Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2024-10-28

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Oct 28
● Final164 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,704 head
▲ 1,249 vs last sale 455▲ 418 vs year ago 1,286 · +32.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
390 head
▲ 281 vs last sale 109▲ 16 vs year ago 374 · +4.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
273 head
▲ 174 vs last sale 99▲ 3 vs year ago 270 · +1.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Special note; the 10/21 sale was held on 10/22 because of the Roswell flood. Steer and heifer calves sold higher with the exception of heifer calves 500-550 lbs being 2.00 lower. Feeder steer yearlings were 12.00-16.00 higher and no comparable numbers of feeder heifers. Trade and demand were very good with larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 5.00 higher. Market was very 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 $277.94/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −137.37 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$277.94
202 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.31
vs NM average
−22.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552283.771,566162
Medium 1-2532265.001,4106thin
Medium 1554257.331,4256thin
Medium and Large 1-2559251.381,40628
One grade step is worth $32.39/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale202 hd
277.94
—
NM average4 barns · 797 hd
269.63
+8.31
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
−22.75
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−137.37
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—Low1,543140.392,16751
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,286113.911,46523
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,115112.041,249136
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low981106.391,044122

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)1,121$2,31937
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,166$1,93416
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)915$1,9005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,021$1,5878
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)894$1,5155
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$1,43510
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)735$1,2751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,110$1,2502thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)913$1,3994thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)705$1,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,142$2,0503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,083$1,5002thin

Every lot

164 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned225650.00/head650.00–650.006502
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1293339.00/cwt339.00–339.009935
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1307340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0447
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned318305.00/cwt305.00–305.009702
Steers350–400Small and Medium 3350190.00/cwt190.00–190.006652
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1993
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy360271.00/cwt267.00–275.0097612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367349.84/cwt340.00–360.001,28446
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1357
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full385310.29/cwt302.00–318.001,19512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1006
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy414312.60/cwt310.00–320.001,2944
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added417370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5433
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425337.43/cwt325.00–344.001,43430
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433290.25/cwt280.00–297.001,25713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438293.23/cwt290.00–299.001,28417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed458327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4987
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475272.20/cwt266.00–285.001,29313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added481343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,6505
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full485276.05/cwt273.00–278.001,33910
Steers450–500Medium 1485276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3395
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489286.95/cwt279.00–295.001,40348
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,35020
Steers450–500Medium 1-2495245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2132
Steers500–550Medium 1515272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added530288.75/cwt288.75–288.751,53059
Steers500–550Medium 1-2532265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4106
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539275.78/cwt268.00–280.001,48642
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,37511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564253.18/cwt246.00–266.001,42815
Steers550–600Medium 1573250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4334
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580287.47/cwt275.00–294.001,66751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4042
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full591273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6137
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5473
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637233.66/cwt233.00–235.001,4886
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639247.31/cwt243.00–256.001,58083
Steers600–650Medium 1648232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5037
Steers650–700Small and Medium 365981.00/cwt81.00–81.005345
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5343
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full677206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,39517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681245.30/cwt235.00–252.001,67010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713196.67/cwt194.00–198.001,4026
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726222.34/cwt220.00–230.001,61458
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added733244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7892
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774238.98/cwt237.00–240.001,85016
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6155
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8254
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914205.05/cwt193.00–208.501,8749
Feeder Cattle · Heifers55 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned135500.00/head500.00–500.005002
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1160500.00/head500.00–500.005002
Heifers200–250Medium 1-2Unweaned215297.00/cwt297.00–297.006393
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245290.00/cwt290.00–290.007113
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1289290.29/cwt280.00–300.008397
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned295274.00/cwt274.00–274.008082
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added320315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0083
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338267.84/cwt265.00–272.0090510
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2351231.57/cwt231.00–232.008137
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed355306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,0867
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368283.68/cwt275.00–292.001,04420
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376251.17/cwt242.00–260.0094416
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full384270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0378
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2Unweaned403201.00/cwt201.00–201.008102
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2408230.00/cwt230.00–230.009383
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420251.70/cwt245.00–260.001,05714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434279.76/cwt276.00–290.001,21431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435262.04/cwt260.00–264.001,1408
Heifers400–450Medium 1438249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned446200.00/cwt200.00–200.008925
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added455290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3204
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464274.32/cwt266.00–285.001,2739
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470247.91/cwt235.00–255.001,16529
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0906
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy477234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1165
Heifers450–500Large 2483170.00/cwt170.00–170.008212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy486258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,25642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full494230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,13613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned496236.07/cwt235.00–237.001,17115
Heifers500–550Medium 1504200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0085
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy512288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517230.33/cwt226.00–232.001,19118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1893
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531245.66/cwt242.00–258.001,30429
Heifers500–550Large 2543190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572203.73/cwt199.00–207.001,16510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581233.83/cwt225.00–245.001,35970
Heifers550–600Medium 1588193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,13511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6383
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2604199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2024
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606221.05/cwt220.00–222.001,34019
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed613258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5822
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619200.85/cwt200.00–201.001,24314
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full624190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1865
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633231.09/cwt225.00–234.001,46312
Heifers600–650Large 2640181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1582
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661201.64/cwt200.00–211.001,33314
Heifers650–700Large 1698235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6402
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full702181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,27126
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728202.02/cwt200.00–205.001,4715
Heifers750–800Medium 1-2757182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3789
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766195.22/cwt190.00–199.001,4957
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7267
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885180.24/cwt177.00–187.001,59512
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1968192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,8639
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1190700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned205750.00/head750.00–750.007502
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned215370.00/cwt370.00–370.007962
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned303350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0612
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy423280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1843
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427315.97/cwt313.00–330.001,34912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2481280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3474
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518256.38/cwt250.00–261.001,3287
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2569250.70/cwt240.00–260.001,42611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,03094.00/cwt94.00–94.009681
Bulls——1,436134.55/cwt128.00–139.001,93217
Bulls——1,525142.81/cwt140.00–147.002,17823
Bulls——1,819149.37/cwt146.00–152.002,71710
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%62877.79/cwt74.00–81.004892
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed855104.70/cwt80.00–129.0089515
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed86399.28/cwt80.00–105.0085711
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed895107.07/cwt90.00–118.0095821
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05794.94/cwt91.00–101.001,0048
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060110.05/cwt103.00–113.001,16765
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103114.24/cwt110.00–117.501,26088
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137108.01/cwt90.00–112.501,22848
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,275115.17/cwt110.00–122.001,46818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,327109.37/cwt107.50–111.001,4515
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows28 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 17351,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18631,191.67/head1,000.00–1,300.001,1923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19151,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29301,212.50/head1,150.00–1,275.001,2132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2955109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2980108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0581
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19981,398.33/head1,285.00–1,550.001,3983
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,750.00/head1,550.00–1,950.001,7502
Bred Cows—Large 31,055114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2031
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0841,490.63/head1,325.00–1,650.001,4918
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1101,250.00/head1,225.00–1,275.001,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,112136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,5125
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1252,351.43/head2,250.00–2,400.002,35135
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,130120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3561
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,154122.88/cwt100.00–135.001,41837
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,158112.06/cwt108.50–120.001,2989
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1661,934.38/head1,850.00–2,000.001,93416
Bred Cows—Medium 11,177127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,4953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,185118.63/cwt112.00–121.001,40619
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,197119.46/cwt107.00–140.001,43014
Bred Cows—Medium 11,200112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,3441
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,214122.43/cwt114.00–128.001,4867
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,300123.00/cwt110.00–136.001,5992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,300113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,4692
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,378113.00/cwt111.00–115.001,5572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,560105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6381
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1702146.25/cwt100.00–220.001,0278
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1854175.83/cwt145.00–207.001,5026
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27051,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1778180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4003
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1785115.00/cwt115.00–115.009031
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19131,398.75/head1,285.00–1,535.001,3994
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0831,500.00/head1,400.00–1,600.001,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1422,050.00/head1,975.00–2,175.002,0503

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.