Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves had no comparable sales but a higher trend was felt throughout. Feeder steers and heifers were steady to higher. Smaller numbers thanks to rain in the area on a moderately higher market with good demand, Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Excellent buyer attendance..

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $408.52/cwt on 61 head, up $1.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 31 comparable sales and sits +22.36 against this barn's trailing median of $386.16.

Average price

$408.52

▲ 1.50 vs prior sale

61 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,011

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 1-2

$178.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.05

vs NM average

−19.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	563	443.51	2,495	23
Medium and Large 1	547	395.60	2,163	33
Medium and Large 1-2	545	375.00	2,044	1thin
Large 1	573	341.28	1,956	3thin
Medium 1-2	560	265.00	1,484	1thin

One grade step is worth $178.51/cwt here — about $1,011 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.95, low $353.92, median $386.16 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 sale61 hd

408.52

—

NM average2 barns · 130 hd

411.57

−3.05

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−19.38

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.16

+22.36

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	1,397	194.76	2,721	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,150	185.07	2,127	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,017	173.17	1,761	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	865	158.05	1,367	14
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,085	120.00	1,302	1thin

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)	1,192	$3,267	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,030	$3,063	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	920	$2,925	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,008	$2,800	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	948	$2,715	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	894	$2,633	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,148	$2,100	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	640	$2,200	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,282	$3,633	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,013	$3,533	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,153	$3,294	8

Every lot, as filed

172 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 1	450–500	473	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,034	3
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	633	369.38/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,338	10
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	535	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,381	2
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	457	541.52/cwt	525.00–547.00	2,475	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	447	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,324	3
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	650–700	655	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,424	1
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	800–850	838	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,453	7
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	300–350	305	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	1
Steers	Large 1	800–850	800	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	440.73/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,534	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	570	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	365	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,026	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	950–1000	955	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	1
Steers	Medium 1	150–200	185	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	1
Steers	Large 1	650–700	660	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,640	1
Steers	Large 1	400–450	435	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,219	1
Steers	Large 1	750–800	795	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	374.95/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,942	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	394.91/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	407.44/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	463.18/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	442.37/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,849	2
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	655	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	369	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,085	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	190	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	399.39/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,109	18
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	522	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,245	6
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	573	341.28/cwt	332.00–360.00	1,956	3
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	325	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	315	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	690	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,312	1
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	360	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	780	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	535.41/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,029	20
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	576	360.42/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	394.55/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,379	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	367.05/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	553.40/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,318	1
Bulls	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Large 1	400–450	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium 1	700–750	710	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,491	1
Bulls	Large 3	400–450	445	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,647	1
Bulls	Medium 1	850–900	870	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,349	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	500–550	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	343	559.78/cwt	545.00–575.00	1,920	4
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	430	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,408	1
Steers	Medium 1	900–950	900	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	555	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,954	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	530	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,253	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	554.73/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,341	18
Steers	Large 1	600–650	625	383.80/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	287.47/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,817	2
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	608	427.85/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,601	7
Steers	Large 1	700–750	725	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	369.63/cwt	360.00–372.00	2,684	11
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	735	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	518.35/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,509	24
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	652	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,954	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	336.63/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	337.75/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	440.16/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,773	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	336.71/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	599.53/cwt	585.00–605.00	2,302	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	480.47/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,556	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	650.58/cwt	640.00–660.00	2,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	383.42/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,634	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	700–750	705	222.50/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,569	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	920	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,225	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,130	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	2,800.00/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	705	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1	—	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	694	290.00/cwt	220.00–325.00	2,013	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	920	2,925.00/head	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,925	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,358	4,150.00/head	4,000.00–4,300.00	4,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	2,775.00/head	2,400.00–3,000.00	2,775	8
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	765	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Stock Cows	Large 1	—	774	288.61/cwt	275.00–320.00	2,234	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	232.56/cwt	200.00–300.00	2,472	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,145	3,370.00/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,370	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,171	3,320.00/head	3,000.00–3,550.00	3,320	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,295	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	655	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	2,822.22/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,822	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	2,100.00/head	2,000.00–2,300.00	2,100	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	2,750.00/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	885	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	3,200.00/head	2,900.00–3,300.00	3,200	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	965	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,486	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,135	193.15/cwt	177.00–210.00	2,192	3
Bulls	—	—	865	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,254	1
Bulls	—	—	1,495	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,766	1
Bulls	—	—	1,544	197.78/cwt	194.00–204.00	3,054	4
Bulls	—	—	1,575	210.27/cwt	200.00–220.00	3,312	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	580	165.14/cwt	157.00–170.00	958	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,148	183.68/cwt	179.00–190.00	2,109	10
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,302	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	773	175.63/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,358	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,165	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,318	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	741	157.51/cwt	144.00–170.00	1,167	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	160.70/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,774	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	172.94/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,799	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	479.02/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,098	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	393.27/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,234	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	422.98/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,396	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	289.88/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,610	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	398.57/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,897	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	334.03/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	435.41/cwt	427.00–460.00	2,094	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,082	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	859	331.87/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,851	5
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	258	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	333.33/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	376	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,861	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium 1Full	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	613	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,207	5
Bulls	Large 1	550–600	570	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	437.56/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,599	4
Bulls	Large 3	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	180	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium 1Fancy	550–600	577	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,654	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,323	1

How this sale compares

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