Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer and heifer calves sold steady to lower and feeder steers 700-900 lbs were higher. No comparable sales or numbers of feeder heifers. Market was moderately lower with good demand on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.90/cwt on 193 head, down $0.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 32 comparable sales and sits +26.16 against this barn's trailing median of $436.74.

Average price

$462.90

▼ 0.40 vs prior sale

193 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

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

$65.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.09

vs NM average

−24.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	475.36	2,503	137
Large 1	564	458.88	2,588	23
Medium 1	576	416.87	2,402	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	519	410.01	2,128	14thin

One grade step is worth $65.35/cwt here — about $376 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 sale193 hd

462.90

—

NM average3 barns · 390 hd

459.81

+3.09

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−24.12

This barn, trailing median32 sales

436.74

+26.16

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	1,472	183.87	2,706	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,068	196.25	2,096	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	165.14	1,902	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,009	145.33	1,467	58

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)	950	$2,956	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,214	$2,833	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,184	$2,540	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,205	$2,367	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$2,350	5
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	822	$2,820	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	710	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$3,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$3,188	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,105	$3,067	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,075	$2,425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

136 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 1Unweaned	50–100	83	1,089.39/head	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	423.40/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	573	381.09/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,184	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	417	394.36/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,644	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	348	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	344	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,469	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	449.88/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,047	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	369.41/cwt	360.00–372.00	2,183	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,811	4
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	510	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,448	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	517	423.35/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,189	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	485.87/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,337	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	402	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,119	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	343	448.12/cwt	445.00–467.00	1,537	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	301	481.74/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	399.92/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	369.75/cwt	367.00–370.00	2,496	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	348.95/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,970	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	481.14/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,516	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	386.15/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,738	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	405.61/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,296	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	649.53/cwt	645.00–650.00	2,234	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	554.80/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	686	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,047	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	418.14/cwt	410.00–427.00	2,601	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	431.15/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,242	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	487.19/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,114	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	533.33/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,085	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	436.86/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	652.00/cwt	652.00–652.00	1,845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,411	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	150	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	748	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	170	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,062	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	356	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,136	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	410.01/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,128	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	494	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,233	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	392	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,293	3
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	679	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,757	28
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	523	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,040	3
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	630	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,394	5
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	576	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,160	18
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	540	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,874	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,613	5
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	300–350	333	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,532	4
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	684	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,346	39
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	378	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,701	3
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	414	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,987	6
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	584	409.44/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,391	17
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	564	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,918	8
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	2
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	398	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,229	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	446	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,873	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	740	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	666	1
Steers	Large 1	300–350	348	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,262	6
Steers	Large 1	700–750	715	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,753	2
Steers	Large 1	500–550	514	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,621	7
Steers	Large 1	550–600	586	436.51/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,558	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	152.55/cwt	134.00–162.00	1,568	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	99.49/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,033	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,108	201.17/cwt	200.00–204.00	2,229	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,188	206.37/cwt	193.00–222.00	2,452	2
Bulls	—	—	1,638	175.72/cwt	166.00–181.00	2,878	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	167.02/cwt	160.00–188.00	1,942	31
Steers	Large 1	400–450	427	558.64/cwt	555.00–585.00	2,385	54
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,078	2,525.00/head	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,525	2
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	903	2,925.00/head	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,925	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,330	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Fancy	—	1,400	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,008	188.87/cwt	188.00–190.00	1,904	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	2,830.00/head	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,830	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,754	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,309	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	2,487.50/head	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,488	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	3,187.50/head	2,800.00–3,500.00	3,188	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,450	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	2,820.00/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,820	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	843	251.00/cwt	230.00–270.00	2,116	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	933	240.50/cwt	225.00–256.00	2,244	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,278	2,487.50/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,488	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	945	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,302	2,912.50/head	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,913	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	805	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	941	3,060.00/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,060	5
Bulls	—	—	1,593	190.87/cwt	174.00–198.00	3,041	9
Bulls	—	—	1,470	156.45/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,300	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,159	187.93/cwt	173.00–196.00	2,178	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	909	124.44/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,131	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	156.81/cwt	154.00–160.50	1,726	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,980	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	285	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,785	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	497	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,740	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	423	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	415.12/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,379	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	165	1,465.00/head	1,465.00–1,465.00	1,465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	481.27/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	137	1,208.82/head	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	392	443.65/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,739	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	185	1,535.00/head	1,535.00–1,535.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	70	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	541.74/cwt	525.00–545.00	1,750	6

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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