Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer and heifer calves had no comparable numbers as this sale was much larger, Weaned calves sold higher than not weaned did. Steer and heifer feeders had no comparable numbers. Demand and trade were moderate on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 4.00 lower. Excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.60/cwt on 112 head, up $12.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 32 comparable sales and sits +4.86 against this barn's trailing median of $436.74.

Average price

$441.60

▲ 12.69 vs prior sale

112 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,431

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3

$282.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.43

vs NM average

−32.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	457.26	2,430	95
Medium 1	550	430.00	2,365	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	423.75	2,360	8thin
Medium and Large 2	555	320.00	1,776	2thin
Small and Medium 2-3	571	175.00	999	4thin

One grade step is worth $282.26/cwt here — about $1,431 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale112 hd

441.60

—

NM average3 barns · 232 hd

442.03

−0.43

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−32.88

This barn, trailing median32 sales

436.74

+4.86

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	1,465	203.41	2,980	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,151	178.00	2,049	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,077	171.00	1,842	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	150.68	1,504	20

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,187	$3,406	17
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,107	$3,169	24
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,144	$3,084	33
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,335	$3,025	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,931	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,090	$2,783	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,090	$2,467	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	973	$2,393	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	810	$2,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$2,800	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	705	$2,550	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,608	$4,150	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,262	$3,538	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,023	$3,150	2thin

Every lot, as filed

168 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 1Unweaned	350–400	388	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	524	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	469	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,157	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	1050–1100	1,054	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,972	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	371.80/cwt	367.00–378.00	2,688	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	743	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,197	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	1100–1150	1,112	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,114	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,566	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	1200–1250	1,249	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,335	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	513.22/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,186	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	444.70/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,521	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,012	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	389.23/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,600	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	420.90/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,580	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	520.15/cwt	505.00–535.00	1,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	470.83/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,963	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,651	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	493.82/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,267	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	426.45/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,017	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	354.03/cwt	352.00–362.50	2,400	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	367.10/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,258	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	461.99/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,393	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	358.97/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,728	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	279.73/cwt	270.00–287.00	2,299	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	409.89/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,123	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	428.69/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,396	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	508	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,609	17
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	150–200	190	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	713	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	250–300	280	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,316	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	141.08/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,728	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	952	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,030	189.06/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,947	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	170.20/cwt	160.00–179.00	1,836	90
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	685	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,535	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	960	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,736	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	484	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,921	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	950–1000	993	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,850	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	900–950	905	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,634	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	250–300	255	377.50/cwt	375.00–380.00	963	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	603	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,303	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	534	377.32/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,015	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	423	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,925	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	635	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,429	2
Steers	Large 1	800–850	825	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,723	2
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	410	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,112	2
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	493	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,120	4
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	455	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,002	2
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	712	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,599	6
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	664	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,374	6
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	600–650	606	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,394	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	380	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,691	2
Heifers	Medium 1	1300–1350	1,310	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,908	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	350	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,628	2
Bulls	Medium 1	1100–1150	1,100	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,805	2
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	619	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,612	7
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	550	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,196	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	348	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	2
Heifers	Medium 1	1100–1150	1,125	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,981	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	230	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	672	362.56/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,436	11
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,463	2,875.00/head	2,850.00–2,900.00	2,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,183	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	870	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	810	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	710	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	976	278.40/cwt	237.00–320.00	2,717	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,345	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,905	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,213	3,141.07/head	3,000.00–3,350.00	3,141	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,253	3,100.00/head	2,900.00–3,300.00	3,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,468	4,025.00/head	3,950.00–4,100.00	4,025	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	238.45/cwt	190.00–270.00	2,361	49
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,079	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	2,712.50/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,713	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,597	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,802	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	3,150.00/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	2,783.33/head	2,600.00–2,950.00	2,783	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	3,095.00/head	2,700.00–3,250.00	3,095	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	3,485.71/head	3,050.00–3,550.00	3,486	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	2,441.67/head	2,200.00–2,700.00	2,442	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	965	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 3	—	905	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	3,025.00/head	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,025	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,608	4,150.00/head	4,100.00–4,200.00	4,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,350	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,588	4,125.00/head	4,000.00–4,250.00	4,125	2
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	980	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,305	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Stock Cows	Large 1	—	882	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,046	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	631	390.43/cwt	382.00–397.00	2,464	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	698	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	371.88/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	372.76/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,786	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	544.47/cwt	515.00–555.00	1,682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	364.34/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,033	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	422	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	322	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	497	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,913	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	215	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	489.95/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,146	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	464	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,856	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,419	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,653	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	399.96/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,720	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	378.00/cwt	372.00–379.00	2,136	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,004	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	430.05/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,970	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,177	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,817	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	571	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	999	4
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	400	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	154.90/cwt	145.00–163.00	1,495	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,151	178.00/cwt	174.50–183.00	2,049	46
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	878	174.37/cwt	160.00–186.00	1,531	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,228	192.70/cwt	191.00–195.00	2,366	3
Bulls	—	—	1,643	216.39/cwt	210.00–223.00	3,555	10
Bulls	—	—	1,491	193.50/cwt	181.00–209.00	2,885	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,113	2,700.00/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,700	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,170	3,266.67/head	3,200.00–3,300.00	3,267	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,030	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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