Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 24, 2023

1,024 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $212.01/cwt -12.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,321/hd at 623 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $225.13/cwt -10.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,150/hd at 511 lb · 43 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $213.14/cwt +8.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,019/hd at 478 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,024	1,071	1,700
Feeder cattle	665	829	1,390
Slaughter cattle	204	177	221
Replacement cattle	155	65	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves 350-400 lbs were 4.00 lower and 400-450 lbs sold 3.00 higher. 450-500 lbs were 12.00 lower while 500-550 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Steer calves 550-600 lbs were steady. Heifer calves 350-400 sold steady while 400-500 lbs were 12.00-13.00 higher.500-600 lbs heifer calves were steady. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs were 6.00 lower and feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows were steady while slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Trade was very active on good numbers with strong 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
280–293	289	7	230.00–245.00	$236.35	$683	-11.65
308–337	328	7	230.00–245.00	$239.32	$785	-10.68
358	358	4	222.00	$222.00	$795	-10.92
355–397	376	33	227.00–245.00	$236.63	$890	+3.71
383 value added	383	3	246.00	$246.00	$942	-17.81
403–436	424	17	237.00–255.00	$245.38	$1,040	+26.36
459–496	469	38	215.00–230.00	$225.61	$1,058	-0.21
500–516	510	38	218.00–234.00	$224.78	$1,146	+1.89
517	517	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,112	-7.89
520 value added	520	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,284	+0.03
573	573	4	203.00	$203.00	$1,163	-28.85
576–594	588	26	219.00–238.00	$222.93	$1,311	-8.92
610	610	4	181.50	$181.50	$1,107	-39.01
607–635 value added	615	10	227.00–235.00	$232.52	$1,430	-3.48
613–643	627	28	201.00–219.00	$210.47	$1,320	-10.04
633	633	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,215	-28.51
655	655	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,127	-31.55
743	743	7	205.00–210.00	$207.86	$1,544	+35.27
790	790	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,335	+22.49
955	955	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,356	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	199.00	$199.00	$925	—
580	580	2	163.00	$163.00	$945	—
610–643	628	4	165.00–172.00	$169.07	$1,062	-9.95
745	745	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,237	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–490	481	5	129.00–130.00	$129.59	$623	—
565	565	2	90.00	$90.00	$508	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	4	142.00	$142.00	$524	—
580	580	1	156.00	$156.00	$905	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284 unweaned	284	4	214.00	$214.00	$608	—
314 value added	314	7	250.00	$250.00	$785	—
328–349	342	6	218.00–232.00	$227.52	$778	+7.52
385 unweaned	385	3	200.00	$200.00	$770	—
365–398	388	29	217.00–234.00	$230.39	$894	-1.79
405–428	416	16	210.00–225.00	$217.94	$907	-10.19
472–491	478	41	204.00–222.00	$213.14	$1,019	+9.52
504–543	519	19	211.00–221.00	$218.47	$1,134	-0.25
551–591	563	31	203.00–212.00	$208.16	$1,172	+4.21
610–625	618	6	179.00–182.00	$180.48	$1,115	+3.48
630 value added	630	3	203.00	$203.00	$1,279	—
650–673	659	6	180.00–189.00	$184.71	$1,217	-3.79
755	755	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,170	-7.00
815	815	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,051	—
1100	1100	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	3	183.00–197.00	$187.67	$741	—
418	418	2	190.00	$190.00	$794	—
463–490	477	4	185.00–190.00	$187.43	$894	—
500–548	526	6	170.00–185.00	$178.38	$938	-8.73
565–593	579	7	184.00–187.00	$184.99	$1,071	+4.87
672–690	677	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,117	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	150.00	$150.00	$588	—
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	—
680	680	1	139.00	$139.00	$945	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	175.00	$175.00	$845	—
513	513	2	163.00	$163.00	$836	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	48.00	$48.00	$223	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	4	220.00	$220.00	$706	—
418	418	3	247.00	$247.00	$1,032	—
535	535	3	192.00	$192.00	$1,027	—
563	563	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,002	+2.50
705–710	709	5	149.00–162.00	$151.59	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,100	+3.00
685	685	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,096	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	65.00	$65.00	$289	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1475	1058	85-90%	41	56.00–79.00	$73.61	$779	-1.89
900–1360	1165	85-90%	7	20.00–44.00	$29.02	$338	-53.93
965–1360	1186	85-90%	14	87.75–89.00	$88.23	$1,046	+5.28
940–1770	1203	85-90%	28	80.00–87.50	$83.83	$1,008	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1335	1120	80-85%	11	85.00–89.50	$86.97	$974	-2.50
975–1575	1155	80-85%	4	95.00–97.00	$95.78	$1,106	—
1039–1825	1215	80-85%	48	90.00–93.50	$91.62	$1,113	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1885	1261	9	66.00–87.50	$77.47	$977	-14.91
1000–1740	1324	5	90.00–99.00	$93.08	$1,232	—
1435–2130	1697	9	100.00–115.00	$108.49	$1,841	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–995	858	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–1,050.00	$937.50
880–1103	1029	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,100.00	$1,016.67
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
950–1260	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,214.29
1050–1435	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1351	1351	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1435	1435	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	500.00	$500.00
608–740	637	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	575.00–600.00	$594.44
730	730	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
767	767	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	600.00	$600.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
674	674	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
925–1100	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–900.00	$825.00

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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
1067	1067	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1268	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1268–1275	1269	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,340.00	—
1270	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
649	649	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	785.00	$785.00	—
783	783	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	660.00	$660.00	—
823	823	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	610.00	$610.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
809	809	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	860.00	$860.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
861	861	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	650.00	$650.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.