Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale before Easter; Steer calves 300-350 lbs sold 10.00 higher and 500-550 lbs were 10.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs sold 6.00 lower with 700-850 lbs being 3.00-5.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs sold 10.00 lower and 400-500 lbs were 20.00 higher. Numbers were lower after Easter, but trade and market were uneven. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 10.00 lower. Excellent buyer attendance. Special Note: Next sale will be back on Monday April 13, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.43/cwt on 62 head, up $35.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 31 comparable sales and sits +30.89 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$468.43

▲ 35.11 vs prior sale

62 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$852

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$199.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

vs NM average

−22.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	519	504.93	2,621	8thin
Medium and Large 1	545	469.47	2,560	51
Medium and Large 1-2	548	377.50	2,067	2thin
Medium and Large 2	580	305.00	1,769	1thin

One grade step is worth $199.93/cwt here — about $852 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 sale62 hd

468.43

—

NM average3 barns · 168 hd

466.30

+2.12

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−22.40

This barn, trailing median31 sales

437.53

+30.89

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	1,725	191.95	3,310	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,176	180.59	2,124	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,145	171.72	1,966	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,232	163.44	2,013	12

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,315	$2,838	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$2,813	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,105	$2,750	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,169	$2,750	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,188	$2,744	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,107	$2,614	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$2,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$3,308	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$3,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,403	$3,900	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$3,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$3,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,205	$3,167	3thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,255	$3,700	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	870	$3,225	2thin

Every lot, as filed

123 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,769	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	611.05/cwt	585.00–615.00	2,371	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,165	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	735	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,536	1
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	975	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	329	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	1,997	11
Steers	Large 1	350–400	383	586.08/cwt	575.00–600.00	2,245	13
Steers	Large 1	300–350	335	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,077	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	600	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,490	1
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	590	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,841	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	576	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,207	1
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	359	494.89/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,777	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	511.30/cwt	510.00–515.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	500.22/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,101	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,235	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	476.65/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,026	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	312.48/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,806	3
Steers	Large 1	400–450	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	519	504.93/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,621	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	413.91/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,616	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,251	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,415	1
Steers	Large 1	750–800	765	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,639	1
Steers	Medium 1	1000–1050	1,000	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,800	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	605	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,873	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	438.50/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,513	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	499.11/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,535	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	639.85/cwt	610.00–650.00	2,009	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	280	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,723	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	1
Steers	Large 1	250–300	261	643.56/cwt	630.00–645.00	1,680	10
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	602	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,378	12
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	724	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,570	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,859	1
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	513	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,952	1
Bulls	Large 1	700–750	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	90	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	493	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,169	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,229	164.93/cwt	156.00–170.00	2,027	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,176	180.59/cwt	171.00–186.00	2,124	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	171.72/cwt	166.50–177.50	1,966	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,852	1
Bulls	—	—	1,783	194.75/cwt	183.00–212.50	3,472	10
Bulls	—	—	1,140	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,870	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,240	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,160	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,716.67/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,717	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,609.09/head	2,300.00–2,850.00	2,609	11
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	995	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	850	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,213	2,600.00/head	2,550.00–2,650.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	2,810.00/head	2,650.00–2,900.00	2,810	5
Bred Heifers	Large 1	—	1,050	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	928	2,875.00/head	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,875	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,183	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	765	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Large 1	250–300	291	588.00/cwt	588.00–588.00	1,711	15
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	492	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	279.73/cwt	269.00–285.00	2,025	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	547.70/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,824	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	311.02/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,523	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	540	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	570	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	351.57/cwt	320.00–360.00	2,043	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	473.64/cwt	460.00–478.00	2,193	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	150	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	407.96/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,154	11
Bulls	Large 1	200–250	240	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,310	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	470.93/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,270	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	342.38/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,498	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	3,900.00/head	3,700.00–4,000.00	3,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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