Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Jan 8
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,517 head
▲ 325 vs last sale 1,192▼ 419 vs year ago 1,936 · −21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 217▼ 8 vs year ago 259 · −3.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 223▼ 41 vs year ago 215 · −19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*RESENDING WITH CHANGE ON COMMENTARY*

Last sale was two weeks ago so no comparison. Trade was moderate on higher numbers with good demand on a slightly better market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.83/cwt on 673 head.
Average price
$258.83
673 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,336
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$992
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3
$188.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.07
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528262.191,384534
Medium and Large 1-2458260.321,193103
Medium 1-2523225.871,18230
Small and Medium 3349112.003914thin
Small 353074.003922thin
One grade step is worth $188.19/cwt here — about $992 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 sale673 hd
258.83
—
NM average2 barns · 878 hd
250.76
+8.07
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—Low1,449104.251,51144
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,198102.111,2232thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10891.361,01255
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03379.1581857

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)979$1,5716
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)952$1,5314thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$1,2882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,047$1,11211
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$1,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,0851thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,013$1,07313
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,031$1,00012
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$1,4751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)772$1,1636
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,004$1,5466
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,2119
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)980$9001thin

Every lot

99 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned252297.00/cwt297.00–297.007485
Steers—Medium and Large 1286324.65/cwt317.00–342.0092813
Steers—Medium and Large 1333309.97/cwt297.00–322.001,0322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342280.00/cwt280.00–280.009589
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added346312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,0804
Steers—Small and Medium 3349112.00/cwt112.00–112.003914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373282.43/cwt275.00–285.001,05326
Steers—Medium and Large 1378312.04/cwt295.00–318.001,18070
Steers—Medium 1-2415223.52/cwt220.00–230.009286
Steers—Medium and Large 1426290.95/cwt280.00–310.001,23940
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444270.77/cwt227.00–278.001,20223
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added467296.06/cwt290.00–298.001,38312
Steers—Medium 1-2486240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1669
Steers—Medium and Large 1489267.79/cwt254.00–282.001,30950
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492249.20/cwt240.00–250.001,22624
Steers—Medium and Large 1515264.12/cwt245.00–275.001,360124
Steers—Small 353074.00/cwt74.00–74.003922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535235.48/cwt229.00–240.001,26016
Steers—Medium 1-2558225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2565
Steers—Medium and Large 1588244.93/cwt228.00–253.001,440120
Steers—Medium 1-2605215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,30110
Steers—Medium and Large 1624233.50/cwt225.00–244.001,45712
Steers—Medium and Large 1683214.53/cwt210.00–227.001,46539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1731
Steers—Medium and Large 1726204.15/cwt183.00–226.001,48219
Steers—Medium and Large 1790200.94/cwt165.00–213.001,58724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1216277.00/cwt277.00–277.005984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned283225.58/cwt225.00–227.0063813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290262.50/cwt250.00–270.007618
Heifers—Medium 2310230.00/cwt230.00–230.007132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330279.02/cwt260.00–285.0092117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331250.89/cwt250.00–253.0083013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned333236.77/cwt220.00–240.0078817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378271.31/cwt265.00–275.001,02613
Heifers—Large 1-2387190.00/cwt190.00–190.007355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394240.00/cwt240.00–240.009466
Heifers—Medium 1-2405247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy409228.00/cwt228.00–228.0093313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422248.94/cwt240.00–265.001,05168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2453240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480240.21/cwt222.00–250.001,15332
Heifers—Small 349567.00/cwt67.00–67.003322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515239.20/cwt228.50–250.001,23241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529228.93/cwt210.00–233.001,21111
Heifers—Medium 1-2549225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,23517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582225.69/cwt216.00–235.001,31425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621217.05/cwt205.00–222.001,34824
Heifers—Medium 1-2640215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,37611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681217.70/cwt210.00–223.001,48316
Heifers—Large 1-2734155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full788150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836177.21/cwt175.00–179.001,48111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1988169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,6705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2323312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,0087
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2636208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,32311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2679215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,46010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2731191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3964
Bulls—Large 1-2823193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2888135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1994
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38689.93/cwt88.00–92.001,2465
Bulls——1,419101.64/cwt94.00–106.001,44221
Bulls——Return to Feed1,450123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,7841
Bulls——1,505110.59/cwt107.00–117.001,66417
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93060.00/cwt55.00–65.005582
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00984.28/cwt83.00–87.0085013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03388.11/cwt87.00–89.0091017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03479.82/cwt76.00–86.0082534
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09372.72/cwt68.00–75.007958
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10795.17/cwt94.00–97.001,05414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16291.45/cwt89.00–94.001,06324
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,198102.11/cwt100.00–105.001,2232
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2715900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium 2855785.00/head785.00–785.007853
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18931,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5753
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2900875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19791,570.83/head1,300.00–1,625.001,5716
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0001,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0131,073.08/head900.00–1,600.001,07313
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0471,111.82/head875.00–1,250.001,11211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1131,096.88/head800.00–1,225.001,0978
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1301,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1751,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1901,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19481,450.00/head1,125.00–1,925.001,4503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1980900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0051,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0111,356.25/head900.00–1,650.001,3564
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0881,650.00/head1,375.00–1,925.001,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1261,094.00/head675.00–1,460.001,0945
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1771140.88/cwt105.00–182.001,08642
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17721,162.50/head1,125.00–1,300.001,1636
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18601,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751

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.