Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2024-05-06

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, May 6
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
751 head
▼ 167 vs last sale 918▼ 317 vs year ago 1,068 · −29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 219▲ 89 vs year ago 129 · +69.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 73▲ 104 vs year ago 43 · +241.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-500 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 lower and 500-600 lbs were 4.00-6.00 higher Steer yearlings 600-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-500 lbs sold 2.00-8.00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 5.00 higher. Heifer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Prices are recorded according to quality ,quantity, condition and fill. Trade was moderately uneven on smaller numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 4.00 higher. Market was good with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $300.78/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −114.53 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$300.78
53 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$384
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$59.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.11
vs NM average
−8.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541309.231,67245
Medium and Large 1-2553255.201,4115thin
Large 1-2515250.001,2883thin
One grade step is worth $59.23/cwt here — about $384 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale53 hd
300.78
—
NM average4 barns · 235 hd
272.67
+28.11
National average167 barns · 10,730 hd
309.71
−8.93
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−114.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales
483429375321median 415.3103/0204/2706/2909/0811/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $469.49, low $335.13, median $415.31 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,515145.632,20632
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,201130.351,56647
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,048117.431,23131
CowsLean 85-90%Low938109.531,02725

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,059$1,6848
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,063$1,5882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)915$1,4132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$1,3448
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)845$1,0501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)800$1,0251thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)780$1,4001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)560$7251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,7978
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)868$1,7478
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,096$1,73818
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)958$1,5725
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)805$1,7632thin

Every lot

121 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1127716.67/head500.00–825.007173
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1170725.00/head725.00–725.007252
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210801.00/head750.00–850.0080115
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned222360.00/cwt360.00–360.007996
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230412.00/cwt412.00–412.009481
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2258366.00/cwt366.00–366.0094424
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270394.73/cwt390.00–405.001,0666
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313334.78/cwt334.00–335.001,04810
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added346398.51/cwt397.00–400.001,3794
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383379.17/cwt360.00–387.001,45226
Steers400–450Medium 1-2400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,2966
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437351.57/cwt335.00–367.001,53613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,7072
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483348.34/cwt320.00–357.001,68220
Steers500–550Large 1-2515250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2883
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526315.05/cwt300.00–334.001,65730
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4363
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570297.59/cwt280.00–316.001,69615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3572
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629271.03/cwt260.00–276.001,70510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661259.24/cwt244.00–275.001,71410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3802
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7042
Steers700–750Medium 1-2725220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5951
Steers700–750Small 3745168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2522
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8342
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,095162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,7742
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,105169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8672
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,220145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7692
Steers1350–1400Medium and Large 11,390131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,8212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 188491.67/head425.00–525.004923
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1127687.50/head675.00–700.006884
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1150550.00/head550.00–550.005502
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1236346.97/cwt330.00–352.0081929
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265352.37/cwt352.00–353.009348
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337322.90/cwt320.00–330.001,08813
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3355255.00/cwt255.00–255.009052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360260.00/cwt260.00–260.009362
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375308.99/cwt300.00–317.001,15910
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2383266.16/cwt260.00–272.001,0194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426305.26/cwt287.00–325.001,30013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440270.44/cwt230.00–277.001,1907
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed447285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,27411
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2447270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2073
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468285.46/cwt270.00–305.001,33611
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2478276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3193
Heifers450–500Medium 1485260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2952
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2-3506220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1138
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528276.17/cwt270.00–280.001,45818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568242.16/cwt225.00–250.001,37513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616238.45/cwt230.00–246.001,46917
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664227.42/cwt224.00–238.001,5108
Heifers650–700Large 1670240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6082
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713221.42/cwt217.00–226.001,5794
Heifers750–800Large 1773210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6235
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5283
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1902190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7143
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 190750.00/head750.00–750.007502
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1134705.00/head600.00–775.007055
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,21511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full501265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3284
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2517322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,6653
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2583248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2607253.16/cwt240.00–273.001,5375
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3862
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3274297.00/cwt297.00–297.008145
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3331287.00/cwt287.00–287.0095017
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3420250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,05024
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3540212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,14513
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,140144.28/cwt135.00–153.001,6452
Bulls——Return to Feed1,263142.41/cwt140.00–146.001,7993
Bulls——1,330134.67/cwt128.00–140.001,7915
Bulls——1,420143.62/cwt141.00–149.002,03911
Bulls——1,830153.75/cwt148.00–159.002,81411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed867114.87/cwt114.00–115.009968
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed878124.53/cwt103.00–131.001,0935
Cows—Lean 85-90%978104.87/cwt100.00–112.001,0268
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,034111.72/cwt109.00–115.001,15511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,046123.72/cwt120.00–130.001,2949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,064118.00/cwt114.00–122.001,25611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07489.43/cwt84.00–97.009604
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,201130.35/cwt121.00–136.001,56647
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 11,160170.50/cwt166.00–175.001,9782
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs19 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2780800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27951,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 18001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18421,750.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,7504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28551,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28551,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 19152,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 19251,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 19401,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19621,566.67/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19681,530.00/head1,485.00–1,575.001,5302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 19951,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0351,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0991,675.00/head1,575.00–1,750.001,6757
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1101,958.33/head1,800.00–2,050.001,9583
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2052,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2412,025.00/head2,000.00–2,125.002,0255
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2852,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18451,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium 18601,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium 19031,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4002
Bred Cows—Medium 19101,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19191,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19701,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0481,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0661,720.00/head1,700.00–1,725.001,7205
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1712176.00/cwt160.00–192.001,2533
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,062159.33/cwt133.00–195.001,6929
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Small and Medium 2-35601,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0502,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1560725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bred Heifers—Medium 17801,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.