Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 11, 2023

1,360 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $293.53/cwt +12.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,380/hd at 470 lb · 31 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $239.17/cwt +9.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,624/hd at 679 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $266.03/cwt +8.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,389/hd at 522 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,360	1,068	943
Feeder cattle	795	831	758
Slaughter cattle	277	166	135
Replacement cattle	288	71	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 350-400 lbs were 13.00 higher and 400-550 lbs sold 10.00 higher while 550-600 lbs sold 14.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs sold 13.00 higher and 700-750 lbs were15.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs sold 5.00- 8.00 higher 500-550 lbs were 2.00 higher and 550-600 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was stronger on a very active market with larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher while slaughter bulls were 1.00-5.00 higher. Demand was aggressive 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
265–283	274	4	307.00–310.00	$308.45	$845	+18.45
310 unweaned	310	2	248.00	$248.00	$769	—
300–348	327	20	300.00–335.00	$311.63	$1,019	—
360	360	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,080	-26.44
358–373	370	13	310.00–340.00	$330.91	$1,224	+4.47
400–445	422	20	300.00–323.00	$320.01	$1,350	+12.96
453–496	470	31	285.00–300.00	$293.53	$1,380	+12.26
505–547	522	25	260.00–275.00	$266.03	$1,389	+8.77
568–578	574	18	240.00–259.00	$247.95	$1,423	+2.95
580 unweaned	580	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,508	—
605–648	629	23	230.00–261.00	$246.59	$1,551	+0.35
665–695	679	29	221.00–252.00	$239.17	$1,624	+9.79
715	715	1	51.00	$51.00	$365	-186.50
708–748	732	12	225.00–253.00	$242.23	$1,773	+4.73
758–778	771	9	220.00–246.00	$228.52	$1,762	+1.39
810–845	833	7	220.00–230.00	$227.22	$1,893	+2.72
857	857	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,585	—
949	949	4	158.00	$158.00	$1,499	—
976	976	7	210.00	$210.00	$2,050	—
1013	1013	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,712	—
1065	1065	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,917	—
1188	1188	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,663	—
1535	1535	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,074	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	414	12	280.00–282.00	$280.65	$1,162	+3.12
473–483	478	8	250.00–260.00	$254.95	$1,219	—
609	609	7	238.00	$238.00	$1,449	-2.00
653	653	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,241	-38.46
778	778	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,284	—
842	842	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,516	—
962	962	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,251	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	280.00	$280.00	$966	—
420–433	425	5	200.00–225.00	$210.18	$893	-35.82
448 value added	448	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,187	—
518	518	5	212.00	$212.00	$1,098	-17.00
568	568	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,079	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	167.00	$167.00	$701	—
492	492	3	70.00	$70.00	$344	—
543	543	2	79.00	$79.00	$429	—
605	605	4	90.00	$90.00	$544	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	4	208.00	$208.00	$765	—
648	648	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,426	—
675	675	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,667	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,261	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413 unweaned	413	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,008	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	3	275.00	$275.00	$720	—
338 unweaned	338	5	260.00	$260.00	$879	—
335–343	341	7	265.00–282.00	$277.22	$945	-12.78
363 unweaned	363	5	260.00	$260.00	$944	—
365–378	372	4	260.00–270.00	$265.09	$986	-16.91
403–447	428	17	236.00–260.00	$245.43	$1,050	-0.26
478–493	485	15	221.00–250.00	$232.07	$1,126	-18.01
500–531	515	18	225.00–234.00	$231.60	$1,193	-0.60
552–588	564	17	210.00–224.00	$220.38	$1,243	-8.92
618	618	4	216.00	$216.00	$1,335	+7.09
650–667	660	5	205.00–209.00	$207.42	$1,369	-6.57
703	703	5	209.00	$209.00	$1,469	—
770–778	775	7	180.00–207.00	$194.46	$1,507	-31.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,044	±0.00
514	514	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,141	+10.88
554	554	9	238.00	$238.00	$1,319	+28.00
603–645	627	9	188.00–218.00	$205.37	$1,288	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	5	70.00	$70.00	$311	—
494	494	7	94.00	$94.00	$464	—
542	542	3	63.00	$63.00	$341	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	262.00	$262.00	$786	—
328 unweaned	328	3	182.00	$182.00	$597	—
511	511	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,022	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	200.00	$200.00	$870	—
574–598	584	7	185.00–190.00	$187.81	$1,097	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	260.00	$260.00	$793	—
620	620	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,252	—
1043	1043	2	179.00	$179.00	$1,867	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,295	+32.00
553–562	559	7	201.00–229.00	$221.09	$1,236	+15.09
605–645	618	10	190.00–225.00	$212.60	$1,314	—
666–683	671	7	197.00–217.00	$211.18	$1,417	-9.82

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	200.00	$200.00	$746	—
638	638	2	173.00	$173.00	$1,104	—
665	665	2	150.00	$150.00	$998	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1660	1168	80-85%	45	93.00–99.00	$97.18	$1,135	+1.69
915–1565	1233	80-85%	43	99.00–105.00	$102.09	$1,259	-4.99
900–1660	1251	80-85%	62	102.00–110.00	$105.15	$1,315	+2.66

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1700	1353	75-80%	75	106.00–116.00	$110.72	$1,498	+0.82
1035–1575	1396	75-80%	8	110.00–117.00	$113.26	$1,581	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	85-90%	1	102.00	$102.00	$688	—
895–1305	1050	85-90%	33	89.00–97.00	$93.03	$977	+5.32
895–1425	1085	85-90%	25	85.00–97.50	$91.65	$994	+3.94
940–1345	1161	85-90%	7	60.00–71.00	$65.02	$755	—
885–1660	1184	85-90%	9	75.00–89.00	$83.04	$983	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1965	1503	65-75%	4	116.00–130.00	$122.60	$1,843	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1565	1104	9	79.00–105.00	$92.97	$1,026	+2.11
1040–1830	1386	20	106.00–125.00	$119.30	$1,653	—
1430–2145	1764	12	125.00–135.00	$130.88	$2,309	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630–1000	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	100.00–235.00	$148.79	$1,190

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
835–1240	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	975.00–1,375.00	$1,265.00
1045–1426	1322	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	1,000.00–1,725.00	$1,689.86

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
1030–1060	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–2,000.00	$1,537.50	+37.50
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1185–1250	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,200.00	$1,162.50	—
1005–1725	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,300.00–2,150.00	$1,757.69	+307.69
1155–1370	1296	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–2,250.00	$1,862.50	+412.50
1235–1565	1405	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–2,000.00	$1,625.00	—
1100–1715	1476	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,700.00–2,250.00	$1,890.00	—

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	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	2	75.00	$75.00	$486	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	90.00	$90.00	$360	—
710	710	4	79.00	$79.00	$561	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.