Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2025-09-02

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Tue, Sep 2
● Final154 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
601 head
▼ 506 vs last sale 1,107▲ 125 vs year ago 476 · +26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 129 vs last sale 229▼ 104 vs year ago 204 · −51.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 136▼ 46 vs year ago 87 · −52.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale; Steer calves 300-400 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 lower and 400-550 lbs were 10.00 higher while 550-600 lbs sold 10.00 lower with feeder steers 600-700 lbs were steady-3.00 lower and 700-750 lbs sold 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs were 5.00 higher while 400-500 lbs 10.00-15.00 lower and 500-550 lbs sold 3.00 higher with 550-600 lbs were 10.00 lower.. Heifer yearlings 700-750 lbs sold 11.00 higher. Slaughteer cows were 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Market was moderate on smaller numbers 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 $406.81/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 17 of 35 comparable sales and sits −8.50 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$406.81
56 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$60
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.19
vs NM average
−9.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1500410.002,0502thin
Medium and Large 1549409.572,24948
Medium and Large 1-2550383.672,1106thin
One grade step is worth $26.33/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale56 hd
406.81
—
NM average3 barns · 255 hd
386.62
+20.19
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
−9.72
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−8.50
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—Average1,596185.362,9589thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,008183.381,8482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216168.362,04731
CowsLean 85-90%Low888151.001,34128

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,555$2,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,348$2,4254thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)870$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)925$1,9003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)963$1,5632thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)635$1,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)630$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,257$3,6005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,130$3,3833thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,362$3,24815
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,197$3,1003thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)760$2,5501thin

Every lot

154 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned1451,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,45011
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1761,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5509
Steers200–250Small and Medium 2-32301,487.50/head1,450.00–1,525.001,4882
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271599.78/cwt590.00–610.001,6256
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12731,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3756
Steers250–300Medium 1275505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,3891
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned282470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3253
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Full290550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5951
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1304585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,77822
Steers300–350Medium 1305540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6472
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned341450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5354
Steers300–350Medium 1-2345350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2081
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy348530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8443
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed353545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9242
Steers350–400Medium 1-2370420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375507.28/cwt490.00–525.001,90229
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned380425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,5661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383365.07/cwt355.00–375.001,3982
Steers350–400Small and Medium 1-2385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423470.47/cwt452.00–485.001,99018
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474455.22/cwt440.00–470.002,15833
Steers500–550Medium 1500410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528420.81/cwt402.00–435.002,22224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,1445
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,9321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570398.32/cwt390.00–402.002,27024
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Full600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy603375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2612
Steers600–650Small and Medium 2-3615240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634387.64/cwt360.00–395.002,45825
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664378.92/cwt370.00–382.002,5168
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1241
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3451
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723376.35/cwt375.00–377.002,72118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full740357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,6422
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2351
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7181
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,8696
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877331.39/cwt330.00–340.002,9067
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6101
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,105277.00/cwt277.00–277.003,0611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers58 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned1451,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-21461,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2756
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 21801,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 11931,551.05/head1,325.00–1,575.001,55110
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2051,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 22161,507.08/head1,425.00–1,550.001,50714
Heifers200–250Large 2-32401,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12401,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-22551,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Heifers250–300Large 1-22551,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned2601,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281515.82/cwt500.00–525.001,44916
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12831,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5759
Heifers300–350Large 1300465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3951
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2309590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,8239
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full320432.50/cwt425.00–450.001,38410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327499.49/cwt495.00–505.001,6337
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed353505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,78319
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381453.28/cwt445.00–465.001,7277
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned385305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1741
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3461
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2406455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8474
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418463.31/cwt445.00–475.001,9379
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full425400.18/cwt385.00–415.001,7012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4241
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2435335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4571
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1961
Heifers400–450Large 1-2443385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7063
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465436.10/cwt430.00–460.002,02811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy467425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9853
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8001
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,9012
Heifers450–500Large 1495400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9801
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505414.68/cwt410.00–430.002,09426
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512327.52/cwt320.00–342.001,6773
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full527384.42/cwt382.00–392.002,0264
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2-3540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1341
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574375.12/cwt370.00–377.002,1537
Heifers550–600Medium 1585345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full600330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added601390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3449
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611349.97/cwt345.00–355.002,1384
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9051
Heifers650–700Large 2-3675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1941
Heifers650–700Large 1680367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687373.79/cwt372.00–380.002,56813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,4631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712335.68/cwt330.00–345.002,3903
Heifers700–750Large 1713337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,4032
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy725302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,1901
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed735380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,7932
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,6561
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8961
Heifers950–1000Large 1960265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5441
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,045250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,6131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 1Unweaned85700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned113902.78/head875.00–925.009032
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1951,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-22251,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,4833
Bulls350–400Medium 1-2350245.00/cwt245.00–245.008581
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362459.67/cwt450.00–480.001,6643
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8094
Bulls450–500Medium 1460305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4031
Bulls500–550Medium 1510390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9891
Bulls550–600Medium 1-2Full565180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0171
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,1291
Bulls650–700Medium 1655252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6511
Bulls650–700Large 1680330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3151
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,2532
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 2-3450195.00/cwt195.00–195.008781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290164.91/cwt156.00–175.002,1272
Bulls——1,620185.32/cwt180.00–193.003,0024
Bulls——1,767199.05/cwt195.50–202.003,5173
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%802140.90/cwt130.00–146.001,1305
Cows—Lean 85-90%833161.20/cwt157.50–166.001,3432
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed839145.13/cwt130.00–171.001,2187
Cows—Lean 85-90%855140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1971
Cows—Lean 85-90%959157.32/cwt143.00–165.001,50913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,008183.38/cwt182.00–185.001,8482
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216168.36/cwt160.00–178.002,04731
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1863244.00/cwt210.00–272.002,1063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1934231.25/cwt190.00–277.002,1604
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-36301,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-36351,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-37101,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium 17951,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 28101,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1702,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,310165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,1621
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4072,500.00/head2,350.00–2,750.002,5003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5552,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0883,050.00/head3,000.00–3,100.003,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1183,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1353,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1553,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2573,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2643,169.44/head2,800.00–3,250.003,1699
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4153,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6293,525.00/head3,525.00–3,525.003,5254
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1650280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8201
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27602,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501

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.