Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale; Steer calves 300-500 lbs had insufficient numbers to compare and 500-550 lbs sold 7.00 higher while feeder steers 700-900 lbs were 12.00-14.00 higher. Heifer calves 450-500 lbs sold 8.00-12.00 lower with feeder heifers 650-700 lbs being 15.00-20.00 higher. Market was moderately higher on similar numbers with active trading. Slaughter cows sold 6.00-8.00 higher while slaughter bulls were 7.00 lower. Excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.95/cwt on 50 head, up $29.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 32 comparable sales and sits −0.79 against this barn's trailing median of $436.74.

Average price

$435.95

▲ 29.72 vs prior sale

50 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,354

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$487

per head · Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$100.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.61

vs NM average

−36.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	505	455.00	2,298	1thin
Medium 1	525	452.00	2,373	5thin
Medium and Large 1	545	445.82	2,432	33
Large 1-2	503	420.00	2,113	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	389.20	2,168	6thin
Medium 1-2	510	355.00	1,811	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.00/cwt here — about $487 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale50 hd

435.95

—

NM average3 barns · 139 hd

432.34

+3.61

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−36.17

This barn, trailing median32 sales

436.74

−0.79

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	1,501	181.95	2,732	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,193	187.26	2,234	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	173.96	2,101	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,234	160.56	1,981	10

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)	1,066	$3,539	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,128	$2,756	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,189	$2,605	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,181	$2,545	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	930	$2,475	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,090	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	879	$2,350	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	690	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	799	$2,420	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	678	$1,975	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	735	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,360	$3,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,263	$3,275	4thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	900	$3,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

165 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 1-2	—	1,048	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	645	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,215	2,500.00/head	2,300.00–2,800.00	2,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,608.33/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,608	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,200	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	2
Bulls	Medium 1	—	945	213.33/cwt	195.00–225.00	2,016	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,296	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	365	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	555	336.71/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,869	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,380	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,270	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,055	2
Bulls	Large 1	350–400	390	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	50–100	80	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	457	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,965	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,048	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,223	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	875	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	875	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,406	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	855	243.60/cwt	178.00–310.00	2,083	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	930	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	690	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,145	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	793	2,325.00/head	2,250.00–2,400.00	2,325	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	735	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	2,275.00/head	2,250.00–2,300.00	2,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,145	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	930	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,189	2,605.00/head	2,525.00–2,700.00	2,605	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	780	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	3,300.00/head	3,050.00–3,550.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,360	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	2,475.00/head	2,400.00–2,550.00	2,475	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	750	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,325	3,020.00/head	2,700.00–3,200.00	3,020	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,288	161.60/cwt	142.00–194.00	2,081	3
Bulls	—	—	1,860	195.48/cwt	195.00–196.00	3,636	4
Bulls	—	—	1,496	181.45/cwt	173.00–188.00	2,714	6
Bulls	—	—	1,247	185.26/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,310	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	173.96/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,101	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,193	187.26/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,234	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,675	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	164.51/cwt	159.00–171.00	2,010	9
Steers	Medium 1Full	500–550	528	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	664	340.16/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,259	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	380.93/cwt	377.00–387.00	2,407	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	732	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,562	13
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	523	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,458	3
Steers	Large 1	500–550	505	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,594	11
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	381.30/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	883	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,296	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	700–750	715	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	652	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,152	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	376.60/cwt	360.00–379.50	2,772	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	342.83/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,263	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	485	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	404.63/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,561	48
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	700	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,184	5
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	503	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	807	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,260	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,457	2
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,846	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	329.72/cwt	325.00–334.50	2,902	110
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	345	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	496.97/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,336	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	451.95/cwt	450.00–457.00	2,359	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	444.98/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,545	8
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	472	497.51/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,348	4
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	350	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,742	1
Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium 1	250–300	260	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,638	1
Steers	Large 1	750–800	750	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	2,334	2
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	532	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,394	3
Bulls	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,931	1
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	250–300	278	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,626	3
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	120	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,474	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,153	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	563	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,139	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	539	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	242.44/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,503	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	657	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	475	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	454.92/cwt	437.00–470.00	2,329	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	365.88/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,544	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,044	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	443.36/cwt	437.00–455.00	2,079	20
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	413	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	517.46/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,790	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	346.71/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	250–300	295	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,239	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	431.32/cwt	425.00–432.00	1,984	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	490	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	586	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,432	5
Steers	Medium 1-2Full	500–550	510	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	603	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	100	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	439	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,239	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	447	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,810	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	1
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	414	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,553	8
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	521	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,719	9
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	638	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,150	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	85	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	426.15/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,807	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	350.96/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,215	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	5
Heifers	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	2
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	357.35/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,351	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	413.07/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,429	16
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1

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