Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale; Steer calves sold 15.00-25.00 lower except for 450-500 lbs at 5.00 higher. Feeder steers were 20.00-30.00 lower few 35.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 15.00-25.00 lower but for 400-450 lbs being 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 8.00-10.00 lower. Market was moderately lower on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower and slaughter bulls were too few to call.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.67/cwt on 56 head, down $16.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −26.49 against this barn's trailing median of $386.16.

Average price

$359.67

▼ 16.66 vs prior sale

56 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$872

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

$159.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.75

vs NM average

−16.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	374.58	2,066	44
Medium 1	573	352.51	2,020	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	532	316.20	1,681	4thin
Medium 1-2	538	310.00	1,666	2thin
Medium and Large 2	540	285.00	1,539	3thin
Small and Medium 2-3	555	215.00	1,193	1thin

One grade step is worth $159.58/cwt here — about $872 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale56 hd

359.67

—

NM average3 barns · 148 hd

381.42

−21.75

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

−16.14

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.16

−26.49

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	—	High	1,453	204.91	2,977	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,201	175.91	2,113	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	166.61	1,912	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	865	143.30	1,240	16

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)	1,388	$2,975	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$2,950	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,045	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	890	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,219	$2,600	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	680	$2,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	420	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,232	$3,942	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,237	$3,325	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	930	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	777	$2,350	3thin

Every lot, as filed

153 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	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	340.60/cwt	339.00–345.00	2,153	11
Dairy Steers	Small 3	750–800	775	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	388.04/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	382.63/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,265	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	202	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	260	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	412	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,854	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	755	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	110	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	1,399.21/head	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	458.21/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	679	338.99/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,302	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	972	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,003	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	510.05/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,867	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	361.30/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,106	21
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	555	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	665	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,842	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	800–850	802	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,989	3
Steers	Small 3	950–1000	955	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,662	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	750–800	750	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,665	2
Bulls	—	—	1,675	213.64/cwt	208.00–220.00	3,578	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	746	125.36/cwt	117.00–133.00	935	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,158	186.52/cwt	186.00–187.00	2,160	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	149.28/cwt	135.00–159.00	1,351	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	174.95/cwt	170.00–182.00	2,108	22
Bulls	—	—	1,305	199.09/cwt	198.00–200.00	2,598	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	874	258.29/cwt	217.00–312.00	2,257	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,170	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	805	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,078	2,600.00/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	890	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,045	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,875	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	4,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	690	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	3,325.00/head	3,050.00–3,600.00	3,325	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	4,000.00/head	3,700.00–4,100.00	4,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	3,450.00/head	3,400.00–3,500.00	3,450	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	730	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	795	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,295	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,415	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	995	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	1,185	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,737	1
Bred Heifers	Large 1-2	—	680	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,130	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	450	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,980	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	1
Steers	Large 2	500–550	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Large 2	800–850	820	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,624	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	925	175.52/cwt	175.00–176.00	1,624	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	165.83/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,935	23
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	590	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,301	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	1
Steers	Large 1	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	1
Steers	Large 1Full	700–750	720	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,102	1
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	678	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,271	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	665	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,294	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	1
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	365	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,026	1
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	573	352.51/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,020	2
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	425	355.89/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,513	4
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	250–300	258	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,522	3
Bulls	Medium 1Unweaned	250–300	280	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	490	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,009	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	585	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,574	1
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,065	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	643	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,154	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	328.27/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	446.64/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,300	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	175	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	488.08/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,357	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	434.95/cwt	432.00–440.00	1,849	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	337.72/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,405	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	366.99/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,485	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	280	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	446.53/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,496	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	528.80/cwt	525.00–555.00	2,316	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,327	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	377.15/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,316	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,305	248.50/cwt	246.00–251.00	3,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,105	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	451.81/cwt	390.00–472.00	1,947	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	402.80/cwt	395.00–407.00	2,095	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	359.13/cwt	340.00–361.00	2,377	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	528	367.55/cwt	363.00–375.00	1,941	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,871	4

How this sale compares

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