Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 7, 2022

2,323 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $181.70/cwt +0.74 vs last sale · ≈ $952/hd at 524 lb · 102 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.44/cwt +8.75 vs last sale · ≈ $723/hd at 422 lb · 84 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.56/cwt +10.90 vs last sale · ≈ $784/hd at 465 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,323	1,110	2,477
Feeder cattle	1,867	830	1,820
Slaughter cattle	292	214	447
Replacement cattle	164	66	210

Market comments — USDA reporter

No recent sales to compare to. Trade 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
210–242	234	4	220.00–235.00	$231.63	$542	—
250–295	276	9	225.00–235.00	$230.15	$635	+49.15
310 fancy	310	4	254.00	$254.00	$787	—
307–348	329	22	230.00–247.00	$238.79	$786	—
333 thin fleshed	333	9	250.00	$250.00	$832	—
355 fancy	355	15	252.00	$252.00	$895	—
351–390	361	29	232.00–241.00	$237.16	$856	+53.70
405–443	422	51	202.00–219.00	$214.70	$906	+24.52
428	428	2	184.00	$184.00	$788	-6.18
468–488	481	40	185.00–205.00	$196.78	$947	+10.73
471–491 unweaned	484	16	180.00	$180.00	$871	—
509–525 unweaned	514	9	155.00	$155.00	$797	—
505–546	524	18	175.00–177.50	$175.84	$921	-5.12
500–545	525	75	179.50–192.00	$186.31	$978	+5.35
551–573 unweaned	560	18	160.00–170.00	$163.35	$915	—
551–591	576	35	176.50–190.50	$180.47	$1,040	-1.26
606–630	612	69	160.00–174.00	$169.04	$1,035	—
650–698	683	56	160.00–172.50	$168.04	$1,148	+3.22
711–738	715	19	155.00–169.50	$164.53	$1,176	—
813–830	822	4	149.00–160.00	$154.56	$1,270	-0.71
948	948	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,413	—
1049	1049	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,364	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	220.00	$220.00	$535	—
255–263	260	3	200.00–214.00	$204.57	$532	+34.75
306–338	321	8	215.00–226.00	$218.16	$700	+41.56
365–398	385	41	210.00–225.00	$216.65	$834	+51.86
413 unweaned	413	2	165.00	$165.00	$681	—
422–448	437	14	175.00–188.00	$182.04	$796	+12.26
474–483	479	16	170.00–179.00	$174.54	$836	+1.65
500–545	534	28	162.00–174.00	$168.81	$901	-0.62
553–597	568	30	158.00–175.00	$164.74	$936	+0.74
616–646	634	16	157.00–166.00	$159.12	$1,009	+8.71
655–698	684	15	146.00–157.00	$151.05	$1,033	—
700–738	727	7	146.00–152.00	$147.65	$1,073	+1.94
751–793	767	8	142.00–146.00	$144.45	$1,108	-0.55
870	870	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,218	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	200.00	$200.00	$750	—
448	448	5	161.00	$161.00	$721	+1.00
533	533	3	159.00	$159.00	$847	±0.00
578	578	2	155.00	$155.00	$896	+2.82
643	643	6	145.00	$145.00	$932	-3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	175.00	$175.00	$656	—
520	520	2	140.00	$140.00	$728	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
279–294	282	22	180.00–181.00	$180.77	$510	+19.77
292 unweaned	292	3	176.00	$176.00	$514	—
307–348	331	43	177.00–183.00	$180.18	$596	—
353 fancy	353	8	191.00	$191.00	$674	—
350–392	377	51	170.00–180.00	$172.98	$652	+11.09
400–444	421	81	168.00–180.00	$172.23	$725	+9.54
445 unweaned	445	3	150.00	$150.00	$668	—
450–486	465	81	161.00–176.00	$168.56	$784	+8.46
505–543	525	62	154.00–169.00	$160.77	$844	+19.77
500–537 unweaned	528	10	150.00–155.00	$152.03	$803	—
555–592	568	27	152.00–160.50	$155.91	$886	-0.04
581	581	13	151.50	$151.50	$880	-4.45
570–590 unweaned	583	12	149.00–151.00	$150.50	$877	—
606–643	626	21	153.00–163.00	$155.43	$973	+12.43
677	677	3	158.00	$158.00	$1,070	+14.00
694	694	5	140.00	$140.00	$972	—
703	703	3	135.00	$135.00	$949	—
700–745	735	13	144.00–155.00	$146.42	$1,076	+7.42
836	836	14	144.00	$144.00	$1,204	—
850	850	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	167.00	$167.00	$409	—
338	338	5	165.00	$165.00	$558	+2.16
355–393	374	43	156.00–167.00	$161.21	$603	+3.00
403–438	417	24	150.00–161.00	$155.24	$647	-2.76
452–488	480	31	150.00–158.00	$156.49	$751	+6.16
514–548	526	19	150.00–154.00	$152.03	$800	—
570–590	580	4	153.00–155.00	$154.02	$893	+17.30
606–639	627	17	146.00–152.00	$149.50	$937	—
687	687	5	147.00	$147.00	$1,010	—
724–733	727	6	138.00–140.00	$138.67	$1,008	—
755	755	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	3	154.00	$154.00	$343	—
350	350	12	153.00	$153.00	$536	—
443	443	11	135.00	$135.00	$598	—
455	455	5	136.00	$136.00	$619	—
708	708	4	115.00	$115.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	7	139.00	$139.00	$400	—

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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	200.00	$200.00	$780	—
400	400	2	180.00	$180.00	$720	+10.00
561	561	7	149.00	$149.00	$836	—
635–649	648	12	134.00–146.00	$145.02	$940	—
772	772	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,027	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	165.00	$165.00	$723	—
489	489	9	157.00	$157.00	$768	+0.50
584	584	6	147.00	$147.00	$858	—
585 unweaned	585	3	145.00	$145.00	$848	—
1075	1075	3	111.00	$111.00	$1,193	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	140.00	$140.00	$549	—
980	980	2	85.00	$85.00	$833	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–995	809	85-90%	8	46.00–56.00	$51.24	$415	—
795–1055	895	85-90%	46	50.00–59.00	$54.76	$490	+7.31
850–1025	908	85-90%	3	60.00–65.00	$62.34	$566	+5.39
960	960	85-90%	1	73.00	$73.00	$701	+7.81
730–1185	970	85-90%	45	58.00–63.00	$60.92	$591	-4.27
960–1015	988	85-90%	2	63.00–65.00	$64.03	$633	-1.16
890–1250	1049	85-90%	57	63.00–70.50	$66.10	$693	+1.95

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$384	—
800–855	828	80-85%	2	49.00–57.50	$53.39	$442	—
910–1175	1084	80-85%	29	60.00–68.00	$65.71	$712	+3.73
790–1310	1155	80-85%	20	69.00–79.00	$73.42	$848	—
885–1483	1224	80-85%	43	69.00–75.00	$72.14	$883	—
1370–1560	1437	80-85%	3	76.50–79.00	$77.30	$1,111	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1044–1460	1239	75-80%	24	70.00–75.00	$72.64	$900	+10.55
1250	1250	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$738	-13.61
1260	1260	75-80%	1	67.00	$67.00	$844	-5.61
1270–1675	1443	75-80%	6	64.00–69.00	$65.69	$948	—
1605	1605	75-80%	1	76.50	$76.50	$1,228	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2070	1407	14	75.00–86.00	$80.24	$1,129	—
1395–2080	1666	9	87.00–95.00	$89.68	$1,494	—
1905	1905	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,810	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1125	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1085–1210	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	800.00–900.00	$880.00
1122–1153	1139	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	800.00–850.00	$811.90
1100–1375	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	925.00–1,100.00	$1,006.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1010–1150	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	700.00–810.00	$789.00
1090–1315	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–925.00	$875.00
1375	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
708	708	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
1010–1265	1074	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,225.00–1,400.00	$1,356.25	—
1045–1350	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,193.75	—
1130–1360	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00–1,360.00	$1,286.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100–1105	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,110.00	$1,055.00	—

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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.