Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 8, 2024

1,942 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $264.12/cwt +13.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,360/hd at 515 lb · 124 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $244.93/cwt -1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,440/hd at 588 lb · 120 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $245.58/cwt -12.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,031/hd at 420 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,942	1,632	2,410
Feeder cattle	1,517	1,192	1,936
Slaughter cattle	251	217	259
Replacement cattle	174	223	215

Market comments — USDA reporter

***RESENDING WITH CHANGE ON COMMENTARY*** Last sale was two weeks ago so no comparison. Trade was moderate on higher numbers with good demand on a slightly better market.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252 unweaned	252	5	297.00	$297.00	$748	—
252–299	286	13	317.00–342.00	$324.65	$928	+24.65
320–345	333	2	297.00–322.00	$309.97	$1,032	+0.93
346 value added	346	4	312.00	$312.00	$1,080	-28.00
355–391	378	70	295.00–318.00	$312.04	$1,180	+2.92
403–445	426	40	280.00–310.00	$290.95	$1,239	-10.02
453–471 value added	467	12	290.00–298.00	$296.06	$1,383	—
467–498	489	50	254.00–282.00	$267.79	$1,309	+3.09
502–549	515	124	245.00–275.00	$264.12	$1,360	+13.30
558–599	588	120	228.00–253.00	$244.93	$1,440	-0.16
612–643	624	12	225.00–244.00	$233.50	$1,457	+10.47
660–694	683	39	210.00–227.00	$214.53	$1,465	+3.00
712–740	726	19	183.00–226.00	$204.15	$1,482	+18.00
785–792	790	24	165.00–213.00	$200.94	$1,587	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	9	280.00	$280.00	$958	-17.00
353–397	373	26	275.00–285.00	$282.43	$1,053	+15.97
410–448	444	23	227.00–278.00	$270.77	$1,202	-12.72
470–495	492	24	240.00–250.00	$249.20	$1,226	+4.20
503–547	535	16	229.00–240.00	$235.48	$1,260	—
690	690	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,173	—
791	791	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,590	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–438	415	6	220.00–230.00	$223.52	$928	—
486	486	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,166	—
558	558	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,256	—
605	605	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,301	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	4	112.00	$112.00	$391	—
530	530	2	74.00	$74.00	$392	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	4	277.00	$277.00	$598	—
268–289 unweaned	283	13	225.00–227.00	$225.58	$638	—
290	290	8	250.00–270.00	$262.50	$761	-16.03
312–348	330	17	260.00–285.00	$279.02	$921	+11.89
305–339 unweaned	333	17	220.00–240.00	$236.77	$788	—
350–398	378	13	265.00–275.00	$271.31	$1,026	+4.50
409	409	13	228.00	$228.00	$933	-30.48
403–448	422	68	240.00–265.00	$248.94	$1,051	-9.54
456–498	480	32	222.00–250.00	$240.21	$1,153	+3.25
500–540	515	41	228.50–250.00	$239.20	$1,232	+0.93
563–594	582	25	216.00–235.00	$225.69	$1,314	-10.71
608–633	621	24	205.00–222.00	$217.05	$1,348	-3.04
666–696	681	16	210.00–223.00	$217.70	$1,483	+27.90
762	762	6	188.00	$188.00	$1,433	-11.00
788	788	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,182	-49.00
821–848	836	11	175.00–179.00	$177.21	$1,481	-10.79
988	988	5	169.00	$169.00	$1,670	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–336	331	13	250.00–253.00	$250.89	$830	—
394	394	6	240.00	$240.00	$946	—
453	453	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,087	+20.00
515–532	529	11	210.00–233.00	$228.93	$1,211	+19.93
670	670	6	194.00	$194.00	$1,300	+28.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,000	—
549	549	17	225.00	$225.00	$1,235	+35.00
640	640	11	215.00	$215.00	$1,376	+25.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	5	190.00	$190.00	$735	—
734	734	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,138	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	230.00	$230.00	$713	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	67.00	$67.00	$332	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	7	312.00	$312.00	$1,008	—
369	369	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,144	+15.00
445	445	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,148	—
513	513	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,118	—
636	636	11	208.00	$208.00	$1,323	-12.00
679	679	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,460	-5.00
731	731	4	191.00	$191.00	$1,396	+34.00
888	888	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,199	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
823	823	2	193.00	$193.00	$1,588	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,261	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	85-90%	2	55.00–65.00	$60.00	$558	+0.38
900–1420	1009	85-90%	13	83.00–87.00	$84.28	$850	+1.49
900–1460	1034	85-90%	34	76.00–86.00	$79.82	$825	-2.97
920–1350	1093	85-90%	8	68.00–75.00	$72.72	$795	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1280	1033	80-85%	17	87.00–89.00	$88.11	$910	-0.05
900–1305	1107	80-85%	14	94.00–97.00	$95.17	$1,054	+5.56
930–1695	1162	80-85%	24	89.00–94.00	$91.45	$1,063	-1.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1385	1198	75-80%	2	100.00–105.00	$102.11	$1,223	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1635	1386	5	88.00–92.00	$89.93	$1,246	-13.20
1015–1975	1419	21	94.00–106.00	$101.64	$1,442	—
1450	1450	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,784	—
1100–1815	1505	17	107.00–117.00	$110.59	$1,664	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
565–1163	771	(<2 yrs)	Open	42	105.00–182.00	$140.88	$1,086

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
893	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,575.00	$1,575.00
966–1045	979	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,300.00–1,625.00	$1,570.83
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00
825–1123	1013	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	900.00–1,600.00	$1,073.08
940–1293	1047	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	875.00–1,250.00	$1,111.82
905–1236	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	800.00–1,225.00	$1,096.88
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	785.00	$785.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 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 $
725–885	772	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,162.50
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00

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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
805–1125	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,925.00	$1,450.00	—
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
920–1105	1011	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,650.00	$1,356.25	—
1080–1095	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00–1,925.00	$1,650.00	-37.50
915–1265	1126	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	675.00–1,460.00	$1,094.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

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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.