Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 22, 2024

2,297 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $275.80/cwt +4.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,469/hd at 533 lb · 134 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $245.18/cwt +11.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,282/hd at 523 lb · 125 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $247.88/cwt +22.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,564/hd at 631 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,297	1,724	1,372
Feeder cattle	2,047	1,215	1,183
Slaughter cattle	160	281	107
Replacement cattle	90	228	82

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves 300-400 lbs were 10.00-28.00 higher and 400-500 lbs sold 15.00-30.00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 19.00-21.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 23.00-27.00 higher and 400-500 lbs were 21.00-41.00 higher while 500-600 lbs sold 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 25.00 higher. Trade was very active with good demand on larger numbers. Slaughter cows were 2.00-6.00 higher instances 12.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 4.00-6.00 higher instances 3.00 lower. Very active market 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
283–294	287	22	340.00–370.00	$360.11	$1,034	+11.03
318	318	2	327.00	$327.00	$1,040	-3.21
325–337 unweaned	327	15	320.00	$320.00	$1,046	—
310–345	329	22	335.00–362.00	$346.48	$1,140	+16.27
353–378 unweaned	357	12	317.00	$317.00	$1,132	—
350–395	375	75	322.00–355.00	$337.30	$1,265	+25.29
385 value added	385	3	367.00	$367.00	$1,413	—
400–449	421	41	300.00–327.00	$311.57	$1,312	-15.35
425	425	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,232	-36.92
438	438	5	292.00	$292.00	$1,279	-34.92
460	460	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,270	-1.01
452–491	470	83	285.00–315.00	$295.11	$1,387	+18.10
502–548 value added	521	14	290.00	$290.00	$1,511	+8.00
528	528	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,320	+1.29
503–546	534	118	257.00–281.00	$274.55	$1,466	+25.84
555–559 value added	558	13	284.00–286.00	$284.46	$1,587	+16.46
555–580	568	55	252.00–280.00	$271.68	$1,543	+25.79
604–646	631	125	235.00–264.00	$247.88	$1,564	+22.37
653–690	680	91	229.50–252.00	$233.53	$1,588	+8.46
705–749	738	16	214.00–222.00	$216.43	$1,597	-0.94
781	781	4	216.00	$216.00	$1,687	—
869	869	30	211.00	$211.00	$1,834	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	292.00	$292.00	$1,002	—
396	396	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,049	-5.00
412–426	420	22	270.00–290.00	$282.30	$1,186	-2.88
459–485	468	11	250.00–280.00	$268.83	$1,258	—
513–520	516	6	230.00–240.00	$235.02	$1,213	-0.98
564–588	573	11	218.00–245.00	$231.07	$1,324	—
618–648	631	8	193.00–220.00	$204.24	$1,289	-15.37
675–680	677	8	202.00–221.00	$214.73	$1,454	—
738	738	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,439	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,067	—
523	523	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,192	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,102	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	9	325.00	$325.00	$796	—
269–274	273	19	300.00–330.00	$307.79	$840	—
304–345	328	70	300.00–325.00	$316.86	$1,039	+51.86
350–398	376	56	280.00–307.00	$294.22	$1,106	+26.65
390–393	392	4	270.00–272.00	$271.00	$1,062	+3.43
403–447	417	48	267.00–296.00	$277.63	$1,158	+36.08
435	435	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,131	+18.45
455–457 value added	455	56	270.00–277.00	$275.49	$1,253	+19.49
450–498	476	47	237.00–268.00	$249.16	$1,186	+8.77
500–542	523	125	230.00–256.00	$245.18	$1,282	+11.51
550–587	566	76	215.00–236.00	$228.90	$1,296	+4.56
612–641	623	86	220.00–249.00	$227.64	$1,418	+13.17
651–673	663	52	203.00–218.00	$206.66	$1,370	-5.34
700–710	707	11	197.00–207.00	$204.30	$1,444	+30.30
755–782	771	24	193.00–217.00	$206.65	$1,593	—
838	838	22	191.00	$191.00	$1,601	+5.00
940	940	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,692	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–323	318	6	260.00–287.00	$277.85	$884	—
368–375	370	11	260.00–275.00	$266.77	$987	—
426	426	4	257.00	$257.00	$1,095	+38.38
480–488	484	6	222.00–235.00	$230.63	$1,116	—
608	608	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,259	—
774	774	6	183.00	$183.00	$1,416	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	7	260.00	$260.00	$894	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	234.00	$234.00	$772	—
388	388	2	235.00	$235.00	$912	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	4	285.00	$285.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,035	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	7	350.00	$350.00	$1,088	—
353	353	13	330.00	$330.00	$1,165	—
745	745	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,416	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	245.00	$245.00	$840	—
351	351	4	298.00	$298.00	$1,046	-2.00
545	545	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,264	—
550–592	571	10	232.00–257.00	$244.04	$1,393	+17.04
735	735	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,470	—
798	798	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,492	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	240.00	$240.00	$900	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1920	1390	80-85%	14	90.00–92.00	$90.93	$1,264	-6.37
1095–1975	1446	80-85%	14	96.00–102.00	$98.36	$1,422	—
1275–1645	1454	80-85%	8	92.50–96.00	$94.32	$1,371	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1485	1087	85-90%	7	79.00–81.00	$80.19	$872	-5.59
905–1495	1117	85-90%	12	82.00–85.00	$83.46	$932	+3.32
1045–1435	1158	85-90%	4	63.00–78.00	$73.28	$849	—
965–1415	1162	85-90%	8	87.00–90.00	$88.85	$1,032	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1325	1226	65-75%	7	130.00–144.00	$139.51	$1,710	—
1115–1325	1245	65-75%	4	143.00–148.00	$145.86	$1,816	—
1195–1340	1258	65-75%	3	127.00–129.00	$127.71	$1,607	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1400	1279	75-80%	5	109.00–115.00	$111.84	$1,430	—
1085–1580	1296	75-80%	6	123.00–125.00	$124.21	$1,610	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1420	1222	3	93.00–106.00	$99.48	$1,216	—
1015–2000	1421	17	107.50–124.00	$115.76	$1,645	—
1345–1780	1507	3	85.00–91.00	$87.71	$1,322	-16.74

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
500–840	647	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	124.00–167.00	$142.00	$919
685–875	774	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	130.00–177.00	$147.00	$1,138

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
815–1055	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,475.00	$1,287.50
840–1090	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,800.00	$1,408.33
865–1340	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,575.00	$1,325.00
1048	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00
835–1260	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	1,100.00–2,000.00	$1,601.25

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	835.00	$835.00	-440.00
885–1270	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–2,300.00	$1,825.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1387	1387	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

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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.