Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale; Steer calves 400-500 lbs sold uneven and 500-550 lbs were steady. Feeder steers 650-700 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Heifer calves 450-550 lbs were 15.00 higher and 500-550 lbs sold 20.00 lower while feeder heifers had insufficient numbers to compare but a lower market was evident. Trade and demand were sluggish on lower numbers. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-7.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher. Excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $452.56/cwt on 165 head, up $49.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 31 comparable sales and sits +15.03 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$452.56

▲ 49.18 vs prior sale

165 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$75.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.17

vs NM average

−26.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	455.69	2,587	153
Large 1	548	430.00	2,356	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	520	414.45	2,155	7thin
Medium 1	580	380.00	2,204	2thin

One grade step is worth $75.69/cwt here — about $383 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

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 sale165 hd

452.56

—

NM average3 barns · 284 hd

461.73

−9.17

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−26.47

This barn, trailing median31 sales

437.53

+15.03

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	1,504	202.48	3,046	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,243	177.25	2,203	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	165.95	2,149	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	982	148.66	1,460	14

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)	1,027	$3,067	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	710	$3,000	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$2,850	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,084	$2,845	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,119	$2,783	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,188	$2,686	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,196	$2,583	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	823	$3,200	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	845	$2,867	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,198	$3,433	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,148	$3,375	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,500	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	835	$3,100	2thin

Every lot, as filed

140 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 1-2	500–550	520	414.45/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,155	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	582.83/cwt	580.00–590.00	2,110	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,241	15
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	769	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,692	12
Steers	Large 1	750–800	765	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	466	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,214	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	575	411.22/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,365	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	255.01/cwt	250.00–260.00	2,685	4
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	365	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	516.47/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,730	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	485.28/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,383	20
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	353	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	3,064	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	925	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	374.75/cwt	374.75–374.75	2,271	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	557.40/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,252	4
Steers	Large 1	500–550	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	629	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	384.64/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,042	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,184	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	511.27/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,178	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	451.01/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,386	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,568	2
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	619	325.03/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,242	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	337.20/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,919	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,842	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	790	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	409.09/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,774	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	656	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	417.15/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,997	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	486.64/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,526	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	457.77/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,655	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	520.81/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,526	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	790	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	601.98/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,372	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	352.34/cwt	342.50–359.00	2,702	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	379.54/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,686	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	2
Steers	Large 1	450–500	465	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,149	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	572.91/cwt	550.00–585.00	2,395	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	594	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,822	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,456	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	525.94/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,272	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,695	2
Steers	Large 1	850–900	860	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,838	4
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	873	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,916	15
Dairy Steers	Small 3	500–550	531	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,328	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	443.35/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,035	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	105	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	85	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	150–200	195	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	153.68/cwt	147.00–158.00	1,681	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,608	154.73/cwt	152.50–159.00	2,488	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	167.20/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,107	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	713	142.34/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,015	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	955	156.13/cwt	147.00–168.00	1,491	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	136.20/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,249	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,243	177.25/cwt	172.00–190.00	2,203	18
Bulls	—	—	1,538	196.10/cwt	191.00–204.00	3,016	10
Bulls	—	—	1,332	183.88/cwt	175.00–192.00	2,449	6
Bulls	—	—	1,705	211.87/cwt	202.00–221.00	3,612	15
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,174	207.42/cwt	199.00–222.00	2,435	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	710	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,261	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,437	160.00/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,299	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	815	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	900	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	3,260.00/head	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,260	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,573	3,666.67/head	3,500.00–3,800.00	3,667	3
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	990	2,450.00/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	970	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	3,600.00/head	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	3,566.67/head	3,300.00–3,800.00	3,567	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	3,733.33/head	3,600.00–3,800.00	3,733	3
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,655	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,598	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	850	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	970	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	790	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	3,266.67/head	3,200.00–3,400.00	3,267	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	2,850.00/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,850	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	920	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	2,200.00/head	2,100.00–2,300.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	985	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	3,333.33/head	3,200.00–3,400.00	3,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	379	505.97/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	481	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	307	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	433.38/cwt	427.00–450.00	2,332	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,064	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,081	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	251	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	4
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	452	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,740	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	215.00/cwt	210.00–220.00	2,307	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,040	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,115	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,568	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	955	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	965	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	927	257.40/cwt	212.00–295.00	2,386	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,435	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	2,780.00/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,780	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	895	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	678	345.00/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,339	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,100	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,775.00/head	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,775	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	993	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,453	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	710	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	775	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	800	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	740	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,800.00/head	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,800	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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