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Roswell Livestock Auction

Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Aug 24

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,078 head

▲ 136 vs last sale 942▲ 103 vs year ago 975 · +10.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

230 head

▲ 115 vs last sale 115▲ 56 vs year ago 174 · +32.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

113 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 86▼ 8 vs year ago 121 · −6.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves steady. Feeder steers steady, feeder heifers heifers 2.00 lower on 650-700 lbs. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls 4.00 higher compared to last week's limited receipts. Trade active, demand good.

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 $154.65/cwt on 398 head.

Average price

$154.65

398 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$793

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$27.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.02

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	159.54	803	247
Medium and Large 1-2	506	151.09	765	115
Medium and Large 2	596	132.51	790	36

One grade step is worth $27.03/cwt here — about $13 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 sale398 hd

154.65

—

NM average2 barns · 1,040 hd

154.64

+0.02

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	1,383	75.81	1,048	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,151	62.55	720	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	59.92	934	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,023	55.04	563	96

Every lot

78 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	440	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	519	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	589	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	193.70/cwt	190.00–197.00	641	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	187.46/cwt	181.00–196.50	716	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	178.00/cwt	169.00–184.50	685	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	403	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	737	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	660	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	170.98/cwt	165.00–174.00	718	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	425	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	748	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	159.45/cwt	157.00–165.00	684	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	465	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	802	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	149.36/cwt	145.00–152.50	708	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	157.79/cwt	151.00–170.50	753	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	138.93/cwt	135.00–143.00	677	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	141.83/cwt	137.00–146.00	743	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	145.09/cwt	144.00–146.00	763	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	130.56/cwt	126.00–137.00	700	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	131.26/cwt	130.00–132.50	739	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	141.47/cwt	140.00–152.00	808	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	148.03/cwt	147.00–156.00	859	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	138.28/cwt	138.00–139.00	855	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	131.85/cwt	131.00–133.00	820	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	140.11/cwt	140.00–141.00	876	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	918	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	135.75/cwt	135.50–136.00	922	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	134.12/cwt	133.00–137.00	963	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,013	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	863	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,061	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	267	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	363	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	291	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	454	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	146.31/cwt	141.00–150.00	461	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	151.18/cwt	150.00–155.00	568	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	144.41/cwt	141.00–150.00	553	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	141.04/cwt	137.00–143.50	598	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	556	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	602	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	458	149.80/cwt	149.00–151.00	686	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	458	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	563	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	142.85/cwt	132.00–146.00	670	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	136.52/cwt	130.00–138.50	737	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	131.11/cwt	130.00–133.00	713	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	775	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	752	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	805	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	861	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	852	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	660	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	822	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	835	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	933	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	795	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	907	96.50/cwt	96.00–97.00	875	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,161	70.23/cwt	62.50–75.50	815	7
Bulls	—	—	1,281	70.27/cwt	61.00–75.50	900	6
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,428	75.82/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,083	3
Bulls	—	—	1,578	81.54/cwt	77.00–85.50	1,287	8
Bulls	—	—	1,615	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,437	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	766	40.16/cwt	38.00–44.00	308	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	810	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	292	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	896	46.69/cwt	42.00–50.00	418	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	960	53.50/cwt	50.00–56.50	514	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	63.72/cwt	63.00–65.00	696	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,102	59.39/cwt	52.50–62.50	654	61
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,141	62.12/cwt	57.00–64.00	709	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	65.67/cwt	65.00–66.75	805	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	894	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,581	59.29/cwt	58.00–61.50	937	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	775.00/cwt	750.00–825.00	7,494	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	600.00/cwt	500.00–700.00	6,150	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,300	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,200	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2-3	700	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,500	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2-3	745	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,980	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2-3	750	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,563	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	825	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	4,208	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,067	983.33/cwt	800.00–1,100.00	10,492	3

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 Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,078Last week 942Year ago 975

Slaughter CattleReceipts 230Last week 115Year ago 174

Replacement CattleReceipts 113Last week 86Year ago 121

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,025	500.00–700.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	967	750.00–825.00	775.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	800.00–1,100.00	983.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	825	510.00	510.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	745	400.00	400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	750	475.00	475.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	—	700	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	36.00	36.00
6	—	1,092	63.00–65.00	63.72
14	—	896	42.00–50.00	46.69
61	—	1,102	52.50–62.50	59.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,141	57.00–64.00	62.12
4	—	1,226	65.00–66.75	65.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	50.00–56.50	53.50
12	—	766	38.00–44.00	40.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	65.00	65.00
8	—	1,581	58.00–61.50	59.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	89.00	89.00
6	—	1,281	61.00–75.50	70.27
8	—	1,578	77.00–85.50	81.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	75.00–77.00	75.82
7	—	1,161	62.50–75.50	70.23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	105.00	105.00
4	—	907	96.00–97.00	96.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	708	118.00	118.00
7	—	860	108.50	108.50
8	—	544	130.00–133.00	131.11
9	—	424	137.00–143.50	141.04
12	—	315	141.00–150.00	146.31
2	—	658	129.50	129.50
17	—	383	141.00–150.00	144.41
6	—	456	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	469	132.00–146.00	142.85
8	—	291	156.00	156.00
13	—	574	135.00	135.00
18	—	657	131.00	131.00
31	—	376	150.00–155.00	151.18
76	—	540	130.00–138.50	136.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	123.00	123.00
3	—	267	136.00	136.00
4	—	583	129.00	129.00
2	—	428	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	458	149.00–151.00	149.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	124.50	124.50
6	—	622	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	487	135.00–143.00	138.93
4	—	863	123.00	123.00
6	—	563	130.00–132.50	131.26
7	—	622	131.00–133.00	131.85
11	—	536	126.00–137.00	130.56
2	—	405	163.00	163.00
2	—	810	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	429	157.00–165.00	159.45
2	—	305	193.00	193.00
16	—	571	140.00–152.00	141.47
3	—	250	176.00	176.00
30	—	474	145.00–152.50	149.36
10	—	718	133.00–137.00	134.12
11	—	524	137.00–146.00	141.83
12	—	385	169.00–184.50	178.00
14	—	618	138.00–139.00	138.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	382	181.00–196.50	187.46
1	—	675	136.00	136.00
28	—	580	147.00–156.00	148.03
6	—	420	165.00–174.00	170.98
83	—	477	151.00–170.50	157.79
8	—	265	196.00	196.00
9	—	625	140.00–141.00	140.11
11	—	526	144.00–146.00	145.09
18	—	331	190.00–197.00	193.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	465	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	403	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	679	135.50–136.00	135.75

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.