Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2025-11-17

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Nov 17
● Final183 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,290 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 1,434▼ 396 vs year ago 1,686 · −23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
235 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 308▼ 166 vs year ago 401 · −41.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
249 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 250▼ 65 vs year ago 314 · −20.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-350 lbs sold 5.00 lower and 350-450 lbs were 20.00 higher while 450-550 lbs sold 5.00-20.00 lower. 550-600 lbs were 4.00 higher. Steer yearlings 600-750 lbs sold 17.00-19.00 lower with 750-800 lbs being 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 15.00-20.00 lower and 400-450 lbs were 5.00 higher while 450-550 lbs brought 5.00-20.00 lower with 550-600 lbs being 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 12.00-20.00 higher. Trade and demand were very good on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 lower. Market was moderately uneven 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 $344.95/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 2 of 35 comparable sales and sits −70.36 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$344.95
155 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$217.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.00
vs NM average
−65.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558359.142,004110
Medium 1536340.001,8219thin
Large 1570320.001,8242thin
Medium and Large 1-2558311.811,73932
Small and Medium 2-3523142.007432thin
One grade step is worth $217.14/cwt here — about $1,262 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale155 hd
344.95
—
NM average3 barns · 502 hd
347.94
−3.00
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−65.13
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−70.36
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—High1,576162.482,56124
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average947182.161,7255thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,133156.511,77388
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,045141.181,47582

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)1,229$3,4367
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,121$3,17131
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$2,86010
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,083$2,63218
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,129$2,59830
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,160$2,40663
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,127$1,9009
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,019$1,8836
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,119$1,79116
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)695$2,4001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)906$2,1634thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)810$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,053$3,1003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,5003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,133$2,3333thin

Every lot

183 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned205725.00/head725.00–725.007252
Steers200–250Small and Medium 2-3235875.00/head875.00–875.008752
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2291400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1646
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4013
Steers300–350Small and Medium 2-33351,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335461.76/cwt450.00–470.001,54712
Steers300–350Medium 1-2335390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3073
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned348420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4622
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full380466.47/cwt455.00–475.001,7737
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382510.21/cwt495.00–520.001,94916
Steers400–450Small and Medium 2Unweaned405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2152
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,44110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5153
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed418485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0272
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421455.58/cwt450.00–470.001,91816
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full448440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465436.56/cwt422.00–450.002,03019
Steers450–500Medium 1-2465275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2792
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4252
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477407.44/cwt392.00–410.001,94314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full484340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6468
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486362.25/cwt355.00–375.001,76111
Steers450–500Medium 1490345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6916
Steers500–550Medium 1500350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7503
Steers500–550Medium 1Unweaned500305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5252
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added506417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,11014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514308.75/cwt307.00–310.001,5875
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515360.81/cwt350.00–370.001,85820
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2-3523142.00/cwt142.00–142.007432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570331.13/cwt320.00–340.001,88717
Steers550–600Large 1570320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8242
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy571285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6277
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578356.02/cwt347.00–376.002,05835
Steers550–600Medium 1580350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0304
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580341.22/cwt340.00–342.001,97941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605352.50/cwt345.00–359.002,13322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy608330.80/cwt330.00–332.002,0115
Steers600–650Medium 1620297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,8412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632295.78/cwt290.00–300.001,8697
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full635318.65/cwt310.00–320.002,0237
Steers600–650Large 1638310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9786
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674316.74/cwt310.00–326.002,13542
Steers650–700Medium 1675327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,2072
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed685335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2954
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0044
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2698210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4662
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9042
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed716328.00/cwt325.00–330.002,3485
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729309.52/cwt300.00–315.002,25627
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1224
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768316.82/cwt312.00–320.002,43310
Steers800–850Medium 1800300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4002
Steers800–850Small and Medium 2-3834216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8014
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6642
Steers1100–1150Medium 11,100225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Small and Medium 2-3180700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned270465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2562
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4265
Heifers250–300Medium 1-2Unweaned290310.00/cwt310.00–310.008992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned305400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed307490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5043
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316435.24/cwt425.00–450.001,37510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added358440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380397.53/cwt385.00–405.001,51116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed418435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full423380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6072
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426417.99/cwt400.00–425.001,78122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned426366.74/cwt360.00–375.001,56214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437355.90/cwt355.00–360.001,55511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,57210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469329.96/cwt325.00–335.001,5484
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473351.47/cwt340.00–370.001,66226
Heifers450–500Large 1-2Unweaned488325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5862
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4362
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2002
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524318.21/cwt310.00–330.001,6675
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525352.70/cwt327.00–357.001,85245
Heifers500–550Medium 1530327.32/cwt322.00–330.001,7356
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5463
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full534322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,7196
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5072
Heifers550–600Medium 1560305.05/cwt300.00–310.001,70810
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566335.53/cwt320.00–345.001,89951
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed568365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0733
Heifers550–600Medium 1Unweaned575322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8523
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7402
Heifers600–650Medium 1Fleshy600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5602
Heifers600–650Large 1605322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,9483
Heifers600–650Large 1-2605305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8452
Heifers600–650Medium 1626294.21/cwt290.00–300.001,84214
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2628290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630328.27/cwt320.00–335.002,06826
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8422
Heifers650–700Medium 1Unweaned658280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8423
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,83710
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679307.57/cwt295.00–320.002,0886
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full685262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7952
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9233
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783291.82/cwt285.00–302.002,2855
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1662
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2466
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1913255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3283
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,001260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,60311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Large 1393372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,4622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned407330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3433
Bulls400–450Large 1Unweaned439345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5155
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0683
Bulls450–500Large 1453317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,4362
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7806
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490333.00/cwt325.00–337.001,6326
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5492
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0755
Bulls500–550Medium 1533320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7062
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned587250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4683
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1589303.59/cwt292.00–315.001,78818
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,86313
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675253.19/cwt250.00–260.001,70913
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1783269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,1062
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8662
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Small 3327260.00/cwt260.00–260.008506
Dairy Steers550–600Small 3583200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1662
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,248160.69/cwt150.00–171.002,0052
Bulls——Light Weight1,375177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,4341
Bulls——1,589164.86/cwt155.00–173.002,62011
Bulls——1,647142.59/cwt131.00–155.002,3485
Bulls——1,648174.97/cwt174.00–177.002,8845
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed910145.89/cwt144.00–147.001,32810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%947182.16/cwt180.00–190.001,7255
Cows—Lean 85-90%965110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0621
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed992139.42/cwt121.00–149.001,38310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006125.32/cwt118.00–130.001,2616
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,072159.68/cwt147.00–202.001,71234
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085142.94/cwt130.00–149.501,55155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171154.51/cwt149.50–168.001,80954
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 1785190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1946206.25/cwt195.00–210.001,9514
Bulls—Medium 1-21,055182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,9201
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows28 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19652,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0002,125.00/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,003149.50/cwt147.00–152.001,4992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0531,725.00/head1,500.00–1,950.001,7252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0612,268.75/head2,100.00–2,400.002,2694
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0692,957.14/head2,700.00–3,000.002,9577
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0892,900.00/head2,700.00–3,000.002,9006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0892,786.36/head2,500.00–2,850.002,78611
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0902,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1102,650.00/head2,400.00–2,900.002,6502
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1132,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7005
Bred Cows—Large 11,1183,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,70010
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1191,790.63/head1,500.00–1,950.001,79116
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1211,762.50/head1,500.00–2,000.001,7638
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1271,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9009
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1362,668.18/head2,400.00–2,800.002,66822
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1452,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1492,713.04/head2,600.00–2,800.002,71323
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1492,360.00/head2,000.00–2,550.002,36025
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1853,218.18/head3,000.00–3,300.003,21811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1963,660.00/head3,300.00–3,900.003,6605
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2102,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,235152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,8831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2762,300.00/head2,100.00–2,600.002,3007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,300151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,9701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3102,875.00/head2,700.00–3,050.002,8752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 16952,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Heifers—Medium 18101,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium 18451,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0052,600.00/head2,400.00–2,800.002,6002
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29802,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1432,650.00/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-31,1752,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1803,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1848240.36/cwt195.00–267.002,03811
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,062205.71/cwt180.00–226.002,1857

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.