Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2025-12-15

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Dec 15
● Final163 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,138 head
▲ 356 vs last sale 782▼ 155 vs year ago 1,293 · −12.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 129▲ 1 vs year ago 186 · +0.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 172 vs last sale 58▲ 97 vs year ago 133 · +72.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-450 lbs sold 7.00-15.00 lower and 450-600 lbs were steady-25.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs sold 8.00-22.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-450 lbs sold 10.00-25.00 higher few 35.00 higher. Heifer yearlings 600-750 lbs were 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade was active on larger numbers with attention paid to weaning dates and vaccination programs. Slaughter cows sold steady-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Market was moderately higher with excellent buyer attendance. Special note Next sale will be January 5, 2026..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.63/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 13 of 35 comparable sales and sits −16.67 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$398.63
97 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.76
vs NM average
−45.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558406.442,26767
Medium 1534390.792,0888thin
Medium 1-2505380.001,9193thin
Medium and Large 1-2576377.342,17519thin
One grade step is worth $29.10/cwt here — about $92 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 sale97 hd
398.63
—
NM average3 barns · 298 hd
391.87
+6.76
National average163 barns · 16,063 hd
444.10
−45.47
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−16.67
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—Average1,539168.722,59734
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,275155.101,97860
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,036140.681,45757

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$3,5002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,160$3,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,192$3,43010
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,112$3,01727
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,158$2,9069
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,081$2,64624
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,370$2,6252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,228$2,47320
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,080$1,9752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,011$1,9509
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,029$1,79515
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)975$3,4289
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)886$3,15359
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$2,8002thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)665$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,157$2,5503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,058$2,5005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,005$1,8001thin

Every lot

163 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2101,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,4692
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12601,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Steers300–350Medium 1Unweaned300470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4102
Steers300–350Medium 1305535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,6325
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309545.91/cwt535.00–560.001,68714
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371534.39/cwt530.00–535.001,98316
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned384495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9014
Steers350–400Medium 1394480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,89123
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434499.29/cwt490.00–520.002,16711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full436481.25/cwt470.00–488.002,09816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456497.34/cwt485.00–500.002,26817
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484422.09/cwt420.00–430.002,0439
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1342
Steers450–500Medium 1490280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3722
Steers500–550Medium 1-2505380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9193
Steers500–550Medium 1514406.05/cwt400.00–412.002,0876
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519427.05/cwt410.00–440.002,21624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0802
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9502
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy577369.88/cwt367.00–382.002,13410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583377.62/cwt362.00–387.002,20217
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584402.70/cwt398.00–415.002,35231
Steers550–600Medium 1595345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0532
Steers600–650Medium 1606300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,81810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed609414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,52113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619353.55/cwt350.00–357.002,1884
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3675
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630364.32/cwt360.00–370.002,29513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full669300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0074
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670365.04/cwt358.00–367.002,4469
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full674320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1577
Steers650–700Medium 1675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3462
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2493
Steers650–700Medium 1Fleshy695305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1202
Steers650–700Small and Medium 2-3695300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0854
Steers700–750Small and Medium 2-3720279.56/cwt277.00–280.002,0137
Steers700–750Large 1725345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed729349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,54421
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1734322.01/cwt315.00–329.002,36411
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,4982
Steers900–950Medium 1900279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,51112
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,6143
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2932295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,7493
Steers1250–1300Medium 11,270177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,2482
Steers1400–1450Large 11,400202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,8282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium 1Unweaned80825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Heifers100–150Medium 1Unweaned130835.00/head835.00–835.008351
Heifers150–200Medium 1Unweaned1801,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Heifers250–300Large 1260900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Full263485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,2762
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned270445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,2022
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1279532.91/cwt525.00–535.001,4879
Heifers250–300Medium 1282482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,3595
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6028
Heifers300–350Medium 1325465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5116
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned335430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full336485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6304
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353490.87/cwt480.00–510.001,73322
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full380470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7863
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned393434.94/cwt425.00–445.001,7096
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2-3400875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5472
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421470.50/cwt450.00–480.001,98155
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481447.27/cwt437.00–457.002,15118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full492410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0173
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full501375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8799
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514398.14/cwt386.00–410.002,04623
Heifers500–550Medium 1533290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5464
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9982
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy540335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8092
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,99111
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 2-3553302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6705
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2568327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8572
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9362
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620348.34/cwt347.00–360.002,16019
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full631334.32/cwt330.00–340.002,11014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693319.03/cwt310.00–325.002,2115
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9463
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725308.35/cwt304.00–310.002,23611
Heifers750–800Medium 1780285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2232
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls0–50Large 14430.00/cwt430.00–430.00174
Bulls100–150Medium 1Unweaned110950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bulls350–400Medium 1-2398460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8312
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9922
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9532
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0953
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8272
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0652
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Full740268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,9832
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1763260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9842
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned785325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5512
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0502
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9782
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3304400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,21630
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,183156.85/cwt140.00–176.001,8566
Bulls——Return to Feed1,285176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,2621
Bulls——1,564152.01/cwt147.00–155.002,3774
Bulls——1,592184.01/cwt180.00–187.002,9293
Bulls——1,646172.96/cwt159.00–180.002,84720
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%865128.18/cwt120.00–134.001,10911
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed960126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2101
Cows—Lean 85-90%987100.00/cwt100.00–100.009873
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,035150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,087147.14/cwt131.00–154.001,59941
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274155.69/cwt147.50–177.001,98359
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,350120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6201
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,170207.67/cwt168.00–265.002,4303
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows31 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-26451,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed8231,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8006
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29152,400.00/head2,350.00–2,450.002,4008
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29371,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7006
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29501,583.33/head1,400.00–1,900.001,5836
Bred Cows—Medium 19582,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1503
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2Fleshy9702,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29801,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0152,250.00/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2502
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0222,233.33/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0403,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Bred Cows—Medium 21,040152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,5811
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0702,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0741,953.57/head1,650.00–2,150.001,9547
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,1051,875.00/head1,750.00–2,000.001,8752
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1343,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1453,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1592,450.00/head2,150.00–2,600.002,4503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1603,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,1702,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1803,511.11/head3,400.00–3,650.003,5119
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1853,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1963,172.73/head1,700.00–3,500.003,17311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2233,360.00/head3,000.00–3,450.003,3605
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2282,472.50/head2,250.00–2,700.002,47320
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3003,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,60011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3702,625.00/head2,550.00–2,700.002,6252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4352,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5703,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29202,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0051,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0452,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0782,200.00/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1952,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3553,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 16652,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27751,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Heifers—Medium 18052,535.71/head2,500.00–2,750.002,53614
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-28101,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28362,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9004
Bred Heifers—Medium 18633,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Bred Heifers—Large 18922,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8505
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19293,558.82/head3,400.00–3,800.003,55934
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0073,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5507
Bred Heifers—Large 1-21,0152,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed720343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,47010
Stock Cows—Medium 1727340.00/cwt320.00–360.002,4724
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2798210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6762
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1874221.78/cwt197.00–260.001,9389
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1971263.31/cwt220.00–288.002,55742

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.