Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold steady to 12.00 higher except 450-500 lbs being lower. Feeder steers were 10.00 higher. Heifer calves and feeder calves sold uneven. Weaning dates and preconditioning vaccinations earned a premium. Trade and demand were moderately uneven on similar numbers. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 6.00-8.00 lower. Excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $347.51/cwt on 99 head, down $13.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −85.47 against this barn's trailing median of $432.97.

Average price

$347.51

▼ 13.85 vs prior sale

99 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$805

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

$160.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.01

vs NM average

−57.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	525	367.00	1,927	4thin
Medium and Large 1	561	366.00	2,053	51
Medium and Large 1-2	524	363.26	1,903	16thin
Medium 1	549	352.85	1,937	13thin
Large 1	570	340.00	1,938	1thin
Medium 1-2	538	330.00	1,775	4thin
Medium and Large 2	543	235.00	1,276	5thin
Small and Medium 2-3	542	207.00	1,122	5thin

One grade step is worth $160.00/cwt here — about $805 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

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.05, low $335.13, median $432.97 across 34 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 sale99 hd

347.51

—

NM average3 barns · 387 hd

356.52

−9.01

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−57.90

This barn, trailing median34 sales

432.97

−85.47

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	1,578	167.01	2,635	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,261	152.43	1,922	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,141	143.97	1,643	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,009	127.73	1,289	37

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,221	$2,736	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,208	$2,600	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,107	$2,514	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,116	$2,506	42
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,144	$2,468	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,092	$2,267	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	905	$1,300	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	675	$975	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	685	$1,800	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,625	$3,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,109	$2,533	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$2,450	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,007	$2,267	3thin

Every lot, as filed

161 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	310.00/cwt	307.00–325.00	2,065	6
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	408	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,312.28/head	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	287.23/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,232	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	657	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	703	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	282.67/cwt	267.00–287.00	2,759	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,985	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	578	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	393.94/cwt	370.00–402.00	1,836	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	910	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,901	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,121	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	279.91/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,733	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	352.69/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	400.49/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,506	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	364.33/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,920	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	293.47/cwt	290.00–297.00	2,553	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	291.04/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,644	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	343.19/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,111	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	326.93/cwt	312.00–331.00	2,504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	401.28/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,340	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	207	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	854.51/head	800.00–1,000.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	455	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	253	1,700.68/head	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	448	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,652	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	363.26/cwt	363.00–365.00	1,903	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,442	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,706	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	590	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,935	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	525	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,927	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	550–600	562	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,838	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	542	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,122	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	911	113.62/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,035	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	130.46/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,341	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,261	152.43/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,922	10
Steers	Large 1	400–450	430	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,892	1
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	497	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,710	6
Steers	Large 1	250–300	255	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Large 1	200–250	232	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	143.68/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,637	34
Bulls	—	—	1,731	178.63/cwt	175.00–182.00	3,092	6
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	675	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,850	5
Steers	Large 1	800–850	825	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,681	1
Steers	Large 1	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	1
Steers	Large 1	350–400	360	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	250–300	268	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,179	2
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	705	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,341	1
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	428	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,635	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	709	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,453	4
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	800	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,216	2
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	612	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,032	7
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	785	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,449	2
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	547	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,953	11
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	538	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,775	4
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	369	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,476	4
Bulls	Medium 1	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	593	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium 1	1000–1050	1,040	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,413	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	878	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,388	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	974	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	461	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,213	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	417.41/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	461.13/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,015	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	419.81/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,994	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,968	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	339.95/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,975	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	363.20/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,413	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	556.80/cwt	535.00–565.00	2,016	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	550.00/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	311.17/cwt	311.00–320.00	2,216	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	400.31/cwt	387.00–415.00	2,138	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,699	2
Bred Cows	Large 2	—	950	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,370	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	3
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,145	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,023	2,400.00/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	675	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,097	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	2,718.75/head	2,500.00–2,900.00	2,719	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,752	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	885	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	2,600.00/head	2,450.00–2,750.00	2,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,918	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	135.50/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,619	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	2,525.00/head	2,300.00–2,750.00	2,525	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,746	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	2,520.00/head	2,450.00–2,600.00	2,520	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	139.00/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,596	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,324	2,725.00/head	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,725	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	2,475.00/head	2,450.00–2,500.00	2,475	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	212.93/cwt	182.00–230.00	2,165	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,573.61/head	2,350.00–2,650.00	2,574	36
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,343	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,165	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,654	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	905	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	903	1,700.00/head	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	846	251.25/cwt	232.00–280.00	2,126	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	897	240.00/cwt	230.00–260.00	2,153	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,625	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,315	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,841	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,040	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,942	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	780	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,253	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	2
Bulls	—	—	1,558	168.71/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,629	20
Bulls	—	—	1,448	141.05/cwt	135.00–148.50	2,042	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,205	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,856	1

How this sale compares

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