Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 23, 2023

2,403 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $239.71/cwt -27.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,261/hd at 526 lb · 125 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $253.00/cwt -42.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,078/hd at 426 lb · 121 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $232.73/cwt -15.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,424/hd at 612 lb · 101 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,403	2,008	1,110
Feeder cattle	1,865	1,366	830
Slaughter cattle	311	357	214
Replacement cattle	227	285	66

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves sold sharply lower on all weights. Feeder steers were 15.00-16 00 lower. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs sold 11.00-14.00 lower and 500-600 lbs were 19.00-22.00 lower. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers last week for comparison. Trade and demand were moderate on a weaker market. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 lower while slaughter bulls were 2.00-3.00 lower. Larger numbers 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
303–340	320	26	265.00–292.00	$275.55	$882	—
313–331 unweaned	327	13	245.00–252.00	$247.92	$811	—
351–388	371	44	262.00–282.00	$270.97	$1,005	-34.52
392 unweaned	392	3	226.00	$226.00	$886	—
402–447	426	121	239.00–277.00	$253.00	$1,078	-64.98
450–498	471	60	220.00–260.00	$244.86	$1,153	-25.22
501–544	526	125	220.00–247.00	$239.71	$1,261	-25.22
550–593	574	51	200.00–237.00	$222.63	$1,278	-34.11
605–635	612	101	223.00–237.00	$232.73	$1,424	-16.12
655–699	686	33	215.00–229.00	$219.28	$1,504	—
703–743	711	21	190.00–226.00	$212.42	$1,510	-21.30
755–778	762	12	205.00–218.00	$210.42	$1,603	—
808	808	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,802	—
885	885	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,690	-44.00
988	988	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,433	—
1035	1035	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,760	—
1060	1060	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,855	—
1315	1315	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,341	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	7	164.00–256.00	$216.57	$650	-80.60
380	380	3	247.00	$247.00	$939	-47.84
428–435	430	14	235.00–238.00	$236.78	$1,018	-39.03
467–498	490	11	230.00–243.00	$233.38	$1,144	-21.40
521	521	32	215.00	$215.00	$1,120	-19.24
590–598	594	18	194.00–224.00	$211.59	$1,257	—
748	748	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,384	—
803	803	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,445	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	6	242.00	$242.00	$949	—
447	447	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,073	—
869	869	10	120.00	$120.00	$1,043	—
1043	1043	11	106.00	$106.00	$1,106	—
1344	1344	4	90.00	$90.00	$1,210	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	227.00	$227.00	$692	—
455	455	10	243.00	$243.00	$1,106	—
511	511	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,252	—
609	609	10	222.00	$222.00	$1,352	—
801	801	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,362	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	2	162.00	$162.00	$791	—
505–510	507	14	208.00–210.00	$208.72	$1,058	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	190.00	$190.00	$551	—
495	495	8	84.00	$84.00	$416	—
600	600	3	165.00	$165.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–628	625	5	141.00–171.00	$159.09	$994	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
886	886	4	161.00	$161.00	$1,426	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
197	197	4	320.00	$320.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–299	293	12	250.00	$250.00	$732	-42.00
306 unweaned	306	4	212.00	$212.00	$649	—
300–346	331	76	226.00–250.00	$236.61	$783	-24.74
352–396	378	87	226.00–246.00	$236.68	$895	-33.53
406–437	427	57	235.00–262.00	$240.87	$1,029	-26.80
452–498	475	62	220.00–243.00	$229.41	$1,090	-12.65
508–547	522	88	200.00–228.00	$213.45	$1,114	-14.27
557–599	594	68	209.00–218.00	$211.52	$1,256	-26.66
603–649	622	43	209.00–213.00	$212.38	$1,321	-15.80
650	650	11	190.00	$190.00	$1,235	-24.00
718	718	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,185	-25.00
754	754	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,282	—
825–839	835	7	169.00–170.00	$169.28	$1,413	-25.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	210.00	$210.00	$735	-33.58
400–448	428	19	204.00–230.00	$222.16	$951	-20.86
497	497	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,069	-15.00
553–555	554	7	200.00–210.00	$207.15	$1,148	-4.85
858	858	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,330	+5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,032	—
456	456	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,094	—
565–587	578	5	175.00–190.00	$180.86	$1,045	—
733	733	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,356	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	6	180.00	$180.00	$679	—
655	655	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,048	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,127	—
667	667	7	167.00	$167.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–570	564	5	160.00–180.00	$171.91	$970	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	3	160.00	$160.00	$429	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	175.00	$175.00	$635	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	5	220.00	$220.00	$964	—
630	630	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,102	—
785	785	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,217	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	204.00	$204.00	$975	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519–723	613	85-90%	16	45.50–51.50	$49.23	$302	—
900	900	85-90%	9	107.00	$107.00	$963	+18.98
798–1350	1016	85-90%	23	60.00–92.50	$74.68	$759	-10.68
869–1400	1030	85-90%	92	77.00–89.00	$82.09	$846	-3.27
940–1240	1133	85-90%	4	82.00–94.50	$86.41	$979	—
980–1465	1155	85-90%	4	40.00–52.50	$46.25	$534	-45.18

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1560	1177	80-85%	61	84.00–91.00	$87.01	$1,024	-6.28
1030–1585	1271	80-85%	35	87.00–93.00	$89.00	$1,131	—
1145–1605	1281	80-85%	16	90.00–98.00	$93.81	$1,202	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1520	1139	75-80%	23	92.50–94.00	$92.89	$1,058	—
1185–1480	1298	75-80%	6	94.00–96.00	$94.96	$1,233	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1850–1855	1853	65-75%	2	101.00–111.00	$106.01	$1,964	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1840	1393	3	81.00–88.00	$84.56	$1,178	—
1105–1970	1523	11	95.00–106.50	$99.25	$1,512	—
1160–1920	1568	18	106.00–119.00	$111.28	$1,745	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–875	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	118.00–173.00	$147.50	$1,096
645–900	828	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	120.00–160.00	$143.25	$1,186

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
870–955	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,012.50
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
875–1115	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,300.00
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1130–1325	1228	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,375.00	$1,312.50
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–860	815	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–775.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00
789–815	806	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	1,485.00–1,525.00	$1,498.95
821	821	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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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
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
975–1285	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,350.00	—
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	-212.50

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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.