Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 17, 2023

1,071 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $241.22/cwt +5.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,134/hd at 470 lb · 65 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $247.72/cwt +14.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,043/hd at 421 lb · 47 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $245.31/cwt +2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 379 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,071	502	904
Feeder cattle	829	340	727
Slaughter cattle	177	101	98
Replacement cattle	65	61	79

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; 350 -400 lbs steer calves were 10.00 higher while 400-450 lbs sold 15.00 higher. 450-500 lbs were 2.00 higher and 500-600 lbs steer calves sold sharply higher. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs were 20 higher ,and 450-500 lbs sold steady. 500-600 lbs heifer calves sold 10.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers had insufficient numbers last week to compare. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 hgher while slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Trade was very good on higher numbers with excellent demand. Excellent buyer attendance

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	7	248.00	$248.00	$657	+4.00
308–320 value added	312	3	270.00–285.00	$279.87	$873	—
325 thin fleshed	325	2	240.00	$240.00	$780	—
325	325	1	250.00	$250.00	$812	—
335 unweaned	335	1	216.00	$216.00	$724	—
365 unweaned	365	2	215.00	$215.00	$785	+7.00
362–385	380	19	232.00–235.00	$232.92	$885	+10.28
375–386 value added	380	16	260.00–270.00	$263.81	$1,002	+1.81
412–415	414	6	230.00–237.00	$233.51	$967	+10.83
401–440	421	23	240.00–252.00	$248.08	$1,044	+25.40
405–429 value added	422	13	260.00–268.00	$264.67	$1,117	+11.26
423–430	426	5	217.00–222.00	$219.02	$933	+6.02
453–455 unweaned	454	4	220.00–227.00	$223.51	$1,015	+10.43
460 thin fleshed	460	10	256.00	$256.00	$1,178	—
453–490	461	12	232.00–250.00	$237.97	$1,097	+1.14
468–474	473	11	225.00–226.00	$225.82	$1,068	-11.01
450–484 value added	477	17	255.00–267.00	$259.66	$1,239	+6.66
460–492	481	11	222.00–227.00	$224.67	$1,081	-12.16
515–537 value added	520	16	235.00–251.00	$246.97	$1,284	+11.97
505–538	523	14	215.00–230.00	$222.89	$1,166	+30.31
553	553	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,156	+11.38
559 value added	559	5	252.00	$252.00	$1,409	—
573–595	586	23	228.00–238.00	$231.85	$1,359	+34.23
593	593	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,275	+17.38
608 value added	608	8	236.00	$236.00	$1,435	—
605–649	636	22	214.00–225.00	$220.51	$1,402	+23.22
650–689	675	14	175.00–213.00	$203.55	$1,374	+18.61
675 value added	675	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,586	+35.00
710 value added	710	3	196.00	$196.00	$1,392	-4.00
720–738	729	8	165.00–175.50	$172.59	$1,258	-12.19
770–775 value added	773	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,430	—
755–798	777	4	146.00–147.00	$146.51	$1,138	—
965	965	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,361	—
1153	1153	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,672	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	190.00	$190.00	$846	—
526	526	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,026	+10.53
621–643	626	23	172.00–184.00	$179.02	$1,121	—
1175	1175	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,386	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	1	325.00	$325.00	—
344	344	5	475.00	$475.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	2	172.00	$172.00	$943	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	59.00	$59.00	$301	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	154.00	$154.00	$801	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	18	247.00	$247.00	$709	—
308	308	2	220.00	$220.00	$678	-8.00
325 thin fleshed	325	2	240.00	$240.00	$780	—
335 unweaned	335	3	207.00	$207.00	$693	—
373–385	380	9	230.00–235.00	$232.18	$882	+7.18
405–441	421	27	222.00–238.00	$228.13	$960	+17.13
422	422	9	207.00	$207.00	$874	-4.00
458–479	470	22	201.00–210.00	$203.62	$957	+1.92
490 value added	490	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,083	—
507–528	513	17	212.00–222.00	$218.72	$1,122	+16.46
537	537	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,074	-2.26
567–585	573	12	198.00–212.00	$203.95	$1,169	+4.16
610	610	10	177.00	$177.00	$1,080	+14.87
672	672	6	188.50	$188.50	$1,267	+22.34
788	788	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,277	+17.06

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527–543	539	14	176.00–194.00	$187.11	$1,009	+17.11
555–566	564	7	176.00–190.00	$180.12	$1,016	—
603	603	2	162.00	$162.00	$977	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578–583	582	12	160.00–170.00	$167.34	$974	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	2	227.00	$227.00	$574	—
306–307	306	7	232.00–242.00	$236.29	$723	—
394	394	12	230.00	$230.00	$906	—
413–425	416	4	200.00–234.00	$225.32	$937	—
461	461	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,060	—
595	595	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,178	+33.00
645	645	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,129	—
930	930	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	14	175.50	$175.50	$1,046	—
629	629	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,176	—
678–699	692	6	160.00–165.00	$163.37	$1,131	—
745	745	1	131.00	$131.00	$976	—
815	815	6	154.00	$154.00	$1,255	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–515	511	5	187.00–195.00	$191.84	$980	—
690	690	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,125	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	4	135.00	$135.00	$409	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
838	838	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,089	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–950	843	85-90%	5	100.00–160.00	$131.24	$1,106	—
850–1290	1024	85-90%	10	48.00–67.00	$57.70	$591	-31.09
865–1330	1059	85-90%	11	69.00–79.00	$75.50	$800	—
1010–1425	1149	85-90%	19	85.00–90.00	$88.02	$1,011	—
900–1530	1152	85-90%	22	79.00–85.00	$82.95	$956	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1033–1510	1123	80-85%	19	88.50–91.00	$89.47	$1,005	—
1065–1630	1259	80-85%	11	92.00–95.00	$92.65	$1,166	—
1275–1470	1378	80-85%	7	95.00–97.50	$95.92	$1,322	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1350	1280	75-80%	4	98.00–107.00	$102.11	$1,307	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1710	1274	9	85.50–99.00	$92.38	$1,177	—
1080–1635	1381	4	61.00–85.00	$75.56	$1,043	—
1205–1815	1548	14	100.00–110.00	$104.72	$1,621	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–990	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–990.00	$938.33
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
745–1190	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	700.00–1,200.00	$928.57
830–1195	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	825.00–1,295.00	$998.75
905–1185	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	600.00–825.00	$712.50
860–1255	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,213.24

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium 1-2 ($/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	825.00	$825.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–875	800	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	625.00–1,250.00	$937.50
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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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
815	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	-75.00

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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.