Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 9, 2023

2,410 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $201.06/cwt -16.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,061/hd at 528 lb · 99 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $175.30/cwt -2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,167/hd at 666 lb · 81 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $185.69/cwt +1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,153/hd at 621 lb · 78 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,410	1,465	1,766
Feeder cattle	1,936	1,180	1,509
Slaughter cattle	259	194	184
Replacement cattle	215	91	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

no recent sales for comparisondue to the holidays but feeders showed a higherundertone while calves were lower. slaughter bulls and cows steady to higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	240.00	$240.00	$576	—
290 value added	290	15	247.00	$247.00	$716	—
295	295	4	225.00	$225.00	$664	—
298 unweaned	298	9	200.00	$200.00	$596	—
300–349	333	34	230.00–244.00	$236.74	$788	+1.26
345 value added	345	10	246.00	$246.00	$849	-9.00
355–397	375	73	222.00–240.00	$229.02	$859	-5.39
410–447	429	46	215.00–230.00	$225.02	$965	-13.77
450–494	468	52	208.00–227.00	$216.22	$1,012	-6.82
502–549	526	58	193.00–208.00	$200.53	$1,055	-16.67
506–536 value added	526	29	211.00–215.00	$212.69	$1,119	—
542	542	12	175.50	$175.50	$951	-41.70
551 value added	551	5	203.00	$203.00	$1,119	-22.00
550–597	574	57	176.00–197.00	$185.51	$1,065	-22.50
606–645	621	78	174.00–195.00	$185.69	$1,153	+1.39
650–694	666	81	164.00–184.00	$175.30	$1,167	+1.08
704–730	709	11	173.00–178.00	$177.06	$1,255	+12.20
760–793	769	25	142.00–160.00	$148.88	$1,145	-12.21
805–830	813	8	150.00–160.00	$151.50	$1,232	—
850–890	874	7	132.00–142.00	$137.48	$1,202	—
905	905	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,385	+7.00
1003	1003	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,515	—
1080	1080	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,080	—
1450	1450	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–348	324	16	200.00–215.00	$207.67	$673	+0.16
409–447	429	28	184.00–205.00	$198.91	$853	+4.51
465–498	487	47	178.00–203.00	$194.91	$949	—
505–548	529	7	164.00–192.00	$181.59	$961	-13.15
553–598	585	34	165.00–187.00	$170.37	$997	-17.98
600–644	636	26	154.00–170.00	$167.04	$1,062	+6.04
685–691	690	5	132.00–139.00	$137.61	$950	-20.74
715	715	2	130.00	$130.00	$930	-25.00
870	870	1	113.00	$113.00	$983	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	4	224.00	$224.00	$549	—
559	559	10	175.50	$175.50	$981	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	12	156.00	$156.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	150.00	$150.00	$570	-45.13
465	465	2	153.00	$153.00	$711	+7.29
505	505	2	150.00	$150.00	$758	-25.54
575–578	577	4	151.00–159.00	$155.01	$894	-5.29
615	615	1	150.00	$150.00	$922	-3.00
770	770	1	126.00	$126.00	$970	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–432	425	10	180.00–215.00	$197.79	$841	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	5	187.00–190.00	$188.20	$367	—
253	253	2	192.00	$192.00	$486	—
508	508	3	156.00	$156.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	4	141.00	$141.00	$681	—
529	529	6	130.00	$130.00	$688	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	220.00	$220.00	$462	—
620	620	6	189.00	$189.00	$1,172	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	3	158.00	$158.00	$948	—
705	705	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,036	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	150.00	$150.00	$724	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	131.00	$131.00	$609	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208 unweaned	208	4	210.00	$210.00	$437	—
265	265	3	210.00	$210.00	$556	—
301–335	317	20	171.00–185.00	$177.00	$561	—
342 value added	342	3	196.00	$196.00	$670	-19.00
370 value added	370	2	204.00	$204.00	$755	—
352–396	371	41	179.00–194.00	$186.21	$691	-27.84
416 value added	416	7	203.00	$203.00	$844	—
400–439	426	65	170.00–199.00	$183.37	$781	-14.89
450–498	474	54	157.00–181.00	$173.24	$821	-23.61
508–536	525	72	164.00–183.00	$173.58	$911	-17.08
550–594	567	24	150.00–172.00	$163.26	$926	-20.38
602–640	618	16	155.00–166.00	$163.08	$1,008	-0.79
627 value added	627	25	171.50	$171.50	$1,075	—
668–681	675	7	137.50–155.00	$147.58	$996	-12.42
702–725	715	7	142.00–156.00	$148.92	$1,065	-11.47
787	787	10	146.00	$146.00	$1,149	-2.00
830	830	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,170	—
870	870	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,131	—
928	928	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,160	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286 unweaned	286	4	172.00	$172.00	$492	—
345–348	346	7	152.00–174.00	$164.52	$569	-36.48
350–398	385	13	156.00–177.00	$168.61	$649	-27.37
408–435	425	14	140.00–150.00	$143.21	$609	-44.17
513–548	530	14	140.00–165.00	$152.30	$807	-13.00
571	571	4	147.00	$147.00	$839	-19.67
613–649	621	20	135.00–148.00	$144.64	$898	-18.87
818	818	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,104	-12.00
930	930	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,237	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
282–298	292	19	167.00–170.00	$168.07	$491	—
430	430	3	157.00	$157.00	$675	-15.46
484	484	7	139.00	$139.00	$673	-14.00
515–525	517	6	135.00–157.00	$153.27	$792	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
687	687	19	147.00	$147.00	$1,010	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	155.00	$155.00	$822	—
600	600	7	141.00	$141.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	7	165.00	$165.00	$388	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	165.00	$165.00	$503	—
395	395	2	155.00	$155.00	$612	—
445	445	3	160.00	$160.00	$712	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	135.00	$135.00	$662	—
640	640	1	120.00	$120.00	$768	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	7	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
543	543	16	169.00–184.00	$182.13	$989	—
768	768	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,068	—
900–930	915	2	103.00–115.00	$108.90	$996	-15.10
950	950	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	10	188.00	$188.00	$917	+28.50
995	995	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,244	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	80-85%	2	135.00	$135.00	$963	—
885	885	80-85%	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,257	—
847–918	905	80-85%	17	93.00–116.00	$96.80	$876	—
898–1215	1076	80-85%	13	62.00–79.00	$72.90	$784	—
792–1590	1110	80-85%	7	74.00–87.00	$81.42	$904	+18.23
770–1710	1181	80-85%	55	65.00–82.50	$74.46	$879	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
756	756	85-90%	8	95.00	$95.00	$718	+46.00
759	759	85-90%	11	116.00	$116.00	$880	+67.00
855–1320	1001	85-90%	25	54.00–69.00	$63.66	$637	+0.61
675–1470	1004	85-90%	21	35.00–53.00	$43.48	$437	-19.57
630–1480	1019	85-90%	25	53.00–71.00	$60.70	$619	-2.35
770–1580	1153	85-90%	3	55.00–71.50	$64.86	$748	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	—
800–801	801	75-80%	5	130.00–140.00	$138.00	$1,105	—
1002–1580	1076	75-80%	15	86.50–99.00	$96.73	$1,041	+36.73
745–1460	1082	75-80%	10	83.00–90.00	$86.18	$932	+6.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1700	1336	9	56.00–92.00	$79.17	$1,058	—
1270–2010	1616	8	76.00–96.00	$89.23	$1,442	—
1650–1820	1738	3	91.00–98.00	$94.71	$1,646	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–958	919	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00
939–1170	1021	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	875.00–975.00	$934.35
980–1065	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,500.00	$1,262.50
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
905–1295	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,500.00	$1,237.50
958–1306	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,325.00–1,550.00	$1,465.28
1068–1134	1092	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	775.00–1,050.00	$873.21

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
803	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00
939–969	948	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	860.00–875.00	$870.38
980	980	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
944–1305	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	950.00–1,575.00	$1,069.44
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1000–1068	1051	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,425.00–1,550.00	$1,518.75
1068–1215	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,450.00–1,550.00	$1,520.00
1130–1190	1139	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,089.29
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1145–1252	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,625.00–1,725.00	$1,700.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
985	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–865	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,162.50

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
750–885	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	5	117.00	$117.00	$256	—
275	275	4	136.00	$136.00	$374	—
328	328	2	104.00	$104.00	$341	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–299	277	33	120.00–130.00	$124.91	$346	—
397	397	18	124.00	$124.00	$492	—
523	523	4	100.00	$100.00	$523	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
714	714	5	110.00	$110.00	$785	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	234.00	$234.00	$948	—
463	463	2	211.00	$211.00	$977	—

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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.