Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 21, 2023

968 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $287.14/cwt +22.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,494/hd at 520 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $241.27/cwt -0.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,252/hd at 519 lb · 19 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $257.88/cwt +8.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,191/hd at 462 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	968	1,633	913
Feeder cattle	581	1,052	708
Slaughter cattle	262	414	108
Replacement cattle	125	167	97

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; steer calves 450-500 lbs sold steady. No other comparable sales due to smaller numbers. Feeder steers had insufficient numbers to compare. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs were 8.00-14.00 higher, while 500-600 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers had too low of numbers to report. Trade moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower. 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
253–263	260	6	275.00–317.00	$288.64	$750	-42.02
342	342	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,101	+3.31
355–362	359	5	305.00–315.00	$308.95	$1,109	+8.68
412–446	437	12	287.00–305.00	$299.00	$1,307	-0.68
458 value added	458	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,443	—
453–497	475	10	267.00–298.00	$283.07	$1,345	+0.93
503–545	519	26	272.00–297.00	$290.62	$1,508	+26.31
530 unweaned	530	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,362	—
551–567	557	8	275.00–288.00	$283.04	$1,577	+13.27
640–647	644	5	245.00–258.00	$252.83	$1,628	-9.63
653–688	672	8	205.00–267.00	$241.85	$1,625	+5.08
705	705	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,445	-30.00
797	797	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,841	+14.00
810	810	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,895	+12.00
883	883	4	227.00	$227.00	$2,004	—
925	925	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,480	—
995	995	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,592	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–433	414	7	268.00–275.00	$270.09	$1,118	+4.94
493	493	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,331	+32.85
508–515	512	4	240.00–272.00	$255.89	$1,310	+15.89
583	583	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,423	+3.54
660	660	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,485	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–438	429	6	260.00–287.00	$273.22	$1,172	—
603	603	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,417	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	210.00	$210.00	$668	—
375	375	3	260.00	$260.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,282	—
525	525	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,192	-11.00

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218	218	3	262.00	$262.00	$571	—
543	543	2	140.00	$140.00	$760	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,290	—
543	543	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,358	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	200.00	$200.00	$840	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	60.00	$60.00	$294	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,518	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	3	270.00	$270.00	$869	-0.23
358–383	371	10	270.00–285.00	$274.11	$1,017	+20.10
431–438	435	10	265.00–272.00	$268.78	$1,169	+12.72
455–485	462	18	240.00–272.00	$257.88	$1,191	+8.85
505–525	519	19	238.00–249.00	$241.27	$1,252	-0.63
550–583	572	10	225.00–255.00	$239.19	$1,368	+9.38
610	610	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,379	-7.01
665	665	4	227.00	$227.00	$1,510	—
768	768	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,382	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,116	—
593	593	8	223.00	$223.00	$1,322	—
699	699	4	218.00	$218.00	$1,524	—
752	752	5	191.00	$191.00	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	275.00	$275.00	$880	+24.13
403	403	3	232.00	$232.00	$935	—
498	498	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,056	-21.69
618	618	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,329	-10.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	287.00	$287.00	$646	—
525	525	4	238.00	$238.00	$1,250	—
583	583	5	229.00	$229.00	$1,335	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–539	531	5	75.00–77.00	$76.62	$407	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	262.00	$262.00	$930	+87.00
410	410	2	225.00	$225.00	$922	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
344	344	4	360.00	$360.00	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,037	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	1	560.00	$560.00	—
200	200	1	610.00	$610.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	157.00	$157.00	$1,138	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,155	—
580	580	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,479	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
734	734	4	206.00	$206.00	$1,512	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175–190	183	2	590.00–625.00	$607.50	—
225	225	1	660.00	$660.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	—	—	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,470	—
725	725	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,356	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	290.00	$290.00	$624	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1505	1118	80-85%	28	93.00–97.00	$95.14	$1,064	—
900–1620	1148	80-85%	34	85.00–95.00	$89.70	$1,030	—
1015–1595	1226	80-85%	25	96.00–102.00	$99.10	$1,215	-0.77

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–755	723	85-90%	3	156.00–190.00	$175.80	$1,271	—
915–1115	991	85-90%	6	52.00–75.00	$63.04	$625	—
835–1390	1045	85-90%	19	75.00–86.00	$80.28	$839	—
875–1380	1061	85-90%	23	71.00–88.00	$83.25	$883	-3.39
885–1365	1086	85-90%	7	77.00–114.00	$89.16	$968	+2.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–975	955	75-80%	3	113.00–123.00	$118.04	$1,127	—
1070–1410	1234	75-80%	7	100.00–104.00	$101.78	$1,256	-4.85
1045–1605	1263	75-80%	36	103.00–116.00	$107.85	$1,362	+6.21

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–870	795	3	154.00–188.00	$175.18	$1,393	—
1140–1715	1476	7	110.00–118.00	$115.48	$1,704	—
1270–1845	1492	3	81.00–96.00	$88.70	$1,323	—
1290–2220	1642	19	120.00–134.00	$126.26	$2,073	-3.65

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	1	55.00	$55.00	$520	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
680–875	810	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	635.00–1,000.00	$761.67
860	860	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
875–1265	990	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	900.00–1,460.00	$1,249.00
860–1180	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,325.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
790–900	836	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–1,125.00	$950.00
740–1100	854	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	600.00–1,350.00	$815.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
669	669	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00
745–940	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	745.00–975.00	$856.67

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
669	669	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00	$550.00

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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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
690–1140	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–1,125.00	$875.00	—
795–1440	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,550.00	-70.83
885–1555	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–2,100.00	$1,506.25	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
720–855	788	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–925.00	$887.50	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630–715	673	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	400.00–875.00	$637.50	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	68.00	$68.00	$253	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620–1091	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,050.00–2,000.00	$1,822.22	—

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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.