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Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 7, 2020

1,603 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $165.69/cwt -5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 468 lb · 56 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.60/cwt +0.45 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 468 lb · 38 head
light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $180.84/cwt +1.84 vs last sale · ≈ $755/hd at 418 lb · 33 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,603 1,803 1,729
Feeder cattle 1,121 1,445 1,438
Slaughter cattle 223 233 193
Replacement cattle 259 125 98

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00-4.00 higher except 300-400 lbs. 7.00-10.00 lower, feeders and calves over 600 lbs. 5.00-6.00 higher though quality more attractive. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00-6.00 higher except 500-600 lbs. 3.00 lower. Over 600 lbs. steady on comparable quotes. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 2.00 higher. Trade active, demand moderate to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
236 236 4 162.00 $162.00 $382 —
317–345 331 12 170.00–175.00 $172.33 $570 —
368 value added 368 6 183.00 $183.00 $673 -5.59
365–375 369 12 172.00–175.00 $174.26 $643 -4.74
402–430 416 8 165.00–175.00 $171.51 $713 -3.49
408–442 value added 418 25 179.00–185.50 $183.83 $768 +5.11
450–468 value added 456 15 170.00–175.00 $170.68 $778 -13.32
452–496 473 41 158.50–168.00 $163.87 $775 +2.84
503–518 506 19 156.00–158.00 $157.57 $797 -4.89
513 513 2 131.00 $131.00 $672 -31.46
553 553 3 139.00 $139.00 $769 +0.92
560–575 568 6 137.00–144.00 $139.30 $791 +1.22
581 value added 581 6 156.00 $156.00 $906 +8.00
616–632 622 17 132.00–145.00 $141.07 $877 +1.89
643 643 3 116.00 $116.00 $746 -23.18
655–678 675 7 126.50–135.00 $127.68 $862 -8.27
658–687 675 5 120.00–120.50 $120.31 $812 -15.64
686 unweaned 686 8 122.00 $122.00 $837 -5.00
735 735 3 118.00 $118.00 $867 -6.80
875 875 1 114.00 $114.00 $998 —
922 922 3 120.50 $120.50 $1,111 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265–295 283 5 166.00–175.00 $169.37 $479 —
278–293 thin fleshed 287 5 170.00–173.00 $171.16 $491 —
320 thin fleshed 320 3 188.00 $188.00 $602 —
307–329 323 12 171.00–175.00 $172.25 $556 —
355 thin fleshed 355 6 175.00 $175.00 $621 —
350–378 367 5 158.00–165.00 $162.33 $596 -13.30
378–385 value added 382 8 181.00–185.00 $183.52 $701 +14.32
435 value added 435 10 176.00 $176.00 $766 -2.14
400–448 437 23 160.00–171.00 $162.52 $710 -2.06
450–478 466 31 162.50–170.00 $165.70 $772 +5.44
463–481 476 7 154.00–155.00 $154.28 $734 -5.98
500–530 512 26 152.00–159.00 $155.49 $796 +6.45
550–583 569 19 139.00–146.00 $142.93 $813 +3.93
609 609 4 133.00 $133.00 $810 -2.14
605–642 617 9 125.00 $125.00 $771 -10.14
655–688 669 7 125.00–132.00 $128.92 $862 +2.42
716 716 5 123.50 $123.50 $884 —
795 795 2 116.00 $116.00 $922 -2.50
875 875 3 114.50 $114.50 $1,002 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
268 thin fleshed 268 3 164.00 $164.00 $440 —
307 thin fleshed 307 5 174.00 $174.00 $534 —
305–323 314 4 165.00 $165.00 $518 —
780 780 1 120.00 $120.00 $936 +5.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
278–288 283 4 150.00–161.00 $155.40 $440 —
315–348 334 21 150.00–157.50 $152.77 $510 -2.23
376–395 382 22 142.00–152.00 $148.28 $566 +4.64
403–446 433 32 132.00–148.00 $138.47 $600 +1.22
473–498 492 19 129.00–137.00 $134.59 $662 +0.09
495–498 496 6 117.00–125.00 $119.68 $594 -14.82
521–541 529 25 125.00–130.00 $127.14 $673 -0.86
532 532 3 116.00 $116.00 $617 -12.00
552 552 5 127.00 $127.00 $701 -0.47
600–616 611 9 119.50–120.50 $120.17 $734 —
613 613 2 105.00 $105.00 $644 —
655–670 659 7 109.00–115.00 $110.74 $730 -9.76
662 unweaned 662 7 117.00 $117.00 $775 +5.00
702 702 5 119.00 $119.00 $835 +6.00
865 865 1 112.00 $112.00 $969 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265–268 267 4 150.00–159.00 $154.53 $413 —
315 315 5 145.00 $145.00 $457 —
344 thin fleshed 344 4 150.00 $150.00 $516 —
353–394 380 16 143.50–154.00 $147.69 $561 +4.06
445–447 446 11 131.00–133.00 $131.55 $587 +4.18
452–497 473 18 123.00–135.00 $126.05 $596 +3.05
502–523 514 15 126.00–131.00 $129.83 $667 +12.08
542–548 543 10 115.00–117.00 $116.60 $633 -1.15
557–592 578 8 119.00–122.00 $120.34 $696 +3.02
600–633 621 11 122.00 $122.00 $758 —
665–674 672 23 116.50–119.25 $118.66 $797 —
713 713 2 119.00 $119.00 $848 —
788 788 3 110.00 $110.00 $867 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
333–342 thin fleshed 339 7 141.00–143.00 $142.44 $483 —
495 495 3 121.50 $121.50 $601 +3.28
518 518 2 122.00 $122.00 $632 +0.32

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
600–627 609 9 123.00–124.50 $123.99 $755 +13.99
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
402 402 3 150.00 $150.00 $603 —
480 480 2 142.00 $142.00 $682 +2.00
638 638 2 128.00 $128.00 $817 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
455 455 2 128.00 $128.00 $582 +1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
740–1125 902 85-90% 16 39.00–43.50 $42.53 $384 +15.53
770–1245 1008 85-90% 6 39.00–43.50 $42.13 $425 —
960–1055 1008 85-90% 2 52.50–53.00 $52.76 $532 —
810–1245 1019 85-90% 36 44.00–50.50 $47.94 $489 +0.23
805–1430 1072 85-90% 50 44.00–51.75 $47.21 $506 +2.85
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
955–1325 1122 80-85% 7 46.00–47.50 $46.35 $520 —
900–1410 1196 80-85% 4 54.00–56.50 $55.77 $667 —
975–1555 1277 80-85% 20 48.00–53.50 $51.53 $658 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1010 1010 75-80% 1 52.50 $52.50 $530 —
1020–1605 1366 75-80% 7 47.00–52.00 $49.61 $678 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1150–1385 1268 2 63.00–70.00 $66.18 $839 —
1045–1625 1326 8 60.00–70.00 $66.16 $877 —
1210–1735 1445 4 72.50–76.50 $74.38 $1,075 —
1315–1715 1529 11 73.00–80.00 $76.89 $1,176 —
1780–2065 1923 2 84.00–85.00 $84.54 $1,626 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
750 750 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 600.00 $600.00
950 950 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 6 950.00 $950.00
950 950 Aged (>8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 560.00 $560.00
915–1050 983 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 635.00–650.00 $642.50
1050 thin fleshed 1050 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 400.00 $400.00
900–1300 1067 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 800.00–925.00 $841.67
900–1250 1081 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 57 450.00–685.00 $625.88
750–1450 1102 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 49 525.00–1,025.00 $909.49
850–1450 1112 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 53 460.00–900.00 $724.06
920–1400 1117 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 7 550.00–725.00 $622.86
1000–1205 1135 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 625.00–750.00 $683.33
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
850–1350 1181 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 16 47.00–53.50 $51.08 $603
1150–1288 1274 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 10 48.00–54.50 $53.85 $686
1400 1400 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 51.50 $51.50 $721

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
750–950 830 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 10 775.00–1,025.00 $875.00
950 950 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 4 750.00 $750.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
800–1150 950 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 4 550.00–1,050.00 $862.50 -50.00
950 950 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 1 1,075.00 $1,075.00 +162.50
900–1050 1000 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 4 1,035.00–1,075.00 $1,065.00 —
950–1050 1000 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 2 1,050.00–1,125.00 $1,087.50 —
1000 1000 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 950.00 $950.00 —
1000–1150 1067 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 3 900.00–1,100.00 $1,011.67 -138.33

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
500 500 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 725.00 $725.00 —
700 700 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 900.00 $900.00 -200.00

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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.