Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2022-02-07

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Feb 7
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
227 head
▼ 1,282 vs last sale 1,509▼ 1,341 vs year ago 1,568 · −85.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 184▼ 147 vs year ago 256 · −57.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to weather total number of cattle sold were very limited. No recent sales reported to compare to. Trade active, demand good. Bulk of supply consisted of steers and heifers weighing 300-800 lbs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.90/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$168.90
108 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 3-4
$120.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.67
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1355189.786745thin
Medium and Large 1529183.3297080
Large 1441172.2075910thin
Medium and Large 3-470569.5449013thin
One grade step is worth $120.24/cwt here — about $184 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 sale108 hd
168.90
—
NM average2 barns · 162 hd
160.22
+8.67
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—Average1,63993.031,52411
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25780.921,01711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13373.838366thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,64068.001,1151thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1265200.00/cwt200.00–200.005303
Steers—Medium and Large 1288229.40/cwt223.00–232.0066110
Steers—Medium and Large 1300226.00/cwt226.00–226.006781
Steers—Large 1Unweaned375159.00/cwt159.00–159.005962
Steers—Large 1404181.00/cwt181.00–181.007314
Steers—Medium and Large 1433196.85/cwt190.00–201.008528
Steers—Medium and Large 1483186.70/cwt180.00–191.0090214
Steers—Medium 1490174.45/cwt170.00–179.008552
Steers—Large 1510170.00/cwt170.00–170.008674
Steers—Medium and Large 1511180.00/cwt180.00–180.009205
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added515192.80/cwt192.00–194.009935
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529161.95/cwt161.00–164.008576
Steers—Medium and Large 1582174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy595180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0712
Steers—Medium and Large 1622175.22/cwt175.00–176.001,0909
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 1673157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0572
Steers—Medium and Large 3-468670.00/cwt70.00–70.004807
Steers—Medium and Large 3-472769.00/cwt69.00–69.005026
Steers—Medium and Large 1728163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1873
Steers—Medium and Large 1765145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,1133
Steers—Medium and Large 1873141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288189.29/cwt181.00–200.005457
Heifers—Large 1365155.00/cwt155.00–155.005664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004883
Heifers—Medium 2385144.00/cwt144.00–144.005541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389162.53/cwt160.00–165.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned434142.00/cwt142.00–142.006164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443159.00/cwt159.00–159.007043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479166.94/cwt164.00–168.0080011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573157.02/cwt154.00–161.009007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611159.24/cwt157.00–161.0097316
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413181.00/cwt181.00–181.007483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508166.00/cwt166.00–166.008432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58694.43/cwt91.00–98.001,4987
Bulls——1,65880.64/cwt78.00–85.001,3372
Bulls——1,803100.53/cwt100.00–101.001,8132
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10974.59/cwt73.50–77.008275
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18778.27/cwt76.00–80.509295
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25070.00/cwt70.00–70.008751
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31683.13/cwt80.50–88.001,0946
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1151

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.