Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 10, 2023

1,337 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $251.63/cwt +34.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,671/hd at 664 lb · 37 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $250.07/cwt +2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,194/hd at 477 lb · 29 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $223.32/cwt +12.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,720/hd at 770 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,337	906	1,700
Feeder cattle	836	573	1,390
Slaughter cattle	293	183	221
Replacement cattle	208	150	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last sale in June; steer calves 400-450 lbs were 6.00 higher while 450-500 lbs sold 17.00 higher. 500-600 lb steers were 5.00- 10.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 sold 18.00 higher while 800-850 lbs were 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs were sharply higher. Feeder heifers had too small of numbers last week to compare. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher while slaughter bulls were 2.00-4.00 higher.Trade was very active with high demand on a stronger market with larger numbers. 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
275	275	2	290.00	$290.00	$798	-72.00
317–345	333	16	290.00–320.00	$306.41	$1,020	-35.26
355	355	6	317.00	$317.00	$1,125	+24.19
412–448	423	21	274.00–308.00	$293.17	$1,240	+1.48
465 unweaned	465	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,107	—
458–497	482	20	278.00–309.00	$289.33	$1,395	+10.86
512–545	527	25	263.00–285.00	$273.82	$1,443	+2.36
560–588	576	18	236.00–274.00	$261.98	$1,509	+0.24
603–645	624	27	244.00–272.00	$260.29	$1,624	+7.86
652–685	664	37	240.00–264.00	$251.63	$1,671	+53.63
704–748	728	24	210.00–240.00	$231.82	$1,688	+4.32
755–788	770	29	191.00–232.00	$223.32	$1,720	+12.32
825	825	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,774	+35.00
870–875	872	7	168.00–204.00	$183.98	$1,604	-10.08
940	940	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,927	+23.00
955–975	968	3	190.00–210.00	$203.43	$1,969	—
1065	1065	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,704	-10.00
1210	1210	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,512	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–345	328	6	270.00–285.00	$275.66	$904	—
448–449	449	8	229.00–243.00	$237.76	$1,068	—
450–488	466	11	255.00–260.00	$258.57	$1,205	-5.43
543–548	544	9	232.00–260.00	$247.97	$1,349	+22.97
575	575	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,380	—
603–643	630	6	209.00–210.00	$209.32	$1,319	+14.32
653	653	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,339	-5.00
895	895	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,772	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	302.00	$302.00	$1,096	—
576	576	4	262.00	$262.00	$1,509	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	4	250.00	$250.00	$940	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	2	170.00	$170.00	$952	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	3	225.00	$225.00	$506	—
293	293	3	277.00	$277.00	$812	-9.17
310–338	321	5	272.00–282.00	$276.21	$887	-13.79
367–369	369	12	260.00–279.00	$272.93	$1,007	+18.58
409 value added	409	11	277.00	$277.00	$1,133	—
408–445	427	7	245.00–254.00	$249.27	$1,064	-8.28
455–488 value added	475	5	267.00–277.00	$273.17	$1,298	+7.69
455–496	478	24	236.00–264.00	$245.26	$1,172	+7.65
505–540	517	24	240.00–258.00	$253.08	$1,308	+20.81
555–599	577	19	224.00–244.00	$232.73	$1,343	+9.00
616–646	626	22	210.00–225.00	$220.07	$1,378	-3.93
662–670	668	18	190.00–218.00	$206.01	$1,376	+0.30
711–725	714	10	202.00–207.00	$205.98	$1,471	—
766	766	7	203.50	$203.50	$1,559	+20.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	226.00	$226.00	$945	-21.00
465	465	2	205.00	$205.00	$953	-2.00
545	545	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,172	—
566	566	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,160	—
800	800	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,376	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–315	312	4	225.00–240.00	$232.58	$726	—
437	437	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,027	—
453	453	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,092	—
578	578	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,283	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,087	—
528	528	2	180.00	$180.00	$950	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
239	239	4	236.00	$236.00	$564	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	3	200.00	$200.00	$924	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	202.00	$202.00	$703	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	475.00	$475.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	4	250.00–267.00	$258.50	$1,060	—
463	463	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,181	—
630	630	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,399	—
671	671	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,490	—
787	787	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,574	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	400.00	$400.00	—
135	135	1	400.00	$400.00	—
165–180	173	2	500.00–550.00	$525.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	3	167.00	$167.00	$1,141	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,384	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	2	302.00	$302.00	$704	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1755	1119	80-85%	31	96.50–105.00	$100.73	$1,127	—
940–1695	1173	80-85%	25	93.00–101.00	$96.95	$1,137	+5.80
980–1900	1249	80-85%	18	90.00–95.00	$91.27	$1,140	-8.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
989	989	75-80%	7	106.00	$106.00	$1,048	—
1100–1485	1223	75-80%	35	106.00–113.00	$108.23	$1,324	+1.73
1000–1460	1239	75-80%	17	100.00–106.00	$104.14	$1,290	-2.36

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$996	+48.08
718–1585	1023	85-90%	13	45.00–69.00	$58.58	$599	-24.24
950–1500	1082	85-90%	23	86.00–90.00	$88.23	$955	+15.83
930–1305	1084	85-90%	6	73.00–80.00	$77.14	$836	+4.74
955–1555	1154	85-90%	10	80.00–86.00	$83.76	$967	-3.79

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1495	1234	6	112.00–118.00	$115.00	$1,419	—
1050–1590	1272	6	78.00–111.00	$100.36	$1,277	—
1245–2060	1710	15	118.00–134.00	$125.84	$2,152	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1014	994	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	115.00–149.00	$145.60	$1,447
855–1450	1004	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	129.00–182.00	$168.75	$1,694

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
728	728	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	106.00	$106.00	$772

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
810–1520	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,200.00–1,675.00	$1,503.21
995–1297	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,715.63
1180–1245	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
648	648	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00
693	693	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	635.00	$635.00
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
838	838	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	735.00	$735.00
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–855	798	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,166.67
670–905	808	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,600.00	$1,291.67
810–1110	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,850.00	$1,612.50

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610	610	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	475.00	$475.00

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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
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	+100.00
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00	+50.00
1000–1195	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,810.00	$1,505.00	-195.00
925–1235	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,681.25	+393.75
1035–1243	1191	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,950.00	$1,762.50	—
1100–1280	1232	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,250.00–1,735.00	$1,546.00	-25.00
1040–1294	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00–2,000.00	$1,900.00	+329.00
975–1489	1341	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,950.00	$1,687.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00	$900.00	—
750–878	857	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–1,255.00	$1,179.17	—
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	975.00	$975.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	860.00	$860.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,294	—
1255	1255	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,443	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	3	195.00	$195.00	$800	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
535–860	698	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–900.00	$850.00	—
860	860	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.