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Roswell Livestock Auction

Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Apr 27

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782

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Feeder Cattle receipts

476 head

▲ 76 vs last sale 400▼ 297 vs year ago 773 · −38.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

126 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 163▲ 1 vs year ago 125 · +0.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 102 vs last sale 164▼ 2 vs year ago 64 · −3.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 5.00-10.00 lower.Feeders over 600 lbs. 11.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 6.00-14.00 lower, no comparison on feeders over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher, bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.31/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$139.31

121 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.22

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	143.19	827	56
Medium and Large 1-2	566	136.02	770	41
Medium and Large 2	517	135.87	702	24

One grade step is worth $7.32/cwt here — about $125 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 sale121 hd

139.31

—

NM average3 barns · 1,233 hd

135.09

+4.22

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	—	Average	1,785	87.35	1,559	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,097	62.12	681	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	56.25	837	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	989	52.91	523	25

Every lot

67 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	550	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	536	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	569	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	611	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	632	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	405	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	652	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	412	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	727	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	157.97/cwt	157.00–164.00	686	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	452	155.50/cwt	155.00–156.00	703	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	130.31/cwt	126.00–139.00	672	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	833	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	144.54/cwt	139.00–148.00	763	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	135.46/cwt	132.00–139.00	792	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	796	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	134.55/cwt	134.00–135.50	853	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	119.40/cwt	117.00–120.00	758	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	754	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	123.05/cwt	120.00–124.00	845	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	917	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	901	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	860	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	483	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	534	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	144.54/cwt	135.00–147.00	535	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	403	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	580	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	138.00/cwt	135.00–139.50	593	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	127.49/cwt	126.00–129.00	590	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	126.72/cwt	124.00–128.50	599	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	125.20/cwt	122.50–130.00	645	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	667	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	554	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	623	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	649	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	125.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	715	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	697	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	616	108.12/cwt	106.00–108.75	666	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	735	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	283	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	441	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	393	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	609	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	585	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	644	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	602	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	765	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,484	75.24/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,117	5
Bulls	—	—	1,799	88.42/cwt	82.00–93.50	1,591	25
Bulls	—	—	2,071	95.78/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,984	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	875	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	481	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	936	43.92/cwt	39.50–45.50	411	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	939	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	432	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,034	59.95/cwt	53.00–62.50	620	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	710	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,078	61.70/cwt	59.50–63.50	665	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	64.51/cwt	64.00–65.50	768	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,395	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	872	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	790	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	772.50/cwt	610.00–935.00	7,532	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,116	636.25/cwt	500.00–710.00	7,101	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	827.00/cwt	700.00–900.00	10,255	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,310	987.00/cwt	875.00–1,150.00	12,930	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	905.00/cwt	885.00–925.00	7,810	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	908	936.67/cwt	750.00–1,125.00	8,505	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,188	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,155	1,025.00/cwt	975.00–1,100.00	11,839	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	14,394	2
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	5,250	1

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.

New Mexico feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roswell Livestock Auction - Roswell, NM

Mon Apr 27, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Portales, NM (LS-CV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 400Year ago 773

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 163Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 164Year ago 64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	875	103.00	103.00
2	—	318	173.00	173.00
8	—	634	134.00–135.50	134.55
6	—	585	132.00–139.00	135.46
8	—	687	120.00–124.00	123.05
7	—	434	157.00–164.00	157.97
2	—	755	115.00	115.00
1	—	390	162.00	162.00
2	—	915	94.00	94.00
7	—	524	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	516	126.00–139.00	130.31
3	—	382	160.00	160.00
10	—	635	117.00–120.00	119.40
3	—	333	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	528	139.00–148.00	144.54
6	—	656	115.00	115.00
4	—	400	150.00	150.00
3	—	622	128.00	128.00
4	—	452	155.00–156.00	155.50
3	—	760	112.00	112.00
4	—	358	159.00	159.00
4	—	853	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	412	176.50	176.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	144.00	144.00
10	—	321	150.00–151.00	150.50
8	—	515	122.50–130.00	125.20
15	—	571	120.00–130.00	125.27
4	—	463	126.00–129.00	127.49
6	—	606	115.00	115.00
12	—	370	135.00–147.00	144.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	106.00	106.00
4	—	554	110.00–115.00	112.50
2	—	363	147.00	147.00
13	—	616	106.00–108.75	108.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	430	135.00–139.50	138.00
4	—	523	127.50	127.50
10	—	677	108.50	108.50
9	—	473	124.00–128.50	126.72
7	—	564	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	602	127.00	127.00
2	—	463	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	283	156.00	156.00
2	—	418	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	155.00	155.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,240	700.00–900.00	827.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,116	500.00–710.00	636.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	975	610.00–935.00	772.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,310	875.00–1,150.00	987.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,155	975.00–1,100.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	863	885.00–925.00	905.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	908	750.00–1,125.00	936.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	600	875.00	875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,078	59.50–63.50	61.70
1	—	875	55.00	55.00
7	—	1,191	64.00–65.50	64.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	66.00	66.00
5	—	939	46.00	46.00
12	—	1,034	53.00–62.50	59.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	936	39.50–45.50	43.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	62.50	62.50
1	—	1,580	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,799	82.00–93.50	88.42
4	—	2,071	94.00–98.00	95.78
5	—	1,484	72.00–78.00	75.24

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.