Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale; Steer and heifer calves sold sharply lower and steer yearlings 600-800 lbs were sharply lower. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers to compare but a strong undertone was felt throughout. Trade was lower on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-7.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher. Excellent buyer attendance...

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.78/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −116.96 against this barn's trailing median of $436.74.

Average price

$319.78

102 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1

$93.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.14

vs NM average

−78.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	505	380.00	1,919	2thin
Medium and Large 1	540	328.04	1,770	76
Medium and Large 1-2	570	288.85	1,646	21
Large 1	508	287.00	1,458	3thin

One grade step is worth $93.00/cwt here — about $461 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale102 hd

319.78

—

NM average3 barns · 332 hd

343.92

−24.14

National average33 barns · 4,299 hd

398.67

−78.89

This barn, trailing median32 sales

436.74

−116.96

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	1,605	166.04	2,665	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	153.63	1,739	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	963	142.66	1,373	30

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)	1,255	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,300	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,106	$2,560	10
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,143	$2,129	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,147	$2,123	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	926	$1,692	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	873	$2,288	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	838	$1,900	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,187	$2,612	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,230	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,230	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

142 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
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,400	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,170	1,966.67/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,967	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	—	—	1,686	153.55/cwt	149.00–160.00	2,589	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	154.02/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,785	32
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	250–300	250	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	875	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	517	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	488	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,840	2
Dairy Steers	Small 3	750–800	795	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,089	2
Dairy Steers	Small 3	800–850	830	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,179	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	250–300	284	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	880	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	800–850	818	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	355	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	200	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	130	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	609	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	331	458.32/cwt	449.00–462.00	1,517	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	458	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	919	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	195	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	359.77/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,302	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	375.41/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,032	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	223	970.79/head	900.00–1,050.00	971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	55	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	288.29/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,643	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	335.51/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,725	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,814	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	486.96/cwt	480.00–499.00	1,850	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	365.58/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,499	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	386.48/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,210	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	1,355	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	930	143.09/cwt	121.00–153.00	1,331	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	141.81/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,458	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	146.94/cwt	141.00–150.50	1,657	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	164.19/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,780	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,109	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	2,300.00/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,300	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	830	222.85/cwt	148.00–270.00	1,850	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,272	3,033.33/head	2,700.00–3,200.00	3,033	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	2,300.00/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	1,737.50/head	1,450.00–2,000.00	1,738	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	920	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	2,525.00/head	1,900.00–3,000.00	2,525	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	2,083.33/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,083	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	2,260.00/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,260	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	1,900.00/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,900	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	2,316.67/head	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,317	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	—	720	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	785	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,320	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	1,783.33/head	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,783	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	845	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	830	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	995	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	930	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Large 1	650–700	694	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,853	7
Heifers	Large 1Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,008	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,661	6
Bulls	—	—	1,671	175.88/cwt	155.00–184.50	2,939	14
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,274	147.23/cwt	134.00–157.00	1,876	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,105	149.19/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,649	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,103	155.55/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,716	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	558	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,256	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	417	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,710	3
Steers	Large 1	350–400	360	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,728	1
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	955	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,588	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	2
Steers	Large 1	500–550	508	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,458	3
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	2
Steers	Large 1	650–700	693	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	515	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,457	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	389	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	953	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	408	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,346	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	505	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,919	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	568	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	890	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,350	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	324	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,215	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	343.96/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,336	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	328	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,181	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,227	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	413	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,425	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	280.42/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,666	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	334.88/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,591	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	491	282.98/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	294.03/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,514	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	342.17/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,639	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	289.12/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,914	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	270.62/cwt	260.00–277.00	2,076	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,420	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	367.70/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,603	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	411.81/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,861	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	442.27/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	319.73/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,816	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	266.21/cwt	263.00–267.00	2,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	293.87/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,793	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	321.38/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,404	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	357.50/cwt	353.00–370.00	1,698	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	285.86/cwt	285.00–286.00	2,047	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	505.68/cwt	494.00–512.00	1,628	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	292	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	1,451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,586	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	344.54/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,337	47
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	431	421.75/cwt	410.00–439.00	1,818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,149	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	305.72/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	305.03/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,440	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	315.13/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,383	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	398	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,212	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	968	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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