Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2024-07-22

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Jul 22
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▼ 394 vs last sale 964▼ 37 vs year ago 607 · −6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 198▲ 42 vs year ago 148 · +28.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 85▼ 117 vs year ago 168 · −69.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week sale; Steer calves 300-450 lbs sold 9.00-12.00 higher and 450-600 lbs were 4.00 lower. 750-800 lbs steer yearlings sold 2.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 10.00 higher except for 450-500 lbs being 3.00 lower. Heifer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was moderately higher on small numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows were 9.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. Market was moderately higher 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 $299.72/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −115.59 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$299.72
52 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$588
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$106.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.85
vs NM average
+1.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536316.871,69727
Medium and Large 1-2532299.181,59310thin
Medium 1571286.001,6338thin
Large 1538280.001,5064thin
Small and Medium 2-3528210.001,1093thin
One grade step is worth $106.87/cwt here — about $588 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 sale52 hd
299.72
—
NM average4 barns · 280 hd
284.87
+14.85
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+1.90
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−115.59
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—Low1,537169.172,60027
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,168139.761,63274
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low768120.2492456

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)833$1,1634thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,465$2,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,196$2,0336
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,160$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,030$1,5751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)863$1,3673thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)713$1,5382thin

Every lot

88 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned185675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2231,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,0181
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned320367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,1744
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326407.98/cwt402.00–422.001,33035
Steers300–350Large 1345380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3113
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy360370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3505
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385396.83/cwt389.00–405.001,52816
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full392350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3726
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413355.70/cwt347.00–360.001,4699
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2853
Steers450–500Small and Medium 3458200.00/cwt200.00–200.009162
Steers450–500Large 1467327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5273
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488322.26/cwt320.00–336.001,57326
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4863
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1501340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,70310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526304.40/cwt300.00–310.001,6017
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2-3528210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1093
Steers500–550Large 1538280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5064
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full541318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7208
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full547287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5703
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569290.16/cwt280.00–300.001,6519
Steers550–600Medium 1571286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6338
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6807
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7156
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,81410
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1912235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned193889.94/head700.00–950.008904
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220375.00/cwt375.00–375.008252
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311359.37/cwt355.00–362.001,11821
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376332.48/cwt325.00–337.001,25011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414318.29/cwt312.00–325.001,31821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437292.49/cwt290.00–295.001,2784
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy445270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468288.00/cwt279.00–295.001,34828
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 3484124.00/cwt124.00–124.006008
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full522252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3153
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 3553109.00/cwt109.00–109.006036
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616245.02/cwt237.00–250.001,5098
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 1Unweaned90600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned145750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned1951,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0503
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned250775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,1051
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2482
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2923
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,4713
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2Full515210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0822
Bulls500–550Medium 3515102.00/cwt102.00–102.005253
Bulls500–550Large 2517180.00/cwt180.00–180.009313
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2548288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,5783
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4584
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5781
Bulls650–700Medium 3685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006852
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Large 2434253.31/cwt250.00–260.001,09926
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Large 3562224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,25925
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers300–350Large 2309247.00/cwt247.00–247.007635
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,269159.07/cwt144.00–165.002,0199
Bulls——1,671174.22/cwt167.00–183.002,91118
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed600115.40/cwt104.00–126.0069223
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed641117.54/cwt114.50–125.0075310
Cows—Lean 85-90%965129.08/cwt125.00–141.001,24614
Cows—Lean 85-90%970118.44/cwt117.50–119.001,1493
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,049130.43/cwt128.50–133.001,36813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066123.58/cwt122.00–125.501,3176
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154144.73/cwt140.00–150.001,67038
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257136.82/cwt134.00–138.001,72023
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 3605800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-27351,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19601,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,0251,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0301,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1601,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3402,250.00/head2,150.00–2,300.002,2503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,3452,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4652,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1675155.00/cwt135.00–175.001,0462
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1795140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1131
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-26051,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 18202,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2720925.00/head925.00–925.009253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1701,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751

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.