Sale reports / New Mexico / Roswell Livestock Auction / 2026-07-27

Roswell Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Roswell, New Mexico · Mon, Jul 27
● Final185 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1782
Feeder Cattle receipts
577 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 426▲ 35 vs year ago 542 · +6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 83▼ 8 vs year ago 182 · −4.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 41▲ 16 vs year ago 102 · +15.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale, steer calves sold lower and feeder steers were uneven but lower trend was evident. Heifer calves 400-550 lbs sold lower and 550-600 lbs were 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Trade and demand were lower on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower. Excellent buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $357.88/cwt on 92 head, down $1.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 35 comparable sales and sits −17.59 against this barn's trailing median of $375.47.
Average price
$357.88
▼ 1.79 vs prior sale
92 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$467
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$90.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.80
vs NM average
−2.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556360.622,00688
Medium and Large 1-2527306.671,6153thin
Medium and Large 2570270.001,5391thin
One grade step is worth $90.62/cwt here — about $467 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 sale92 hd
357.88
—
NM average3 barns · 155 hd
363.68
−5.80
National average152 barns · 4,754 hd
360.52
−2.64
This barn, trailing median35 sales
375.47
−17.59
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
430389347306median 375.4703/0204/2706/2909/0811/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.95, low $319.75, median $375.47 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—Average1,691200.083,38316
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,192175.222,08984
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,131166.951,88822
CowsLean 85-90%Low948142.191,34813

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)1,177$2,9437
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,102$2,8833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,332$2,73210
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,270$2,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,123$2,5002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,010$2,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,128$2,0003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)915$1,9001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)845$3,3147
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,202$4,31819
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,055$4,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,555$3,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,145$3,0729
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)830$3,5001thin

Every lot

185 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 · Steers59 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,4294
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,6153
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned285500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4251
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed325575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,8691
Steers300–350Small and Medium 2-3340300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1344548.38/cwt545.00–550.001,8863
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy371485.96/cwt485.00–490.001,8035
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383514.39/cwt500.00–520.001,97016
Steers350–400Small and Medium 2385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full386450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7375
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned405360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4581
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407469.73/cwt460.00–471.001,91226
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full415434.22/cwt432.00–445.001,8026
Steers400–450Medium 1-2430330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4191
Steers400–450Medium 1Unweaned435402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,7491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440402.47/cwt400.00–405.001,7712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5841
Steers450–500Large 1461445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0515
Steers450–500Medium 1462437.50/cwt415.00–445.002,02110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464430.25/cwt420.00–442.001,99620
Steers450–500Medium 1-2465365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6971
Steers450–500Medium 1Full470385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475312.50/cwt305.00–320.001,4842
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full490410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0091
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518362.20/cwt350.00–375.001,8762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added528415.17/cwt410.00–420.002,1924
Steers500–550Medium 1-2530395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0941
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Steers500–550Medium 1535377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0172
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539390.82/cwt385.00–393.002,10726
Steers550–600Large 1554391.97/cwt372.00–395.002,1728
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2202
Steers550–600Medium 1563375.99/cwt360.00–380.002,1175
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566376.35/cwt360.00–386.002,13015
Steers550–600Small and Medium 2-3590215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624372.98/cwt367.00–380.002,32711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full625345.04/cwt340.00–350.002,1572
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0481
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added655351.72/cwt342.00–355.002,3044
Steers650–700Large 1655340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2271
Steers650–700Medium 1655270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680326.31/cwt320.00–330.002,2197
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,53810
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy705280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9741
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full715330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3601
Steers700–750Large 1715320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2881
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2262
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy765310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6521
Steers800–850Large 1815285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3231
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2961
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5951
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1121
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Full890275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4481
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6331
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,6131
Steers1200–1250Medium 1-21,240240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,9761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers54 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 11801,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12251,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Heifers200–250Large 1Unweaned2381,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2503
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12501,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,4992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added328506.10/cwt500.00–510.001,6605
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330460.71/cwt450.00–485.001,5205
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full338429.96/cwt425.00–435.001,4532
Heifers350–400Large 1359445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5985
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364455.15/cwt450.00–485.001,65721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full372405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5073
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5391
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413418.41/cwt400.00–425.001,72811
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2-3415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
Heifers400–450Medium 1430425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8281
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4361
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466349.30/cwt340.00–367.001,6284
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added467417.70/cwt412.00–430.001,95110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479386.90/cwt375.00–400.001,85342
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2-3480295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4161
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6981
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2485347.47/cwt340.00–350.001,6854
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3101
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full500285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,7872
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523367.66/cwt360.00–375.001,92331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full530338.35/cwt335.00–340.001,7933
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5391
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575332.59/cwt330.00–335.001,9122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579359.98/cwt345.00–375.002,08448
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full585342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0012
Heifers600–650Medium 1610342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0484
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2645270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7421
Heifers650–700Large 1650340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2101
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7821
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676310.82/cwt310.00–320.002,10112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0381
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Full770285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1952
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8101
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1798305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4344
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy800297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,3762
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2551
Heifers800–850Medium 1-2840250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1001
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6362
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,010200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0201
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015283.49/cwt282.00–285.002,8772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1551,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bulls200–250Large 1Unweaned2051,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bulls350–400Large 1-2358505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8085
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7765
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8431
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5351
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2523320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6743
Bulls650–700Small and Medium 2-3685152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0411
Bulls650–700Medium 1-2690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1697335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3353
Bulls700–750Medium 1705310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1861
Bulls700–750Medium 1-2705245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7271
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1901
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9632
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,0921
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3031
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Small 3483307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4833
Dairy Steers450–500Small 3-4490265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2991
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3495225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1141
Dairy Steers600–650Small 3608231.66/cwt230.00–235.001,4083
Dairy Steers650–700Small 3685197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3492
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3508300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5243
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,378189.97/cwt180.00–204.002,6182
Bulls——1,714193.62/cwt185.00–211.003,3198
Bulls——1,764212.06/cwt204.00–217.003,7416
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed827129.17/cwt119.00–145.001,0683
Cows—Lean 85-90%830155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2871
Cows—Lean 85-90%865114.00/cwt114.00–114.009861
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019149.00/cwt140.00–155.001,5188
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131166.95/cwt159.00–171.001,88822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,192175.22/cwt172.00–181.002,08984
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1940250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-37551,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29151,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0702,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1142,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1183,125.00/head3,050.00–3,200.003,1252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,182.50/head2,165.00–2,200.002,1832
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1833,425.00/head3,300.00–3,550.003,4252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Large 11,3282,916.67/head2,800.00–3,150.002,9173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3842,868.75/head2,850.00–3,000.002,8698
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4903,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs12 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29454,050.00/head4,000.00–4,100.004,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29853,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,0554,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0654,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0932,950.00/head2,800.00–3,100.002,9502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1184,000.00/head3,900.00–4,100.004,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1533,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1703,116.67/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1173
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2454,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3034,650.00/head4,650.00–4,650.004,6509
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,3084,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,5553,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed804316.00/cwt310.00–320.002,5415
Stock Cows—Medium 1815215.00/cwt190.00–240.001,7522
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1835253.40/cwt225.00–295.002,11610
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1893265.50/cwt245.00–295.002,3714
Stock Cows—Medium 1903258.50/cwt250.00–267.002,3342
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2928235.33/cwt232.00–242.002,1843
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,095205.78/cwt190.00–222.002,2539
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 18353,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2003
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18533,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4004
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28303,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001

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.