Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 3, 2024

1,437 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $348.27/cwt -23.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,492/hd at 428 lb · 59 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $265.40/cwt -23.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,675/hd at 631 lb · 54 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $230.00/cwt +5.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,550/hd at 674 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,437	1,018	619
Feeder cattle	938	714	394
Slaughter cattle	154	213	161
Replacement cattle	345	91	64

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves.sold steady to 9.00 higher and heifer calves were steady to 15.00 lower. Steer and heifer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was moderate with good demand on larger numbers of calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 13.00-20.00 higher. Market was moderate 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
290–295	292	9	365.00	$365.00	$1,066	-36.02
318 unweaned	318	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,049	—
315–334	323	14	360.00–395.00	$387.48	$1,252	-6.99
308–333 value added	325	6	397.00–407.00	$400.16	$1,301	—
373–399	387	19	350.00–375.00	$364.99	$1,413	-15.01
402–429 value added	419	13	375.00–387.00	$382.57	$1,603	—
403–449	431	42	330.00–358.00	$340.94	$1,469	-30.36
418–443	431	4	305.00–322.00	$313.75	$1,352	-57.55
478–480	478	31	309.00–329.00	$327.06	$1,563	-8.13
488 value added	488	9	367.00	$367.00	$1,791	+5.58
508–513 value added	509	7	310.00–320.00	$317.12	$1,614	-37.88
518–543	531	9	277.00–310.00	$291.32	$1,547	-13.27
570	570	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,368	-47.00
612–645	631	54	250.00–271.00	$265.40	$1,675	+23.40
689–698	691	10	240.00–264.00	$259.15	$1,791	+0.28
723	723	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,771	—
760	760	2	243.00	$243.00	$1,847	+3.00
988	988	2	210.00	$210.00	$2,075	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,100	—
392	392	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,086	—
424–427	425	16	272.00–292.00	$278.28	$1,183	—
464–485	475	11	282.00–290.00	$286.45	$1,361	—
522–540	526	26	255.00–275.00	$270.47	$1,423	—
815	815	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225	225	2	875.00	$875.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	267.00	$267.00	$854	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	2	212.00	$212.00	$2,003	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	6	327.00	$327.00	$906	—
300–343	313	17	310.00–325.00	$317.80	$995	-19.58
378–389	386	23	287.00–310.00	$295.62	$1,141	-21.38
427 value added	427	3	292.00	$292.00	$1,247	—
403–438	428	13	279.00–291.00	$284.88	$1,219	-5.12
428	428	6	253.00	$253.00	$1,083	-37.00
438	438	4	252.00	$252.00	$1,104	-38.00
461 value added	461	5	291.00	$291.00	$1,342	—
492–498	497	34	253.00–272.00	$255.42	$1,269	-23.31
503–536	523	16	260.00–270.00	$265.08	$1,386	+16.14
550–575	565	6	230.00–255.00	$244.50	$1,381	-13.85
609–643	620	12	241.00–250.00	$248.27	$1,539	+19.64
674	674	44	230.00	$230.00	$1,550	+5.00
728	728	4	223.00	$223.00	$1,623	+2.73
753–780	765	7	220.00–226.00	$223.38	$1,709	—
816–838	822	7	205.00–212.00	$207.04	$1,702	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	7	290.00	$290.00	$940	+15.00
418	418	5	252.00	$252.00	$1,053	—
458	458	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,085	-18.00
578	578	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,300	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	2	750.00	$750.00	—
105–135	123	3	700.00–775.00	$741.67	+86.67
153–173	162	9	625.00–885.00	$747.78	-77.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	3	232.00	$232.00	$731	+12.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,270	-1.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	264.00	$264.00	$1,307	+54.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	—	—	2	650.00	$650.00	—
115	115	—	—	2	800.00	$800.00	+100.00
160–175	170	—	—	3	700.00–900.00	$825.00	+50.00
225–235	230	—	—	4	710.00–1,050.00	$880.00	-45.00
1060–1220	1125	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	2,000.00–2,200.00	$2,133.33	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588–598	591	7	245.00–247.00	$246.42	$1,456	-10.58
810	810	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,061	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260	258	2	417.00–420.00	$418.49	$1,080	—
558	558	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,814	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
370	370	2	685.00	$685.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1610	1206	75-80%	81	137.00–145.00	$140.31	$1,692	+7.62
1030–1485	1209	75-80%	9	128.50–134.00	$131.49	$1,590	-1.20
1099–1535	1243	75-80%	19	132.50–139.50	$135.97	$1,690	+3.28

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–960	909	85-90%	17	108.00–137.50	$127.49	$1,159	+3.74
900–975	919	85-90%	9	104.00–105.00	$104.35	$959	-19.40
900–1300	987	85-90%	23	112.00–121.50	$116.20	$1,147	+22.20
900–1150	999	85-90%	26	119.00–128.50	$122.16	$1,220	+28.16

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1560	1139	80-85%	48	121.00–132.50	$127.61	$1,453	-2.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1810	1382	19	133.00–163.00	$151.84	$2,098	—
1185–1715	1498	3	115.00–130.00	$122.83	$1,840	—
1370–2000	1685	13	163.00–187.00	$169.38	$2,854	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–875	808	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	137.00–166.00	$151.50	$1,224
725–905	824	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	130.00–165.00	$151.38	$1,247

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1472	1224	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,907.14
1133–1560	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	1,825.00–2,300.00	$2,120.83
1135–1515	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1270	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,575.00–1,800.00	$1,691.67

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–845	833	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,437.50

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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
930–1055	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,475.00–1,775.00	$1,625.00	-105.00
810–1515	1163	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00–1,625.00	$1,437.50	—
1388–1395	1389	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	2,200.00–2,550.00	$2,300.00	—
1340–1487	1414	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,300.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1403	1403	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
1346–1525	1406	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,400.00–2,550.00	$2,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	-125.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
865	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
965	965	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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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.