Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

1,310 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $146.00/cwt ≈ $996/hd at 682 lb · 42 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $140.54/cwt ≈ $920/hd at 655 lb · 41 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.35/cwt -6.26 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 530 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,310	926	2,436
Feeder cattle	912	515	1,789
Slaughter cattle	277	235	426
Replacement cattle	121	176	221

Market comments — USDA reporter

No accurate comparison on feeder steers and heifers or calves but a lower undertone noted due to very limited offerings of weaned calves and weighing conditions not as attractive but a few 300-400 lb. calves steady. Slaughter cows 4.00 lower except a few high yielding cows steady. Bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	205.00	$205.00	$472	+25.00
286	286	4	188.00	$188.00	$538	+1.00
337	337	12	192.00	$192.00	$647	—
365	365	2	190.00	$190.00	$694	—
433–441	439	8	172.00–178.00	$173.48	$762	-10.99
458–489	477	20	159.00–175.00	$170.65	$814	-14.29
507–548	534	22	153.00–161.00	$155.07	$828	-16.15
545 unweaned	545	2	151.00	$151.00	$823	—
577–595	586	24	149.00–152.00	$149.63	$877	-21.46
617	617	3	143.50	$143.50	$885	-15.24
634–635 unweaned	634	10	143.00–146.00	$143.90	$912	—
651 unweaned	651	9	138.50	$138.50	$902	—
655–675	656	32	140.00–147.50	$141.11	$926	—
715	715	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	210.00	$210.00	$494	—
303–343	323	10	163.00–174.00	$168.80	$545	-26.74
388	388	6	172.00	$172.00	$667	—
410–446	433	12	161.00–174.00	$165.62	$717	-13.51
485–488	487	5	147.50–151.00	$149.61	$729	-21.07
510–535	520	10	153.00–167.00	$157.62	$820	-17.38
555–593	568	10	146.00–158.00	$149.52	$849	—
569 unweaned	569	7	137.00	$137.00	$780	—
682	682	42	146.00	$146.00	$996	—
762	762	36	140.50	$140.50	$1,071	+2.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	148.00	$148.00	$559	—
428 thin fleshed	428	2	153.00	$153.00	$655	—
540	540	2	153.00	$153.00	$826	—
665	665	4	145.00	$145.00	$964	—
744	744	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,042	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	168.00	$168.00	$501	—
305–332	322	10	155.00–156.00	$155.28	$500	+0.28
364–393	370	9	149.00–155.00	$153.59	$568	-7.41
413–445	435	10	140.00–145.00	$143.41	$624	-10.32
439	439	10	127.00	$127.00	$558	-26.73
471–495	488	26	132.00–140.00	$134.71	$657	-11.77
507–544	530	38	129.00–138.50	$133.35	$707	-7.98
581	581	4	135.00	$135.00	$784	-6.37
617 unweaned	617	29	125.00	$125.00	$771	—
650–677	673	13	124.00–125.00	$124.77	$840	—
800	800	5	129.50	$129.50	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	3	135.00	$135.00	$435	-24.00
353–395	374	6	140.00–153.00	$148.10	$554	-10.90
434	434	5	135.00	$135.00	$586	-14.00
458–485	472	4	132.00–143.00	$137.34	$648	+5.12
493	493	2	126.00	$126.00	$621	-6.22
555	555	2	129.00	$129.00	$716	-10.00
634 unweaned	634	6	128.00	$128.00	$812	—
911	911	5	119.00	$119.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	4	144.00	$144.00	$452	—
385	385	2	132.00	$132.00	$508	—
432 thin fleshed	432	3	145.00	$145.00	$626	—
460–476	469	7	126.00–141.00	$132.30	$620	—
515	515	3	134.00	$134.00	$690	±0.00
565	565	2	129.00	$129.00	$729	—
605	605	2	130.00	$130.00	$786	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	4	135.00	$135.00	$652	—
559	559	5	125.00	$125.00	$699	—
667	667	3	123.00	$123.00	$820	—
774	774	4	113.00	$113.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	170.00	$170.00	$549	—
350	350	2	179.00	$179.00	$626	—
445 thin fleshed	445	2	168.00	$168.00	$748	—
538	538	3	136.00	$136.00	$732	—
575	575	3	131.00	$131.00	$753	—
673	673	2	122.00	$122.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	147.00	$147.00	$713	—
528	528	2	140.00	$140.00	$739	-10.00
690	690	2	123.00	$123.00	$849	-8.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	80-85%	1	46.00	$46.00	$340	—
1025–1655	1230	80-85%	69	58.00–65.50	$62.87	$773	-3.81
1185–1405	1288	80-85%	6	67.00–70.00	$67.99	$876	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
967–1230	1031	85-90%	15	53.00–58.00	$57.13	$589	+7.79
910–1185	1050	85-90%	5	40.00–52.50	$46.48	$488	-14.69
890–1330	1094	85-90%	42	52.50–61.00	$55.44	$607	-5.73
855–1395	1125	85-90%	2	50.50–51.00	$50.69	$570	—
1245	1245	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$797	-2.49

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285	1285	75-80%	1	66.50	$66.50	$855	—
1390–1578	1508	75-80%	8	62.00–65.50	$62.81	$947	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1195	1128	2	59.00–81.00	$70.66	$797	—
1370–1770	1562	9	71.00–79.00	$76.03	$1,188	—
1380–1775	1568	14	80.00–90.00	$84.30	$1,322	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1200	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–1,125.00	$1,050.00
1050–1200	1091	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	575.00–850.00	$647.22
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1100–1400	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,087.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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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
900–950	922	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,285.00–1,350.00	$1,321.11	—
850–1050	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–1,050.00	$887.50	—
900–1050	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–900.00	$825.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00	$800.00	-200.00
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–850	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	935.00–1,350.00	$1,326.94	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.