Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 19, 2023

1,168 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $282.93/cwt +12.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,213/hd at 429 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $273.62/cwt -29.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,302/hd at 476 lb · 43 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $251.20/cwt +9.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 418 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,168	935	1,700
Feeder cattle	890	689	1,390
Slaughter cattle	187	202	221
Replacement cattle	91	44	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves 300-350 lbs were 3.00 higher and 450-550 lbs sold 6.00-7.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs were steady and 350-400 lbs sold 4.00 higher. 450-500 lbs were 13.00 higher while 500-550 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 4.00 lower and 650-700 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows were steady to 2.00 higher while slaughter bulls sold steady to 6.00 higher. Trade was active on larger numbers with a good market. Demand was erratic with 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
190	190	1	315.00	$315.00	$598	—
253 unweaned	253	2	240.00	$240.00	$607	—
282–295	285	4	310.00–320.00	$312.59	$891	-12.41
305 value added	305	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,006	—
329–343	333	13	306.00–317.00	$312.19	$1,040	-10.81
337	337	5	269.00	$269.00	$907	-54.00
355–359 value added	358	5	306.00–332.00	$326.85	$1,170	+4.85
360	360	2	270.00	$270.00	$972	-2.00
363–393	372	14	280.00–295.00	$286.04	$1,064	+14.04
410–425 value added	419	10	296.00–310.00	$306.15	$1,283	—
422	422	5	264.00	$264.00	$1,114	-46.87
431	431	7	257.00	$257.00	$1,108	-53.87
409–445	434	23	270.00–289.00	$284.85	$1,236	+24.85
459 value added	459	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,354	—
465–489	478	25	276.00–287.00	$281.55	$1,346	-21.22
475–483	482	11	241.00–252.00	$241.98	$1,166	-60.79
505–529	516	19	262.00–288.00	$280.48	$1,447	+38.48
521	521	4	244.00	$244.00	$1,271	-43.11
553–593	576	27	255.00–276.00	$269.45	$1,552	+34.42
608–644	622	24	245.00–270.00	$257.37	$1,601	-2.20
653	653	8	237.00–250.00	$246.75	$1,611	+43.30
685 value added	685	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,884	—
695	695	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,432	+2.55
705–728	721	5	207.00–228.00	$212.71	$1,534	-16.49
765–772	768	15	212.00–220.00	$215.22	$1,653	—
812	812	6	209.00	$209.00	$1,697	-14.00
887	887	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,641	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	210.00	$210.00	$788	—
452–465	459	7	232.00–243.00	$236.64	$1,086	—
588	588	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,352	—
637–640	638	12	217.00–219.00	$217.33	$1,387	—
651–698	674	19	190.00–200.00	$193.67	$1,305	—
728–748	738	4	184.00–186.00	$184.99	$1,365	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	3	315.00	$315.00	$907	—
405	405	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,134	—
563	563	5	245.00–270.00	$255.00	$1,436	+20.00

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,046	—
558	558	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,200	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632	632	3	81.00	$81.00	$512	—
885	885	1	95.00	$95.00	$841	—
1075	1075	1	90.00	$90.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155–160	158	2	410.00–530.00	$470.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271 value added	271	5	286.00	$286.00	$775	—
272–288	280	6	250.00–262.00	$255.83	$716	—
310	310	3	238.00	$238.00	$738	-45.74
305–346	330	19	255.00–278.00	$273.24	$902	-10.50
343 value added	343	2	287.00	$287.00	$984	—
363–392	386	13	255.00–270.00	$260.41	$1,005	-0.75
410	410	3	232.00	$232.00	$951	—
400–440	417	32	240.00–262.00	$254.52	$1,061	+12.52
442	442	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,039	-7.00
453–483	469	29	240.00–248.00	$244.16	$1,145	+16.02
503–535	524	31	227.00–239.00	$232.72	$1,219	+4.63
551–593	583	31	220.00–236.00	$227.46	$1,326	+3.68
614	614	17	205.00	$205.00	$1,259	-5.62
650 value added	650	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,365	—
653–693	664	23	191.00–209.00	$203.84	$1,353	-2.66
670	670	3	188.00	$188.00	$1,260	-18.50
740–745	743	4	185.00–207.00	$195.96	$1,456	+9.60
761–775	771	21	185.00–191.00	$189.30	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	200.00	$200.00	$566	—
355	355	6	227.00	$227.00	$806	—
436	436	5	205.00	$205.00	$894	—
483	483	2	205.00	$205.00	$990	—
513–532	529	12	190.00–206.00	$192.59	$1,019	-17.41
636	636	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,151	—
658–661	660	9	175.00–180.00	$176.11	$1,162	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	252.00	$252.00	$988	-24.00
500	500	4	219.00	$219.00	$1,095	-23.00
585	585	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,217	-22.00
638	638	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,308	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	237.00	$237.00	$664	—
348	348	4	240.00	$240.00	$835	—
405	405	1	132.00	$132.00	$535	+32.00
610	610	2	90.00	$90.00	$549	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613–628	618	6	140.00–160.00	$153.23	$947	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	3	210.00	$210.00	$861	—
488	488	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,035	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
594	594	4	147.00	$147.00	$873	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	2	450.00–485.00	$467.50	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	160.00	$160.00	$573	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,311	+20.00
623	623	2	197.00	$197.00	$1,227	-17.00
663	663	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,240	-7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	355.00	$355.00	$710	—
457	457	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,188	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	—	—	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,073	—
765	765	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,224	—
790	790	—	—	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,122	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	90.00	$90.00	$418	—
590	590	1	78.00	$78.00	$460	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
1370	1370	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1215	952	85-90%	20	41.00–73.00	$65.73	$626	—
820–1370	1038	85-90%	30	75.00–82.00	$78.65	$816	-3.71
935–1580	1153	85-90%	14	87.00–90.00	$88.06	$1,015	-2.05
915–1495	1177	85-90%	16	82.00–86.50	$84.55	$995	-5.56

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1575	1139	80-85%	24	94.00–112.00	$98.72	$1,124	—
838–1900	1186	80-85%	12	92.00–94.00	$92.98	$1,103	-1.96
1020–1430	1245	80-85%	6	90.00–92.00	$90.81	$1,131	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1505	1150	5	86.00–105.00	$96.03	$1,104	+4.72
1025–1705	1308	10	105.00–115.00	$110.78	$1,449	—
1025–2075	1624	15	114.00–130.00	$118.75	$1,928	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	$969
880	880	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,311

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–860	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–860.00	$753.33
935–1105	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,300.00	$1,041.67
965–1345	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,225.00–1,650.00	$1,500.00
980–1450	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	900.00–1,575.00	$1,189.17

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	-375.00
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	-725.00
915–1275	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00–1,750.00	$1,506.25	-568.75
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,875.00	$1,875.00	+307.50
900–1385	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,625.00–1,900.00	$1,796.43	—
1435	1435	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
657–1117	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	635.00–925.00	$741.50	—
903	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00	$825.00	—
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.