Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 31, 2023

1,624 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $283.96/cwt +1.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,528/hd at 538 lb · 92 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $253.53/cwt -18.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,607/hd at 634 lb · 84 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $298.43/cwt +11.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,288/hd at 432 lb · 72 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,624	923	369
Feeder cattle	1,330	607	308
Slaughter cattle	123	148	39
Replacement cattle	171	168	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; steer calves sold 11.00-19.00 higher with exception of 450-500 lbs at 9.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers had insufficient numbers last week to compare. Heifer calves 550-600 lbs sold 9.00 higher. Trade was very active on larger numbers of quality cattle and a stronger market. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00-5.00 higher. Demand was very good on higher numbers.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	23	340.00	$340.00	$1,006	—
333 value added	333	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,149	—
303–347	334	52	302.00–330.00	$323.80	$1,081	—
350 unweaned	350	3	316.00	$316.00	$1,106	+40.59
351–370	359	11	327.00–340.00	$334.62	$1,201	+18.68
425	425	11	280.00	$280.00	$1,190	+10.00
403–442	432	56	291.00–315.00	$305.06	$1,318	+14.19
435–445 unweaned	441	5	258.00–275.00	$264.71	$1,167	—
450–499	481	33	257.00–287.00	$269.24	$1,295	-22.45
508–541	529	15	240.00–262.00	$252.96	$1,338	-29.04
540 value added	540	77	290.00	$290.00	$1,566	—
558–570	568	38	251.00–276.00	$264.35	$1,502	+6.05
611–646	634	84	220.00–270.50	$253.53	$1,607	-18.47
650–690	655	24	197.00–245.50	$240.75	$1,577	-1.19
724–740	731	28	232.00–237.00	$234.17	$1,712	+42.19
779	779	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,714	—
867–883	876	7	205.00–209.00	$206.70	$1,811	+14.70
985	985	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,724	—
1153	1153	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,902	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	286.00	$286.00	$1,072	—
407–428	413	10	253.00–270.00	$258.28	$1,067	—
438	438	2	220.00	$220.00	$964	—
455–478	467	6	230.00–238.00	$234.10	$1,093	-25.76
500–528	517	8	225.00–241.00	$235.48	$1,217	-1.83
555	555	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,276	-28.00
700	700	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,540	-12.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,164	—
670	670	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,481	—
728	728	6	221.00	$221.00	$1,609	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	4	160.00	$160.00	$952	—
633	633	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,551	—
718	718	3	136.00	$136.00	$976	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
584	584	5	187.00	$187.00	$1,092	-61.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	284.00	$284.00	$1,244	—
463	463	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,204	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,152	+5.00
458	458	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,053	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
738	738	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,203	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,444	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	100.00	$100.00	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460	1460	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,679	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–246	229	18	290.00–297.00	$292.51	$670	—
314–327	317	49	280.00–298.00	$282.93	$897	—
388	388	5	277.00–280.00	$278.20	$1,079	+10.70
418–433	426	19	243.00–270.00	$264.34	$1,126	—
476–486	481	14	237.00–254.00	$247.78	$1,192	—
545	545	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,297	—
555–588	572	26	202.00–239.00	$225.80	$1,292	—
615–648	631	28	202.00–231.50	$226.49	$1,429	—
1208	1208	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,329	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	292.00	$292.00	$788	—
365–385	378	31	210.00–275.00	$245.84	$929	+15.84
403–445	429	27	230.00–255.00	$242.69	$1,041	+0.69
472–488	474	27	238.00–251.00	$243.16	$1,153	+8.16
522–541	530	11	224.00–232.00	$226.97	$1,203	-8.03
607–648	624	19	196.00–227.00	$217.18	$1,355	+7.18
654–696	671	25	175.00–217.00	$190.15	$1,276	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	267.00	$267.00	$1,028	—
461–469	465	8	190.00–230.00	$209.83	$976	—
567	567	9	239.00	$239.00	$1,355	—
673	673	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,534	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,078	—
649	649	5	165.00	$165.00	$1,071	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–140	120	2	235.00–325.00	$287.50	—
150	150	2	360.00–400.00	$380.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,046	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	18	275.00	$275.00	$927	—
418	418	3	230.00	$230.00	$961	—
450–455	454	14	240.00–264.00	$258.90	$1,175	—
518–531	525	7	221.00–226.00	$223.11	$1,171	-18.89
675–683	680	3	175.00–202.00	$193.07	$1,313	-6.93
860	860	1	84.00	$84.00	$722	-80.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	5	240.00	$240.00	$910	—
450	450	5	238.00	$238.00	$1,071	-12.00
638	638	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,085	—
828	828	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,275	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	300.00	$300.00	—
100–130	110	3	275.00–325.00	$309.85	-120.15
160–195	178	3	325.00–550.00	$457.48	-32.52
200–225	213	2	310.00–925.00	$599.41	—
300	300	4	320.00	$320.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	152.00	$152.00	$783	—
550–598	566	3	197.00–210.00	$205.42	$1,163	-46.58
615–635	625	2	175.00–178.00	$176.48	$1,103	—
675	675	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,195	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1090	1013	85-90%	4	50.00–71.00	$58.94	$597	—
870–1410	1075	85-90%	13	76.00–88.00	$83.24	$895	+24.19
885–1470	1082	85-90%	31	85.00–96.00	$92.89	$1,005	+33.84
845–1490	1107	85-90%	30	90.00–99.00	$96.32	$1,066	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985	985	80-85%	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,064	-23.00
960–1500	1171	80-85%	31	92.50–106.00	$98.87	$1,158	—
995–1465	1193	80-85%	18	99.00–109.00	$104.19	$1,243	—
1055–1575	1276	80-85%	14	107.00–111.00	$107.91	$1,377	+6.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1815	1357	75-80%	6	97.00–119.00	$112.15	$1,522	—
1075–1615	1373	75-80%	3	115.00–116.00	$115.26	$1,583	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,277	—
960–1615	1198	4	80.00–95.00	$88.42	$1,059	—
885–1680	1231	17	100.00–125.00	$113.30	$1,395	+28.84
985–1805	1413	19	120.00–137.00	$126.89	$1,793	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–935	893	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	150.00–158.00	$154.00	$1,375
810–1100	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	144.00–168.00	$159.00	$1,452

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
770–1105	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	875.00–1,600.00	$1,330.00
975–1030	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,550.00
775–1268	1009	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,600.00	$1,332.14
850–1170	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,500.00	$1,325.00
1189	1189	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,425.00	$1,425.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620–675	648	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	575.00–850.00	$712.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–935	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,550.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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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
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
870–1215	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,800.00	$1,568.75	+313.75
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	+345.00
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1085–1210	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,450.00–1,825.00	$1,732.69	—
1035–1215	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,800.00	$1,615.71	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
658	658	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	500.00	$500.00	—
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
951	951	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	12	172.00	$172.00	$535	—
363–398	389	16	170.00–172.00	$170.47	$663	+50.47
448	448	3	160.00	$160.00	$717	—
472	472	5	161.00	$161.00	$760	—
535	535	4	150.00	$150.00	$802	—
665	665	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,064	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–730	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.