Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 23, 2023

1,372 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.02/cwt -3.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,106/hd at 579 lb · 110 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.50/cwt -12.27 vs last sale · ≈ $995/hd at 519 lb · 92 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.73/cwt -3.80 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 514 lb · 59 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,372	2,356	1,766
Feeder cattle	1,183	2,112	1,509
Slaughter cattle	107	158	184
Replacement cattle	82	86	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 400 lbs not well tested; 400-500 lbs 7.00-10.00 lower; 500-600 lbs mostly steady, instances 7.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs not well tested; 350-500 lbs traded 10.00-12.00 lower, with the exception of 400-450 lbs steady; 500-600 lbs were mostly steady. Feeder steers have no comparison. Feeder heifers were not well tested. Trade and demand moderate on limited buyers in attendance. Slaughter cows 5.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–337	317	15	207.00–234.00	$224.71	$712	-10.78
350–366	359	23	210.00–225.00	$218.04	$783	-21.49
405 value added	405	6	220.00	$220.00	$891	-24.34
400–435	419	37	194.00–215.00	$205.10	$859	-26.27
450–496	485	47	190.00–211.00	$204.40	$991	-7.52
504–546	519	85	180.00–201.00	$189.65	$984	-5.16
520–545 value added	524	7	210.00–237.00	$214.02	$1,121	+3.70
558–596	579	110	183.50–207.00	$191.02	$1,106	-3.84
610–645	629	21	171.00–184.00	$177.84	$1,119	+8.42
656–693	662	53	172.00–183.00	$177.36	$1,174	+3.67
719–745	722	14	159.00–174.00	$169.55	$1,224	-3.83
833	833	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,358	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	202.00	$202.00	$778	-7.41
405–448	428	8	181.00–192.00	$185.77	$795	-20.78
433 value added	433	4	195.00	$195.00	$844	—
468–491	475	35	175.00–187.00	$184.30	$875	-10.28
500–530	518	6	173.00–177.00	$175.67	$910	-3.89
553–574	558	20	162.00–175.00	$171.15	$955	-1.81
600–635	630	7	164.00	$164.00	$1,033	+8.04
705	705	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,022	-13.00
785	785	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,130	+11.00
988	988	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,205	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	192.00	$192.00	$614	—
367–378	373	6	180.00–196.00	$187.88	$701	—
460–495	483	9	165.00–167.00	$166.12	$802	-2.85
683	683	3	138.00	$138.00	$943	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609	609	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,035	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	4	143.00	$143.00	$679	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	155.00	$155.00	$767	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	170.00	$170.00	$527	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293–295	293	13	191.00–205.00	$193.17	$566	—
333	333	2	190.00	$190.00	$633	-8.48
366–393	383	29	185.00–195.00	$190.31	$729	-9.95
403–445	416	24	180.00–200.00	$186.15	$774	-4.78
453–496	472	40	166.00–181.00	$173.35	$818	-11.17
501–548	514	59	165.50–182.00	$170.73	$878	-1.10
585	585	57	163.50	$163.50	$956	-7.66
609–635	620	10	150.00–164.00	$160.36	$994	-4.90
664	664	8	153.50	$153.50	$1,019	-8.11
725	725	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,095	-1.35
800–805	803	3	150.00–151.00	$150.33	$1,207	+0.58
873	873	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,266	—
915	915	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,327	—
920	920	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276	276	4	182.00	$182.00	$502	-8.00
344	344	12	182.00–186.00	$184.33	$634	+3.33
355–396	387	9	165.00–180.00	$168.06	$650	—
402–418	413	39	163.00–178.00	$174.02	$719	+1.72
453–485	477	34	160.00–173.00	$169.97	$811	+10.61
500–542	519	16	154.00–166.00	$162.15	$842	+6.00
574	574	5	165.00	$165.00	$947	+3.00
787	787	11	145.00	$145.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	175.00	$175.00	$649	—
453	453	8	168.00	$168.00	$761	+20.00
503	503	2	161.00	$161.00	$810	—
675	675	1	133.00	$133.00	$898	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	152.00	$152.00	$651	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	142.00	$142.00	$657	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	195.00	$195.00	$673	—
438	438	3	177.00	$177.00	$775	—
485–498	493	5	164.00–178.00	$169.51	$836	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	200.00	$200.00	$540	—
456	456	2	165.00	$165.00	$752	-18.99

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,036	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	135.00	$135.00	$864	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$697	—
870–1370	1091	80-85%	12	60.00–71.00	$65.78	$718	-4.76
890–1380	1155	80-85%	22	70.00–80.50	$77.30	$893	—
1260–1425	1373	80-85%	7	81.00–83.00	$82.13	$1,128	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	85-90%	1	62.50	$62.50	$488	—
755–930	830	85-90%	3	49.00–52.50	$50.63	$420	—
870	870	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$618	—
960	960	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$691	+5.18
840–1380	1081	85-90%	7	60.00–67.50	$63.75	$689	+21.39
935–1315	1188	85-90%	4	51.00–62.50	$57.40	$682	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1680	1353	11	76.00–86.50	$82.12	$1,111	—
1500–2105	1685	8	87.50–102.50	$93.91	$1,582	—
1710–2080	1957	3	101.00–105.50	$102.74	$2,011	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–785	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	92.00–122.00	$108.67	$840

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1077–1098	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	835.00–975.00	$940.00
1065–1140	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,200.00	$1,050.00
948–1275	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	1,300.00–1,675.00	$1,525.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–975	884	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–1,250.00	$987.50
825–1140	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,375.00
1020–1255	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,200.00	$1,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–895	790	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
840–1335	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,350.00	$1,218.75	—
1205–1275	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,310.00–1,325.00	$1,317.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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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.