Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 15, 2024

1,724 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.97/cwt +0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 474 lb · 109 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.67/cwt -5.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,236/hd at 529 lb · 81 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $276.45/cwt +3.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,309/hd at 473 lb · 78 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,724	1,942	2,356
Feeder cattle	1,215	1,517	2,112
Slaughter cattle	281	251	158
Replacement cattle	228	174	86

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves 350-450 lbs were 24.00--32.00 higher and 450-500 lbs sold 3.00 higher while 500-550 lbs were 14.00 lower and 550-600 lbs sold 8.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 were16.00 lower and 650-700 lbs sold steady. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs were 10.00 lower. Trade was moderate to strong on smaller numbers with an active market. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher instances 8.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 1.00-3.00 higher. Excelllent 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
275 value added	275	5	367.00	$367.00	$1,009	—
265–295	280	10	337.00–358.00	$349.08	$977	+24.43
285–298 unweaned	295	4	312.00	$312.00	$920	—
327–340	334	9	322.00–342.00	$330.21	$1,103	+20.24
335	335	2	312.00	$312.00	$1,045	+2.03
355–392	378	12	305.00–327.00	$312.01	$1,179	-0.03
388	388	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,145	-17.04
410 value added	410	6	345.00	$345.00	$1,414	—
421 unweaned	421	7	316.00	$316.00	$1,330	—
405–438	429	33	320.00–342.00	$326.92	$1,402	+35.97
448	448	6	307.00	$307.00	$1,375	+16.05
461–494	473	76	260.00–285.00	$277.01	$1,310	+9.22
490	490	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,250	-12.79
508–545	526	17	240.00–260.00	$248.71	$1,308	-15.41
532 value added	532	36	282.00	$282.00	$1,500	—
550 value added	550	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,474	—
568 unweaned	568	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,306	—
551–588	579	61	236.50–261.50	$245.89	$1,424	+0.96
617–645	638	18	220.00–228.00	$225.51	$1,439	-7.99
658–688	673	48	220.00–226.50	$225.07	$1,515	+10.54
700–740	716	5	212.00–225.00	$217.37	$1,556	+13.22
840	840	6	206.00	$206.00	$1,730	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	3	270.00	$270.00	$980	-12.43
415–448	440	22	280.00–297.00	$285.18	$1,255	+14.41
507	507	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,197	+0.52
603–649	632	11	213.00–226.00	$219.61	$1,388	—
752	752	5	205.00	$205.00	$1,542	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	8	220.00	$220.00	$1,173	—
550	550	15	240.00	$240.00	$1,320	—
617	617	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,388	—
830	830	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,411	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,157	—
633	633	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,203	—
661	661	8	117.00	$117.00	$773	—
725	725	3	167.00	$167.00	$1,211	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	9	179.00	$179.00	$1,115	—
728	728	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,420	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694	694	5	97.00	$97.00	$673	—
845	845	4	115.00	$115.00	$972	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	240.00	$240.00	$816	—
508	508	3	133.00	$133.00	$676	—
575	575	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,092	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,246	—
630	630	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,418	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	265.00	$265.00	$888	-14.02
339	339	10	302.00	$302.00	$1,024	+22.98
365–393	371	9	260.00–273.00	$267.57	$993	-3.74
400–438	424	23	230.00–255.00	$241.55	$1,024	-7.39
426 value added	426	35	268.00	$268.00	$1,142	—
438 unweaned	438	2	220.00	$220.00	$964	—
463 value added	463	8	256.00	$256.00	$1,185	—
470	470	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,058	-15.21
456–497	475	97	235.00–256.00	$240.39	$1,142	+0.18
503–545	529	81	229.00–246.00	$233.67	$1,236	-5.53
557–597	573	28	213.00–234.00	$224.34	$1,285	-1.35
607–637	631	34	209.00–224.00	$214.47	$1,353	-2.58
651	651	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,380	-5.70
728	728	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,267	—
809	809	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,505	+8.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–439	433	7	215.00–220.00	$218.62	$947	—
513	513	6	208.00	$208.00	$1,067	-20.93
560	560	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,092	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	427	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,025	—
550	550	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,155	—
825	825	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,361	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	8	226.00	$226.00	$1,211	—
608	608	3	166.00	$166.00	$1,009	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,040	—
618–646	639	8	161.00–170.00	$163.18	$1,043	-51.82

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,059	-10.00
487	487	3	200.00	$200.00	$974	—
573	573	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,301	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,495	+32.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1535	1248	80-85%	20	87.00–91.50	$89.79	$1,121	—
948–1650	1337	80-85%	35	90.00–96.00	$93.49	$1,250	—
1180–1595	1369	80-85%	13	94.00–100.00	$97.30	$1,332	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1145	979	85-90%	4	39.00–64.00	$55.74	$546	—
900–1650	1056	85-90%	11	74.00–79.00	$75.67	$799	—
900–1740	1091	85-90%	22	85.00–87.00	$85.78	$936	+13.06
930–1245	1104	85-90%	7	80.00–81.00	$80.14	$885	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1975	1427	75-80%	9	100.00–113.00	$103.02	$1,470	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1085	1058	2	73.50–95.00	$83.97	$888	—
1085–1830	1522	22	97.00–109.00	$104.45	$1,590	-6.14
1405–2085	1659	11	110.00–118.00	$113.53	$1,883	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–925	883	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	120.00–170.00	$142.33	$1,257

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1145	988	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,167.86
885–1047	1018	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	925.00–1,000.00	$986.36
900–1200	1069	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	975.00–1,200.00	$1,009.44
900–1295	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,225.00–1,600.00	$1,352.27
985–1210	1134	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,345.00
1100–1233	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,150.00–1,400.00	$1,265.71
1195–1515 thin fleshed	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,700.00–1,875.00	$1,845.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1265	1164	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,650.00	$1,453.57
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
879	879	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,800.00	$1,800.00
860–1010	922	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	93	1,400.00–2,000.00	$1,905.11

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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
810–840	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,575.00	$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.