Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 28, 2024

1,018 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $353.44/cwt +25.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,613/hd at 456 lb · 23 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $262.26/cwt +13.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,791/hd at 683 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $327.50/cwt +5.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,721/hd at 526 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,018	1,324	1,091
Feeder cattle	714	959	840
Slaughter cattle	213	274	177
Replacement cattle	91	91	74

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves and steer yearlings sold 6.00-15.00 higher while heifer calves were 5.00-13.00 higher. Heifer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was active with very good demand on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 1.00-3.00 higher. Market was very good 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
255–295	280	3	398.00–405.00	$401.02	$1,123	-1.94
315–347	327	13	380.00–400.00	$394.47	$1,290	+23.11
360 unweaned	360	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,224	-8.00
385	385	4	380.00	$380.00	$1,463	-0.48
414–443	423	12	367.00–374.00	$371.30	$1,571	+5.86
451–458 value added	454	16	352.00–375.00	$361.42	$1,641	—
459–467	462	7	330.00–342.00	$335.19	$1,549	+7.70
506 value added	506	10	355.00	$355.00	$1,796	—
533–549	542	12	295.00–315.00	$304.59	$1,651	+4.59
568	568	2	287.00	$287.00	$1,630	-1.32
565–596	578	15	290.00–317.00	$299.35	$1,730	+11.03
602 value added	602	10	298.00	$298.00	$1,794	—
615	615	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,488	-34.93
671 value added	671	5	282.00	$282.00	$1,892	—
678	678	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,627	-8.60
682–691	687	16	247.00–272.00	$258.87	$1,778	+10.27
778	778	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,867	+9.26
810–813	811	7	238.00–245.00	$241.01	$1,955	+13.59
912	912	3	204.00	$204.00	$1,860	-20.01
1002	1002	9	220.00	$220.00	$2,204	—
1190	1190	2	168.00	$168.00	$1,999	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,596	+33.87
651–665	656	6	235.00–260.00	$251.55	$1,650	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	7	251.00	$251.00	$1,069	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	3	362.00	$362.00	$1,129	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,750	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
953	953	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,868	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–338	324	12	330.00–352.00	$337.38	$1,093	+23.79
350–397	385	4	300.00–322.00	$317.00	$1,220	-2.05
443	443	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,285	-13.87
458–487	473	10	262.00–292.00	$278.73	$1,318	+16.52
503–543	534	13	240.00–255.00	$248.94	$1,329	-10.14
554–555	554	17	246.00–260.00	$258.35	$1,431	+12.09
610–638	619	9	226.00–230.00	$228.63	$1,415	-7.39
658	658	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,480	—
708–715	710	11	216.00–222.50	$220.27	$1,564	-2.88
880–899	892	11	191.00–197.00	$193.15	$1,723	—
978	978	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,907	—
1045	1045	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,787	—
1085	1085	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,617	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	6	275.00	$275.00	$930	—
491	491	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,252	+15.00
539	539	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,294	-3.00
680	680	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,462	+7.69

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
507	507	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,202	—
568	568	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,233	-42.00
609–643	622	8	223.00–224.00	$223.39	$1,389	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	6	206.00	$206.00	$820	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–120	118	2	485.00–825.00	$655.00	+50.00
155–180	168	2	800.00–850.00	$825.00	-25.00
205	205	2	825.00	$825.00	+125.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,014	—
538	538	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,426	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	3	220.00	$220.00	$763	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175–195	185	2	725.00–825.00	$775.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,136	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	3	337.00	$337.00	$1,527	—
582	582	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,496	+16.00
720	720	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,764	+39.00
756	756	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,588	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	—	—	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,384	—
655–680	668	—	—	4	237.00–277.00	$257.37	$1,719	—
925–970	948	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	150.00–167.00	$158.50	$1,503	+23.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120–145	133	2	600.00–800.00	$700.00	-75.00
195	195	2	775.00	$775.00	—
210	210	2	925.00	$925.00	+12.50

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694	694	4	213.00	$213.00	$1,478	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,381	—
530	530	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,150	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
943–1135	1040	80-85%	7	115.00–121.00	$119.12	$1,239	—
920–1460	1128	80-85%	31	127.00–136.50	$130.06	$1,467	—
945–1575	1185	80-85%	21	121.00–127.50	$124.86	$1,480	+1.73

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1530	1222	75-80%	38	130.00–139.00	$132.69	$1,621	-2.59
1070–1675	1390	75-80%	13	127.00–130.50	$128.49	$1,786	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	85-90%	2	111.00	$111.00	$791	—
870–900	888	85-90%	8	104.00–121.00	$116.32	$1,033	—
905	905	85-90%	2	120.00–127.50	$123.75	$1,120	+15.58
950–1035	993	85-90%	2	94.00	$94.00	$933	-11.52

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895	895	65-75%	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,360	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1780	1283	6	126.00–149.00	$138.24	$1,774	—
1365–1610	1521	4	141.00–150.00	$145.64	$2,215	—
1420–1745	1552	13	147.00–167.50	$157.66	$2,447	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1255	1198	2	61.00–97.00	$78.14	$936	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
585–835	710	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	190.00–197.00	$193.50	$1,374
655–880	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	132.00–182.00	$159.67	$1,290

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
905–1105	963	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,518.75
975–990	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,385.00–1,425.00	$1,405.00
830–1230	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,450.00–1,600.00	$1,550.00
885–1110	1073	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,385.00–1,600.00	$1,564.17

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,140.00	$1,140.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
661	661	12	220.50	$220.50	$1,458	—
824	824	12	213.00	$213.00	$1,755	—
950	950	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,700	—
1057	1057	10	186.00	$186.00	$1,966	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,102	—
580	580	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,218	—
753	753	36	238.00	$238.00	$1,792	—

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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
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
909–1230	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,675.00–1,950.00	$1,730.00	—
1015–1345	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,950.00–2,200.00	$2,008.33	—
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	-266.67
1305–1360	1333	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,225.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
835–1060	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,700.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1170	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,675.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	-125.00

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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.