Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Small sale numbers after Thanksgiving. Steer calves 500-550 lbs sold 17.00-22.00 higher and heifer calves 450-500 lbs were 20.00 higher with 500-600 lb being 30.00-52.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls had no comparable numbers. Excellent buyer attendance...

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.07/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −100.46 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$337.07

44 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$74.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NM average

−92.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	520	350.00	1,820	1thin
Medium and Large 1	545	342.74	1,870	39
Large 1-2	588	281.04	1,653	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	276.00	1,587	2thin

One grade step is worth $74.00/cwt here — about $233 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.05, low $371.03, median $437.53 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 sale44 hd

337.07

—

NM average1 barns · 44 hd

337.07

+0.00

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−92.08

This barn, trailing median31 sales

437.53

−100.46

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	1,508	166.40	2,510	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,119	159.34	1,783	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,061	141.21	1,498	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,410	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,105	$2,583	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,375	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,130	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,120	$1,850	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	945	$1,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	670	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	374.05/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,541	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	378.25/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	352.48/cwt	335.00–362.00	1,805	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	825	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	690	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	697	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,966	3
Dairy Steers	Small 3	550–600	580	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	986	2
Heifers	Small 3	150–200	170	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	383	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	150–200	195	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	250–300	293	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	542	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,023	172.71/cwt	172.00–174.00	1,767	3
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	155.95/cwt	151.00–162.50	1,840	14
Bulls	—	—	1,560	154.26/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,406	3
Bulls	—	—	1,589	167.62/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,663	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	730	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	978	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,179	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	783	213.33/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,670	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	1
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	520	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,269	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	588	281.04/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	705	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,939	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,199	2,441.67/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,442	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,850.00/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	315.92/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,798	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	350.90/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,618	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	323.88/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,985	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	279.92/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,901	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	317.60/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,839	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	302.60/cwt	297.00–308.00	2,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	446.59/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,666	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	2,583.33/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,583	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,410	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,798	1
Bulls	Medium 1	—	980	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,303	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,115	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,572	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,025	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,070	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,691	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,015	2,100.00/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,100	2
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	935	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,431	1
Steers	Large 1	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	143.70/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,625	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,063	160.07/cwt	145.00–210.00	1,702	10
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,205	159.94/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,927	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,056	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	523	324.78/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	618	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,854	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	275	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,364	1
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	675	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,126	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	465	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium 1Full	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	294.73/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,211	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	277.39/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,728	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	282.23/cwt	271.00–285.00	2,139	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	352.53/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	375.55/cwt	355.00–387.00	1,709	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,836	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	356.84/cwt	340.00–372.00	1,891	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	314.37/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,704	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	640	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	271.00/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	383	267.42/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,375	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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