Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

2,680 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $126.29/cwt ≈ $781/hd at 619 lb · 112 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.26/cwt ≈ $578/hd at 472 lb · 109 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $161.01/cwt ≈ $680/hd at 422 lb · 94 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,680	2,436	2,031
Feeder cattle	1,913	—	1,441
Slaughter cattle	452	—	315
Replacement cattle	315	—	275

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 3.00-7.00 higher the most advance on 300-350 lbs., calves over 600 lbs. 1.00 lower, yearlings steady on limited comparable quotes. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 3.00-4.00 lower except 300-350 lbs. 10.00 lower, offerings over 600 lbs. steady. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower on boner and breaker offerings, instances 4.00 lower on lean on thin offerings with many going back to feed. Bulls 1.00 lower. Trade moderate to active demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
297	297	13	172.50	$172.50	$512
325–348	346	13	169.00	$169.00	$585
382–393	386	8	171.00–174.50	$172.34	$665
417–418 value added	417	19	170.00–172.50	$171.05	$713
405–430	422	67	150.00–166.50	$161.07	$680
422–449	439	8	130.00–140.50	$136.71	$600
452–492	486	75	145.50–162.00	$146.32	$711
500–524	514	47	138.00–151.00	$140.71	$723
524	524	13	134.00	$134.00	$702
553–573	564	9	129.00–131.00	$129.87	$732
592	592	2	123.50	$123.50	$731
600–628 unweaned	615	90	120.00–127.00	$125.57	$772
633	633	19	128.50	$128.50	$813
637 value added	637	3	134.00	$134.00	$854
654 unweaned	654	6	119.00	$119.00	$778
708	708	5	131.00	$131.00	$927
808–816	813	6	112.50–124.00	$120.19	$977
883	883	10	116.00	$116.00	$1,024

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
287	287	6	175.00	$175.00	$502
303–341	324	26	159.00–170.00	$164.57	$533
370–395	377	9	154.00–170.00	$162.75	$614
436	436	4	140.00	$140.00	$610
457–488	471	18	145.00–156.00	$150.86	$711
510 value added	510	2	148.00	$148.00	$755
504–544	524	44	133.00–142.00	$139.58	$731
563–583	575	5	116.00–120.00	$118.43	$681
598	598	15	139.50	$139.50	$834
655–695 unweaned	682	27	117.50–125.00	$122.85	$838
683	683	2	126.00	$126.00	$861
703–710	707	18	110.00–115.00	$111.93	$791
716 unweaned	716	4	105.00	$105.00	$752
781–792	784	10	114.00–125.00	$121.67	$954
987	987	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,086

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
372	372	8	135.00	$135.00	$502
406	406	4	135.00	$135.00	$548
413 value added	413	5	152.50	$152.50	$630
455–469	466	9	132.00–137.00	$135.91	$633
571	571	10	123.50	$123.50	$705
825	825	2	110.00	$110.00	$908

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
243	243	8	144.00	$144.00	$350
296–298	297	20	138.00–142.50	$140.62	$418
329	329	17	137.50	$137.50	$452
350–388	381	48	131.00–141.00	$135.20	$515
398	398	3	120.00	$120.00	$478
405–438	419	53	126.00–136.50	$133.75	$560
443	443	3	121.00	$121.00	$536
460–480	472	91	122.50–128.50	$123.42	$583
465–483	475	18	111.50–119.50	$116.42	$553
521–538	528	44	109.00–117.00	$115.60	$610
585 unweaned	585	28	109.00	$109.00	$638
571–597	587	60	110.00–123.50	$116.30	$683
600–643 unweaned	616	53	107.00–111.50	$110.06	$678
655–656 unweaned	656	7	104.50–107.00	$105.21	$690
662–693	674	13	110.50–117.50	$114.52	$772
717	717	6	109.50	$109.50	$785

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
372–398	379	16	125.00–138.50	$133.29	$505
401–433	424	21	123.00–134.00	$129.34	$548
462	462	8	135.00	$135.00	$624
503–537	527	14	108.00–116.00	$114.48	$603
544	544	4	100.00	$100.00	$544
648 unweaned	648	2	115.00	$115.00	$745
673 unweaned	673	2	109.00	$109.00	$734
690	690	2	109.00	$109.00	$752

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	6	125.00	$125.00	$344
505	505	2	105.00	$105.00	$530
748	748	3	102.00	$102.00	$763

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
461	461	4	130.00	$130.00	$599
588–590	589	14	101.00–121.50	$114.16	$672
681	681	18	80.00	$80.00	$545

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
453	453	2	121.00	$121.00	$548
504	504	4	125.00	$125.00	$630
665	665	10	98.00	$98.00	$652
1053	1053	2	79.00	$79.00	$832

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
375	375	4	145.00	$145.00	$544
965	965	2	91.00	$91.00	$878

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
942	942	85-90%	11	30.00	$30.00	$283
795–1125	948	85-90%	6	29.00–31.00	$30.01	$284
805–1040	969	85-90%	32	32.50–40.50	$38.56	$374
895–1170	974	85-90%	17	33.00–40.50	$36.43	$355
845–1495	1073	85-90%	59	41.00–50.00	$44.76	$480
955–1280	1114	85-90%	53	41.00–48.00	$44.89	$500

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1046–1107	1072	80-85%	15	42.50–46.50	$44.72	$479
1030–1540	1254	80-85%	66	47.50–57.00	$51.26	$643
1265	1265	80-85%	1	58.00	$58.00	$734

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1335	1335	75-80%	1	46.00	$46.00	$614
1305–1570	1450	75-80%	5	48.50–55.00	$50.78	$736

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1660	1311	15	58.00–72.50	$64.86	$850
1010–1825	1400	19	58.00–72.00	$67.67	$947
1475–2050	1723	20	73.50–83.50	$77.74	$1,339

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	52.00	$52.00	$572
1000–1450	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	42.00–49.50	$46.61	$537
1000–1350	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	45.00–47.00	$45.95	$567
1050–1550	1271	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	42.50–54.00	$47.61	$605
1200–1350	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	48.00–55.00	$51.50	$657
1700	1700	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	42.00	$42.00	$714

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
950–1250	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	500.00–750.00	$608.33
800–1250	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	550.00–850.00	$768.43
1050–1300	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–850.00	$800.00
900–1250	1184	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	500.00–685.00	$647.78

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00
950–1100	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	850.00–1,100.00	$933.33
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00
1050–1200	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	900.00–1,200.00	$1,050.00
950–1250	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–950.00	$883.33
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	975.00	$975.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–800	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–875.00	$808.33

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.