Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2019-05-13

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, May 13
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▼ 270 vs last sale 840▲ 570 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 211▲ 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 28▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 lower except 400-500 lbs and over 600 lbs steady. Heifers under 600 lbs 2.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.87/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$164.87
148 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.86
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479171.2182059
Medium and Large 1-2515164.1784674
Medium and Large 2514143.4073715thin
One grade step is worth $27.81/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale148 hd
164.87
—
NM average4 barns · 1,564 hd
152.01
+12.86
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,47578.201,15428
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,25363.507962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19263.3475528
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00058.5958681

Every lot

57 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329190.17/cwt188.00–195.006265
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed338194.00/cwt194.00–194.006565
Steers—Medium and Large 1385186.97/cwt183.00–189.007209
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386186.00/cwt186.00–186.007187
Steers—Medium and Large 2408155.00/cwt155.00–155.006322
Steers—Medium and Large 1416185.38/cwt180.00–189.0077114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440176.00/cwt176.00–176.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 2460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476170.16/cwt164.00–175.0081035
Steers—Medium and Large 1484174.00/cwt174.00–174.008426
Steers—Medium and Large 1525164.83/cwt159.00–171.008652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548160.00/cwt160.00–160.008772
Steers—Medium and Large 2549137.00/cwt137.00–137.007527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2556161.62/cwt159.00–165.0089916
Steers—Medium and Large 2557149.00/cwt149.00–149.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 1615143.81/cwt140.00–147.0088411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624140.97/cwt140.00–145.0088010
Steers—Medium and Large 1669136.22/cwt135.00–140.009114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695133.00/cwt133.00–133.009243
Steers—Medium and Large 1748134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288176.00/cwt176.00–176.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed334174.00/cwt174.00–174.005817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336160.97/cwt156.00–164.005415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358164.48/cwt163.00–165.005898
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384161.03/cwt160.00–162.006186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409162.12/cwt161.00–165.0066311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420158.27/cwt156.00–160.5066512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2454158.62/cwt152.00–160.5072014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458161.00/cwt161.00–161.007376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483135.51/cwt135.00–136.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513145.00/cwt145.00–145.007444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514145.00/cwt145.00–145.007455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561146.00/cwt146.00–146.008194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574133.94/cwt132.50–135.507694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610131.00/cwt131.00–131.007991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2663122.00/cwt122.00–122.008095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675124.00/cwt124.00–124.008376
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575144.38/cwt140.00–150.008307
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16868.34/cwt63.50–73.007986
Bulls——1,48079.27/cwt74.50–82.501,17315
Bulls——1,72884.37/cwt84.00–85.501,4587
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91350.25/cwt45.00–57.5045914
Cows—Lean 85-90%99459.16/cwt55.00–63.5058853
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04861.39/cwt58.00–63.006439
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05557.50/cwt57.50–57.506071
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11064.80/cwt63.00–66.5071914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25363.50/cwt63.50–63.507962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27164.64/cwt63.00–65.5082218
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2915795.00/cwt710.00–900.007,2746
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,013655.00/cwt650.00–660.006,6352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015712.50/cwt700.00–725.007,2322
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,040950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,8801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,111904.29/cwt800.00–1,000.0010,0477
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,8401
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0010,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0011,5001

This sale against other markets

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.