Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 6, 2023

1,988 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $185.75/cwt +3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,228/hd at 661 lb · 109 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $181.82/cwt +3.89 vs last sale · ≈ $855/hd at 470 lb · 97 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $198.74/cwt +6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,127/hd at 567 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,988	1,248	336
Feeder cattle	1,764	1,109	227
Slaughter cattle	125	66	109
Replacement cattle	99	73	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 400 lbs have no comparison; 400-550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher; 550-600 lbs have no comparison. Heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers had insufficient numbers last week to compare to. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cow boners steady to 2.00 lower, with lean cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 unweaned	285	3	222.00	$222.00	$633	—
318 value added	318	2	230.00	$230.00	$731	—
320 unweaned	320	11	202.00	$202.00	$646	—
330–337	333	7	205.00–220.00	$213.49	$711	-3.23
371–381	374	20	229.00–239.00	$234.61	$877	+19.54
378 value added	378	3	242.00	$242.00	$915	+7.00
394 unweaned	394	6	201.00	$201.00	$792	-3.24
403 value added	403	2	232.00	$232.00	$935	+2.00
406–443	423	62	214.00–223.50	$220.12	$931	+6.78
486 value added	486	26	218.50	$218.50	$1,062	+1.71
470–498	489	40	196.00–209.50	$205.67	$1,006	+17.86
500–548	518	49	196.00–211.50	$204.31	$1,058	+16.86
550–591	567	95	187.00–204.50	$198.74	$1,127	+6.74
610–628	618	6	185.00–189.00	$187.01	$1,156	+3.29
650–697	661	109	170.00–187.00	$185.75	$1,228	+3.75
701–745	713	38	165.00–175.00	$172.30	$1,228	+2.80
758–785	761	42	160.00–170.00	$168.91	$1,285	+2.91
811–844	835	21	167.00–171.50	$170.25	$1,422	+5.25
885	885	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,319	-4.32
910	910	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,310	—
976	976	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,464	—
1265	1265	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	390	13	192.00–210.00	$201.52	$786	-0.48
401–433	423	47	186.00–196.00	$191.60	$810	—
458–491	478	65	175.00–190.00	$182.96	$875	-1.04
518–548	535	22	175.00–193.00	$185.54	$993	+11.48
560–597	579	28	164.00–182.00	$173.48	$1,004	—
615–640	631	17	165.00–169.00	$165.69	$1,046	+2.69
665	665	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,124	+6.00
738	738	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,011	-25.00
766	766	5	158.00	$158.00	$1,210	—
810	810	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	189.00	$189.00	$747	—
443	443	9	179.00	$179.00	$793	—
688	688	3	131.00	$131.00	$901	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	168.00	$168.00	$739	—
536	536	4	175.00	$175.00	$938	+5.00
605	605	2	135.00	$135.00	$817	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	6	29.00	$29.00	$150	—
818	818	2	36.00	$36.00	$294	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	3	141.00	$141.00	$863	-37.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208–248	228	4	216.00–220.00	$217.82	$497	—
285–294	292	5	182.00–192.00	$183.95	$537	—
312–348	324	12	185.00–190.00	$186.21	$603	-13.79
333 value added	333	13	198.00	$198.00	$659	—
380–398	386	10	185.00–202.00	$192.59	$743	-2.41
408–445	414	52	176.00–189.00	$182.78	$757	-2.25
433 value added	433	9	199.00	$199.00	$862	-1.00
455–498	470	97	175.00–187.00	$181.82	$855	+3.89
500–548	528	89	168.00–182.50	$175.22	$925	-3.36
537	537	5	156.00	$156.00	$838	-22.58
557–590	566	88	160.00–178.50	$172.06	$974	+1.77
616–643	628	9	155.00–169.00	$162.11	$1,018	+2.84
660–677	669	66	168.00–173.00	$170.20	$1,139	+11.70
703–745	735	32	140.00–155.00	$148.78	$1,094	-4.75
756–783	765	6	149.00–150.00	$149.66	$1,145	—
813	813	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,203	—
858	858	13	147.50	$147.50	$1,266	—
991	991	7	131.50	$131.50	$1,303	—
1010	1010	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,212	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–374	372	18	169.00–170.00	$169.16	$629	-20.84
400–447	438	38	163.00–165.00	$164.66	$721	-8.34
473–493	487	17	156.00–168.00	$162.54	$792	+2.54
564	564	12	155.00	$155.00	$874	-5.00
685	685	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,034	—
800	800	1	121.00	$121.00	$968	—
875	875	17	126.00	$126.00	$1,102	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	5	152.00	$152.00	$833	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	3	143.00	$143.00	$576	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	5	167.00	$167.00	$873	+5.38
635	635	1	150.00	$150.00	$952	-6.00
740 value added	740	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	—
855	855	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	150.00	$150.00	$930	—
690	690	1	125.00	$125.00	$862	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–980	908	85-90%	8	43.00–54.00	$48.56	$441	-27.26
690–1165	918	85-90%	12	55.00–64.00	$59.93	$550	-15.89
815–1180	966	85-90%	18	65.00–75.00	$71.11	$687	+2.33
650–1185	982	85-90%	19	75.00–84.00	$78.87	$775	+10.09

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1950	1193	80-85%	34	76.00–85.00	$81.44	$972	—
955–1680	1214	80-85%	7	68.00–78.50	$73.42	$891	-16.40
755–1410	1269	80-85%	16	85.00–90.00	$86.41	$1,097	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1715	1402	5	65.00–82.50	$74.65	$1,047	—
960–1770	1446	17	85.00–100.00	$92.02	$1,331	—
1860–1915	1888	2	100.00–102.00	$101.01	$1,907	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,100
735–925	849	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	125.00–141.00	$132.00	$1,121

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–695	678	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	110.00–135.00	$122.50	$831

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
745–1020	883	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	835.00–1,050.00	$942.50
865–1070	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,000.00	$987.50
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–960	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	560.00–750.00	$656.00
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
917	917	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
850	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	475.00	$475.00	—

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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.