Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2025-01-20

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Jan 20
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,622 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 1,718▼ 425 vs year ago 2,047 · −20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 168▼ 15 vs year ago 160 · −9.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 225▲ 61 vs year ago 90 · +67.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-500 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 lower while 500-550 lbs were 8.00 higher. Steer yearlings sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 4.00-12.00 higher instances 16.00-23.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 11.00 lower and 650-700 lbs sold 12.00 higher. Trade was good with active demand on similar numbers. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 6.00 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 $320.01/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −95.30 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$320.01
178 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.82
vs NM average
−20.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550327.771,804132
Medium 1579298.751,72916thin
Medium and Large 1-2567297.191,68430
One grade step is worth $30.57/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale178 hd
320.01
—
NM average3 barns · 568 hd
313.19
+6.82
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−20.93
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−95.30
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—Average1,536145.292,23219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,118128.981,44225
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,090121.151,32121
CowsLean 85-90%Low911109.1999535

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 (2-4 yrs)1,280$3,16225
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$2,83112
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,087$2,40016
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,109$2,2205
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,001$1,91922
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,220$1,6128
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,091$1,6077
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)836$1,5867
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$1,4752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)800$1,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)705$1,0501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)805$1,8502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,156$1,9966
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$1,8001thin

Every lot

123 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308481.38/cwt477.00–485.001,48318
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1582
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy315337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,0624
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Full326446.07/cwt442.00–455.001,45428
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned333411.67/cwt410.00–420.001,37111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363371.33/cwt362.00–376.001,3489
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full368396.46/cwt395.00–397.001,4598
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy369412.97/cwt410.00–415.001,5245
Steers350–400Large 1372395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4693
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376426.40/cwt418.00–442.001,60357
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned387382.67/cwt380.00–387.001,4819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added405411.99/cwt408.00–417.001,6699
Steers400–450Large 1413395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full436364.60/cwt357.00–370.001,59021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,53713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441380.10/cwt371.00–392.001,67637
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added452395.38/cwt394.00–397.001,78724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481350.05/cwt340.00–358.001,68492
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483294.39/cwt282.00–302.001,4228
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full486317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,5418
Steers500–550Medium 1520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3522
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529336.79/cwt325.00–345.001,78260
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547309.28/cwt307.00–311.001,69214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568320.25/cwt319.00–330.001,81972
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584286.62/cwt284.00–290.001,67416
Steers550–600Medium 1Fleshy585260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5214
Steers550–600Medium 1588322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,89310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620279.50/cwt277.00–283.001,7335
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621288.12/cwt280.00–298.001,78968
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added630307.57/cwt302.00–309.001,93825
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673286.61/cwt285.00–290.001,9296
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683262.52/cwt261.00–270.001,79312
Steers650–700Large 1697274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,91051
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732273.36/cwt265.00–277.002,00146
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2142
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Full837250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0933
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,2453
Steers850–900Large 1893252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,2504
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1903252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,2762
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,180189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,2302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned105625.00/head625.00–625.006252
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned178837.50/head800.00–875.008382
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0723
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added308407.23/cwt400.00–417.001,25416
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329334.65/cwt330.00–340.001,10113
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334381.47/cwt372.00–390.001,27419
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full343347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,1902
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy356385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,37110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362355.83/cwt347.00–365.001,28822
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned370324.48/cwt320.00–330.001,20117
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2374342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,2796
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full396341.61/cwt337.00–342.001,35325
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2399305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2178
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420349.56/cwt337.00–359.001,46825
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,42410
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2428340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4556
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430271.17/cwt262.00–280.001,1667
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full447317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,4178
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463335.42/cwt327.00–340.001,55326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477310.95/cwt307.00–315.001,4834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full493280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3809
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,57230
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full505285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4392
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510323.33/cwt315.00–335.001,64929
Heifers500–550Medium 2518239.71/cwt232.00–250.001,2427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3762
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567279.31/cwt270.00–290.001,58430
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5342
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640252.83/cwt243.00–254.001,61855
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655250.72/cwt250.00–251.001,64211
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy669277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8534
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5824
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8166
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1898207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned128800.00/head800.00–800.008002
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned175850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned218950.00/head950.00–950.009502
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 2511170.00/cwt170.00–170.008695
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,7263
Bulls550–600Small and Medium 2555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4433
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7766
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,16097.02/cwt90.00–105.001,1252
Bulls——1,383143.03/cwt139.00–149.001,9785
Bulls——1,663154.27/cwt149.00–159.002,56612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed759112.00/cwt112.00–112.008505
Cows—Lean 85-90%93294.34/cwt90.00–100.008793
Cows—Lean 85-90%937110.32/cwt100.00–116.001,03427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090121.15/cwt117.00–124.001,32121
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,118128.98/cwt124.00–135.001,44225
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 11,230151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,8571
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows27 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27051,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Large 2750850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2755900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27601,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28252,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009082
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28271,633.33/head1,575.00–1,750.001,6333
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28431,550.00/head1,400.00–1,600.001,5504
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28501,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Large 1-28922,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
Bred Cows—Large 1-29502,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29761,450.00/head1,325.00–1,775.001,4508
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0131,890.00/head1,825.00–1,975.001,8905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0262,368.75/head2,000.00–2,500.002,3698
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0342,040.00/head1,775.00–2,150.002,04010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0821,700.00/head1,650.00–1,725.001,7003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,3661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1502,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1753,000.00/head2,750.00–3,125.003,0006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1853,119.44/head3,050.00–3,175.003,1199
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2131,766.67/head1,675.00–1,825.001,7673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2571,708.33/head1,700.00–1,750.001,7086
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2853,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,20024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4352,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4651,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18051,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1711214.80/cwt207.00–225.001,5275
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1918179.58/cwt129.00–197.001,64919
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1511,875.00/head1,750.00–1,950.001,8755
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1802,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,1801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001

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.