Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 13, 2024

1,114 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $322.70/cwt +7.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,690/hd at 524 lb · 74 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $268.74/cwt +30.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,690/hd at 629 lb · 63 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $283.12/cwt +40.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,600/hd at 565 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,114	1,116	990
Feeder cattle	900	751	742
Slaughter cattle	172	218	193
Replacement cattle	42	147	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves and steer yearlings sold 5.00-9.00 lower with exception of 500-550 lb steer calves being 12.00 higher. Heifer calves and heifer yearlings sold steady to 13.00 higher instances much higher with the exception of 400-500 lb heifer calves being steady to 6.00 lower. Prices are recorded according to fill,condition quality and quantity. Trade was moderately uneven on similar numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 7.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 higher. Market was steady 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
205	205	1	405.00	$405.00	$830	-7.00
250–298	282	3	390.00–400.00	$392.96	$1,108	-1.77
287 unweaned	287	3	337.00	$337.00	$967	—
300–340	308	9	340.00–362.00	$346.06	$1,066	—
335 value added	335	3	375.00–405.00	$385.00	$1,290	-13.51
349 thin fleshed	349	4	339.00	$339.00	$1,183	—
375	375	7	367.00	$367.00	$1,376	-12.17
380 unweaned	380	6	305.00–325.00	$311.67	$1,184	—
407 value added	407	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,526	—
415–448	429	21	340.00–362.00	$355.19	$1,524	+3.62
461 value added	461	8	350.00	$350.00	$1,614	—
458–494	474	22	320.00–348.00	$334.55	$1,586	-13.79
510–529	513	35	324.00–346.00	$339.81	$1,743	+24.76
514–530	517	17	301.00–317.00	$303.90	$1,571	-11.15
546	546	22	310.00	$310.00	$1,693	-5.05
553	553	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,410	-42.59
585	585	3	286.00	$286.00	$1,673	-11.59
606	606	11	267.00	$267.00	$1,618	-4.03
695	695	4	252.00	$252.00	$1,751	-7.24
700	700	8	244.00	$244.00	$1,708	+9.00
797	797	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,913	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–440	438	5	287.00–307.00	$294.95	$1,292	—
465	465	10	307.00	$307.00	$1,428	-60.00
513	513	2	252.00	$252.00	$1,293	-20.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	100.00	$100.00	$425	—
525	525	2	120.00	$120.00	$630	—
798	798	2	115.00	$115.00	$918	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,217	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,365	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,414	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180–190	185	2	800.00	$800.00	+75.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,010	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	352.00	$352.00	$898	-0.37
300–340	323	20	316.00–340.00	$329.40	$1,064	+6.50
361–380	367	25	315.00–330.00	$325.80	$1,196	+16.81
400–440	420	14	298.00–315.00	$303.40	$1,274	-1.86
466–490	476	26	265.00–285.00	$273.25	$1,301	-12.21
508–537	531	23	275.00–282.00	$279.00	$1,481	+2.83
558–566	565	34	277.00–284.00	$283.12	$1,600	+40.96
619	619	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,486	+1.55
629	629	51	275.50	$275.50	$1,733	+37.05
645	645	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,548	+1.55
690	690	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,656	+12.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	4	340.00	$340.00	$996	—
358–388	382	14	297.00–332.00	$304.04	$1,161	+44.04
419 value added	419	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,299	—
425–447	431	13	287.00–307.00	$297.94	$1,284	+27.50
470–488	477	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,097	-30.00
515–543	529	7	233.00–258.00	$241.17	$1,276	+11.17
574–595	577	13	232.00–253.00	$249.67	$1,441	—
623–640	632	4	237.00–240.00	$238.52	$1,507	—
720	720	5	211.00	$211.00	$1,519	—
770	770	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,571	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	280.00	$280.00	$700	—
338	338	2	260.00	$260.00	$879	—
370	370	2	326.00	$326.00	$1,206	+59.84
413	413	2	156.00	$156.00	$644	-114.00
482	482	7	288.00	$288.00	$1,388	+12.00
505	505	7	272.00	$272.00	$1,374	—
606–612	607	14	258.00	$258.00	$1,566	—
670	670	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,608	—
765	765	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,729	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	13	302.00	$302.00	$1,145	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	5	160.00	$160.00	$608	—
625	625	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	3	287.00	$287.00	$1,125	—
443	443	2	254.00	$254.00	$1,125	—
493	493	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,114	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,204	—
693	693	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,511	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	700.00	$700.00	+12.50
160–185	170	4	775.00–875.00	$817.21	+267.21

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	190.00	$190.00	$846	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	120.00	$120.00	$514	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	2	500.00	$500.00	-205.00
150–190	169	4	810.00–900.00	$847.04	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	6	159.00	$159.00	$983	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,414	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,604	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,242	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1625	1058	80-85%	10	110.00–117.00	$113.54	$1,201	-4.46
910–1490	1102	80-85%	9	123.00–130.00	$127.19	$1,402	—
915–1485	1146	80-85%	19	118.00–129.00	$123.07	$1,410	—
885–1365	1224	80-85%	4	121.50–146.00	$130.33	$1,595	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1502	1264	75-80%	24	126.00–143.00	$131.93	$1,668	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	85-90%	2	126.00	$126.00	$819	—
660–803	727	85-90%	10	85.00–114.00	$104.09	$757	—
875–950	909	85-90%	4	109.00–112.50	$110.89	$1,008	—
905–990	962	85-90%	3	110.00–116.00	$112.57	$1,083	+7.70
915–1085	1006	85-90%	4	91.00–105.00	$96.84	$974	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	1	85.00	$85.00	$999	—
1375–1420	1398	2	106.00–118.00	$111.90	$1,564	—
1230–1980	1459	13	131.00–149.00	$142.13	$2,074	—
1155–1915	1717	9	148.00–160.00	$154.97	$2,661	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–805	762	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	160.00–182.00	$168.00	$1,280
830–1193	994	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	155.00–190.00	$170.00	$1,690
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,151

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1135	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,550.00
930–1055	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,600.00	$1,550.00
1010	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–950.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–870	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,425.00	$1,350.00

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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
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	+250.00
915–1385	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,812.50	-212.50

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1385	1385	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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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.