Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold sharply lower on comparable numbers, after a holiday weekend. Feeder steers 650-700 lbs were 8.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 2.00-5.00 lower and feeder heifers 600 to 650 lbs were steady. Trade was good on lower numbers with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 6.00 lower on significantly lower numbers. Next weeks sale will be on Monday April 28,2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.83/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −99.91 against this barn's trailing median of $436.74.

Average price

$336.83

23 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$25.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.52

vs NM average

−37.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	340.16	1,912	19thin
Medium 1	533	327.00	1,743	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	540	315.05	1,701	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.11/cwt here — about $211 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.05, low $371.03, median $436.74 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 sale23 hd

336.83

—

NM average4 barns · 239 hd

341.35

−4.52

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−37.19

This barn, trailing median32 sales

436.74

−99.91

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	1,412	156.26	2,206	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,099	144.05	1,583	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,180	143.50	1,693	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	954	137.97	1,316	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	805	122.36	985	12

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)	961	$2,345	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	987	$2,029	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,047	$1,800	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	810	$1,750	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,068	$1,738	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,010	$1,733	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,124	$3,020	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,444	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$2,100	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	715	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

134 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	Small and Medium 2-3	200–250	200	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	740	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	300–350	300	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	660	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	450–500	465	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	700–750	710	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	250–300	276	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,076	4
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	375	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	400–450	415	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	333.32/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,373	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	256.02/cwt	238.00–275.00	1,971	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,797	4
Steers	Small and Medium 3	350–400	370	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,136	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	700–750	725	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,529	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	308.07/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	315.05/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,307	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	285	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	240	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,368	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	452	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,930	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,099	144.05/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,583	15
Bulls	—	—	1,599	171.44/cwt	165.00–180.50	2,741	6
Bulls	—	—	1,406	155.22/cwt	145.00–163.00	2,182	7
Bulls	—	—	1,073	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,309	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,253	1,910.00/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,910	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,006	2,557.14/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,557	7
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	715	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	998	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	965	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,148	2,400.00/head	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,942.50/head	2,575.00–3,050.00	2,943	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	885	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	140.50/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,475	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,056	2,137.50/head	2,050.00–2,250.00	2,138	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,750.00/head	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	1,766.67/head	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,767	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	188.75/cwt	165.00–235.00	1,906	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	775	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	675	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	630	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	730	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,047	1,800.00/head	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,800	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	860	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,419	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,095	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	905	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	985	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	945	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2Unweaned	50–100	75	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	954	137.97/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,316	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,180	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,693	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,010	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,424	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	126.41/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,074	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	658	120.52/cwt	120.00–121.00	793	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	620	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	398	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,035	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	200–250	205	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	502	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,692	3
Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	533	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,743	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	385	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	465	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	290.05/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	75	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	270	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	275.83/cwt	268.00–284.00	1,972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	598	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	467	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	339.09/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,919	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	318.00/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,143	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	275	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	348.95/cwt	334.00–352.00	1,668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	304.07/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	393.67/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,665	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	723	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,039	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	244	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	292.21/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,654	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	409.74/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,508	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	397.52/cwt	387.00–405.00	1,848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	294.06/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,841	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	298.33/cwt	291.00–305.00	2,145	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	395.72/cwt	384.00–410.00	1,713	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	145	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,234	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	375	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	123	810.20/head	700.00–900.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	155	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	464.77/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,264	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,656	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	183	1,001.03/head	975.00–1,025.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	694	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,013	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	165	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	435	335.93/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	163	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	3

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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