Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 30, 2023

1,248 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $204.53/cwt +13.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,083/hd at 529 lb · 115 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $178.58/cwt +7.85 vs last sale · ≈ $902/hd at 505 lb · 70 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $202.00/cwt ±0.00 vs last sale · ≈ $796/hd at 394 lb · 69 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,248	1,372	1,766
Feeder cattle	1,109	1,183	1,509
Slaughter cattle	66	107	184
Replacement cattle	73	82	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 400 lbs were not well tested. Steer calves 400-500 lbs unevenly steady to 2.00 higher, while 500-600 lbs steers were steady. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs traded 5.00 - 6.00 higher, with 500-600 lbs calves 7.00- 8.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs were 5.00-6.00 higher, while steers over 700 lbs had insufficient numbers to compare. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, with 700-800 lb heifers 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	220.00	$220.00	$539	—
280	280	1	220.00	$220.00	$616	—
338–346	343	6	210.00–220.00	$216.72	$743	-7.99
350 value added	350	2	235.00	$235.00	$822	—
364–383 unweaned	367	48	200.00–205.00	$204.24	$750	—
370–395	383	10	212.00–225.00	$215.07	$824	-2.97
405 value added	405	6	230.00	$230.00	$932	+10.00
419–449	437	35	197.00–220.00	$213.34	$932	+8.24
451–488	459	26	183.00–192.00	$187.81	$862	-16.59
462–466 value added	465	13	206.00–220.00	$216.79	$1,008	—
484 unweaned	484	7	170.50	$170.50	$825	—
505–539	523	41	180.00–200.00	$187.45	$980	-2.20
530–533 value added	533	74	214.00	$214.00	$1,141	-0.02
576	576	4	192.00	$192.00	$1,106	+0.98
623–640	630	48	174.00–188.00	$183.72	$1,157	+5.88
661	661	5	182.00	$182.00	$1,203	+4.64
716	716	7	169.50	$169.50	$1,214	-0.05
774 value added	774	18	173.00	$173.00	$1,339	—
777	777	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,290	—
835	835	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,378	+2.00
871–880	872	9	140.00–155.00	$153.32	$1,337	—
1080	1080	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,458	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	69	202.00	$202.00	$796	±0.00
453	453	4	184.00	$184.00	$834	-0.30
533–540	534	11	172.50–181.00	$174.06	$929	-1.61
600	600	2	163.00	$163.00	$978	-1.00
680	680	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,108	—
719	719	4	162.00	$162.00	$1,165	+17.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,127	—
653–690	688	34	169.00–172.00	$169.17	$1,164	—
715–720	717	5	155.00–161.00	$158.59	$1,137	—
863–866	866	24	145.00–146.00	$145.08	$1,256	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–483	477	16	173.00–177.00	$173.76	$829	+18.76

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	170.00	$170.00	$918	—
569	569	8	165.00	$165.00	$939	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	9	170.50	$170.50	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	4	170.00	$170.00	$685	—
531	531	4	145.00	$145.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	5	148.50	$148.50	$639	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	5	200.00	$200.00	$642	+10.00
354	354	6	195.00	$195.00	$690	+4.69
411 value added	411	17	200.00	$200.00	$822	—
410–442	435	16	184.00–187.00	$185.03	$805	-1.12
440 unweaned	440	15	165.00	$165.00	$726	—
450–483	479	18	176.00–187.00	$177.93	$852	+4.58
500–549	505	70	175.00–180.00	$178.58	$902	+7.85
577 value added	577	5	192.00	$192.00	$1,108	—
557–598	579	36	162.00–172.00	$170.29	$986	+6.79
609 value added	609	7	176.00	$176.00	$1,072	—
600–632	622	10	153.00–166.00	$159.27	$991	-1.09
673	673	6	158.50	$158.50	$1,067	+5.00
703–724	716	8	151.00–155.00	$153.53	$1,099	+2.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 unweaned	345	4	167.00	$167.00	$576	—
390	390	3	190.00	$190.00	$741	+21.94
422	422	12	173.00	$173.00	$730	-1.02
453	453	9	160.00	$160.00	$725	-9.97
509	509	8	154.00	$154.00	$784	-8.15
550	550	3	160.00	$160.00	$880	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403 unweaned	403	3	165.00	$165.00	$665	—
630	630	2	133.00	$133.00	$838	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
638	638	4	146.00	$146.00	$931	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	148.00	$148.00	$807	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–546	538	10	160.00–162.00	$161.62	$870	—
644	644	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,005	—
845	845	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,158	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	2	141.00	$141.00	$744	—
765	765	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,033	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	156.00	$156.00	$827	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1035	936	80-85%	4	70.00–74.00	$70.99	$664	—
1040–1370	1203	80-85%	5	86.00–92.00	$89.82	$1,081	—
905–1566	1238	80-85%	37	72.50–84.50	$81.42	$1,008	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–925	863	85-90%	4	43.00–57.00	$49.91	$431	-21.09
830–1145	908	85-90%	20	73.00–78.00	$75.82	$688	—
825–1145	937	85-90%	5	60.00–67.00	$63.64	$596	—
865–1135	953	85-90%	10	67.00–70.00	$68.78	$655	-3.22

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1325	1192	7	76.00–91.00	$85.50	$1,019	—
1235–1745	1517	5	91.00–100.00	$95.62	$1,451	—
1600–1690	1645	2	103.50–106.50	$104.96	$1,727	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–930	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	83.00–130.00	$110.25	$865
825–890	858	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–131.00	$125.50	$1,077

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
965–1075	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,075.00
965–1245	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,175.00	$985.00
975–1145	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,325.00	$1,185.00
935–1565	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,350.00	$1,212.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1130–1185	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,410.00	$1,255.00	—
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1385	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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.