Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 400-450 lbs sold 12.00 higher and 450-600 lbs were 10.00-17.00 lower. Feeder steers had insufficient numbers to compare. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs sold 5.00-14.00 higher while 500-650 lbs were 18.00-20.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-13.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderate on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 8.00 higher. Market was uneven with excellent buyer attendance. Next sale will be Monday June 2nd, 2025

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.26/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −67.90 against this barn's trailing median of $386.16.

Average price

$318.26

77 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$58.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.82

vs NM average

−14.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	343.54	1,800	44
Medium and Large 1-2	519	284.55	1,475	33

One grade step is worth $58.99/cwt here — about $325 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

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 sale77 hd

318.26

—

NM average3 barns · 260 hd

332.07

−13.82

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

−14.43

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.16

−67.90

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	1,713	182.49	3,126	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,173	148.24	1,738	100
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,091	139.56	1,522	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	904	116.92	1,057	15

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,480	$2,838	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,076	$2,329	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,217	$2,320	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$2,000	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	917	$1,950	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	837	$1,857	7
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	765	$1,811	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,265	$2,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,412	$2,901	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,352	$2,809	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,146	$2,770	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	920	$2,450	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	763	$2,088	2thin

Every lot, as filed

139 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 1Full	400–450	443	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,714	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,797	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	95	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,416	3,385.00/head	3,000.00–3,650.00	3,385	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	2,300.00/head	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,300	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,787.50/head	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,788	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,515	155.98/cwt	150.00–162.00	2,363	6
Bulls	—	—	1,955	198.02/cwt	185.00–212.00	3,871	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,800	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	1,980.00/head	1,925.00–2,200.00	1,980	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	2,318.18/head	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,318	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	1,811.11/head	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,811	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	138.04/cwt	126.00–149.00	1,690	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	142.09/cwt	133.50–158.00	1,492	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	813	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,146	6
Bulls	—	—	1,565	177.44/cwt	172.50–183.00	2,777	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2	450–500	498	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	832	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2	500–550	538	160.80/cwt	150.00–168.00	865	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2	550–600	576	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	962	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	275	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	835	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	2,019	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	484	339.57/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,644	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	530	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,844	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	223	1,113.30/head	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,113	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	350–400	385	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	165	1,004.76/head	800.00–1,200.00	1,005	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	133	855.66/head	750.00–950.00	856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	181	978.79/head	900.00–1,075.00	979	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,019	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	582	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	695	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,194	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	343.48/cwt	336.00–357.00	1,779	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	410.15/cwt	402.00–422.00	1,723	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	218	1,056.03/head	950.00–1,175.00	1,056	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	110	950.00/head	650.00–1,200.00	950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,616	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,885	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,601	3,427.27/head	3,200.00–3,450.00	3,427	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,598	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,345	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,843	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,891.67/head	1,725.00–2,000.00	1,892	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	2,991.67/head	2,600.00–3,225.00	2,992	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,253	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	732	201.72/cwt	120.00–270.00	1,477	65
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	690	223.38/cwt	170.00–260.00	1,541	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,263	3,183.33/head	2,900.00–3,350.00	3,183	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	920	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,580	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	2,250.00/head	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	1,950.00/head	1,850.00–2,000.00	1,950	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	992	1,966.67/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	1,967	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	2,487.50/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,488	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	2,327.78/head	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,328	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	720	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	870	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,555	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1	—	655	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	600	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,240	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,922	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,430	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,140	3,225.00/head	3,225.00–3,225.00	3,225	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,420	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,303	110.95/cwt	103.00–117.00	1,446	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	758	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	985	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	802	118.02/cwt	110.00–135.00	947	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	970	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,387	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,228	152.28/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,870	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	890	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	353	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,306	6
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	313	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,221	5
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	752	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,038	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	94.89/cwt	92.00–97.00	968	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,154	146.61/cwt	140.00–156.00	1,692	68
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,155	168.34/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	860	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,086	29
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	638	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,289	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	618	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,817	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	437	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,385	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	512	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,853	8
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	446	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,704	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	555	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	8
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	488	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,366	2
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	977	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,276	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	356.12/cwt	352.00–363.00	1,706	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,567	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	339.23/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,482	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,174	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	2,376	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	236.07/cwt	233.50–239.00	2,082	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	423.26/cwt	410.00–438.00	1,380	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	416.23/cwt	402.00–432.00	1,490	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	374.98/cwt	360.00–382.00	1,969	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	308	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	385.26/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,791	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,795	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	310.40/cwt	300.00–314.50	1,959	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	440.05/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	262.86/cwt	260.00–263.50	2,187	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	452	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,043	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	388.03/cwt	372.00–395.00	1,870	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	518	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,378	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	1,626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	488	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,986	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	446.67/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,362	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,149	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,915	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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