Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

918 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.01/cwt ≈ $811/hd at 474 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $173.00/cwt -13.60 vs last sale · ≈ $810/hd at 468 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.51/cwt -9.58 vs last sale · ≈ $695/hd at 484 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	918	478	2,220
Feeder cattle	740	366	1,355
Slaughter cattle	112	56	528
Replacement cattle	66	56	337

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer and heifer calves or feeders due to weighing conditions not as favorable and higher percentage of unweaned offerings but a lower undertone noted. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher on limited quotes, bulls steady. Trade moderate to active, demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	6	186.00	$186.00	$642	—
388	388	4	178.00	$178.00	$691	—
400–433 unweaned	420	5	165.00–167.00	$166.24	$698	—
451–495	466	25	171.00–177.00	$175.56	$818	—
465–480 unweaned	474	8	160.00–170.00	$165.01	$782	—
523 unweaned	523	3	148.00	$148.00	$774	—
535	535	1	160.00	$160.00	$856	-14.00
555–573 unweaned	563	9	140.00–152.00	$146.30	$824	—
558–569	564	16	155.00–160.00	$158.38	$893	-18.62
604–622 unweaned	615	10	144.50–145.00	$144.80	$891	—
605–643	623	13	147.00–155.00	$147.97	$922	-11.79
670	670	6	148.00	$148.00	$992	+2.00
685 unweaned	685	3	138.00	$138.00	$945	—
734 unweaned	734	9	131.00	$131.00	$962	—
755–790	767	6	135.00–137.00	$135.69	$1,041	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–331 unweaned	330	7	159.00–165.00	$160.70	$530	—
372–390	380	18	171.00–185.00	$178.61	$679	-21.17
395 unweaned	395	2	160.00	$160.00	$632	-11.00
402	402	6	184.00	$184.00	$740	—
445 unweaned	445	2	150.00	$150.00	$668	—
455–483 unweaned	467	7	155.00–165.00	$159.43	$745	—
464–496	476	27	168.00–180.00	$174.01	$828	—
528 unweaned	528	2	147.00	$147.00	$776	—
548	548	11	169.00	$169.00	$926	+10.00
556–560 unweaned	557	14	146.00–156.00	$152.14	$847	—
572–573	573	9	162.00–168.00	$166.00	$951	—
608–617	613	5	148.00–150.00	$149.21	$915	—
616 unweaned	616	2	142.00	$142.00	$875	—
700	700	4	144.50	$144.50	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	160.00	$160.00	$512	—
353	353	2	161.00	$161.00	$568	-28.00
372 unweaned	372	3	150.00	$150.00	$558	—
435 thin fleshed	435	5	171.00	$171.00	$744	—
483–495 unweaned	489	4	150.00–157.50	$153.70	$752	—
505–545	523	12	136.00–148.00	$143.93	$753	—
605–628	618	7	145.00–151.00	$147.52	$912	—
690	690	5	146.50	$146.50	$1,011	—
815–835	825	4	125.00–129.00	$126.98	$1,048	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	161.00	$161.00	$411	-17.51
322 unweaned	322	3	150.00	$150.00	$483	—
365	365	5	152.00	$152.00	$555	-16.72
395 unweaned	395	2	148.00	$148.00	$585	—
434	434	14	147.50	$147.50	$640	-16.13
465–490 unweaned	479	10	135.00–142.00	$138.36	$663	—
481–490	487	17	143.00–149.00	$146.54	$714	-6.55
503 unweaned	503	3	137.00	$137.00	$689	—
550–598 unweaned	578	11	125.00–130.00	$127.81	$739	-8.19
630–638	635	6	131.00–132.00	$131.67	$836	—
685	685	2	135.00	$135.00	$925	—
825	825	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	170.00	$170.00	$617	—
393 unweaned	393	3	151.00	$151.00	$593	—
405–448	416	8	143.00–147.50	$145.68	$606	—
460–480 unweaned	471	11	130.00–139.00	$132.95	$626	—
473	473	6	148.00	$148.00	$700	—
525 unweaned	525	3	121.00	$121.00	$635	—
508–547	529	16	130.00–139.00	$133.86	$708	—
588–593	591	4	132.00–135.00	$133.49	$789	—
670	670	2	130.00	$130.00	$871	—
757–783	763	14	126.00–128.50	$127.95	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360 unweaned	360	6	140.00	$140.00	$504	—
365–368	366	8	151.00–152.00	$151.62	$555	—
403–415	406	14	130.00–140.00	$136.02	$552	—
475–495	488	6	125.00–126.00	$125.68	$613	—
688	688	5	120.00	$120.00	$826	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	4	169.00	$169.00	$568	—
488	488	3	140.00	$140.00	$683	—
543 unweaned	543	2	125.00	$125.00	$679	—
652	652	3	124.00	$124.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622 unweaned	622	5	125.00	$125.00	$778	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–945	843	85-90%	4	45.50–51.00	$47.33	$399	+2.55
770–955	880	85-90%	4	45.00–54.00	$48.56	$427	-6.37
815–1110	1006	85-90%	7	60.00–70.00	$64.76	$651	—
985–1230	1085	85-90%	5	70.00–73.50	$71.27	$773	+10.76
895–1245	1099	85-90%	23	57.50–69.50	$65.07	$715	+4.56

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$617	—
905–1545	1099	80-85%	16	64.00–74.00	$70.51	$775	—
1205–1225	1218	80-85%	3	74.50–75.00	$74.66	$909	-0.51

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	75-80%	1	76.50	$76.50	$933	—
1230–1235	1233	75-80%	2	67.50–69.50	$68.50	$845	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	83.50	$83.50	$918	—
1060–1415	1238	2	85.00–88.00	$86.72	$1,074	—
1195–1375	1285	2	72.00–81.00	$76.18	$979	—
1290–1970	1550	24	85.00–94.50	$89.26	$1,384	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
930–1150	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	860.00–1,100.00	$980.00
1100–1350	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,150.00
1150–1250	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–900	738	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	460.00–535.00	$492.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00

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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
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
850–1000	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,160.00–1,200.00	$1,180.00	+221.67
850–1200	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	985.00–1,400.00	$1,165.83	+15.83
950–1100	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00–960.00	$867.50	-282.50
900–1200	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00	+150.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
450–550	500	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	585.00–635.00	$610.00	—

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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.