Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 17, 2024

1,004 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $311.07/cwt +17.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,314/hd at 422 lb · 27 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $394.56/cwt +7.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,484/hd at 376 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $321.20/cwt +12.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,619/hd at 504 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,004	1,269	1,168
Feeder cattle	733	929	890
Slaughter cattle	151	263	187
Replacement cattle	120	77	91

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves sold 5.00 higher and heifer calves were steady on comparable sales. Feeder steer and heifer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was moderate on good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher. Market was moderate with excellent buyer attendance. Rain in the area has limited the numbers .

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,039	-17.36
323 unweaned	323	3	367.00	$367.00	$1,185	—
312–341	324	19	390.00–417.00	$401.96	$1,302	-1.75
364–385	376	25	375.00–402.00	$394.56	$1,484	+7.30
415–433	427	18	342.00–380.00	$372.48	$1,590	+18.53
458–480	477	16	322.00–329.00	$328.16	$1,565	+18.16
501–511	503	20	290.00–322.00	$315.50	$1,587	+2.34
509 value added	509	5	344.00	$344.00	$1,751	—
567–582	575	12	261.00–289.00	$275.18	$1,582	-2.82
612	612	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,542	-15.70
651–684	668	18	245.00–267.00	$257.46	$1,720	-4.54
803–818	815	13	227.00–243.00	$239.96	$1,956	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,016	-70.00
443	443	2	294.00	$294.00	$1,302	-24.62
508–535	522	16	235.00–278.00	$268.50	$1,402	-14.50
598	598	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,411	-30.66
680	680	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,564	-30.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,384	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	282.00	$282.00	$1,537	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	2	109.00	$109.00	$616	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	12	310.00	$310.00	$884	-10.44
341	341	11	337.00	$337.00	$1,149	+10.41
378	378	19	294.00	$294.00	$1,111	-13.50
420	420	23	317.00	$317.00	$1,331	+23.27
436	436	4	277.00	$277.00	$1,208	-16.73
468	468	10	274.00	$274.00	$1,282	-4.10
501–539	521	22	248.00–275.00	$267.20	$1,392	-4.29
555–590	577	8	274.00–279.00	$277.20	$1,599	+32.20
605–619	613	11	240.00–245.00	$243.02	$1,490	-1.98
698	698	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,612	-29.00
705	705	5	238.50	$238.50	$1,681	—
783	783	4	216.00	$216.00	$1,691	-34.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	4	295.00	$295.00	$897	+18.39
410–433	427	9	235.00–258.00	$250.61	$1,070	-28.83
473	473	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,239	-2.51
500–534	514	14	240.00–259.00	$250.98	$1,290	-12.95
561	561	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	2	600.00	$600.00	—
103–148	121	12	500.00–750.00	$639.58	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–290	270	5	312.00–338.00	$326.84	$882	—
653	653	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,397	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	262.00	$262.00	$904	—
510	510	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,316	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	170.00	$170.00	$782	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	116.00	$116.00	$554	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–293	281	11	392.00–420.00	$398.79	$1,121	+3.79
520	520	5	282.00	$282.00	$1,466	+40.00
611	611	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,589	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	700.00	$700.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	2	102.00	$102.00	$605	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,598	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1245	1052	80-85%	10	120.00–129.00	$123.79	$1,302	-9.15
1025–1555	1229	80-85%	8	128.00–134.00	$130.88	$1,609	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1025	978	85-90%	2	119.50–123.00	$121.34	$1,187	—
900–1230	1020	85-90%	10	93.00–111.00	$104.03	$1,061	-7.36
910–1150	1026	85-90%	4	114.00–121.00	$116.87	$1,199	+5.48

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1410	1204	75-80%	11	130.00–138.00	$135.28	$1,629	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1280	1185	3	142.00–147.00	$144.51	$1,712	—
1130–1810	1432	9	138.00–149.00	$143.02	$2,048	—
1155–1765	1502	3	100.00–137.00	$120.85	$1,815	—
1435–1940	1677	11	152.00–173.00	$161.87	$2,715	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–907	828	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	104.00–215.00	$201.00	$1,664
827–1005	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	110.50–159.00	$118.21	$1,033
990–1004	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	105.00–120.00	$113.08	$1,129

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
758	758	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	70.00	$70.00	$531
809–811	810	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	86.00–92.50	$89.55	$725

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
833	833	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	94.00	$94.00	$783
874	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	99.00	$99.00	$865

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Bred Cows

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
658	658	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00	$800.00
678	678	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
672–850	723	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	950.00–1,135.00	$1,079.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,425.00	$1,237.50
915–1305	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,900.00–1,975.00	$1,921.25

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	+360.83
955–1022	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,350.00	-111.11
850–1053	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,400.00–1,800.00	$1,633.33	+172.22
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1220	1220	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1135	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,900.00–2,050.00	$2,005.00	—
1085–1105	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,825.00	—
1075–1150	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,875.00–2,025.00	$1,941.67	—
980–1280	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,181.25	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.