Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 9, 2023

2,469 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $253.69/cwt -6.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,373/hd at 541 lb · 93 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $234.06/cwt -6.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,464/hd at 626 lb · 83 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $271.35/cwt -2.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,281/hd at 472 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,469	2,233	943
Feeder cattle	1,643	1,544	758
Slaughter cattle	464	347	135
Replacement cattle	362	342	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week,steer calves 300-400 lbs were 2.00-5.00 lower and 400-600 lbs sold sharply lower. Feeder steers 600-750 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher with exception of 650-700 lbs sold 23.00 lower.Heifer calves 300-450 lbs and 500-550 lbs sold 16.00-20.00 higher while 450-500 lbs were 9.00 lower and 550-600 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 were 4-00 lower. Trade was moderate on a lower market with larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to instances of 15.00 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
263–275	269	4	325.00–335.00	$330.11	$888	+18.11
301–333	319	12	320.00–335.00	$326.91	$1,043	+11.74
328 unweaned	328	2	260.00	$260.00	$853	—
350–388	367	36	294.00–332.00	$316.04	$1,160	+2.31
375–382 unweaned	377	30	265.00–290.00	$283.76	$1,070	—
407–441	419	36	290.00–325.00	$308.10	$1,291	-2.78
402–443 unweaned	433	22	250.00–272.00	$256.26	$1,110	-13.74
458–491	472	77	250.00–281.00	$271.35	$1,281	-9.91
525–547	541	91	230.00–268.00	$254.76	$1,378	-6.19
545	545	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,117	-55.95
554–597	567	29	242.00–258.00	$251.99	$1,429	-0.51
609–646	624	76	210.00–250.00	$236.74	$1,477	-3.78
643 unweaned	643	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,318	—
656–695	677	48	215.00–247.00	$233.26	$1,579	-6.11
713–741	727	28	215.00–238.00	$222.67	$1,619	+0.33
768	768	10	238.00	$238.00	$1,828	+12.05
818	818	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,783	+28.00
892–897	895	6	210.00–225.00	$217.52	$1,947	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–374	369	9	262.00–290.00	$280.90	$1,037	+6.75
399 unweaned	399	4	250.00	$250.00	$998	—
405–449	428	51	240.00–285.00	$263.85	$1,129	+20.08
460	460	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,067	-26.03
500–522	517	12	210.00–240.00	$232.74	$1,203	-4.48
555–583	569	10	202.00–237.00	$224.09	$1,275	+3.22
744	744	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,414	—
773	773	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,391	—
1113	1113	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,848	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	3	175.00	$175.00	$791	—
540	540	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,080	—
588	588	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,117	—
862	862	7	130.00	$130.00	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	215.00	$215.00	$688	—
365	365	3	247.00	$247.00	$902	—
414–448	425	6	216.00–230.00	$225.08	$957	—
585	585	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,340	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222	222	3	120.00	$120.00	$266	—
273	273	5	287.00	$287.00	$784	—
372	372	3	225.00	$225.00	$837	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	277	9	260.00–270.00	$265.54	$736	—
300–344	321	36	255.00–287.00	$269.78	$866	+10.93
343 unweaned	343	4	245.00	$245.00	$840	—
385–396	388	31	250.00–280.00	$273.77	$1,062	+19.85
401–440	421	72	237.00–285.00	$257.26	$1,083	+1.49
450–489	476	46	220.00–241.00	$233.11	$1,110	-5.55
500–544	510	51	224.00–270.00	$235.01	$1,199	+0.30
555–580	572	37	210.00–227.00	$223.63	$1,279	+2.04
608–635	621	34	228.00–231.00	$228.36	$1,418	+3.23
670–694	686	6	204.00–240.00	$215.72	$1,480	+2.99
745	745	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,564	+30.00
770–779	777	11	185.00–199.00	$195.21	$1,517	+25.21
895	895	4	157.00	$157.00	$1,405	—
901	901	14	185.00	$185.00	$1,667	—
1003	1003	2	172.00	$172.00	$1,725	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	5	250.00	$250.00	$815	±0.00
378–383	380	5	230.00–257.00	$240.89	$915	+29.19
402–441	430	33	225.00–237.00	$229.22	$986	-37.78
451	451	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,015	—
507–547	519	29	190.00–229.00	$217.93	$1,131	+3.05
559	559	7	191.00	$191.00	$1,068	-9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	6	227.00–245.00	$234.00	$779	—
359–362	360	11	237.00–241.00	$238.83	$860	—
433–443	438	8	160.00–226.00	$192.04	$841	+15.04
456–468	463	9	160.00–220.00	$186.28	$862	—
535	535	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,070	+30.00
605	605	10	181.00	$181.00	$1,095	—
655–675	662	6	209.00–215.00	$211.04	$1,397	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	7	160.00	$160.00	$496	—
425	425	2	200.00	$200.00	$850	—
500–515	508	8	227.00–230.00	$228.52	$1,161	+48.86

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	161.00	$161.00	$713	—
465	465	5	170.00	$170.00	$790	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	92.00	$92.00	$359	—
518	518	3	82.00	$82.00	$425	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	2	216.00	$216.00	$1,205	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	3	175.00	$175.00	$446	—
375 value added	375	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,031	—
383–387	386	9	230.00–250.00	$242.38	$936	—
469	469	4	251.00	$251.00	$1,177	+46.37
503	503	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,016	—
670	670	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,152	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	4	232.00	$232.00	$575	—
271	271	9	282.00	$282.00	$764	—
445	445	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,095	—
488	488	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,074	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1515	963	85-90%	60	70.00–79.00	$77.12	$743	+8.84
905–1615	1070	85-90%	68	80.00–90.00	$83.05	$889	-3.97
998–1333	1167	85-90%	32	86.00–91.00	$87.91	$1,026	—
1035–1365	1185	85-90%	7	45.00–64.00	$52.36	$620	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523–1580	1025	80-85%	20	96.00–99.00	$97.65	$1,001	—
900–1690	1153	80-85%	89	87.00–95.00	$91.19	$1,051	—
903–1570	1190	80-85%	23	91.00–96.00	$93.67	$1,115	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1093	1093	75-80%	29	116.00	$116.00	$1,268	—
940–1455	1198	75-80%	29	100.00–113.00	$103.61	$1,241	—
1308	1308	75-80%	21	109.00	$109.00	$1,426	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1220	1060	65-75%	6	120.00–125.00	$123.33	$1,307	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1015	1013	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,418	—
1135–1885	1418	5	95.00–100.00	$97.25	$1,379	—
1175–1820	1566	14	104.00–118.00	$110.45	$1,730	—
1720–1820	1770	2	119.00	$119.00	$2,106	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,131	—
965	965	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,139	—
940–1055	1014	4	80.00–99.00	$89.21	$905	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
595–890	688	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	127.00–175.00	$149.50	$1,029
715–1260	859	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	120.00–177.00	$162.79	$1,398

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
924	924	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,589

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1070	954	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,500.00–1,950.00	$1,917.86
883–1745	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	1,150.00–1,575.00	$1,405.00
965–1200	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	985.00–1,525.00	$1,233.75
900–1340	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	900.00–1,950.00	$1,564.49
1318–1460	1346	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,175.00–1,700.00	$1,595.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1005–1163	1124	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,125.00–1,750.00	$1,593.75
993–1336	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,250.00–1,750.00	$1,530.77
1270	1270	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1169	1169	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
825–1045	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,700.00	$1,558.33
1010–1095	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,425.00	$1,212.50

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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
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1010–1245	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,625.00	+300.00
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	2,575.00	$2,575.00	—
1085–1515	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,250.00–1,875.00	$1,669.23	—
1100–1525	1206	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,400.00–2,550.00	$2,512.50	—
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1285	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00	$600.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710–875	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.