Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

1,110 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.66/cwt -19.47 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 461 lb · 67 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.05/cwt -23.38 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 482 lb · 50 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.69/cwt -24.42 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 421 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,110	943
Feeder cattle	830	758
Slaughter cattle	214	135
Replacement cattle	66	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

No recent comparison for all classes of cattle as the last reported sale was over a month ago. Trade active, demand good. Most of the area received welcoming moisture of up to 3 1/2 inches of rain.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	181.00	$181.00	$498	-42.16
355–396	383	15	179.00–190.00	$183.46	$703	-42.88
415–433	423	41	185.00–193.00	$190.18	$804	-32.78
454 fancy	454	15	194.00	$194.00	$881	—
453–495	474	26	180.50–189.00	$186.05	$882	-27.20
514–538	527	17	180.00–182.00	$180.96	$954	-10.04
552–585	565	18	174.00–183.50	$181.73	$1,027	-10.28
657–665	658	6	159.00–166.00	$164.82	$1,085	-10.68
820–832	824	10	149.00–158.00	$155.27	$1,279	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–295	272	6	165.00–176.00	$169.82	$462	-27.18
300–342	336	18	165.00–178.00	$176.60	$593	-25.78
353–393	377	10	160.00–168.00	$164.79	$621	-33.84
422–447	431	8	169.00–171.00	$169.78	$732	-21.83
472–483	479	38	163.00–177.00	$172.89	$828	-10.76
528–547	542	28	164.00–174.00	$169.43	$918	—
553	553	10	164.00	$164.00	$907	—
625–645	632	5	149.00–152.00	$150.41	$951	-19.60
700–704	703	7	144.00–150.00	$145.71	$1,024	-2.63
768	768	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,114	—
875	875	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,278	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	2	161.00	$161.00	$407	—
308	308	5	165.00	$165.00	$508	—
423	423	2	160.00	$160.00	$677	-12.43
487–499	495	8	155.00–159.00	$156.48	$775	—
502–505	503	7	159.00	$159.00	$800	-4.33
563–592	585	9	150.00–156.00	$152.18	$890	-15.82
620	620	1	148.00	$148.00	$918	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	63.00	$63.00	$261	—
540	540	3	55.00	$55.00	$297	—
615	615	2	56.00	$56.00	$344	—
673	673	5	46.00	$46.00	$310	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	161.00	$161.00	$451	-34.83
353–398	371	33	160.00–163.00	$161.89	$601	-26.93
400–438	421	41	155.00–166.00	$162.69	$685	-24.42
454–458	455	49	157.00–163.50	$160.10	$728	-17.03
476	476	18	151.00	$151.00	$719	-26.13
502	502	3	152.00	$152.00	$763	-25.01
529	529	7	141.00	$141.00	$746	-36.01
556–580	566	25	154.00–159.00	$155.95	$883	-18.11
648	648	4	143.00	$143.00	$927	-32.04
650	650	1	144.00	$144.00	$936	—
746	746	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,037	—
920	920	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–334	333	13	161.00–165.00	$162.84	$542	-10.16
363–371	370	11	150.00–160.00	$158.21	$585	-16.21
413	413	7	158.00	$158.00	$653	-16.61
470	470	6	148.00	$148.00	$696	-25.43
452–493	484	44	148.50–157.00	$150.33	$728	-23.10
572–576	574	7	135.00–138.00	$136.72	$785	-29.75
945	945	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	145.00	$145.00	$355	-30.00
530	530	1	145.00	$145.00	$768	-7.00
610	610	2	138.00	$138.00	$842	-8.46

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	3	141.00	$141.00	$596	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	2	130.00	$130.00	$982	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	2	40.00	$40.00	$201	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	7	157.00	$157.00	$626	—
466	466	7	156.50	$156.50	$729	—
545	545	2	153.00	$153.00	$834	—
656	656	8	128.00	$128.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	4	170.00	$170.00	$695	—
477	477	9	160.00	$160.00	$763	-28.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1065	894	85-90%	5	43.00–51.00	$47.45	$424	—
810–1230	926	85-90%	38	52.00–62.00	$56.95	$527	-14.96
710–1190	959	85-90%	7	60.00–71.00	$65.19	$625	-10.81
926–1175	1043	85-90%	72	60.00–72.00	$64.15	$669	—
1060–1110	1085	85-90%	2	69.50–73.00	$71.29	$773	—
1090	1090	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$600	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1090	1036	80-85%	17	71.00–75.50	$73.88	$765	—
765–1135	1052	80-85%	7	60.00–66.00	$65.00	$684	—
845–1300	1074	80-85%	9	55.00–66.00	$61.98	$666	—
775–1320	1102	80-85%	33	67.00–74.00	$69.68	$768	-9.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1315	1204	75-80%	4	58.00–69.00	$62.09	$748	—
1070–1515	1270	75-80%	16	70.00–75.00	$72.61	$922	—
1345–1570	1458	75-80%	2	78.00–80.00	$78.92	$1,151	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1470	1211	5	70.00–87.50	$77.60	$940	-6.63

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1001	1001	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00	$900.00
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–830	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00	$675.00
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1480	1480	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	-300.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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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.