Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 20, 2024

1,324 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $288.32/cwt +14.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,643/hd at 570 lb · 45 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $357.20/cwt -0.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,515/hd at 424 lb · 40 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $265.57/cwt -7.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,257/hd at 473 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,324	1,114	568
Feeder cattle	959	900	427
Slaughter cattle	274	172	87
Replacement cattle	91	42	54

Market comments — USDA reporter

`Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 350-450 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 higher and 450-550 lbs were 4.00-8.00 lower. Steer yearlings had no comparison. Heifer calves 300-500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifer yearlings didn't have comparable numbers. Trade was uneven on higher numbers with moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 lower instances 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady to 10.00 higher. Market was uneven with excellent buyer attendance. Special note; Next sale will be on Tuesday May 28th in observance of Memorial Day.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	271	12	392.00–420.00	$402.96	$1,092	+10.00
308–335 value added	319	5	390.00–397.00	$394.06	$1,257	+9.06
317–343	332	11	345.00–385.00	$371.36	$1,233	+25.30
358 unweaned	358	2	348.00	$348.00	$1,246	+36.33
351–392	371	20	360.00–395.00	$380.48	$1,412	+13.48
403	403	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,310	-30.19
415 unweaned	415	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,224	—
418 value added	418	2	382.00	$382.00	$1,597	+7.00
407–447	427	32	347.00–377.00	$365.44	$1,560	+10.25
465–490	472	19	322.00–340.00	$327.49	$1,546	-7.06
500–513	503	12	320.00–342.00	$325.61	$1,638	-14.20
525	525	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,575	-3.90
556–599	570	45	276.00–311.00	$288.32	$1,643	+2.32
611–637	625	11	260.00–292.00	$276.93	$1,731	+9.93
651–699	675	26	245.00–260.00	$248.60	$1,678	-3.40
701–730	707	10	200.00–230.00	$223.80	$1,582	-20.20
772–795	783	30	205.00–240.50	$230.74	$1,807	-9.26
823–832	830	9	225.00–236.00	$227.42	$1,888	—
908–915	913	6	222.00–225.00	$224.01	$2,045	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	282.00	$282.00	$1,179	-12.95
453–487	473	5	240.00–254.00	$248.64	$1,176	-58.36
500–538	521	20	265.00–292.00	$281.43	$1,466	+29.43
556–559	558	11	249.50–254.00	$251.13	$1,401	—
608–610	609	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,401	—
725	725	2	240.50	$240.50	$1,744	—
948	948	2	213.00	$213.00	$2,019	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,147	—
618	618	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,051	—
748	748	11	195.00	$195.00	$1,459	—
780	780	3	181.00	$181.00	$1,412	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	277.00	$277.00	$1,180	—
557	557	6	242.00	$242.00	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	7	216.00	$216.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	675.00	$675.00	—
185	185	1	900.00	$900.00	+100.00
245	245	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,276	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	2	90.00	$90.00	$444	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	272	14	305.00–347.00	$342.15	$931	-9.85
300–335	304	9	300.00–322.00	$313.59	$953	-15.81
350 value added	350	3	347.00	$347.00	$1,214	—
352–390	383	17	315.00–340.00	$319.05	$1,222	-6.75
390	390	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,209	-15.80
405 unweaned	405	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,134	—
402–447	427	20	292.00–315.00	$303.87	$1,298	+0.47
458 value added	458	3	298.00	$298.00	$1,365	—
458–486	475	29	249.00–285.00	$262.21	$1,245	-11.04
503–537	520	17	256.00–268.00	$259.08	$1,347	-19.92
550–593	578	24	235.00–255.00	$246.26	$1,423	-36.86
630–633	632	6	226.00–246.00	$236.02	$1,492	-39.48
715–743	726	6	215.00–235.00	$223.15	$1,620	—
756–766	762	18	202.00–214.00	$208.66	$1,590	—
925	925	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,896	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–383	362	9	242.00–270.00	$259.10	$938	-44.94
448	448	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,120	-47.94
498	498	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,195	+10.00
538	538	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,307	+1.83
605–628	620	6	235.00–239.00	$237.70	$1,474	-0.82
665–693	684	19	200.00–225.00	$207.31	$1,418	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	17	287.00	$287.00	$1,332	—
575	575	10	259.00	$259.00	$1,489	—
673	673	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,447	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,111	—
565	565	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,254	—
955	955	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,767	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	600.00	$600.00	—
100–105	103	2	500.00–710.00	$605.00	-95.00
165	165	1	850.00	$850.00	+32.79
225	225	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,004	-78.00
633	633	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,399	-37.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205	205	2	975.00	$975.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
295	295	2	320.00	$320.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	2	136.00	$136.00	$970	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	10	405.00	$405.00	$1,061	—
336	336	7	385.00	$385.00	$1,294	—
412	412	3	367.00	$367.00	$1,512	—
515	515	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,545	—
582	582	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,403	-4.00
613	613	2	241.00	$241.00	$1,477	—
655	655	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,487	—
747	747	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,539	—
828	828	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,573	—
949	949	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,566	—
957	957	3	184.00	$184.00	$1,761	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90–95	93	2	500.00–775.00	$637.50	—
145	145	1	775.00	$775.00	—
150–170	159	5	875.00–1,000.00	$910.00	+62.96
205–240	223	2	850.00–975.00	$912.50	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629	629	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,409	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,256	—
1610–1655	1633	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	151.00–165.00	$158.10	$2,582	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	80-85%	5	118.00	$118.00	$796	—
905–1044	994	80-85%	9	114.00–119.00	$117.13	$1,164	—
900–1525	1176	80-85%	48	119.00–128.00	$123.13	$1,448	—
995–1590	1267	80-85%	20	122.50–134.50	$127.42	$1,614	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1118–1860	1225	75-80%	10	133.00–142.00	$135.28	$1,657	—
935–1546	1267	75-80%	13	127.00–132.00	$128.81	$1,632	-3.12
1020–1400	1299	75-80%	30	131.00–138.00	$134.65	$1,749	+2.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–970	918	85-90%	2	105.00–111.00	$108.17	$993	-2.72
895–1070	940	85-90%	13	110.00–125.00	$114.40	$1,075	+3.51
910–1015	953	85-90%	3	84.00–92.00	$87.17	$831	-25.40
890–1070	989	85-90%	13	95.00–110.00	$105.52	$1,044	-7.05

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1555	1308	2	93.00–102.00	$98.35	$1,286	—
990–1730	1361	15	125.00–148.00	$139.95	$1,905	—
1230–2210	1700	22	149.00–170.00	$159.27	$2,708	+4.30

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
555–1153	798	(<2 yrs)	Open	35	140.00–210.00	$180.89	$1,444

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–910	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,362.50
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,550.00	$1,550.00
845–1240	1132	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,575.00–1,925.00	$1,871.15
1115–1290	1207	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,525.00–1,575.00	$1,535.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1100	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590–753	712	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,550.00	$1,431.25

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00

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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
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
875–1258	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,575.00–1,825.00	$1,731.25	—
1060–1100	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,675.00–1,850.00	$1,758.33	—
955–1215	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00–1,725.00	$1,687.50	—
990–1440	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,150.00–2,400.00	$2,266.67	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1290	1213	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,625.00–1,850.00	$1,737.50	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	3	230.00	$230.00	$994	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.