Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 13, 2023

1,836 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $271.88/cwt +6.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,276/hd at 469 lb · 83 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $242.09/cwt +0.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,392/hd at 575 lb · 71 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $239.17/cwt -0.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,126/hd at 471 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,836	2,207	1,769
Feeder cattle	1,264	1,512	1,239
Slaughter cattle	389	382	382
Replacement cattle	183	313	148

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale, steer calves 300-400 lbs were 5.00-8.00 higher and 400-500 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 2.00-7.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-750 lbs sold 10.00-13.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-350 were 2.00 higher and 350-400 lbs sold 10.00 lower while 400-500 lbs were 1.00-5.00 higher and 500-600 lbs sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 10.00 higher. Trade was very active on an unsteady market with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher with instances of 12.00 higher and slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 higher,instances 13.00 higher. Special attention being paid to quality ,condition, and fill. Lower 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
234–240	236	7	277.00–285.00	$279.33	$659	—
288 value added	288	2	310.00	$310.00	$893	—
285–298	289	7	277.00–287.00	$281.08	$812	—
310 unweaned	310	2	277.00	$277.00	$859	—
322–345	333	10	310.00–325.00	$319.31	$1,063	+22.78
382 unweaned	382	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,077	—
350–395	384	22	289.00–332.00	$298.11	$1,145	-19.91
386 value added	386	14	340.00	$340.00	$1,312	—
403–448	419	50	270.00–307.00	$292.86	$1,227	+8.35
428–435	431	8	260.00–267.00	$262.65	$1,132	-21.86
457–497	468	79	260.00–295.00	$274.20	$1,283	+8.61
498	498	4	226.00	$226.00	$1,125	-39.59
511–548	530	45	235.00–280.00	$249.50	$1,322	-8.27
559–595	575	71	221.00–257.00	$242.09	$1,392	+0.34
620–648	630	20	221.00–239.00	$234.27	$1,476	-6.42
650–695	679	14	218.00–227.00	$221.04	$1,501	-10.15
702–745	717	8	210.00–229.00	$219.94	$1,577	-14.26
765	765	7	218.00	$218.00	$1,668	-9.30
898	898	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,580	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	4	235.00	$235.00	$743	-40.00
357–387	367	9	240.00–267.00	$256.54	$942	-27.53
415–448	437	6	220.00–257.00	$237.82	$1,039	-9.18
471–483	478	9	225.00–227.00	$225.88	$1,080	+5.88
510–530	521	14	217.00–233.00	$222.71	$1,160	+8.71
567–580	570	8	195.00–239.00	$227.81	$1,299	—
603	603	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,272	+1.00
678	678	2	172.00	$172.00	$1,166	-64.50
720	720	4	192.00	$192.00	$1,382	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	260.00	$260.00	$814	—
375	375	4	245.00	$245.00	$919	—
534	534	7	215.00	$215.00	$1,148	—
561	561	6	223.00	$223.00	$1,251	—
636	636	15	213.00	$213.00	$1,355	—
745	745	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,311	—
762	762	15	192.00	$192.00	$1,463	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	5	180.00	$180.00	$509	—
329	329	8	196.00	$196.00	$645	—
363	363	2	190.00	$190.00	$690	—
575	575	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,271	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	5	167.00	$167.00	$511	-86.00
559	559	6	71.00	$71.00	$397	—
724	724	4	85.00	$85.00	$615	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
703	703	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,132	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–293	282	4	255.00–270.00	$262.19	$739	-11.81
312–340	323	15	255.00–277.00	$271.02	$875	+12.26
350 value added	350	3	270.00	$270.00	$945	—
360–376	372	25	240.00–267.00	$254.13	$945	-9.47
400 value added	400	7	274.00	$274.00	$1,096	—
405–448	424	38	240.00–254.00	$248.17	$1,052	-5.80
451 thin fleshed	451	7	253.00	$253.00	$1,141	—
456–498	473	52	222.00–245.00	$238.08	$1,126	-1.97
478 unweaned	478	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,047	—
500–541	520	36	229.00–240.00	$234.97	$1,222	+2.30
555–598	576	19	209.00–237.00	$213.89	$1,232	-9.84
609–635	618	6	219.00–226.00	$221.40	$1,368	+10.80
788	788	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,300	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	2	222.00	$222.00	$650	—
308	308	4	210.00	$210.00	$647	+11.45
360–363	362	4	212.00–222.00	$216.98	$785	-18.02
428	428	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,006	-11.00
465	465	2	200.00	$200.00	$930	—
515	515	4	190.00–210.00	$200.00	$1,030	—
568	568	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,022	-33.71
576–582	579	9	200.00–226.00	$214.51	$1,242	+0.80
629	629	9	220.00	$220.00	$1,384	—
639	639	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,157	—
668	668	3	140.00	$140.00	$935	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	190.00	$190.00	$804	—
486	486	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,069	—
593	593	14	190.00	$190.00	$1,127	-27.00
684	684	8	204.00	$204.00	$1,395	—
873	873	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,493	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–397	382	6	142.00–160.00	$150.65	$575	-41.35
454	454	5	180.00	$180.00	$817	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	2	220.00	$220.00	$807	—
471	471	5	184.00	$184.00	$867	—
521	521	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,261	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
531–535	532	9	165.00–176.00	$167.46	$891	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	240.00	$240.00	$948	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	—	—	3	252.00	$252.00	$900	—
900–1190	1023	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	117.00–142.00	$125.67	$1,286	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,054	—
635	635	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,378	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
923	923	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,292	-19.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1505	1136	80-85%	35	87.50–89.50	$88.65	$1,007	-4.79
965–1375	1143	80-85%	7	96.00–99.00	$97.42	$1,114	+3.98
900–1350	1146	80-85%	43	89.50–92.50	$90.52	$1,037	-2.92
920–1610	1234	80-85%	48	92.00–96.00	$93.09	$1,149	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
801–1240	990	85-90%	24	73.00–80.00	$78.02	$772	-9.93
890–1905	1056	85-90%	45	81.00–85.50	$83.19	$878	+17.57
970–1240	1058	85-90%	10	42.00–73.00	$65.18	$690	-0.44
900–1507	1165	85-90%	40	86.00–87.50	$87.14	$1,015	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1405	1133	75-80%	29	99.00–109.00	$101.74	$1,153	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215	1215	65-75%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,580	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1940	1403	18	100.00–109.00	$104.14	$1,461	+20.44
1040–1740	1425	7	81.00–99.00	$94.98	$1,353	+11.28
1100–2150	1545	17	109.00–129.00	$115.84	$1,790	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
505–955	757	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	111.00–170.00	$151.14	$1,144
770–858	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	145.00–181.00	$168.48	$1,412
775–1017	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	118.00–177.00	$156.45	$1,444

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
805–1040	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,425.00	$1,208.33
800–1185	963	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,150.00–1,525.00	$1,396.88
935–1250	1026	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	985.00–1,500.00	$1,173.13

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
595	595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00
595	595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	585.00	$585.00
753	753	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	650.00	$650.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1042	1042	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
580	580	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
795	795	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
615–900	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00–1,300.00	$1,244.44

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1010–1195	1117	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,575.00	$1,450.00	-130.00
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1320	1320	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–765	748	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	650.00–825.00	$725.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1360	1360	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.