Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 30, 2023

1,930 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.01/cwt +6.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,052/hd at 426 lb · 128 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $264.61/cwt +19.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,272/hd at 481 lb · 86 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $226.54/cwt +13.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,173/hd at 518 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,930	2,403	1,110
Feeder cattle	1,286	1,865	830
Slaughter cattle	374	311	214
Replacement cattle	270	227	66

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves 300-400 lbs were 12.00-15.00 higher and 400-500 lbs sold 4.00-14.00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 8.00-14.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs sold 10.00 lower and 650-700 lbs were steady. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 1.00-8.00 higher and 400-450 lbs were 10.00 lower while 450-600 lbs sold 7.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs were 3.00-19.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher; instances 8.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00-6.00 higher. Trade was moderately higher on a stronger market with good demand. Smaller 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
278	278	2	300.00	$300.00	$834	—
318–322	320	15	290.00–304.00	$298.96	$957	+23.41
310–335 unweaned	327	3	275.00–280.00	$276.58	$904	+28.66
355–390	369	41	285.00–297.00	$290.64	$1,072	+19.67
393 value added	393	2	311.00	$311.00	$1,222	—
401–427	416	34	255.00–281.00	$267.47	$1,113	+14.47
430 value added	430	2	292.00	$292.00	$1,256	—
454 value added	454	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,248	—
466–499	482	82	251.00–274.00	$264.10	$1,273	+19.24
500–548	529	31	239.00–261.00	$247.70	$1,310	+7.99
552–599	572	45	225.00–245.00	$233.59	$1,336	+10.96
611–648	624	30	214.00–227.00	$219.96	$1,373	-12.77
655–681	670	42	220.00–229.00	$224.30	$1,503	+5.02
733	733	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,605	+6.58
768–771	770	9	216.00–227.50	$223.68	$1,722	+13.26
818	818	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,611	-26.00
863–888	878	5	200.00–217.00	$206.68	$1,815	+15.68
1168	1168	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,694	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	4	290.00	$290.00	$725	—
308	308	2	230.00	$230.00	$708	+13.43
361–378	363	14	260.00–265.00	$264.26	$959	+17.26
401–438	412	20	227.00–248.00	$240.49	$991	+3.71
463–476	472	14	248.00–251.00	$248.84	$1,175	+15.46
516–543	528	11	210.00–235.00	$225.58	$1,191	+10.58
558–594	581	10	205.00–210.00	$206.36	$1,199	-5.23
621–638	624	11	194.00–214.00	$210.28	$1,312	—
685	685	6	214.00	$214.00	$1,466	—
718	718	2	182.00	$182.00	$1,307	-3.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	10	269.00	$269.00	$855	—
422	422	46	259.00	$259.00	$1,093	—
538	538	20	241.00	$241.00	$1,297	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608–634	620	13	56.00–71.00	$63.92	$396	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	245.00	$245.00	$975	—
449	449	4	218.00	$218.00	$979	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
697	697	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,499	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	172.00	$172.00	$762	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–344	333	44	248.00–258.00	$254.25	$847	+17.64
350–373	366	14	240.00–247.00	$244.22	$894	+7.54
419–447	426	128	238.00–252.00	$247.01	$1,052	+6.14
454–485	477	44	232.00–250.00	$238.15	$1,136	+8.74
503–540	518	49	216.00–235.00	$226.54	$1,173	+13.09
555–577	571	32	206.00–226.00	$220.81	$1,261	+9.29
606–620	615	13	200.00–210.00	$206.82	$1,272	-5.56
627 value added	627	3	234.00	$234.00	$1,467	—
665–698	685	5	200.00–219.00	$211.62	$1,450	+21.62
713–721	720	14	195.00–213.00	$202.71	$1,460	+37.71
805	805	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,449	+10.72

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	5	220.00	$220.00	$695	—
365	365	6	212.00	$212.00	$774	+2.00
463	463	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,042	+10.00
533–535	534	4	195.00–215.00	$205.02	$1,095	—
556–570	560	13	196.00–205.00	$202.18	$1,132	-4.97
696	696	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,322	—
736	736	5	191.00	$191.00	$1,406	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	249.00	$249.00	$834	—
365	365	2	201.00	$201.00	$734	+21.00
445	445	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,046	—
721	721	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,045	—
900	900	4	168.00	$168.00	$1,512	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	190.00	$190.00	$589	—
499	499	7	200.00	$200.00	$998	—
588	588	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,000	-1.91
643	643	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,029	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	3	165.00	$165.00	$771	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
748	748	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,197	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	8	220.00	$220.00	$1,107	—
562–565	564	17	210.00–237.50	$229.44	$1,294	—
658	658	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,303	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	7	226.00	$226.00	$1,067	—
748	748	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,316	—
932	932	3	195.00	$195.00	$1,817	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	5	226.00	$226.00	$771	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	190.00	$190.00	$770	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
967–1600	1078	80-85%	8	87.50–89.00	$87.81	$947	—
1045–1283	1186	80-85%	29	95.00–99.00	$96.85	$1,149	+9.84
915–1693	1196	80-85%	91	91.00–95.00	$93.10	$1,113	+6.09
1025–1470	1202	80-85%	26	89.00–91.00	$89.79	$1,079	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1455	1037	85-90%	30	70.00–80.00	$76.30	$791	-5.79
925–1295	1062	85-90%	27	86.00–88.50	$87.45	$929	—
900–1435	1068	85-90%	67	81.00–85.00	$83.99	$897	—
920–1280	1090	85-90%	11	40.00–70.00	$58.59	$639	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1450	1370	75-80%	18	100.00–104.00	$101.53	$1,391	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1620	1287	5	80.00–94.00	$88.83	$1,143	—
1125–1855	1393	12	94.00–109.00	$103.09	$1,436	+18.53
1025–2255	1711	13	110.00–122.00	$113.91	$1,949	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–840	818	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	140.00–174.00	$170.22	$1,392
760–1160	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	136.00–179.00	$163.21	$1,368
956–1110	978	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	141.00–155.00	$153.00	$1,496

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
833	833	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	112.00	$112.00	$933

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
888–1275	1069	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,299.99–1,575.00	$1,487.22
1089	1089	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	995.00	$995.00
890–1275	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,425.00–1,650.00	$1,531.25
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1156	1156	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,265.00	$1,265.00
878–1295	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,271.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
938	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00
825–1070	1001	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,081.25

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–900	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–900.00	$775.00
925 fancy	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

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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
875–1245	977	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,150.00–1,500.00	$1,285.71	—
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	-125.00
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
950–1300	1249	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,633.33	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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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.