Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

1,600 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $153.34/cwt -4.46 vs last sale · ≈ $867/hd at 566 lb · 65 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.59/cwt +0.73 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 485 lb · 64 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.22/cwt -3.62 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 436 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,600	1,907
Feeder cattle	1,097	1,209
Slaughter cattle	419	524
Replacement cattle	84	174

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison with last week due to reporters absence but a higher undertone noted on slaughter cows and bulls compared to two weeks ago. Trade active, demand good to very good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	191.00	$191.00	$649	+1.00
377	377	3	189.00	$189.00	$713	+3.00
430–435 unweaned	432	7	158.00–169.00	$162.75	$703	—
414–446	437	40	165.00–190.00	$171.53	$750	+0.63
457–493	470	42	156.00–178.00	$167.61	$788	—
513 unweaned	513	2	145.00	$145.00	$744	—
513–537	529	16	161.00–163.00	$162.27	$858	+3.61
556–587	562	56	149.00–155.00	$153.98	$865	-3.82
580 unweaned	580	3	138.00	$138.00	$800	—
592 thin fleshed	592	6	155.00	$155.00	$918	—
615–623 unweaned	619	4	140.00–146.50	$143.23	$887	-0.77
607–648	631	37	146.00–152.00	$147.84	$933	-0.13
663–670	667	4	144.00	$144.00	$960	-2.72
705–713	708	14	136.00–145.00	$140.14	$992	-2.86
770–785	776	6	137.50–139.00	$138.50	$1,075	—
820–830	825	4	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$1,151	—
850–898	882	11	117.00–136.00	$132.21	$1,166	—
923	923	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,145	-2.97

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	200.00	$200.00	$580	—
341	341	6	192.00	$192.00	$655	+1.00
387	387	12	180.00	$180.00	$697	-4.00
430	430	3	185.00	$185.00	$796	-4.71
432 unweaned	432	3	169.50	$169.50	$732	—
475 unweaned	475	3	160.00	$160.00	$760	—
457–498	479	28	158.00–171.00	$168.28	$806	+4.30
507–549	522	29	155.00–163.00	$160.52	$838	-14.66
560–582	580	26	155.00–160.00	$156.22	$906	+6.22
600–648 unweaned	628	16	137.50–147.00	$144.23	$906	—
613–648	629	8	149.00–153.00	$150.46	$946	-9.61
678	678	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,037	+6.49
690 unweaned	690	29	138.50	$138.50	$956	-6.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	152.00	$152.00	$623	-3.00
449 thin fleshed	449	4	179.00	$179.00	$804	—
557–575	564	5	144.00–147.00	$145.22	$819	+3.72
932	932	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,109	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–391	377	14	146.00–155.00	$150.47	$567	-13.40
381 unweaned	381	4	140.00	$140.00	$533	—
438–443	441	11	137.00–151.00	$146.53	$646	+10.67
463–498	485	64	135.00–146.50	$145.59	$706	+12.47
507	507	3	133.00	$133.00	$674	-7.76
583 unweaned	583	6	127.00	$127.00	$740	—
588–590	589	35	136.00–140.00	$136.61	$805	-1.87
638	638	7	130.00	$130.00	$829	-7.00
853	853	3	122.50	$122.50	$1,045	-3.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–439	414	21	149.00–157.00	$153.64	$636	+0.64
452–499	485	41	145.00–150.00	$146.89	$712	+7.89
518–535	530	28	130.00–144.50	$141.15	$748	-2.66
550	550	5	139.00	$139.00	$764	±0.00
611	611	9	139.00	$139.00	$849	+6.18
628 unweaned	628	2	115.00	$115.00	$722	-13.00
664 unweaned	664	4	125.50	$125.50	$833	—
706–738	715	7	133.00–136.50	$135.47	$969	+11.47
831	831	4	129.50	$129.50	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392–399	394	12	137.00–154.00	$148.27	$584	+9.55
530	530	2	124.00	$124.00	$657	-6.00
565–568	566	8	117.00–134.00	$127.60	$722	+2.60
614	614	5	132.50	$132.50	$814	-2.50
677	677	3	119.00	$119.00	$806	-10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	155.00	$155.00	$604	—
460	460	14	166.00	$166.00	$764	—
531–537	535	15	129.00–143.00	$138.37	$740	—
643	643	3	123.00	$123.00	$791	—
813	813	2	100.00	$100.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	178.00	$178.00	$611	—
705	705	4	122.00	$122.00	$860	-4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–910	880	85-90%	2	25.00–30.00	$27.41	$241	—
705–1070	892	85-90%	16	38.00–49.50	$45.78	$408	—
870–1145	974	85-90%	6	32.50–48.00	$41.65	$406	+11.93
817–1275	983	85-90%	178	50.00–62.50	$58.52	$575	+28.80
1006	1006	85-90%	12	61.75	$61.75	$621	-1.25
990–1385	1140	85-90%	3	63.50–67.00	$65.00	$741	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1095	995	80-85%	3	55.00–57.50	$55.85	$556	—
830–1590	1141	80-85%	66	58.00–70.50	$63.32	$722	—
1070–1705	1394	80-85%	4	72.00–73.50	$72.39	$1,009	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1730	1313	75-80%	2	57.50–60.00	$58.35	$766	—
1215–1795	1369	75-80%	15	62.50–70.50	$66.43	$909	+12.43
1595	1595	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,196	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	83.00	$83.00	$954	—
1165–1600	1305	4	70.00–80.00	$75.82	$989	—
1015–1635	1422	6	73.00–80.00	$78.14	$1,111	—
1285–2100	1663	16	80.50–91.50	$86.17	$1,433	+2.40
1675	1675	1	91.50	$91.50	$1,533	+7.73

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1100	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$687.50
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
750–1200	1031	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	825.00–1,275.00	$1,106.25
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1000–1400	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	825.00–1,275.00	$1,066.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–650	643	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	250.00–350.00	$335.71
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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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
950–1050	967	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,110.00–1,125.00	$1,112.50	—
1000–1050	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,185.00	$1,080.00	-184.17
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	+275.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	960.00	$960.00	+60.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.