50217
CowsLean 85-90%94594.52/cwt91.00–97.008932
CowsLean 85-90%1,070110.02/cwt104.00–113.501,17720
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed715107.00/cwt107.00–107.007651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,377117.92/cwt117.50–125.001,62424
Bulls1,713148.36/cwt143.00–153.502,5415
Bulls1,324137.35/cwt134.00–142.001,8194
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned100–150110450.00/head450.00–450.004501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19401,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,070120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2841
BullsMedium and Large 1150–200170600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0401,650.00/head1,550.00–1,750.001,6502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,230101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2421
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,060133.83/cwt128.00–135.001,4196
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,600114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,8241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,220136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,65919
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,175132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19681,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned150–200195550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,6682
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1411,745.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,7455
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,135155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7592
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1742,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0505
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1776155.85/cwt125.00–190.001,20913
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0421,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0551,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,440110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,110130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1051,512.50/head1,500.00–1,525.001,5132
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300293330.00/cwt330.00–330.009676
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400392270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0586
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550509244.53/cwt240.00–260.001,24513
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700660229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,51126
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479288.88/cwt284.00–291.501,38427
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,31119
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460248.60/cwt238.00–257.001,14452
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600554233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,29414
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400369238.99/cwt235.00–250.008828
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379323.53/cwt317.00–330.001,22614
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578244.27/cwt240.00–247.001,41230
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350346273.39/cwt270.00–279.009468
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305322.00/cwt322.00–322.009822
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350313290.00/cwt290.00–290.009082
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429238.04/cwt236.00–241.001,02112
HeifersLarge 1450–500485233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1303
HeifersLarge 1Unweaned350–400378244.00/cwt244.00–244.0092211
SteersLarge 1450–500468306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,43212
HeifersLarge 1350–400378276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,0435
CowsBoner 80-85%1,075115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,204116.15/cwt112.00–121.501,39827
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950925183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,6932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750700167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300260290.00/cwt290.00–290.007544
HeifersMedium 1200–250225282.00/cwt282.00–282.006352
SteersLarge 1350–400390271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0577
SteersLarge 1750–800755200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5103
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450437290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,26711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550536226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,21117
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400393304.19/cwt298.00–306.001,19513
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550517248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2829
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500470265.54/cwt265.00–266.001,2489
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450425249.52/cwt245.00–255.001,0607
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29851,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,217136.81/cwt128.00–141.001,66526
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,510.00/head1,510.00–1,510.001,5101
Bred CowsMedium 1-2925117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0821
Bred CowsMedium 1-28051,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred HeifersLarge 18901,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsLarge 19651,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251

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.