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Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Jan 12
● Final189 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,933 head
▲ 725 vs last sale 1,208▲ 215 vs year ago 1,718 · +12.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 180▼ 55 vs year ago 168 · −32.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 122▼ 159 vs year ago 225 · −70.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 350-600 lbs sold 20.00-30.00 higher and feeder steers 600-650 lbs were 8.00 lower with 650-750 lbs being steady-3.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 7.00-20.00 lower while 400-600 lbs were 10.00-27.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 15.00 higher. Trade was very active on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 better and slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher with few 5.00 lower. Market was 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 $444.50/cwt on 313 head. That ranks 29 of 35 comparable sales and sits +29.19 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$444.50
313 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,419
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,097
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$212.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.33
vs NM average
−27.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540462.582,497185
Medium 1557449.982,50863
Large 1501445.002,2295thin
Medium and Large 1-2540405.162,18742
Medium and Large 2557360.122,0064thin
Medium 1-2570352.002,00610thin
Small and Medium 2-3560250.001,4004thin
One grade step is worth $212.58/cwt here — about $1,097 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 sale313 hd
444.50
—
NM average3 barns · 680 hd
426.17
+18.33
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−27.48
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
+29.19
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—Average1,484183.442,72220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,036164.961,7099thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,137154.171,75246
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,129137.941,55719

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,010$2,9005
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,017$2,7676
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)930$2,6002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,058$2,2252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,190$2,1256
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,188$2,0382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)815$2,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,023$1,88324
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)790$1,4001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)560$1,1001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$3,1001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)710$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$3,2002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,228$2,8002thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,245$3,8001thin

Every lot

189 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 · Steers73 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12101,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2151,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1284629.10/cwt620.00–635.001,7878
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned314594.57/cwt580.00–610.001,8674
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319654.31/cwt650.00–670.002,0879
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy369554.02/cwt550.00–555.002,04410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full374529.33/cwt520.00–540.001,98010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added378612.57/cwt607.00–622.002,31628
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389570.85/cwt565.00–590.002,22126
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned398495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9703
Steers400–450Medium 1Full400450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8003
Steers400–450Medium 1415560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,3243
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full419507.08/cwt500.00–520.002,12512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy423510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,15713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425489.98/cwt480.00–495.002,08212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed428571.81/cwt555.00–585.002,44729
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428490.08/cwt470.00–495.002,09826
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432525.36/cwt520.00–550.002,27016
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0383
Steers450–500Medium 1Full460475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1852
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,1062
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473470.24/cwt450.00–480.002,22422
Steers450–500Medium 1-2473370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7506
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,4706
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480552.98/cwt545.00–570.002,65484
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full483492.94/cwt490.00–495.002,38112
Steers450–500Medium 1491502.37/cwt495.00–525.002,46716
Steers500–550Medium 1Thin Fleshed501495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,4808
Steers500–550Large 1501445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2295
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515508.01/cwt485.00–515.002,61640
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516439.90/cwt435.00–455.002,27033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522429.72/cwt427.00–430.002,24322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full530458.99/cwt450.00–460.002,43320
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy531472.42/cwt470.00–475.002,50917
Steers500–550Medium 1543427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,32112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Full550370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,03513
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557360.12/cwt350.00–370.002,0064
Steers550–600Small and Medium 2-3560250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4004
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562461.80/cwt455.00–470.002,59545
Steers550–600Medium 1570455.89/cwt455.00–456.002,59938
Steers550–600Medium 1-2570352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,00610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full577424.93/cwt400.00–430.002,45230
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577393.27/cwt385.00–410.002,2697
Steers550–600Medium 1Fleshy585387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,2645
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full615387.05/cwt380.00–390.002,38015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed620360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy621372.11/cwt370.00–375.002,31114
Steers600–650Large 1621350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1744
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed627427.15/cwt422.50–429.002,67828
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629405.71/cwt400.00–421.002,55244
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1423
Steers650–700Medium 1653365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3836
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671391.66/cwt390.00–395.002,62822
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full671361.87/cwt360.00–370.002,42813
Steers650–700Medium 1Fleshy694320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,22110
Steers700–750Medium 1700377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,6395
Steers700–750Medium 2704227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5986
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full706347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4507
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725378.00/cwt375.00–385.002,74113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5361
Steers700–750Large 1740300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2204
Steers750–800Medium 1758270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0473
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,8182
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,1531
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy808310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5052
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7648
Steers800–850Medium 1823325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6752
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1402
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed855330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8222
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,6342
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1908297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,6972
Steers900–950Medium 2933236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,2022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers64 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1801,302.78/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3032
Heifers200–250Medium 1Unweaned2151,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned245545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,3353
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned273544.19/cwt520.00–555.001,4867
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283578.74/cwt575.00–585.001,6388
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Full284512.75/cwt495.00–525.001,4565
Heifers300–350Large 1305615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,8762
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned312482.36/cwt470.00–495.001,5054
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed342562.90/cwt550.00–565.001,92519
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345506.40/cwt500.00–515.001,7477
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3783
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned362330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1953
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376501.80/cwt495.00–515.001,88725
Heifers350–400Medium 1Unweaned383420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6093
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full388475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8436
Heifers350–400Medium 1389500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9454
Heifers350–400Medium 1Full390450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7552
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2Unweaned393420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy400450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8003
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,82622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed416496.09/cwt495.00–500.002,06419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7897
Heifers400–450Medium 1Thin Fleshed428495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428471.80/cwt457.50–480.002,01928
Heifers400–450Medium 1438451.75/cwt440.00–455.001,97918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned438350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5332
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4632
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full468425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9894
Heifers450–500Large 1468390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8255
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472407.93/cwt400.00–420.001,9255
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474443.53/cwt435.00–465.002,10251
Heifers450–500Medium 1485375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8193
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487378.80/cwt365.00–390.001,8458
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed506496.51/cwt485.00–515.002,51213
Heifers500–550Large 1508395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0072
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517421.99/cwt410.00–430.002,18285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531361.18/cwt345.00–367.501,91818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9362
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy564366.55/cwt360.00–368.002,06711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566384.19/cwt380.00–405.002,17540
Heifers550–600Medium 1578360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8575
Heifers600–650Medium 1607355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624356.30/cwt350.00–360.002,22319
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed642402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,5816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full645326.69/cwt320.00–330.002,1073
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650242.50/cwt235.00–250.001,5764
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671337.88/cwt325.00–340.002,26714
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy696310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1584
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729316.83/cwt310.00–322.002,3107
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2740290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1461
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Full763300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2896
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4703
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,2124
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0402
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,3362
Heifers900–950Medium 1918272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,4973
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919264.04/cwt260.00–267.002,4277
Heifers900–950Medium 1-2945242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,2921
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed950275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6133
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open975274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,67214
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,2853
Heifers1050–1100Medium 1-21,075240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,5801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6682
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,1712
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,0253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427514.75/cwt510.00–520.002,1984
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0703
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533432.12/cwt430.00–450.002,30318
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,43417
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1983
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight835140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1691
Bulls——Return to Feed1,067236.97/cwt199.00–262.002,5283
Bulls——Return to Feed1,183197.73/cwt175.00–223.002,3392
Bulls——1,630175.34/cwt171.00–180.002,85813
Bulls——2,080143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,9741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,036164.96/cwt162.00–170.001,7099
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043104.85/cwt102.00–108.001,0942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110154.99/cwt145.00–161.001,72037
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139141.83/cwt133.00–148.001,61517
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,159152.45/cwt132.00–160.001,7678
Cows—Boner 80-85%Heavy Weight1,940137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,6681
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3253,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,3352,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2453,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows24 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-25601,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 17902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27901,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28152,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28451,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29152,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29301,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29581,833.33/head1,700.00–2,000.001,8333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29672,816.67/head2,650.00–3,100.002,8173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,850.00/head1,700.00–2,050.001,85012
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29902,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2990110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0891
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0003,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0391,775.00/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0582,225.00/head2,200.00–2,250.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0603,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0903,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1073,033.33/head2,900.00–3,200.003,0333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1412,080.00/head1,900.00–2,300.002,0805
Bred Cows—Medium 11,2702,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3572,466.67/head2,350.00–2,550.002,4673
Bred Cows—Medium 11,4452,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27102,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1253,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1800277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,2161

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.