Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 25, 2023

1,843 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $254.86/cwt -3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,481/hd at 581 lb · 90 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $232.76/cwt +18.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,215/hd at 522 lb · 63 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $256.68/cwt +7.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,214/hd at 473 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,843	1,684	943
Feeder cattle	1,286	1,225	758
Slaughter cattle	281	230	135
Replacement cattle	276	229	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-400 lbs were 12.00-15.00 higher while 400-500 lbs sold sharply higher. 500-600 lbs were steady to 7.00 higher. Weaning and vaccination programs were definitely recognized on steer and heifer calves. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs sold 16.00-18.00 higher and 750-800 lbs were steady. Heifer calves 350-400 lbs sold 3.00 lower while 400-450 lbs were sharply higher. 450-550 lbs were 10.00-13.00 higher and 550-600 lbs sold 19.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 6.00 higher and 650-700 lbs sold16.00 lower. Trade was active on a moderate market with larger numbers. Slaughter cows were 1.00-2.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 8.00 higher. Moderate demand 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
205–248	234	9	312.00–320.00	$317.66	$743	+0.68
270–294	288	20	317.00–337.00	$322.68	$929	-10.49
316–344	337	29	318.00–342.00	$334.88	$1,129	+18.02
350–375 unweaned	371	13	272.00–297.00	$275.63	$1,023	—
360–395	376	29	310.00–352.00	$326.58	$1,228	-2.78
403–411 value added	408	6	325.00–344.00	$337.75	$1,378	—
408–428 unweaned	415	9	296.00–297.00	$296.34	$1,230	+62.09
407–449	423	30	300.00–322.00	$312.49	$1,322	+40.28
434	434	5	299.00	$299.00	$1,298	+26.79
450–483	471	29	285.00–325.00	$305.17	$1,437	+28.01
506–543	516	55	245.00–279.00	$269.19	$1,389	+15.15
559–589	581	90	240.00–267.00	$254.86	$1,481	-3.14
600–647	621	35	225.00–271.00	$249.11	$1,547	+6.76
655–693	681	32	230.00–265.00	$241.81	$1,647	+19.24
718–735	723	10	220.00–232.00	$228.17	$1,650	-10.83
750–778	764	11	222.00–230.00	$225.79	$1,725	+2.15
875	875	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,706	-7.93
910–912	911	5	215.00–217.00	$216.20	$1,970	—
980	980	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,568	—
1025	1025	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	7	260.00–270.00	$262.86	$1,012	-17.14
400–447	425	21	250.00–284.00	$269.87	$1,147	—
452–495	473	63	230.00–280.00	$256.68	$1,214	+7.26
512–525	522	14	235.00–245.00	$242.52	$1,266	+4.08
620	620	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,327	—
761	761	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,682	+51.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503–523	511	14	220.00–270.00	$239.77	$1,225	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451	451	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,128	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238–248	245	6	310.00–317.00	$314.73	$771	+14.73
329–339	334	20	260.00–302.00	$281.90	$942	+21.90
353–396	367	41	250.00–285.00	$270.68	$993	-3.86
401–447	415	49	260.00–286.00	$274.19	$1,138	+26.91
455–498	480	51	240.00–274.00	$255.44	$1,226	+11.01
505–547	522	63	220.00–241.00	$232.76	$1,215	+18.43
550–565	561	11	225.00–233.00	$229.76	$1,289	-2.37
631–648	636	12	217.00–221.00	$219.16	$1,394	+4.66
658–697	677	21	190.00–210.00	$204.22	$1,383	-6.50
808	808	4	198.00	$198.00	$1,600	—
924	924	7	194.00	$194.00	$1,793	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	12	295.00	$295.00	$885	—
377	377	8	210.00	$210.00	$792	-30.47
435–440	438	4	230.00–250.00	$240.06	$1,051	+30.06
483–495	491	8	230.00–240.00	$236.31	$1,160	—
706	706	6	211.00	$211.00	$1,490	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	4	215.00	$215.00	$505	—
365	365	2	240.00	$240.00	$876	—
497	497	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,044	—
545	545	2	145.00	$145.00	$790	-40.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
781	781	4	219.00	$219.00	$1,710	—
807	807	5	202.00	$202.00	$1,630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
183	183	5	685.00	$685.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	3	117.00	$117.00	$505	—
600	600	2	94.00	$94.00	$564	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,088	—
853	853	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,450	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	190.00	$190.00	$608	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	290.00	$290.00	—
195	195	1	500.00	$500.00	+50.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	142.00	$142.00	$564	-125.20
428–435	432	4	225.00	$225.00	$972	—
485	485	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,096	-16.72
555–563	559	4	205.00–215.00	$209.96	$1,174	—
673	673	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,312	—
700	700	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,295	+3.00
838	838	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,089	—
932	932	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,165	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
192–195	193	4	500.00–550.00	$537.50	—
300	300	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	4	102.00	$102.00	$413	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
878–1775	1026	85-90%	35	51.00–80.00	$67.79	$696	-12.93
924–1300	1057	85-90%	48	77.00–86.50	$83.19	$879	+15.22
903–1485	1074	85-90%	65	85.00–91.00	$87.78	$943	+19.81
900–1450	1159	85-90%	43	90.00–95.00	$92.12	$1,068	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1196–1240	1203	80-85%	6	93.00–93.50	$93.09	$1,120	—
925–1660	1262	80-85%	39	96.00–103.00	$98.72	$1,246	—
945–1665	1265	80-85%	38	94.00–98.00	$96.19	$1,217	—
990–1580	1280	80-85%	26	102.00–105.00	$104.11	$1,333	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1690	1177	75-80%	23	105.00–122.00	$110.80	$1,304	—
1095–1510	1218	75-80%	26	103.50–107.50	$106.41	$1,296	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–985	944	4	125.00–140.00	$133.58	$1,261	—
1080–1355	1188	4	65.00–96.00	$84.81	$1,008	-20.74
1020–1825	1430	16	98.00–125.00	$114.06	$1,631	—
1025–2000	1477	24	120.00–140.00	$125.44	$1,853	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–940	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	140.00–182.00	$151.50	$1,283
930	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,339

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1115	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	975.00–1,225.00	$1,058.33
1078	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00
860–1350	1168	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	1,300.00–1,900.00	$1,805.71
1101–1306	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,685.00–1,725.00	$1,701.47
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–969	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	900.00–950.00	$910.00

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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
935–1435	1214	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,400.00–2,200.00	$1,671.43	—
1070–1560	1237	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,800.00	$1,333.33	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	152.00	$152.00	$494	—
408	408	4	120.00	$120.00	$490	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$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.