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Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Jan 27
● Final164 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,909 head
▲ 287 vs last sale 1,622▲ 88 vs year ago 1,821 · +4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 145▼ 21 vs year ago 213 · −9.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 151▼ 33 vs year ago 184 · −17.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to las weeks sale; Steer calves 300-400 lbs were 10.00-13.00 lower while 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs were 5.00-11.00 higher and 700-750 lbs sold 2.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-500 lbs were 5.00-11.00 higher except 400-450 lbs being 4.00 lower. Heifer yearlings sold 8.00-13.00 higher, instances few 16.00 higher. Trade was very good with active demand on larger numbers of weaned and pre-conditioned calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows; Breaker 10.00 higher, boner and lean cows sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 7.00-9.00 higher. Market was very active 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 $324.21/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −91.10 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$324.21
221 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2
$225.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.83
vs NM average
−24.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552335.711,854183
Medium 1-2520295.001,5343thin
Medium and Large 1-2543276.061,50033
Small and Medium 2545110.006002thin
One grade step is worth $225.71/cwt here — about $1,254 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 sale221 hd
324.21
—
NM average3 barns · 368 hd
318.38
+5.83
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−24.45
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−91.10
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—Low1,468144.842,12729
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,045131.211,37166
CowsBoner 80-85%Average962119.311,14826
CowsLean 85-90%Low845114.7697019

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)1,291$3,11825
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$2,77118
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)829$2,2255
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,183$1,9205
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,063$1,83510
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,133$1,6882thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,041$1,68721
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,089$1,59621
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)917$1,2673thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)934$2,2758
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)785$1,6555
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)809$1,4729
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)850$1,3501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,225$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,233$2,1752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,7001thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)920$2,2001thin

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 · Steers57 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2023
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned286380.94/cwt375.00–385.001,0895
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313455.37/cwt445.00–465.001,42510
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned323443.90/cwt440.00–450.001,43410
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Full333432.13/cwt420.00–440.001,43914
Steers300–350Small and Medium 2345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy373430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,60410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373363.78/cwt355.00–367.001,3577
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374452.24/cwt447.00–455.001,69131
Steers350–400Small and Medium 2388231.00/cwt231.00–231.008963
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,4193
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423422.74/cwt417.00–425.001,78817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full428312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,3353
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431380.49/cwt375.00–382.001,64013
Steers400–450Small and Medium 2447120.00/cwt120.00–120.005363
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458385.03/cwt382.00–395.001,76338
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy458300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3742
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7355
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full473315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4902
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full481360.64/cwt355.00–365.001,73529
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,6247
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514275.54/cwt260.00–280.001,4169
Steers500–550Medium 1-2520295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5343
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned531254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,3497
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full535315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6854
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536341.68/cwt325.00–345.001,83173
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full546322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,7584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6504
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added551358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,97311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565329.83/cwt322.00–335.001,86493
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy578262.67/cwt257.00–267.001,5189
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full585310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8142
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9398
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy633260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6465
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635289.95/cwt288.00–303.001,841105
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635280.27/cwt274.00–284.001,78034
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full661256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6927
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full670240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6083
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675270.31/cwt264.00–278.001,82551
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added679297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,02080
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy710250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7752
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736272.62/cwt272.00–275.002,00623
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed753278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,0932
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Full781249.24/cwt249.00–250.001,94712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785266.18/cwt259.00–274.002,090182
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7452
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812256.76/cwt252.00–261.002,08519
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Full820188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5423
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Full825240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9802
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3302
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888233.64/cwt230.00–236.002,0755
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918236.08/cwt230.00–242.002,16720
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1963215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0703
Steers1000–1050Small and Medium 21,030116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1952
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,2152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 1Unweaned80700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned145800.00/head800.00–800.008002
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned175837.50/head775.00–900.008382
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added255397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,0124
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274375.63/cwt370.00–390.001,0297
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009806
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321390.65/cwt380.00–395.001,25410
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362373.19/cwt365.00–385.001,35116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full375352.11/cwt340.00–360.001,3209
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2377217.00/cwt217.00–217.008183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned403325.75/cwt325.00–327.001,31316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,5053
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425322.85/cwt320.00–324.001,37214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added426382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,6274
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429345.44/cwt335.00–355.001,48235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full429267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1457
Heifers400–450Large 1430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned434232.69/cwt225.00–240.001,0104
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full448270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2102
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2454125.00/cwt125.00–125.005684
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456347.53/cwt342.50–359.001,58516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468315.33/cwt312.00–317.001,47615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473328.21/cwt324.00–337.001,55219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full480225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0802
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full496307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5239
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517310.91/cwt300.00–320.001,60738
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy547287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5706
Heifers500–550Large 1548282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,73163
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2553232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572289.12/cwt284.00–298.001,65450
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full580274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5896
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added603287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,7319
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2605226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3672
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5025
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627275.58/cwt270.00–282.001,72812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy632262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6563
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 2648101.00/cwt101.00–101.006543
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658266.54/cwt262.00–267.001,754103
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729239.27/cwt228.00–242.501,7449
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,75717
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6463
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5384
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned376350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3164
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2488332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6202
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2502332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6673
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2588285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6762
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6222
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7372
Bulls850–900Large 1850225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9132
Bulls900–950Large 1941220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0704
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,171150.92/cwt138.00–174.001,7678
Bulls——1,524138.01/cwt125.00–156.002,10310
Bulls——1,595117.10/cwt107.00–122.001,8683
Bulls——1,649157.70/cwt151.00–168.002,6008
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%763100.96/cwt100.00–102.007702
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight770133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0242
Cows—Boner 80-85%831115.26/cwt115.00–116.009589
Cows—Lean 85-90%866114.17/cwt104.00–120.0098915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%884142.20/cwt141.00–145.001,2574
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed938122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1496
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,032121.45/cwt115.00–128.001,25317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,068131.36/cwt122.50–140.001,40356
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1978189.50/cwt160.00–219.001,8532
Bulls—Large 1-21,2251,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 16601,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17851,655.00/head1,475.00–1,700.001,6555
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28281,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5008
Bred Heifers—Medium 18501,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18922,560.00/head2,400.00–2,600.002,5605
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0031,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows29 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2615925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-26451,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 27681,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 28201,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28631,625.00/head1,600.00–1,675.001,6253
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 28671,106.25/head900.00–1,175.001,1064
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28832,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29171,266.67/head1,200.00–1,350.001,2673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29731,787.50/head1,675.00–1,900.001,7882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29752,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29851,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,0202,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0711,643.75/head1,575.00–1,850.001,64412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1191,697.73/head1,575.00–1,850.001,69811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1202,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1272,141.67/head2,025.00–2,350.002,1423
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1331,687.50/head1,675.00–1,700.001,6882
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,1421,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5257
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,2001,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2001,937.50/head1,850.00–2,200.001,9384
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2313,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,00015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,233123.25/cwt120.00–126.501,5202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3023,137.50/head3,050.00–3,150.003,13824
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,350121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,6341
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,3552,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,5951,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,620125.50/cwt125.50–125.502,0331
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Small and Medium 19202,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3052,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1677192.71/cwt174.00–232.001,3057
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1832197.00/cwt170.00–242.001,6398

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.