Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 8.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher while feeder heifers 10.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.78/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −63.38 against this barn's trailing median of $386.16.

Average price

$322.78

115 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,025

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$200.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.67

vs NM average

+8.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	345.70	1,790	77
Medium and Large 1-2	546	288.36	1,575	34
Medium and Large 2	500	260.00	1,300	1thin
Small 4	527	145.33	765	3thin

One grade step is worth $200.37/cwt here — about $1,025 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.95, low $353.92, median $386.16 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 sale115 hd

322.78

—

NM average4 barns · 406 hd

314.11

+8.67

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+8.20

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.16

−63.38

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	1,563	153.06	2,392	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	135.01	1,622	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	843	116.27	980	9thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	844	$2,314	31
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	881	$2,091	25
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,095	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,114	$1,750	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	938	$1,625	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	990	$1,563	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$1,458	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	615	$1,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	808	$1,750	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	655	$1,525	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	687	$1,500	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,355	$2,950	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,013	2thin

Every lot, as filed

155 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	274.62/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,725	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	376	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,342	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	324	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,270	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	294.82/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	942	127.30/cwt	125.00–128.50	1,199	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	140.71/cwt	134.50–146.00	1,673	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Small 4	550–600	580	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	309.63/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,641	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	647	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,889	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	481	373.85/cwt	367.00–387.00	1,798	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	311.24/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	380	408.78/cwt	397.00–421.00	1,553	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	424	398.59/cwt	392.00–405.00	1,690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	220	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	495	336.24/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	322	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	260	450.71/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,172	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	505	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	356.00/cwt	346.00–360.00	1,798	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	350–400	395	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	319	437.09/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,394	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	403	423.86/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,708	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	451.91/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,252	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	370.06/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	210	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	274.31/cwt	267.00–278.00	1,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	1,181.85/head	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	213	1,073.53/head	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	422.19/cwt	417.00–430.00	1,613	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	366.08/cwt	355.00–372.00	1,710	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	300–350	315	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	344.49/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,815	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	459.83/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,435	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	175	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	286.66/cwt	278.00–292.00	1,915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,062	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	306.44/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	335.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	417.10/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	269.82/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	311.61/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,979	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	302.95/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	359.73/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,907	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	341	475.68/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,084	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	360	400.57/cwt	400.00–401.00	1,442	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	135	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	346.21/cwt	342.00–348.00	1,617	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	413	456.77/cwt	455.00–472.00	1,886	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	386	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,853	11
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	207	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,207	2
Bulls	Small 4	650–700	685	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	172	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Small 4	850–900	860	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,161	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,146	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	810	118.65/cwt	112.00–123.00	961	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Bulls	—	—	1,323	140.29/cwt	131.00–147.00	1,856	4
Bulls	—	—	1,827	173.02/cwt	164.00–179.00	3,161	6
Bulls	—	—	1,573	155.85/cwt	149.00–161.00	2,452	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,323	121.76/cwt	100.00–141.00	1,611	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	938	1,625.00/head	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	641	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	615	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	947	2,750.00/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,750	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,575.00/head	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,637.50/head	1,575.00–1,700.00	1,638	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,089	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	2,441.67/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,442	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	1,863.89/head	1,675.00–2,200.00	1,864	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,562.50/head	1,425.00–1,700.00	1,563	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	185.00/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,523	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	959	195.83/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,878	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,133	1,866.67/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,867	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	673	224.59/cwt	190.00–232.00	1,511	39
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	172.91/cwt	152.00–190.00	1,383	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	1,998.61/head	1,600.00–2,200.00	1,999	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,651	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	830	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,645	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	428.31/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,272	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	317.17/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,472	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	195	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	211	1,135.32/head	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,135	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	273.87/cwt	262.00–281.00	1,608	8
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	500	147.00/cwt	142.00–152.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	430	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	416	380.80/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,584	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	266.28/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	412.09/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,141	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	176	921.28/head	825.00–1,050.00	921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	406.80/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,338	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	346.75/cwt	344.00–367.00	1,515	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	268.51/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,783	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	325.49/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,751	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	381.38/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	365.97/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,167	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	365.35/cwt	357.00–372.00	1,739	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	332.34/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	306.94/cwt	304.00–310.00	1,756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	392.21/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,051	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	379.80/cwt	375.00–382.00	1,626	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,482	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	223.46/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,526	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	118.84/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,036	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	130.13/cwt	125.00–133.50	1,638	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,080	141.71/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,530	5

How this sale compares

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