Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2026-04-13

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Apr 13
● Final184 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,243 head
▲ 612 vs last sale 631▲ 360 vs year ago 883 · +40.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
286 head
▲ 211 vs last sale 75▲ 148 vs year ago 138 · +107.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 70▼ 16 vs year ago 139 · −11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-500 lbs had no comparable sales but a higher market was felt. 500-600 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-750 lbs sold 15.00--22.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs were 5.00-7.00 higher and 500-600 lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers had larger numbers than last week and sold substantially higher. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 5.00-7.00 higher. 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 $403.38/cwt on 48 head, down $65.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 35 comparable sales and sits −11.92 against this barn's trailing median of $415.31.
Average price
$403.38
▼ 65.04 vs prior sale
48 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,361
per head · Medium 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$252.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−44.58
vs NM average
−84.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1539480.002,5865thin
Medium and Large 1548471.912,58617thin
Medium and Large 1-2542440.032,3854thin
Medium 1-2518420.002,1764thin
Large 2503355.001,78611thin
Small and Medium 2-3538227.821,2267thin
One grade step is worth $252.18/cwt here — about $1,361 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 sale48 hd
403.38
—
NM average3 barns · 171 hd
447.96
−44.58
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
−84.97
This barn, trailing median35 sales
415.31
−11.92
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—Low1,576207.513,27018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,180177.262,09156
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,064168.171,790112
CowsLean 85-90%Low918146.411,34437

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)1,162$3,47711
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,155$3,37520
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)799$3,1717
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,095$2,9833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)934$2,91715
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,190$2,8833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,116$2,6507
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)888$2,4752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$2,4501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)760$2,6758
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)770$2,6001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)968$2,6002thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)796$2,5619
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,419$3,4634thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,375$3,2004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)655$1,5001thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)916$3,38812

Every lot

184 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 · Steers56 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium 1-2Unweaned1851,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Steers200–250Medium 1-2Unweaned2101,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Steers250–300Medium 1-22601,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Steers250–300Small and Medium 2-3270395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,0673
Steers300–350Medium 1-2313440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3772
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318658.54/cwt645.00–665.002,0949
Steers300–350Small and Medium 2-3343360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2352
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added350680.00/cwt680.00–680.002,3802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378575.35/cwt555.00–585.002,1753
Steers350–400Medium 1-2383360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3792
Steers350–400Medium 1388581.93/cwt580.00–585.002,2585
Steers350–400Medium 1Unweaned393530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0836
Steers400–450Small and Medium 2-3415400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6603
Steers400–450Large 1-2419350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4674
Steers400–450Medium 1-2422430.99/cwt400.00–435.001,81911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424560.51/cwt540.00–580.002,37712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned449490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2004
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full485490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3773
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486528.34/cwt515.00–535.002,56816
Steers450–500Small and Medium 2-3493225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1092
Steers450–500Medium 1-2494455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2484
Steers500–550Large 2503355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,78611
Steers500–550Medium 1508500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,5403
Steers500–550Medium 1-2518420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522494.30/cwt480.00–505.002,5809
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2-3538227.82/cwt225.00–235.001,2267
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542440.03/cwt430.00–450.002,3854
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577446.73/cwt430.00–452.002,5788
Steers550–600Medium 1585450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,6332
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,7303
Steers600–650Large 2606345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0918
Steers600–650Small and Medium 2-3610238.83/cwt230.00–240.001,4579
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620440.04/cwt435.00–442.002,72814
Steers600–650Medium 1624395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,4654
Steers600–650Medium 1-2645370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3872
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660381.72/cwt375.00–385.002,5193
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663327.53/cwt320.00–330.002,1724
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667414.94/cwt410.00–430.002,76810
Steers650–700Small and Medium 2-3670260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7422
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full675302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0393
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full693367.60/cwt367.00–368.002,54720
Steers700–750Medium 1701385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,6997
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705398.04/cwt397.00–405.002,80639
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy714270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9285
Steers700–750Medium 1-2725352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5522
Steers700–750Small and Medium 2-3726226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4992
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2768225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7282
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5962
Steers800–850Medium 1-2813275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2363
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828327.59/cwt315.00–335.002,7124
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0752
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856349.79/cwt340.00–350.002,99495
Steers850–900Medium 1870230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0012
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1986319.52/cwt319.50–320.003,15085
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned2801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4844
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2325450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4632
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327540.78/cwt525.00–545.001,7685
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9062
Heifers350–400Medium 1355460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6332
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363523.60/cwt510.00–540.001,9019
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2365500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8252
Heifers350–400Large 2370505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8694
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned390500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9502
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3395405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6006
Heifers400–450Large 1403515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,0753
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407529.08/cwt515.00–540.002,1537
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned408474.96/cwt460.00–485.001,9385
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8262
Heifers400–450Large 2417375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5645
Heifers400–450Medium 1425375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5942
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2430410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7632
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2-3460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1042
Heifers450–500Medium 1468463.31/cwt460.00–465.002,1686
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472471.31/cwt445.00–485.002,22510
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2495420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0794
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539447.37/cwt430.00–470.002,41115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8872
Heifers550–600Large 2556300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6685
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added558460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5672
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570417.67/cwt410.00–423.002,38140
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2143
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3724
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2638355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2656
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2660275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8152
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open661383.50/cwt383.50–383.502,53554
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4723
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6202
Heifers650–700Medium 1680270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8362
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed685410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,8092
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722342.48/cwt335.00–350.002,4734
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open738357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,638113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full738285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1033
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open751349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,62124
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open839330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,76937
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open864308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,66125
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1801,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bulls200–250Medium 1Unweaned2301,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,9343
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0793
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 2-3435455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9792
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy465560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,6042
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,3503
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2540380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564459.00/cwt459.00–459.002,58913
Bulls550–600Medium 1586275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6122
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0952
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7562
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1777318.55/cwt315.00–320.002,4757
Bulls750–800Medium 1-2783350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7412
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4222
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2931297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,76510
Bulls1000–1050Medium 1-2Full1,040305.00/cwt305.00–305.003,1722
Bulls1000–1050Medium 1-21,045275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,8741
Bulls1050–1100Medium 1-21,080240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,5921
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3352505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,7785
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3420470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9745
Dairy Steers500–550Small 3549245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3455
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,369219.73/cwt208.00–232.003,0084
Bulls——Return to Feed1,413225.85/cwt218.00–240.003,1913
Bulls——1,481189.23/cwt174.00–200.002,8025
Bulls——1,515170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5761
Bulls——1,946212.51/cwt205.00–216.004,1355
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed689145.00/cwt145.00–145.009995
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight819167.98/cwt165.00–171.001,37625
Cows—Lean 85-90%892146.10/cwt140.00–149.001,30310
Cows—Lean 85-90%962115.78/cwt96.00–130.001,1145
Cows—Lean 85-90%987156.01/cwt150.00–160.001,54017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,022212.27/cwt202.00–230.002,1695
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135168.23/cwt155.00–172.001,90987
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,195173.83/cwt172.00–182.002,07751
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1955220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1011
Bulls—Medium 11,013230.00/cwt190.00–270.002,3303
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,230200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,4601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows25 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Large 1-27263,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8123,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1008
Bred Cows—Medium 28201,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28252,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19502,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19832,850.00/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29832,616.67/head2,400.00–2,750.002,6173
Bred Cows—Large 1-29952,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29973,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0952,983.33/head2,700.00–3,250.002,9833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1102,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1102,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,1182,950.00/head2,900.00–3,000.002,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1202,600.00/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6003
Bred Cows—Large 11,1353,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1402,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,1483,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1643,358.33/head3,200.00–3,600.003,3586
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1853,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1853,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1873,484.38/head3,200.00–3,600.003,48416
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,883.33/head2,750.00–3,100.002,8833
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,2252,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,2903,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,3452,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Large 1568360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,04511
Stock Cows—Large 1-2634350.53/cwt325.00–360.002,22219
Stock Cows—Large 1725293.74/cwt215.00–342.002,13031
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1833320.56/cwt260.00–352.002,67036
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1991242.17/cwt225.00–300.002,40018
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,033226.00/cwt215.00–235.002,3354
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-25801,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Heifers—Large 1-26052,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-26822,266.67/head2,000.00–2,400.002,2673
Bred Heifers—Medium 17702,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28092,416.67/head2,400.00–2,450.002,4173
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18272,633.33/head2,400.00–2,800.002,6333
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy8383,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1502
Bred Heifers—Medium 18902,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19653,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7502
Bred Heifers—Medium 19682,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-26952,525.00/head2,400.00–2,650.002,5252
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29603,560.00/head3,350.00–3,650.003,56010
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-36551,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3753,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4193,462.50/head3,350.00–3,600.003,4634

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.