Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 27, 2023

1,097 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $214.86/cwt -0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,129/hd at 526 lb · 70 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $222.57/cwt +3.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,044/hd at 469 lb · 64 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $216.22/cwt +23.62 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 438 lb · 58 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,097	2,000	336
Feeder cattle	949	1,708	227
Slaughter cattle	105	174	109
Replacement cattle	43	118	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 350 lbs not well tested. Steer calves 350-450 lbs traded 6.00-8.00 higher; 450-500 lbs mostly steady; 500-550 lbs were sharply higher; 550-600 lbs were not well tested. Heifer calves 350-550 lbs traded 15.00-18.00 higher, with instances sharply higher on 450-500 lbs. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs 8.00 higher, instances 15.00 higher; over 650 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers this week to compare. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter mostly steady, instances 6.00-8.00 on lean cows. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 unweaned	230	1	200.00	$200.00	$460	—
275	275	3	236.00	$236.00	$649	+15.17
317 unweaned	317	3	218.00	$218.00	$691	+24.00
365–399	386	19	240.00–252.00	$243.56	$940	+42.56
400–422	411	41	222.00–241.00	$232.42	$955	+37.42
438	438	3	214.00	$214.00	$937	-0.15
444 value added	444	9	247.00	$247.00	$1,097	+8.83
461–496	469	59	208.00–225.00	$221.01	$1,037	+16.01
471 thin fleshed	471	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,135	—
505–540	523	53	200.00–222.00	$208.35	$1,090	-7.37
507–540 value added	534	17	235.00–236.00	$235.17	$1,256	—
558 value added	558	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,172	—
565–590	574	9	180.00–194.00	$190.18	$1,092	-19.85
625–631	630	15	185.00–198.00	$191.94	$1,209	+4.47
636 value added	636	10	205.00	$205.00	$1,304	—
644	644	7	180.00	$180.00	$1,159	-7.47
650 value added	650	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,202	—
703	703	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,265	+10.98
795	795	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,161	—
893	893	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,393	—
1025	1025	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,394	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–445	430	3	200.00–202.00	$200.69	$863	+16.71
495	495	1	195.00	$195.00	$965	-1.00
533	533	2	166.00	$166.00	$885	-22.00
704–721	710	14	153.00–162.00	$158.74	$1,127	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	102.00	$102.00	$449	—
501	501	4	102.00	$102.00	$511	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	3	55.00	$55.00	$343	—
710	710	2	53.00	$53.00	$376	-17.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	220.00	$220.00	$733	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	202.00	$202.00	$572	-2.10
340 unweaned	340	3	188.00	$188.00	$639	-2.00
364–381	370	19	200.00–225.00	$218.56	$809	+12.31
412–441	438	58	210.00–228.00	$216.22	$947	+21.23
456–490	462	24	200.00–218.00	$211.06	$975	+25.39
500–546	522	39	186.50–208.00	$197.06	$1,029	+8.50
558–595	566	25	172.00–187.00	$181.75	$1,029	+2.30
604	604	8	177.00	$177.00	$1,069	-4.25
765–792	782	16	145.00–161.00	$152.24	$1,191	—
808	808	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,228	—
953	953	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,334	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	8	196.00	$196.00	$849	—
494–495	495	8	185.00–191.00	$188.00	$931	—
500	500	2	175.00	$175.00	$875	+15.00
555–590	582	9	163.00–165.00	$163.42	$951	+8.88
605–615	611	5	148.00–156.00	$152.83	$934	-5.17
653	653	2	144.00	$144.00	$940	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632	632	6	90.00	$90.00	$569	—
708	708	2	90.00	$90.00	$637	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	4	141.00	$141.00	$439	—
393	393	2	110.00	$110.00	$432	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	122.00	$122.00	$451	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	2	171.00	$171.00	$940	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	155.00	$155.00	$570	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	172.00	$172.00	$697	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	135.00	$135.00	$932	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	5	228.00	$228.00	$1,001	—
573	573	2	165.00	$165.00	$945	-19.00
673	673	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,043	—
920	920	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,012	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
826	826	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,206	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–365	361	6	105.00–110.00	$107.53	$388	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	3	149.00	$149.00	$916	+9.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–865	845	85-90%	3	64.00–67.50	$66.19	$559	+2.23
800–1360	1064	85-90%	21	75.00–86.00	$79.96	$851	—
915–1335	1074	85-90%	8	66.00–76.00	$71.23	$765	—
900–1370	1184	85-90%	10	86.00–91.00	$88.72	$1,050	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	80-85%	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,018	-0.09
970–1715	1270	80-85%	12	75.00–89.00	$83.69	$1,063	—
1140–1845	1415	80-85%	23	87.50–94.00	$90.65	$1,283	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1410	1370	75-80%	2	83.00–89.00	$86.09	$1,179	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010	1010	1	90.00	$90.00	$909	—
1030–1375	1231	5	88.00–93.00	$90.64	$1,116	—
1415–1870	1582	13	96.00–102.50	$99.37	$1,572	—
1870–2165	2018	2	108.00–110.00	$108.93	$2,198	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	91.00	$91.00	$919

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1185–1405	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,250.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1000–1375	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,175.00	$1,037.50
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	460.00	$460.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
495	495	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	285.00	$285.00

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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
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1090	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	147.00	$147.00	$507	—
520–535	524	4	100.00–111.00	$108.19	$567	—
673–694	683	39	112.00–148.00	$130.19	$889	—
773	773	13	112.00	$112.00	$866	—
860	860	23	144.00	$144.00	$1,238	—
1140	1140	5	99.00	$99.00	$1,129	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	13	153.00	$153.00	$424	—
312–349	335	21	146.00–153.00	$150.52	$504	—
466	466	4	135.00	$135.00	$629	—
610	610	2	125.00	$125.00	$762	—

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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.