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Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 15, 2021

2,276 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $144.56/cwt -7.52 vs last sale · ≈ $847/hd at 586 lb · 115 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.53/cwt +0.83 vs last sale · ≈ $721/hd at 524 lb · 80 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $153.55/cwt -6.23 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 522 lb · 70 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,276 2,477 2,681
Feeder cattle 1,829 1,820 1,958
Slaughter cattle 351 447 397
Replacement cattle 96 210 326

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady, steer calves over 600 lbs. 3.00 lower, feeders steady. Heifer calves over 600 lbs. and feeders steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher, bulls steady. Quality on calves and feeders not as attractive. Trade moderate to active and demand moderate on calves and feeders, demand good to very good on cows and bulls.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200 200 3 207.00 $207.00 $414 —
264–298 272 16 195.00–200.00 $199.12 $542 -17.88
305–323 315 11 196.00–199.00 $197.68 $623 —
348 348 6 170.00 $170.00 $592 —
368–395 382 6 174.00–179.00 $177.39 $678 -9.08
409–440 unweaned 418 14 154.00–157.00 $155.97 $652 —
402–440 425 28 165.00–178.00 $172.56 $733 +4.56
430 430 2 151.00 $151.00 $649 -17.00
463 463 2 140.00 $140.00 $648 -26.53
460–499 unweaned 478 12 142.00–144.00 $143.14 $684 —
464–498 487 45 154.00–166.00 $158.97 $774 -7.56
495 495 2 140.00 $140.00 $693 -13.53
501–547 520 49 151.00–160.00 $154.46 $803 -6.89
526 value added 526 10 162.50 $162.50 $855 —
508–547 unweaned 527 11 135.00–146.00 $141.35 $745 —
554–594 unweaned 580 24 137.50–150.00 $143.59 $833 +7.59
581 581 5 135.00 $135.00 $784 -21.01
556–599 588 86 141.00–150.00 $145.38 $855 -10.63
605–618 612 15 141.00–149.00 $143.79 $880 -3.05
609–630 unweaned 622 42 134.00–139.50 $138.73 $863 +10.63
659–693 681 14 140.50–142.50 $141.19 $962 -6.35
688–694 unweaned 691 8 127.50–139.00 $133.23 $921 +2.23
700 unweaned 700 5 128.00 $128.00 $896 —
720–736 735 12 133.00–136.75 $136.44 $1,003 +2.54
750–777 775 11 129.00–135.00 $134.47 $1,042 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–243 222 4 160.00–180.00 $170.97 $380 -9.03
315 315 2 190.00 $190.00 $598 +10.00
344 344 4 167.00 $167.00 $574 -13.00
373–395 380 9 170.00–188.00 $181.77 $691 +12.77
390 390 2 168.00 $168.00 $655 -1.00
400–444 430 25 160.00–167.00 $163.76 $704 +1.77
479–498 483 15 133.00–140.00 $139.04 $672 -1.96
496 unweaned 496 5 136.00 $136.00 $675 —
528 528 2 138.00 $138.00 $729 -19.43
540 540 34 155.00 $155.00 $837 -2.43
548 unweaned 548 2 140.00 $140.00 $767 —
555 555 31 149.50 $149.50 $830 -2.04
590 unweaned 590 4 132.50 $132.50 $782 +0.50
638 unweaned 638 2 134.00 $134.00 $855 +7.31
653–654 654 6 139.00–143.00 $141.67 $927 +6.62
723 723 2 135.00 $135.00 $976 +5.00
851 851 4 119.00 $119.00 $1,013 -9.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
292 292 10 156.00 $156.00 $456 —
384–396 391 50 135.00–152.00 $142.35 $557 -3.65
447–448 448 12 131.00–135.00 $133.00 $596 —
497 497 5 135.00 $135.00 $671 —
530 530 15 133.00 $133.00 $705 -4.00
601–649 618 40 125.00–136.50 $129.04 $797 +3.54
723–730 727 4 123.00–133.50 $128.28 $933 —
760 760 2 120.00 $120.00 $912 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
238 238 6 164.00 $164.00 $390 —
266 thin fleshed 266 4 166.00 $166.00 $442 —
272 272 3 153.00 $153.00 $416 —
305–344 332 12 147.00–156.00 $150.39 $499 -7.61
351–390 382 33 145.00–160.00 $155.23 $593 -0.85
400–439 421 21 145.00–157.00 $152.55 $642 +0.70
428 428 2 134.00 $134.00 $574 -17.85
447 unweaned 447 3 133.00 $133.00 $595 —
467 unweaned 467 3 130.00 $130.00 $607 -7.00
451–496 483 42 136.00–145.00 $142.49 $688 -7.02
500–543 524 80 132.50–143.50 $137.53 $721 -0.47
570 570 2 128.00 $128.00 $730 -3.43
560–586 572 21 130.50–138.00 $134.19 $768 +2.76
607–610 609 6 130.00–137.00 $133.49 $813 -2.51
685–693 689 4 125.00–126.50 $125.75 $866 -4.25
750 750 1 122.00 $122.00 $915 +7.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
372 372 27 118.00 $118.00 $439 —
445 445 6 120.00 $120.00 $534 —
484–499 493 41 119.00–122.00 $120.01 $592 —
517–530 519 14 122.00–124.00 $123.71 $642 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
419–445 428 10 123.00–130.00 $126.64 $542 -16.16
453 453 2 139.00 $139.00 $630 +2.37
613 unweaned 613 6 120.00 $120.00 $736 -8.00
603–644 632 29 126.00–129.00 $127.88 $808 -4.84
680 680 2 124.00 $124.00 $843 —
768 768 2 123.00 $123.00 $945 —
846 846 4 122.00 $122.00 $1,032 —
938 938 2 112.00 $112.00 $1,051 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
402 402 3 139.00 $139.00 $559 -12.00
583–590 587 4 121.00–122.00 $121.50 $713 -8.50
657–665 660 5 111.00–112.00 $111.40 $735 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
540 540 4 85.00 $85.00 $459 —
688 688 2 90.00 $90.00 $619 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
433 433 4 150.00 $150.00 $650 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
835–1480 884 85-90% 147 36.00–49.50 $48.37 $428 —
915 915 85-90% 1 30.00 $30.00 $274 -17.21
785–1155 981 85-90% 65 50.00–60.00 $53.74 $527 —
760–1475 1003 85-90% 11 40.00–50.00 $46.68 $468 —
1000–1120 1051 85-90% 5 65.50–66.00 $65.90 $693 +14.66
825–1490 1094 85-90% 52 52.50–64.50 $56.66 $620 +2.11
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
895–1215 1046 80-85% 5 55.00–58.00 $56.11 $587 —
905–1520 1216 80-85% 41 60.00–67.50 $64.72 $787 +3.08
1230 1230 80-85% 5 61.00 $61.00 $750 -0.64
1060–1640 1239 80-85% 8 68.00–72.00 $69.51 $861 +7.87
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1095–1595 1345 75-80% 2 60.00–66.50 $63.85 $859 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1000–1555 1283 11 64.00–77.50 $69.96 $898 —
1520 1520 1 81.50 $81.50 $1,239 —
1240–1870 1595 5 68.00–80.00 $74.39 $1,187 -9.08
1280–1995 1687 12 81.00–88.00 $84.19 $1,420 —
1515–1900 1711 5 89.00–92.50 $90.23 $1,544 +6.02

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
800–1000 917 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 800.00–1,000.00 $891.67
950–1250 1093 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 7 875.00–1,160.00 $1,022.86
900–1350 1149 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 51 550.00–1,075.00 $916.08

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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
700–950 825 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 1,100.00–1,275.00 $1,187.50 —
1100 1100 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 850.00 $850.00 -350.00
1050–1600 1325 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 1,100.00–1,375.00 $1,237.50 —

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
900 900 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 1,275.00 $1,275.00 —

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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.