Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale on Tuesday; Steer calves 300-400 lbs sold 2.00-15.00 higher and 400-500 lbs were 12.00-19.00 higher with 500-600 lbs being 13.00-20.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs sold 3.00-15.00 higher and 700-750 lbs were 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-450 lbs sold steady and 450-550 lbs were 10.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650-700 lbs sold steady-5.00 higher. Trade was very good on larger numbers with active demand. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower, few 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 6.00-12.00 higher. Market was very good with excellent buyer attendance..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.26/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 15 of 32 comparable sales and sits −3.48 against this barn's trailing median of $436.74.

Average price

$433.26

120 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$39.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.95

vs NM average

+19.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	439.23	2,424	89
Medium 1-2	536	435.00	2,332	10thin
Medium 1	550	418.75	2,302	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	523	400.00	2,092	13thin

One grade step is worth $39.23/cwt here — about $332 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale120 hd

433.26

—

NM average3 barns · 370 hd

419.31

+13.95

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+19.74

This barn, trailing median32 sales

436.74

−3.48

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	—	Average	1,765	194.71	3,436	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,268	178.61	2,265	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	175.62	1,965	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,171	147.61	1,728	33

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$4,000	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,264	$3,820	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,013	$3,245	87
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,313	$3,225	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,202	$3,071	19
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,165	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,284	$2,670	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,194	$2,559	23
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	910	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,152	$2,400	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,084	$2,376	24
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$2,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	927	$2,883	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	755	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	740	$1,900	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,181	$3,341	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,377	$3,333	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,179	$2,875	4thin

Every lot, as filed

148 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	166.28/cwt	161.00–173.00	1,954	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,082	181.77/cwt	152.00–198.00	1,967	76
Bulls	—	—	1,817	194.19/cwt	181.00–199.00	3,528	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,489	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	848	130.96/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,111	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,342	176.71/cwt	161.00–190.00	2,371	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	495	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,040	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	300–350	310	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,042	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	170	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	464	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	1000–1050	1,013	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,127	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	473	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,152	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	541	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	626	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,429	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	532	423.08/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,251	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,872	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	190	1,435.00/head	1,435.00–1,435.00	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	1,291.67/head	1,225.00–1,425.00	1,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	663	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	425	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	686	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,387	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	460.73/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,138	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,293	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	352.26/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,184	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	155	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	345.37/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,466	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	493.59/cwt	485.00–505.00	1,718	21
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	986	265.73/cwt	220.00–282.00	2,620	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,799	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,258	2,959.09/head	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,959	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	2,587.50/head	2,500.00–2,875.00	2,588	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,030.00/head	2,900.00–3,250.00	3,030	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,030	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,353	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,950.00/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	865	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,112	2,242.31/head	2,200.00–2,250.00	2,242	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,583.33/head	2,450.00–2,800.00	2,583	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	3,230.68/head	2,900.00–3,275.00	3,231	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	777	251.67/cwt	235.00–280.00	1,955	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	3,263.73/head	3,000.00–3,375.00	3,264	63
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,313	3,225.00/head	3,225.00–3,225.00	3,225	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	3,226.67/head	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,227	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,465	163.00/cwt	155.00–171.00	2,388	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	2,254.55/head	2,150.00–2,400.00	2,255	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,264	3,820.00/head	3,800.00–3,900.00	3,820	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,223	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	970	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Steers	Large 1	300–350	333	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,832	3
Bulls	—	—	1,799	205.55/cwt	200.00–214.00	3,698	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	156.03/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,904	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,268	178.61/cwt	172.50–186.00	2,265	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	139.71/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,723	6
Bulls	—	—	1,773	177.58/cwt	177.00–178.00	3,148	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	617	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,203	3
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	318	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,511	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	313	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,189	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	448	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,725	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	358	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,539	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	536	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,332	10
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	421	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,937	4
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	482	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,952	6
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	513	398.10/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,042	8
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	448	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,150	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	553	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,323	6
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	885	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,213	2
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	467	469.97/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,195	4
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	540	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,241	2
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	667	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,368	9
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	483	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,311	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	544	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,122	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	405.79/cwt	405.00–407.00	1,936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	353	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	539	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	357.48/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,923	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	304	438.73/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,334	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	983	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,293	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,780	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	461.75/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,036	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	254.04/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	460.34/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,380	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	370.06/cwt	352.00–377.00	2,113	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	470.25/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,759	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,533	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,532	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	427.84/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,208	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	520.73/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,708	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	483.06/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,299	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	596.20/cwt	595.00–600.00	1,747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,417	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	496.39/cwt	485.00–507.00	2,085	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	518.85/cwt	500.00–527.00	2,008	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	324	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,944	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	410.72/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,374	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	364	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,239	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	706	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,803	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	573	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,349	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	469	511.23/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,398	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	359.76/cwt	352.00–370.00	2,540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	679	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,585	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	338	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	447.13/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,972	10
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,244	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,092	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,266	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,430	2

How this sale compares

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