Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 14, 2023

1,633 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $282.14/cwt +1.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,351/hd at 479 lb · 60 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $269.77/cwt +2.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,497/hd at 555 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $241.90/cwt -13.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,277/hd at 528 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,633	1,475	1,238
Feeder cattle	1,052	1,096	880
Slaughter cattle	414	235	227
Replacement cattle	167	144	131

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; steer calves 300-400 lbs were 13.00-15.00 higher. 400-500 lbs sold 4.00-12.00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 10.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs sold 5.00-13.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 8.00-13.00 lower while 400-600 lbs traded 6.00-8.00 lower.Feeder heifers had no comparable sales last week to use. Trade was moderate on larger numbers of cattle starting to show the drouth. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady. 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
283–284	284	6	326.00–340.00	$330.66	$939	+12.45
308 value added	308	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,047	—
308–345	328	12	310.00–322.00	$318.69	$1,045	-3.27
348 unweaned	348	6	302.00	$302.00	$1,051	—
365–392	379	28	282.00–310.00	$300.27	$1,138	-14.68
410–449	424	34	282.00–320.00	$299.68	$1,271	+0.50
453–497	479	60	250.00–298.00	$282.14	$1,351	+27.14
503–548	537	50	258.00–271.00	$264.31	$1,419	-10.23
550–588	555	58	250.00–290.00	$269.77	$1,497	+2.49
612–648	618	42	242.00–268.00	$262.46	$1,622	+8.82
665–691	684	10	235.00–240.00	$236.77	$1,620	-11.45
720	720	13	219.00–245.00	$235.00	$1,692	+15.66
770	770	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,671	—
815	815	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,809	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–348	331	14	270.00–285.00	$280.02	$927	—
356–381	368	11	270.00–281.00	$278.35	$1,024	—
420–447	434	18	244.00–279.00	$265.15	$1,151	+25.15
470–498	482	10	231.00–248.00	$237.15	$1,143	-28.85
508	508	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,219	-2.52
569–589	581	14	232.00–245.00	$240.46	$1,397	-4.54
643	643	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,466	+53.00
740	740	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,695	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	4	322.00	$322.00	$1,169	—
455	455	6	292.00	$292.00	$1,329	—
504	504	7	275.00	$275.00	$1,386	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–445	427	4	178.00–298.00	$235.40	$1,005	—
515	515	2	120.00	$120.00	$618	-123.82
568	568	2	149.00	$149.00	$846	—
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	-92.00
650–665	658	2	138.00–150.00	$143.93	$947	—
760	760	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,102	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	212.00	$212.00	$844	—
574	574	8	214.00	$214.00	$1,228	—
690	690	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	210.00	$210.00	$672	—
420	420	2	212.00	$212.00	$890	—
548	548	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,304	+63.00
592	592	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,077	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,130	—
518	518	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,166	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–275	272	3	280.00–320.00	$293.01	$797	+1.01
318–342	330	12	255.00–278.00	$270.23	$892	-10.53
378–380	379	6	250.00–262.00	$254.01	$963	-27.65
401–437	420	25	248.00–264.00	$256.06	$1,075	-10.36
462–493	471	34	236.00–258.00	$249.03	$1,173	-11.50
508–538	528	56	215.00–253.00	$241.90	$1,277	-13.00
553–596	582	20	210.00–250.00	$229.81	$1,337	-13.44
625–644	640	9	215.00–238.00	$233.01	$1,491	+12.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	309	7	202.00–277.00	$250.87	$775	+0.87
373	373	6	262.00	$262.00	$977	+32.00
445	445	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,024	—
459–490	469	6	220.00–241.00	$233.69	$1,096	+3.69
508–519	514	8	242.00–243.00	$242.49	$1,246	—
550–598	561	9	207.00–231.00	$225.31	$1,264	—
628	628	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,413	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
244	244	6	280.00	$280.00	$683	—
288	288	8	277.00	$277.00	$798	—
343	343	2	277.00	$277.00	$950	—
394	394	5	263.00	$263.00	$1,036	—
873	873	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,432	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	11	220.00	$220.00	$871	—
659	659	4	209.00	$209.00	$1,377	—
733	733	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,393	—
854	854	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,580	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	175.00	$175.00	$648	—
478	478	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,138	—
850	850	1	82.00	$82.00	$697	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	92.00	$92.00	$389	—
560	560	2	168.00	$168.00	$941	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	307.00	$307.00	$691	—
299	299	7	292.00	$292.00	$873	—
344	344	5	262.00	$262.00	$901	—
478	478	2	190.00	$190.00	$908	—
585	585	2	179.00	$179.00	$1,047	—
864	864	12	143.00	$143.00	$1,236	—
980	980	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,176	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,097	—
653	653	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,241	-15.00
720–736	732	8	170.00–185.00	$173.69	$1,271	—
753	753	6	130.00	$130.00	$979	—
818	818	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,309	-30.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	8	282.00	$282.00	$1,032	—
463	463	5	266.00	$266.00	$1,232	—
785	785	1	90.00	$90.00	$706	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,023	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868–1505	1071	85-90%	45	84.00–89.00	$86.64	$928	-3.46
905–1540	1113	85-90%	27	74.00–84.00	$80.74	$899	—
890–1660	1152	85-90%	45	87.00–97.00	$89.56	$1,032	—
925–1555	1211	85-90%	22	31.00–75.00	$59.55	$721	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1635	1236	80-85%	47	96.00–104.50	$99.87	$1,234	-1.12
945–1620	1238	80-85%	47	90.00–97.00	$94.08	$1,165	-6.91
905–1585	1303	80-85%	37	86.00–95.00	$91.15	$1,188	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1660	1245	75-80%	28	100.50–114.00	$106.63	$1,328	—
1030–1635	1288	75-80%	23	97.00–105.00	$101.64	$1,309	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1745	1337	7	114.00–120.00	$117.48	$1,571	—
1355	1355	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,206	—
1110–2025	1626	22	122.00–136.00	$129.91	$2,112	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–1000	747	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	94.00–145.00	$107.00	$799
655–865	776	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	140.00–182.00	$164.60	$1,277

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,000.00	$1,000.00
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
885–1255	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,175.00–1,450.00	$1,306.82
1000–1145	1063	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,525.00	$1,325.00
1025–1264	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,025.00–1,500.00	$1,347.50

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
876	876	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	675.00	$675.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	660.00	$660.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–900	887	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,225.00–1,275.00	$1,231.25	—
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
780–1270	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,235.00–1,750.00	$1,492.50	—
1010–1115	1063	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,475.00	$1,287.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–885	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–850.00	$787.50	—
775–995	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,435.00	$1,280.00	—
910–1075	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00–1,675.00	$1,512.50	-50.00
940–1145	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–2,000.00	$1,637.50	+4.17
1000–1240	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,620.83	—
1155–1340	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,625.00	$1,612.50	-143.75

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
515	515	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.