Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 24, 2023

923 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $305.30/cwt +20.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,429/hd at 468 lb · 46 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $304.68/cwt +7.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,148/hd at 377 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight S 3 steers $80.00/cwt ≈ $498/hd at 623 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	923	1,439	1,700
Feeder cattle	607	1,107	1,390
Slaughter cattle	148	262	221
Replacement cattle	168	70	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; steer calves sold 10.00-11.00 higher with exception of 400-500 lbs being 4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers had insufficient numbers to compare. Heifer calves had lower numbers on comparable sales. Trade was active on smaller numbers and a stronger market. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-10.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good 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
371–381	376	13	315.00–317.00	$315.94	$1,188	+23.05
372–390 unweaned	379	5	275.00–276.00	$275.41	$1,044	—
413	413	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,115	-28.13
435–449	446	9	290.00–294.00	$290.87	$1,297	-7.26
455 value added	455	20	323.00	$323.00	$1,470	—
469–491	478	26	280.00–296.00	$291.69	$1,394	+5.14
513	513	5	282.00	$282.00	$1,447	-1.89
555 value added	555	4	287.00	$287.00	$1,593	+12.00
580–589	584	12	250.00–267.00	$258.30	$1,508	+11.30
618	618	2	272.00	$272.00	$1,681	+2.00
661–688	673	9	237.00–250.00	$241.94	$1,628	-3.18
703–728	711	6	190.00–193.00	$191.98	$1,365	-29.02
805	805	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,610	—
868	868	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,667	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	260.00	$260.00	$892	—
467–468	467	7	255.00–272.00	$259.86	$1,214	+3.12
507–548	525	8	230.00–248.00	$237.31	$1,246	-6.45
563	563	9	258.00	$258.00	$1,453	—
632	632	5	241.50	$241.50	$1,526	+20.50
680–690	685	4	205.00–224.00	$214.57	$1,470	+4.69
720	720	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,670	—
803	803	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,285	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507	507	3	68.00	$68.00	$345	—
590	590	2	66.00	$66.00	$389	—
623	623	17	80.00	$80.00	$498	—
860	860	1	82.00	$82.00	$705	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	13	245.00	$245.00	$1,110	—
587	587	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,456	—
630	630	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,405	+21.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	228.00	$228.00	$935	—
515	515	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,184	—
603	603	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,272	—
713	713	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,597	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,079	—
533	533	7	262.00	$262.00	$1,396	+24.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	4	196.00	$196.00	$858	—
498	498	2	170.00	$170.00	$847	—
672	672	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,048	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	4	230.00	$230.00	$842	±0.00
447	447	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,082	+3.33
470	470	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,104	+6.27
508	508	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,194	—
554–557	555	13	211.00–230.00	$222.67	$1,236	+2.67
635	635	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,334	+14.95

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	6	242.00	$242.00	$929	—
482–495	487	10	220.00–236.00	$229.50	$1,118	—
527	527	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,186	—
580	580	5	168.00	$168.00	$974	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	8	260.00–275.00	$267.50	$971	+9.85
793	793	3	177.00	$177.00	$1,404	—
868	868	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,632	-36.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	200.00	$200.00	$876	-24.00
453–490	481	8	225.00–232.00	$230.35	$1,108	+11.86
578	578	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,272	+24.49

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	232.00	$232.00	$967	+32.00
579	579	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,285	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	242.00	$242.00	$1,198	—
522	522	3	242.00	$242.00	$1,263	+17.98
603	603	4	216.00	$216.00	$1,302	—
698	698	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,396	-11.00
799	799	4	194.00	$194.00	$1,550	-8.00
890	890	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	2	202.00	$202.00	$834	-82.00
573	573	5	252.00	$252.00	$1,444	—
1050	1050	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,365	—
1445	1445	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,907	—
1465	1465	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,861	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,212	—
587	587	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,409	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135	135	1	430.00	$430.00	—
150	150	1	490.00	$490.00	-35.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–714	698	85-90%	18	82.00–111.00	$91.78	$641	—
1025–1080	1052	85-90%	3	45.00–68.00	$59.05	$621	-38.76
960–1575	1163	85-90%	12	75.00–90.50	$82.02	$954	—
930–1345	1194	85-90%	8	88.00–90.50	$89.07	$1,063	—
920–1485	1205	85-90%	10	90.50–97.00	$94.16	$1,135	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
963	963	80-85%	9	131.00	$131.00	$1,262	—
1010–1655	1148	80-85%	7	95.00–101.00	$98.31	$1,129	—
1050–1875	1256	80-85%	13	98.00–105.00	$101.24	$1,272	-0.73
975–1675	1314	80-85%	10	102.00–111.00	$106.34	$1,397	+15.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1620	1248	75-80%	5	106.00–120.00	$113.80	$1,420	—
1085–1470	1311	75-80%	4	109.00–113.00	$110.12	$1,444	-1.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1370	1229	5	72.00–98.00	$84.46	$1,038	-9.66
960–1705	1301	16	103.00–120.00	$112.31	$1,461	—
900–2190	1499	19	120.00–135.00	$126.24	$1,892	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–940	890	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–147.00	$133.50	$1,188
963–1000	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	131.00–165.00	$153.83	$1,500

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–960	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,250.00
885–1010	967	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,300.00
935–1200	1068	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	935.00–1,475.00	$1,205.00
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
950–1226	1139	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,575.00
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–845	758	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–1,210.00	$978.33

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	525.00	$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
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
678–1650	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	1,000.00–1,775.00	$1,407.61	—
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,475.00	$1,475.00	-166.67
845–1105	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00–1,525.00	$1,483.33	-158.34
840–1126	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	775.00–1,335.00	$1,255.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620–895	673	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	535.00–950.00	$612.50	—
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	575.00	$575.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1120–1185	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,110.00–1,250.00	$1,180.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
963–980	971	41	125.00–165.00	$144.80	$1,406	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
638	638	2	71.00	$71.00	$453	—
963	963	13	125.00	$125.00	$1,204	—
1175	1175	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,410	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	120.00	$120.00	$434	—
408	408	2	122.00	$122.00	$498	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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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.