Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2025-06-02

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Jun 2
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
693 head
▼ 301 vs last sale 994▼ 245 vs year ago 938 · −26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
162 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 227▲ 8 vs year ago 154 · +5.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 131▼ 245 vs year ago 345 · −71.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 450-500 lbs sold 20.00 lower and 500-600 lbs were 15.00-18.00 higher. Feeder steer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Heifer calves 350-400 lbs sold 10.00 lower while 400-450 lbs were 7.00 higher and 450-550 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold steady. Trade and demand were moderate on smaller numbers. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher and slaughter cows were 2.00-5.00 higher. Market was uneven on smaller numbers with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.19/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 12 of 35 comparable sales and sits −25.28 against this barn's trailing median of $375.47.
Average price
$350.19
58 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$232.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.39
vs NM average
+11.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542360.821,95449
Large 1-2503342.001,7202thin
Medium and Large 1-2550340.001,8702thin
Medium 1-2533337.001,7963thin
Small and Medium 2-3590128.007552thin
One grade step is worth $232.82/cwt here — about $1,199 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 sale58 hd
350.19
—
NM average3 barns · 221 hd
325.80
+24.39
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
+11.95
This barn, trailing median35 sales
375.47
−25.28
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
430389347306median 375.4703/0204/2706/2909/0811/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.95, low $319.75, median $375.47 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—Low1,659177.562,94616
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,065186.451,9862thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,175158.161,85984
CowsBoner 80-85%Average911144.271,31415
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low845125.741,06215

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)1,139$2,50012
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,005$2,3753thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,152$2,3503thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,435$2,2501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,112$2,1503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,095$1,8501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)571$1,6004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,137$3,27232
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)986$3,0086
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,137$2,8836
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$2,8506
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)645$1,1001thin

Every lot

120 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 11751,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270542.45/cwt520.00–555.001,46511
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned289505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4595
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333486.03/cwt475.00–495.001,61815
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full354425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5057
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367458.95/cwt450.00–465.001,6845
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,3525
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414453.04/cwt445.00–455.001,87610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed415490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0344
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy443420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471396.55/cwt385.00–402.001,86829
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,7862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed520400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0802
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542384.92/cwt374.00–395.002,08630
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544357.99/cwt350.00–362.001,9476
Steers500–550Medium 1-2548362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,9842
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,0503
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572383.90/cwt377.00–400.002,19612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613378.22/cwt370.00–382.002,31817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full613344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1094
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full618310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9164
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1817
Steers650–700Medium 1-2680334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,2712
Steers700–750Medium 1-2735232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7053
Steers700–750Small and Medium 2-3735142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0442
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1748320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3944
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,43516
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,7298
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3092
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Full893285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5453
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,5082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 1Unweaned95700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned1201,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1901,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3503
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2151,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12171,228.47/head925.00–1,300.001,22810
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1221450.00/cwt450.00–450.009957
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned255430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,0972
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,32214
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fleshy281446.16/cwt445.00–450.001,2548
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2306380.56/cwt375.00–392.001,1656
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314432.06/cwt420.00–445.001,35715
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned335430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,3562
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed373430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6043
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1387386.35/cwt382.00–410.001,49513
Heifers400–450Large 1400357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,4283
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422405.98/cwt390.00–415.001,71315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4812
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2-3445127.00/cwt127.00–127.005652
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466377.87/cwt364.00–385.001,76117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full485232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5294
Heifers500–550Large 1-2503342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,7202
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527357.85/cwt343.00–372.001,88626
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full531325.56/cwt322.00–327.001,7297
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2533337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,7963
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8702
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570381.08/cwt367.00–397.002,17216
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 2-3590128.00/cwt128.00–128.007552
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627332.98/cwt330.00–335.002,0885
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 2-3635104.00/cwt104.00–104.006602
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668285.37/cwt284.00–290.001,9069
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0028
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy722256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8485
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778244.00/cwt242.00–245.001,8984
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1952
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,2612
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,170186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,1762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 1801,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0005
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 1Unweaned93952.89/head775.00–1,000.0095310
Bulls100–150Large 2Unweaned105650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned125575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1751,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Bulls150–200Large 1Unweaned1851,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2301,403.26/head1,350.00–1,450.001,4032
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1351485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,70212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2437388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,6963
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0622
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,7552
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,180170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0061
Bulls——1,315170.04/cwt160.00–180.002,2362
Bulls——1,443176.57/cwt171.00–182.002,5482
Bulls——1,805179.79/cwt170.00–193.003,24511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%811131.33/cwt120.00–140.001,06510
Cows—Lean 85-90%883109.00/cwt108.00–110.009622
Cows—Boner 80-85%911144.27/cwt138.00–151.001,31415
Cows—Lean 85-90%932118.26/cwt116.00–121.001,1023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,030220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2661
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,065186.45/cwt186.00–187.001,9862
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,151152.45/cwt145.00–165.001,75539
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,200161.81/cwt157.00–177.001,94244
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs14 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 27901,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29153,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29552,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29803,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0532,737.50/head2,450.00–2,850.002,7384
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0703,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1563,368.52/head2,950.00–3,500.003,36927
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1653,075.00/head2,900.00–3,250.003,0752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2403,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0504
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2453,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1834226.56/cwt167.00–244.001,8909
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1934183.20/cwt178.00–192.001,71110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-37551,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0802,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0912,085.00/head1,900.00–2,350.002,0855
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0951,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1122,150.00/head2,000.00–2,450.002,1503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1732,796.43/head2,550.00–3,050.002,7967
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1802,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1932,550.00/head2,250.00–2,850.002,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4352,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Small and Medium 26451,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 2-35711,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6004

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.