Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

2,784 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.16/cwt +5.54 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 477 lb · 147 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.56/cwt -4.83 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 513 lb · 100 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $173.18/cwt -2.93 vs last sale · ≈ $764/hd at 441 lb · 85 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,784	3,001	1,513
Feeder cattle	1,990	2,486	1,107
Slaughter cattle	325	318	236
Replacement cattle	469	197	170

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and calves 1.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers and calves 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 4.00 higher. Trade active, demand very good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203–243	219	5	185.00–190.00	$187.22	$410	—
305–342	334	34	190.00–201.00	$195.00	$651	+6.53
373–392	377	30	175.00–192.00	$181.01	$682	-2.89
416–449	441	85	166.00–182.00	$173.18	$764	+8.18
463–488	475	34	160.00–174.00	$169.38	$805	+5.74
500–540	534	33	149.00–158.00	$157.11	$839	+4.91
573–599	596	27	138.75–145.00	$144.33	$860	-1.61
609–629	621	19	130.50–144.50	$137.26	$852	+0.33
645	645	3	124.00	$124.00	$800	-12.93
652–685	661	14	127.00–139.00	$135.32	$894	+2.93
728	728	2	127.00	$127.00	$925	-1.03
755–780	768	8	115.00–125.00	$118.69	$912	-7.14
805	805	2	120.00	$120.00	$966	—
905	905	4	119.00	$119.00	$1,077	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	2	202.00	$202.00	$562	+34.00
308–343	321	12	174.00–192.50	$178.50	$573	+12.50
368–395	375	15	164.00–191.00	$183.94	$690	+4.21
419–443	438	25	150.00–163.00	$159.87	$700	-5.65
460–483	473	10	152.00–167.50	$164.13	$776	+6.28
509–523	515	19	142.00–147.00	$144.16	$742	-3.08
502–542	517	37	149.00–165.00	$160.15	$828	+12.91
565–579	575	54	137.00–148.00	$141.96	$816	+4.05
642	642	13	127.50	$127.50	$819	-9.50
680–691	686	47	124.25–129.50	$126.80	$870	-0.72
703–725	707	21	113.00–116.00	$115.14	$814	-4.76
783	783	2	119.00	$119.00	$932	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	2	175.00	$175.00	$364	+17.00
328–349	341	10	160.00–169.00	$163.72	$558	-18.90
373	373	2	163.00	$163.00	$608	—
406–438	416	8	145.00–163.00	$153.17	$637	-23.83
455 thin fleshed	455	4	158.00	$158.00	$719	—
460–470	469	34	134.00–145.00	$144.05	$676	—
539	539	4	130.00	$130.00	$701	-0.78
553–586	580	41	135.75–141.00	$136.04	$789	-1.96

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	129.00	$129.00	$529	—
655	655	4	120.00	$120.00	$786	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	151.00	$151.00	$438	—
324 thin fleshed	324	12	177.50	$177.50	$575	+18.50
303–347	330	35	157.00–174.50	$163.87	$541	+6.74
369–383	373	7	141.00–155.00	$150.89	$563	-1.53
405–448	431	72	137.00–147.00	$144.79	$624	-2.59
454–488	477	147	127.00–139.50	$137.16	$654	+5.54
500–525	513	100	128.00–133.00	$130.56	$670	-1.77
552 thin fleshed	552	10	146.00	$146.00	$806	—
566–573	568	22	122.00–125.50	$124.07	$705	+0.28
605–649	623	80	116.00–129.50	$127.70	$796	+12.70
650–685	663	7	115.00–117.50	$116.13	$770	-3.12
725	725	10	119.00	$119.00	$863	+1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–293	274	7	172.00–177.00	$175.77	$482	+9.08
309–342	336	30	174.00–179.00	$175.02	$588	+10.21
363–398	391	34	144.00–167.50	$148.84	$582	-9.69
402–425	412	50	142.00–152.00	$148.82	$613	+3.64
467–469	468	33	137.00–143.00	$140.64	$658	-1.64
517	517	11	136.00	$136.00	$703	+0.78
530	530	3	124.00	$124.00	$657	-11.22
572–597	590	39	125.00–127.00	$126.08	$744	-2.40
602–648	617	57	120.00–125.00	$123.77	$764	+3.16
658–698	675	13	115.00–129.50	$124.63	$841	+5.45
707–743	733	16	114.00–120.50	$119.02	$872	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	162.00	$162.00	$434	—
353–390	378	6	134.00–139.00	$135.72	$513	-1.00
399 thin fleshed	399	4	148.00	$148.00	$591	—
402–412	409	10	123.50–130.00	$125.42	$513	+0.42
453	453	2	122.00	$122.00	$553	-9.22
520–527	524	9	119.00–127.00	$122.53	$642	+2.63

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574	574	4	106.00	$106.00	$608	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	10	149.00	$149.00	$697	—
640–646	645	19	107.00–120.00	$110.83	$715	—
738	738	7	107.00	$107.00	$790	—
850	850	2	108.50	$108.50	$922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	120.00	$120.00	$470	—
450	450	2	143.00	$143.00	$644	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673–695	684	4	107.00–125.00	$115.86	$792	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	3	121.00	$121.00	$597	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–995	852	85-90%	9	19.00–30.00	$23.30	$199	—
700–1145	909	85-90%	25	37.50–42.50	$41.05	$373	—
816–1165	925	85-90%	23	44.00–45.50	$44.96	$416	—
735–1215	1008	85-90%	30	44.00–51.00	$47.65	$480	—
905–1123	1050	85-90%	3	54.00–55.00	$54.71	$574	—
810–1365	1054	85-90%	7	31.50–42.50	$37.49	$395	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1130	1028	80-85%	4	37.50–47.50	$43.44	$447	—
890–1475	1176	80-85%	41	48.00–56.00	$52.41	$616	-0.44
1140–1445	1253	80-85%	9	57.50–59.50	$58.15	$729	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	75-80%	1	45.50	$45.50	$598	—
1270–1430	1341	75-80%	5	48.50–53.50	$50.92	$683	—
1590–1650	1620	75-80%	2	54.50–55.50	$55.01	$891	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1355	1234	4	58.00–69.50	$66.23	$817	—
1255–1415	1306	5	54.00–69.50	$61.82	$807	-2.80
1320–2105	1702	11	74.00–84.50	$79.95	$1,361	—
2035	2035	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,811	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1000	967	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–610.00	$573.33
850–1200	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$637.50
1000–1200	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	610.00–725.00	$669.81
900–1200	1124	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	425.00–650.00	$598.82
850–1450	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	74	610.00–900.00	$776.08
1100–1200	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	42	850.00–1,200.00	$1,111.90
1050–1250	1178	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	650.00–800.00	$733.33
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	800.00	$800.00
1200–1250	1207	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	48	710.00–900.00	$872.29
800–1400	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	610.00–1,025.00	$922.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1045	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	51.00	$51.00	$533
1050–1500	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	46.00–52.50	$49.50	$576
1050–1250	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	45.00–50.50	$48.25	$561
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	48.50	$48.50	$582
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	56.00	$56.00	$728

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–950	848	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	610.00–700.00	$670.00
800–1000	917	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	760.00–800.00	$786.67

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1050	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00–675.00	$603.33	—
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
800–1150	988	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	650.00–725.00	$690.00	—
1000–1025	1008	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	635.00–725.00	$670.00	—
700–1400	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–900.00	$800.00	—
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	685.00	$685.00	—

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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.