Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 17, 2023

1,439 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.36/cwt +0.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 415 lb · 49 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $257.71/cwt +7.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,255/hd at 487 lb · 44 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $284.00/cwt ≈ $1,159/hd at 408 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,439	1,337	1,700
Feeder cattle	1,107	836	1,390
Slaughter cattle	262	293	221
Replacement cattle	70	208	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 300 lbs sold sharply higher; 300-500 lbs were 3.00-9.00 lower, while 500-600 lbs sold 9.00 higher. Feeder steers steady on a few sales. Heifer calves under 300 lbs were sharply higher; 300-500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 6.00 higher on light receipts. Slaughter cows were 2.00-7.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on larger numbers.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
166	166	7	322.00	$322.00	$535	—
217–226	221	19	306.00–318.00	$311.81	$689	—
250 unweaned	250	3	285.00	$285.00	$712	—
257	257	21	322.00	$322.00	$828	+32.00
301–309 value added	304	10	315.00–317.00	$315.81	$960	—
310–325 unweaned	322	5	272.00–285.00	$274.50	$884	—
332–348	336	15	287.00–307.00	$299.01	$1,005	-7.40
360 thin fleshed	360	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,116	—
365–380	370	6	285.00–297.00	$292.89	$1,084	-24.11
406–439	415	20	287.00–302.00	$298.13	$1,237	+4.96
432 value added	432	6	312.00	$312.00	$1,348	—
470	470	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,231	-27.33
457–485	471	33	275.00–300.00	$286.55	$1,350	-2.78
520–528	525	22	277.00–294.00	$283.89	$1,490	+10.07
553 value added	553	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,521	—
594–595	595	8	246.00–248.00	$247.00	$1,470	-14.98
600	600	17	270.00	$270.00	$1,620	+9.71
656–679	668	19	240.00–251.00	$245.12	$1,637	-6.51
700	700	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,547	-10.82
793	793	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,745	-3.32

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	6	277.00	$277.00	$1,055	—
405–446	428	18	265.00–273.00	$269.46	$1,153	+31.70
467–497	477	21	248.00–268.00	$256.74	$1,225	-1.83
527–537	533	11	237.00–247.00	$243.76	$1,299	-4.21
613	613	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,355	+11.68
668–685	678	5	202.00–215.00	$209.88	$1,423	+4.88

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	6	258.00	$258.00	$1,099	—
546	546	4	198.00	$198.00	$1,081	—
600	600	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,212	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–488	482	7	215.00–232.00	$223.63	$1,078	—
543	543	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,249	—
588	588	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,247	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230	230	1	320.00	$320.00	—
325	325	1	275.00	$275.00	—
363	363	3	330.00	$330.00	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–288	287	4	220.00–300.00	$260.21	$747	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,304	—
720	720	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	162.00	$162.00	$883	—
795	795	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,264	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	140.00	$140.00	$823	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	20	292.00	$292.00	$718	+67.00
291	291	9	260.00	$260.00	$757	-17.00
295–297	296	24	280.00–282.00	$281.41	$833	+4.41
317–347	332	38	265.00–280.00	$276.33	$917	+0.12
356–393	380	14	252.00–260.00	$257.65	$979	-15.28
400–441	415	49	258.00–272.00	$266.36	$1,105	+17.09
467–497	487	42	255.00–265.00	$256.79	$1,251	+11.53
488 value added	488	2	277.00	$277.00	$1,352	+3.83
561–568	563	6	225.00–230.00	$226.68	$1,276	-6.05
630–638	637	16	215.00–231.00	$228.03	$1,453	+7.96
860	860	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,926	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	225.00	$225.00	$747	—
395	395	3	230.00	$230.00	$908	—
418–444	434	19	230.00–245.00	$238.67	$1,036	+12.67
473–498	489	10	223.00–240.00	$228.73	$1,118	+23.73
586	586	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,289	+15.00
610–634	623	14	190.00–200.00	$195.05	$1,215	—
658–698	682	5	208.00–210.00	$208.77	$1,424	—
776	776	4	202.00	$202.00	$1,568	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	224.00	$224.00	$979	—
464–467	465	10	215.00–220.00	$218.49	$1,016	—
503–546	528	17	198.00–210.00	$203.79	$1,076	—
575–595	584	12	190.00–202.00	$195.51	$1,142	—
624	624	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,154	—
658	658	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,191	—
733	733	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,327	—
752	752	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,241	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	2	269.00	$269.00	$775	—
363	363	3	200.00	$200.00	$726	—
435	435	2	200.00	$200.00	$870	-35.00
518	518	4	199.00	$199.00	$1,031	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–593	580	3	180.00–189.00	$186.13	$1,080	—
725–741	734	7	161.00–178.00	$168.19	$1,235	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	410.00	$410.00	-65.00
160	160	1	520.00	$520.00	—
280	280	1	215.00	$215.00	—
395	395	1	240.00	$240.00	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
572	572	3	130.00	$130.00	$744	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	2	150.00	$150.00	$840	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	90.00	$90.00	$426	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	300.00	$300.00	$729	—
250	250	4	311.00	$311.00	$778	—
334–345	343	25	287.00–298.00	$289.14	$992	—
382	382	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,070	—
450	450	3	242.00	$242.00	$1,089	-13.00
510–515	512	5	220.00–230.00	$224.02	$1,147	—
575	575	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,202	—
682	682	30	211.00	$211.00	$1,439	-11.00
747	747	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,210	—
786	786	22	202.00	$202.00	$1,588	+2.00
835	835	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,169	—
850	850	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,275	—
953	953	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,325	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	322.00	$322.00	$1,014	—
365	365	3	270.00	$270.00	$986	—
408	408	42	284.00	$284.00	$1,159	—
735–745	738	4	181.00–191.00	$188.47	$1,391	—
775	775	2	168.50	$168.50	$1,306	—
960	960	1	86.00	$86.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	245.00	$245.00	$926	—
500–532	521	9	200.00–217.00	$211.57	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	335.00	$335.00	-65.00
185	185	1	525.00	$525.00	±0.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,419	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1695	1270	80-85%	40	97.00–106.00	$101.97	$1,295	—
1080–1680	1318	80-85%	17	85.00–94.50	$91.13	$1,201	—
1025–1795	1328	80-85%	19	94.00–98.00	$95.38	$1,267	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1460	1059	85-90%	24	88.00–119.00	$97.81	$1,036	+9.58
895–1570	1084	85-90%	12	76.00–90.00	$81.36	$882	+4.22
925–1420	1092	85-90%	14	84.00–91.00	$86.54	$945	+9.40
1115–1560	1329	85-90%	5	39.00–65.00	$52.83	$702	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1480	1289	75-80%	21	102.00–111.00	$104.98	$1,353	—
1105–1750	1289	75-80%	26	102.00–109.00	$105.89	$1,365	—
1085–1705	1313	75-80%	3	110.00–114.00	$111.69	$1,466	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1915	1915	65-75%	1	109.00	$109.00	$2,087	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1910	1201	8	80.00–110.00	$94.12	$1,130	-20.88
1110–1755	1408	11	110.00–119.00	$115.52	$1,627	—
1345–1990	1615	18	119.00–129.00	$123.11	$1,988	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
803–1020	880	(<2 yrs)	Open	15	150.00–187.00	$179.73	$1,582
960–1040	1012	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	135.00–154.00	$147.33	$1,491

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–880	810	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$750.00
765–945	844	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,225.00–1,525.00	$1,400.00
940–1200	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,675.00	$1,458.33
995–1395	1136	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,075.00–1,825.00	$1,596.43
1450	1450	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065–1110	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,825.00	$1,525.00

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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
855–1070	997	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,325.00–1,725.00	$1,641.67	—
1115–1220	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,725.00	$1,662.50	-100.00
1105–1405	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,700.00–2,025.00	$1,875.00	-25.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710–920	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–760.00	$740.00	—
940–1075	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,475.00	$1,362.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
495–595	545	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00–725.00	$700.00	—
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	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
689	689	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,220	—
1045	1045	13	166.00	$166.00	$1,735	—
1088	1088	3	173.00	$173.00	$1,882	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,071	—
719	719	4	168.00	$168.00	$1,208	—
776	776	4	162.00	$162.00	$1,257	—
1087	1087	15	175.00	$175.00	$1,902	—
1243	1243	3	165.00	$165.00	$2,051	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
495	495	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	435.00	$435.00	—

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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.