Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2025-12-08

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Dec 8
● Final195 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
782 head
▲ 525 vs last sale 257▼ 544 vs year ago 1,326 · −41.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 55▼ 63 vs year ago 192 · −32.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 23▼ 110 vs year ago 168 · −65.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks small sale; Steer and heifer calves had no comparable numbers because of the holiday, but a stronger market was evident throughout. Same with feeder steers and heifers. Slaughter cows sold steady-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 7.00-9.00 higher. Market was moderately higher on larger numbers. Special note; Last sale of 2025 will be December 15, 2025. RLA will be closed for Christmas and New Years..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $400.85/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 14 of 35 comparable sales and sits −14.46 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$400.85
110 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,301
per head · Medium 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$257.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.03
vs NM average
−29.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1539422.732,28030
Medium and Large 1541409.992,22052
Large 1562392.002,20311thin
Medium and Large 1-2532367.551,95413thin
Medium 1-2585336.121,9662thin
Small and Medium 2-3593165.009782thin
One grade step is worth $257.73/cwt here — about $1,301 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 sale110 hd
400.85
—
NM average3 barns · 338 hd
382.82
+18.03
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−29.78
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−14.46
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—Low1,632167.802,73826
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,109162.381,80156
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,050140.861,48020

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)1,285$2,5752thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,554$2,4004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,104$2,2009
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,043$2,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,086$1,8647
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,102$1,67112
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$2,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)838$1,8673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,240$2,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,155$2,3752thin

Every lot

195 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 · Steers72 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12051,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Steers200–250Medium 1-2230900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,7043
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned278505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6454
Steers300–350Medium 1330431.07/cwt425.00–450.001,4234
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1331563.67/cwt545.00–567.001,8667
Steers300–350Small and Medium 2-33451,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Steers350–400Medium 1Unweaned353430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5182
Steers350–400Medium 1355495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7571
Steers350–400Small and Medium 2-3360900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed360575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,0701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365462.67/cwt450.00–475.001,6892
Steers350–400Small and Medium 2-3365220.00/cwt220.00–220.008031
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384546.11/cwt540.00–550.002,09713
Steers400–450Medium 1401471.97/cwt460.00–475.001,8935
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414495.41/cwt480.00–510.002,05122
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415437.14/cwt420.00–450.001,8144
Steers400–450Medium 2420320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed423515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1784
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added437535.20/cwt532.00–555.002,3397
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full445475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1141
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464465.64/cwt455.00–485.002,16115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full467426.05/cwt420.00–445.001,99010
Steers450–500Medium 1470410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9273
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy472450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,12411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472406.64/cwt405.00–410.001,9193
Steers450–500Large 1485440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485385.98/cwt385.00–387.001,8722
Steers500–550Medium 1Thin Fleshed519457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,37216
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full520406.50/cwt406.50–406.502,11415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full520330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529376.82/cwt357.00–390.001,99310
Steers500–550Medium 1529361.95/cwt352.00–375.001,9155
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,1048
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532435.69/cwt410.00–440.002,31816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8702
Steers550–600Large 1562392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,20311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3905
Steers550–600Medium 1Full575360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0701
Steers550–600Medium 1582400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3288
Steers550–600Medium 1-2585336.12/cwt322.00–350.001,9662
Steers550–600Small and Medium 2-3593165.00/cwt165.00–165.009782
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595371.86/cwt365.00–390.002,2138
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618367.86/cwt356.00–372.002,27327
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
Steers600–650Medium 1623281.33/cwt272.00–290.001,7532
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,3885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full640345.67/cwt340.00–350.002,21211
Steers600–650Large 1649347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2524
Steers650–700Medium 1658347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2834
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed660365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4096
Steers650–700Medium 1-2665252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6761
Steers650–700Medium 1Full675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682333.47/cwt328.00–345.002,27419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy693325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2524
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed703330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3202
Steers700–750Large 1710325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3081
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,1091
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736294.37/cwt290.00–307.002,1676
Steers750–800Medium 1750340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5501
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763293.23/cwt285.00–300.002,23714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Full765280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1421
Steers750–800Large 1765280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1421
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1364
Steers800–850Small and Medium 2-3808160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2932
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,5032
Steers850–900Small and Medium 2-3865210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8171
Steers850–900Medium 1880260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2881
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers54 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned253285.00/cwt285.00–285.007212
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned260850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Heifers250–300Medium 1Unweaned290410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1891
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned308385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1862
Heifers300–350Large 1310415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2871
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327496.48/cwt480.00–510.001,62311
Heifers300–350Medium 1328370.57/cwt355.00–385.001,2152
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full332457.61/cwt450.00–470.001,5198
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340393.44/cwt380.00–400.001,3383
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned363330.23/cwt325.00–340.001,1993
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370429.44/cwt420.00–445.001,58923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned380275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0452
Heifers350–400Large 1381387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,4744
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390380.64/cwt377.00–395.001,4845
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full395410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6202
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned395405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408397.48/cwt395.00–400.001,6222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410454.65/cwt430.00–460.001,86422
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2410325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned424414.76/cwt412.00–420.001,7595
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3-4430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7201
Heifers400–450Large 1430387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,6641
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full433400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7325
Heifers400–450Medium 1435305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3271
Heifers450–500Large 1-2450360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6201
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465395.62/cwt385.00–415.001,8406
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added468440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0593
Heifers450–500Medium 1470409.36/cwt395.00–425.001,9242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480346.61/cwt345.00–350.001,6643
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7594
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full495315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5591
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515350.40/cwt347.00–355.001,8057
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521387.36/cwt377.00–392.002,0187
Heifers500–550Medium 1540372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,0091
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8801
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573334.35/cwt330.00–350.001,9168
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624350.43/cwt337.00–357.002,18713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627286.49/cwt280.00–295.001,7965
Heifers650–700Medium 1660304.55/cwt300.00–308.002,0104
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
Heifers650–700Large 1665250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667310.20/cwt309.00–320.002,0699
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full679273.70/cwt270.00–280.001,8584
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1704306.60/cwt290.00–308.002,15826
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added725342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,4805
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9789
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9998
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2366
Heifers900–950Large 1905280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5341
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1348517.00/cwt517.00–517.001,7992
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4631
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed405485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8925
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Full440395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7381
Bulls450–500Large 1465403.29/cwt397.00–410.001,8752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0874
Bulls500–550Medium 1530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5901
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537368.16/cwt345.00–380.001,9773
Bulls550–600Large 1568330.95/cwt327.00–335.001,8802
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575321.30/cwt315.00–325.001,8476
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6181
Bulls600–650Medium 1600332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9921
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8753
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9485
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8011
Bulls650–700Medium 1-2660257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6961
Bulls650–700Medium 1675285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9241
Bulls650–700Large 1-2680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Bulls650–700Medium 1Full685235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6102
Bulls650–700Large 1695250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7381
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3521
Bulls700–750Large 1745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1611
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9501
Bulls800–850Medium 1835260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,075170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8281
Bulls——Return to Feed1,095139.65/cwt135.00–148.001,5293
Bulls——1,438145.86/cwt143.00–149.002,0973
Bulls——1,754173.98/cwt161.00–180.003,05216
Bulls——1,895184.20/cwt181.00–188.003,4913
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%904124.65/cwt120.00–130.001,1275
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,068145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5492
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090170.40/cwt168.00–174.001,8573
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,096160.88/cwt155.00–167.001,76329
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,104146.45/cwt135.00–155.001,61713
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,127163.18/cwt142.00–171.001,83924
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1580345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1974189.75/cwt182.00–200.001,8484
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,015187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,8981
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1552,375.00/head2,200.00–2,550.002,3752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2402,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows22 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Large 1-29851,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0121,630.00/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6305
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0302,200.00/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2002
Bred Cows—Medium 21,0401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0901,833.33/head1,700.00–2,000.001,8333
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,100132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,4521
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1222,133.33/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1432,200.00/head2,000.00–2,300.002,2003
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1461,670.00/head1,500.00–2,000.001,6705
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,170150.00/cwt147.00–153.001,7552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,575.00/head2,400.00–2,750.002,5752
Bred Cows—Medium 11,3002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,400135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8901
Bred Cows—Medium 11,4502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,463144.50/cwt141.00–148.002,1142
Bred Cows—Medium 11,5542,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4004
Bred Cows—Medium 11,715141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,4181
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28151,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Heifers—Medium 19651,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1202,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1781239.45/cwt190.00–305.001,87011
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1891219.80/cwt176.00–242.001,95810

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.