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Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Nov 10
● Final166 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,434 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 1,538▲ 490 vs year ago 944 · +51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
308 head
▼ 121 vs last sale 429▲ 49 vs year ago 259 · +18.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 294▲ 197 vs year ago 53 · +371.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-400 lbs sold steady-25.00 lower and 400-500 lbs were 25.00-30.00 higher while 500-600 lbs sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Premium was on weaned calves. Steer yearlings 600-750 lbs were 6.00-12.00 higher with few instances 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 25.00-35.00 higher and 400-450 lbs were 20.00 higher while 450-500 lbs sold 23.00 lower with 500-550 lbs being 2.00 higher and 550-600 lbs at 20.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lb sold 20.00 lower. Trade was higher on weaned calves with smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 higher with few 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower. Market was moderately higher 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 $375.37/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 9 of 35 comparable sales and sits −39.94 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$375.37
199 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$51.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.55
vs NM average
−49.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550378.062,081185
Medium 1577352.902,0367thin
Medium and Large 1-2565326.541,8457thin
One grade step is worth $51.52/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale199 hd
375.37
—
NM average3 barns · 584 hd
360.82
+14.55
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−49.50
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−39.94
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—Average1,585171.472,71723
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,015176.221,7893thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,080163.971,771146
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,018136.811,39377

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)1,151$3,1507
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,182$2,66020
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,132$2,45714
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$2,45617
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,064$2,4504thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,089$2,3003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$2,3001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,028$2,20013
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,179$2,17995
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,109$1,9004thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)960$1,58010
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,058$2,6577
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)745$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,353$2,4789
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$2,4002thin

Every lot

166 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned253365.00/cwt365.00–365.009233
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4562
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334463.50/cwt445.00–475.001,54813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6432
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added371560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,0786
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379474.44/cwt470.00–490.001,79813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned383410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed394525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0694
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed416474.98/cwt470.00–480.001,9768
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419377.27/cwt375.00–380.001,5819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425443.85/cwt430.00–465.001,88640
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434414.94/cwt405.00–425.001,80126
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full466403.57/cwt400.00–415.001,88121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,03020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471440.42/cwt430.00–460.002,07424
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489372.27/cwt370.00–380.001,82013
Steers450–500Medium 1495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7332
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added507423.53/cwt420.00–437.002,14720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523378.61/cwt360.00–390.001,98037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed527397.19/cwt395.00–399.002,09325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy537352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,8903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565326.54/cwt322.00–330.001,8457
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned569381.64/cwt381.00–390.002,17228
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574351.57/cwt340.00–372.002,01855
Steers550–600Medium 1Unweaned577352.90/cwt337.00–365.002,0367
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed591379.69/cwt379.00–382.002,24417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed610368.41/cwt363.00–385.002,24732
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627338.28/cwt330.00–346.002,12130
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2649321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0834
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660340.81/cwt330.00–345.002,24923
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full667316.37/cwt307.00–320.002,11011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690291.77/cwt290.00–297.002,0138
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719326.42/cwt318.00–332.002,34744
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full721305.99/cwt305.00–307.002,20614
Steers700–750Medium 1736321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3635
Steers750–800Medium 1753280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1082
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772319.22/cwt310.00–325.002,46418
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,0728
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1898305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7392
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1916280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5657
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,047225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,3565
Steers1900–1950Medium and Large 11,935157.00/cwt157.00–157.003,0382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers51 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium 1Unweaned90600.00/head600.00–600.006002
Heifers150–200Medium 1Unweaned150700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned238420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned263400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0522
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268438.08/cwt425.00–450.001,1744
Heifers250–300Medium 1270470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed303500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5152
Heifers300–350Medium 2Unweaned324295.00/cwt295.00–295.009565
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343473.79/cwt465.00–490.001,62512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned343440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5093
Heifers300–350Large 1-2348405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4092
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2Unweaned350275.00/cwt275.00–275.009632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed357515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8396
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3368270.00/cwt270.00–270.009944
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned387412.10/cwt385.00–420.001,5959
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390463.08/cwt460.00–470.001,80613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390428.68/cwt425.00–435.001,6728
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned393325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2776
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5594
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2Unweaned405235.00/cwt235.00–235.009522
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned408420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,71411
Heifers400–450Medium 1423325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3752
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424407.74/cwt405.00–420.001,72928
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455403.76/cwt393.00–420.001,83747
Heifers450–500Large 1474375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7787
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full475370.38/cwt360.00–382.001,75915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned480300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4403
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485340.47/cwt340.00–342.001,65117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned486347.47/cwt345.00–350.001,68918
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2Full502287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,4417
Heifers500–550Medium 1508335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned508320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6262
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514355.18/cwt336.00–362.001,82639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540317.64/cwt310.00–320.001,71517
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2545385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0983
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2563240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3516
Heifers550–600Medium 1568325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8462
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0023
Heifers550–600Large 1574330.45/cwt320.00–335.001,89727
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575325.50/cwt312.00–340.001,87220
Heifers600–650Large 1-2624290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8105
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632310.48/cwt300.00–315.001,96215
Heifers600–650Large 1633352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2289
Heifers650–700Medium 1655289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8934
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678308.24/cwt295.00–311.002,09013
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0194
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0313
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779304.59/cwt300.00–312.002,37318
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2772
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1916275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5195
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,155197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,2752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned113500.00/head500.00–500.005002
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned195900.00/head900.00–900.009003
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1389505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,96418
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7003
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,90822
Bulls550–600Large 1560275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5402
Bulls600–650Medium 1606318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9275
Bulls650–700Large 1650275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7882
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0833
Bulls650–700Large 1-2690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8634
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,1754
Bulls700–750Medium 1730272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9865
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1072
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7022
Bulls850–900Large 1858278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,3852
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,108220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,4382
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers500–550Small 3509220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1205
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3673220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4814
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,260178.40/cwt175.00–182.002,2482
Bulls——1,597176.14/cwt167.50–184.002,81316
Bulls——1,675153.76/cwt150.00–157.002,5755
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed844136.43/cwt121.00–152.001,15112
Cows—Lean 85-90%898108.00/cwt108.00–108.009702
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed960203.97/cwt186.00–207.001,95811
Cows—Lean 85-90%999123.11/cwt118.00–126.001,23011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,015176.22/cwt173.00–180.001,7893
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067140.90/cwt130.00–146.001,50352
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,070152.50/cwt148.00–159.001,63287
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,095195.97/cwt152.50–204.002,14626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135146.19/cwt142.00–147.001,65915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215162.93/cwt160.00–173.001,9807
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,011191.75/cwt170.00–207.001,9394
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,2652,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2982,371.43/head2,300.00–2,600.002,3717
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,5052,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,5852,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows30 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28531,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4004
Bred Cows—Medium 29351,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29902,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0152,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0202,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0221,816.67/head1,600.00–2,000.001,8173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0282,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,20013
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0402,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0502,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0553,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0641,854.17/head1,650.00–2,000.001,85412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0782,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6003
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0851,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0931,675.00/head1,650.00–1,700.001,6752
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0952,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0992,513.64/head2,250.00–2,700.002,51411
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1082,100.00/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1091,900.00/head1,700.00–2,050.001,9004
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1353,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,488.46/head2,150.00–2,600.002,48813
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1472,833.33/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8333
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1682,183.33/head2,175.00–2,200.002,1836
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1733,190.00/head3,100.00–3,450.003,1905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1751,812.50/head1,800.00–1,825.001,8132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1982,240.00/head1,900.00–2,300.002,24080
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2002,872.73/head2,650.00–3,050.002,87311
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,220142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,7321
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2812,350.00/head2,300.00–2,500.002,3504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,459155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,2615
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1932244.75/cwt220.00–270.002,28112
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1942231.22/cwt190.00–282.002,1789
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27452,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0302,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0692,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8005

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.