Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-450 lbs sold 7.00-15.00 lower and 450-600 lbs were steady-25.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs sold 8.00-22.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-450 lbs sold 10.00-25.00 higher few 35.00 higher. Heifer yearlings 600-750 lbs were 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade was active on larger numbers with attention paid to weaning dates and vaccination programs. Slaughter cows sold steady-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Market was moderately higher with excellent buyer attendance. Special note Next sale will be January 5, 2026..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.63/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −38.11 against this barn's trailing median of $436.74.

Average price

$398.63

97 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$29.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.76

vs NM average

−45.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	406.44	2,267	67
Medium 1	534	390.79	2,088	8thin
Medium 1-2	505	380.00	1,919	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	576	377.34	2,175	19thin

One grade step is worth $29.10/cwt here — about $92 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 sale97 hd

398.63

—

NM average3 barns · 298 hd

391.87

+6.76

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−45.47

This barn, trailing median32 sales

436.74

−38.11

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	1,539	168.72	2,597	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,275	155.10	1,978	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,036	140.68	1,457	57

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$3,500	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$3,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,192	$3,430	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,112	$3,017	27
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$2,906	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,081	$2,646	24
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,370	$2,625	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,228	$2,473	20
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$1,975	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,011	$1,950	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,029	$1,795	15
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	975	$3,428	9
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	886	$3,153	59
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,015	$2,800	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	665	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,157	$2,550	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,058	$2,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

163 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 1	250–300	279	532.91/cwt	525.00–535.00	1,487	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	400	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,991	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,946	3
Heifers	Large 1	250–300	260	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	568	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	447.27/cwt	437.00–457.00	2,151	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	470.50/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,981	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	308.35/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,236	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	348.34/cwt	347.00–360.00	2,160	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	319.03/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,211	5
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	780	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	490.87/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,733	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	398.14/cwt	386.00–410.00	2,046	23
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	150–200	180	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	335	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	434.94/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,709	6
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	325	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,511	6
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	533	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	369.88/cwt	367.00–382.00	2,134	10
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	650–700	695	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	270	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,202	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	100–150	130	835.00/head	835.00–835.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	50–100	80	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	674	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,157	7
Steers	Medium 1	1250–1300	1,270	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,248	2
Steers	Large 1	700–750	725	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	669	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	436	481.25/cwt	470.00–488.00	2,098	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,134	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,919	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,249	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	695	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,085	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	785	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,551	2
Bulls	Medium 1Unweaned	100–150	110	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,065	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	740	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	422.09/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,043	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	304	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,216	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,367	5
Steers	Medium 1	900–950	900	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,511	12
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	2
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	300–350	300	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	210	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	2
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	2
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	606	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,818	10
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	394	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,891	23
Steers	Large 1	1400–1450	1,400	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	609	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,521	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	729	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,544	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	402.70/cwt	398.00–415.00	2,352	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,469	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	2
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	514	406.05/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,087	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,498	2
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	305	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	427.05/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,216	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	364.32/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,295	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	499.29/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,167	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	497.34/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,268	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	322.01/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,364	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	545.91/cwt	535.00–560.00	1,687	14
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	700–750	720	279.56/cwt	277.00–280.00	2,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	353.55/cwt	350.00–357.00	2,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	534.39/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,983	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	365.04/cwt	358.00–367.00	2,446	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	377.62/cwt	362.00–387.00	2,202	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,749	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	937	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	1,953.57/head	1,650.00–2,150.00	1,954	7
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,875.00/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	958	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	915	2,400.00/head	2,350.00–2,450.00	2,400	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	645	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	3,511.11/head	3,400.00–3,650.00	3,511	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,015	2,250.00/head	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,185	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	970	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,022	2,233.33/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,233	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,570	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,134	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	2,625.00/head	2,550.00–2,700.00	2,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,170	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	3,172.73/head	1,700.00–3,500.00	3,173	11
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	1,583.33/head	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,583	6
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,078	2,200.00/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	823	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,040	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,581	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,159	2,450.00/head	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,450	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,285	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,262	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,183	156.85/cwt	140.00–176.00	1,856	6
Bulls	—	—	1,646	172.96/cwt	159.00–180.00	2,847	20
Bulls	—	—	1,564	152.01/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,377	4
Bulls	—	—	1,592	184.01/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,929	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	128.18/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,109	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,035	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,553	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,620	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	960	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,210	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	987	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	155.69/cwt	147.50–177.00	1,983	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	147.14/cwt	131.00–154.00	1,599	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	250–300	263	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	282	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	336	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	631	334.32/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,110	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	492	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,017	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	553	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	540	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	501	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,879	9
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	398	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,831	2
Bulls	Large 1	0–50	4	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	17	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,978	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	207.67/cwt	168.00–265.00	2,430	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	920	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,195	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,005	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	805	2,535.71/head	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,536	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	720	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,470	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	874	221.78/cwt	197.00–260.00	1,938	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	971	263.31/cwt	220.00–288.00	2,557	42
Stock Cows	Medium 1	—	727	340.00/cwt	320.00–360.00	2,472	4
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	798	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,676	2
Bred Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,015	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	3,558.82/head	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,559	34
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	810	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	775	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	3,360.00/head	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,360	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	980	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	2,472.50/head	2,250.00–2,700.00	2,473	20
Bred Heifers	Large 1	—	892	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	863	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2

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