Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 11, 2023

1,767 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $295.75/cwt +13.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,243/hd at 420 lb · 92 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $289.35/cwt +7.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,363/hd at 471 lb · 84 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $242.31/cwt -5.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,141/hd at 471 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,767	1,963	1,623
Feeder cattle	1,391	1,514	1,393
Slaughter cattle	217	280	142
Replacement cattle	159	169	88

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale, steer calves 300-400 lbs were 5.00-20.00 higher and 400-500 lbs sold 2.00-7.00 higher while 500-550 lbs were 4.00-8.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-750 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs were 8.00-22.00 higher while 400-500 lbs sold steady - 6.00 lower and 500-600 lbs were 4.00-12.00 lower. Feeder heifers had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was moderately lower with good demand on a lower market. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-7.00 lower, instances 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher instances 3.00 lower. 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
243	243	2	310.00	$310.00	$753	—
263	263	2	262.00	$262.00	$689	-47.22
315–328 value added	319	6	345.00–347.00	$346.32	$1,105	+24.32
318–325	321	16	315.00–342.00	$330.69	$1,062	+23.89
353 thin fleshed	353	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,183	—
380	380	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,140	+6.64
357–398	387	37	307.00–335.00	$327.37	$1,267	+34.01
388 unweaned	388	2	294.00	$294.00	$1,141	—
406 unweaned	406	6	272.00	$272.00	$1,104	+42.00
408–448	420	53	277.00–307.00	$286.54	$1,203	+9.23
406–430 value added	423	33	314.00–317.00	$314.87	$1,332	+9.88
451 value added	451	7	307.00	$307.00	$1,385	+2.00
470	470	4	268.00	$268.00	$1,260	+10.00
450–499	473	73	275.00–305.00	$288.83	$1,366	+30.83
503–516 value added	511	20	270.00–277.00	$273.17	$1,396	—
508–548	527	40	239.00–268.00	$252.16	$1,329	-13.98
535 unweaned	535	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,230	—
553–583 value added	570	11	245.00–248.00	$246.12	$1,403	—
560–593	584	34	210.00–237.00	$226.16	$1,321	-19.33
590	590	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,180	-45.49
604–648	620	24	210.00–237.00	$225.57	$1,399	-9.53
635	635	9	205.00	$205.00	$1,302	-30.10
683–695	690	9	194.00–219.00	$211.85	$1,462	-14.36
708–745	729	19	195.00–220.00	$206.15	$1,503	-0.51
760–783	765	13	208.00–212.00	$208.94	$1,598	—
860–868	863	5	158.00–180.00	$166.85	$1,440	—
1140	1140	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,596	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	4	285.00	$285.00	$901	—
406–438	415	10	250.00–267.00	$256.15	$1,063	—
480–483	482	12	260.00–267.00	$264.68	$1,276	+10.14
525–547	544	13	207.00–235.00	$216.49	$1,178	-24.04
565–580	573	6	190.00–207.00	$198.38	$1,137	-10.04
630	630	2	155.00	$155.00	$976	-53.19
661	661	5	162.00	$162.00	$1,071	-35.00
725	725	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,160	-14.00
761	761	7	147.00	$147.00	$1,119	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	5	296.00	$296.00	$1,332	—
506	506	12	263.00	$263.00	$1,331	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	150.00	$150.00	$477	—
413	413	3	84.00	$84.00	$347	—
543	543	2	53.00	$53.00	$288	—
555–556	556	7	56.00	$56.00	$311	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	240.00	$240.00	$756	—
514	514	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,079	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,059	—
595	595	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,130	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	2	90.00	$90.00	$538	—
600–628	614	4	150.00–172.00	$160.75	$987	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	290.00	$290.00	$995	—
430	430	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,247	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–288	278	4	252.00–265.00	$258.27	$718	—
278 value added	278	2	295.00	$295.00	$820	—
303–348	322	26	285.00–305.00	$291.56	$939	+20.92
371 value added	371	11	300.00	$300.00	$1,113	+20.00
359–398	387	55	260.00–280.00	$272.82	$1,056	+6.47
387 unweaned	387	5	245.00	$245.00	$948	—
418–442	430	46	250.00–262.00	$255.48	$1,099	-5.63
407–434 value added	431	25	270.00–271.00	$270.11	$1,164	—
448 unweaned	448	2	210.00	$210.00	$941	—
453–483	470	77	239.00–259.00	$243.18	$1,143	-3.15
495	495	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,089	-26.33
506–536	523	41	211.00–239.00	$230.84	$1,207	+15.84
533	533	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,066	-18.00
537 value added	537	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,305	—
545 unweaned	545	3	207.00	$207.00	$1,128	—
580	580	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,114	-37.97
567–594	586	23	200.00–222.00	$205.83	$1,206	-24.14
615 thin fleshed	615	5	214.00	$214.00	$1,316	—
603–630	619	6	181.00–197.00	$189.43	$1,173	-28.70
650–695	671	12	176.00–197.00	$184.08	$1,235	+8.92
750	750	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,050	—
819–845	825	18	166.00–172.00	$170.63	$1,408	—
860	860	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	260.00	$260.00	$897	+28.00
350	350	2	240.00	$240.00	$840	+19.35
432–440	437	8	200.00–202.00	$200.74	$877	-47.35
452–489	476	9	200.00–216.00	$208.39	$992	+58.39
510	510	1	190.00	$190.00	$969	-8.11
567	567	3	186.00	$186.00	$1,055	+10.55
668–678	673	4	160.00–171.00	$165.46	$1,114	—
751	751	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,051	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–342	331	7	210.00	$210.00	$695	—
388	388	2	200.00	$200.00	$776	—
408–431	423	6	180.00–195.00	$190.18	$804	—
968	968	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,471	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	200.00	$200.00	$670	—
350	350	2	287.00	$287.00	$1,004	—
441	441	5	252.00	$252.00	$1,111	—
488	488	2	160.00	$160.00	$781	—
503	503	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,132	—
951	951	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,331	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	2	210.00	$210.00	$542	—
438	438	2	210.00	$210.00	$920	—
565	565	2	160.00	$160.00	$904	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	5	70.00	$70.00	$296	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	148.00	$148.00	$648	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	5	288.00	$288.00	$1,025	+50.13
452 value added	452	11	268.00	$268.00	$1,211	—
484–495	488	6	200.00–210.00	$206.62	$1,008	—
515	515	6	201.00	$201.00	$1,035	-28.26
563–570	565	9	207.00–218.00	$210.70	$1,190	+20.70
692	692	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,246	+8.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–685	676	—	—	5	176.00–185.00	$179.65	$1,214	—
798	798	—	—	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,468	-1.00
863	863	—	—	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,225	-38.00
860–1100	1020	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	110.00–142.00	$126.75	$1,293	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	295.00	$295.00	$885	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1020	963	85-90%	2	48.00–65.00	$55.99	$539	—
925–1320	1045	85-90%	21	65.00–76.50	$73.44	$767	—
875–1250	1048	85-90%	26	78.00–82.50	$80.16	$840	—
940–1580	1090	85-90%	32	83.00–87.25	$86.18	$939	+3.55

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1245	1168	80-85%	3	94.50–96.00	$94.97	$1,109	—
974–1820	1189	80-85%	17	90.00–92.00	$90.99	$1,082	—
1055–1440	1247	80-85%	9	87.50–89.50	$88.90	$1,109	-0.21
1030–1580	1256	80-85%	18	92.50–94.00	$93.26	$1,171	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,302	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1740	1546	4	86.00–97.00	$91.34	$1,412	-3.30
1125–1915	1548	10	97.00–104.00	$101.67	$1,574	+7.03
1065–2060	1642	10	107.00–119.00	$111.09	$1,824	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,028
520–1175	833	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	126.00–157.00	$134.22	$1,118

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–1150	996	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	800.00–1,550.00	$1,297.22
888–1390	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	1,000.00–1,725.00	$1,468.85
1060	1060	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1015–1265	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,100.00–1,700.00	$1,495.45
1085–1150	1118	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,550.00	$1,450.00
1164–1184	1174	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1175	989	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,375.00	$1,155.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
885	885	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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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
840–915	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,575.00	$1,300.00	+300.00
950–1645	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00–1,725.00	$1,641.67	—
1130–1625	1439	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,853.57	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	5	75.00	$75.00	$224	—
435	435	1	85.00	$85.00	$370	—

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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.