Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 24, 2024

1,009 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight L 2 heifers $299.00/cwt ≈ $1,172/hd at 392 lb · 31 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $334.56/cwt -37.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,412/hd at 422 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight L 1 steers $283.30/cwt ≈ $1,584/hd at 559 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,009	1,004	906
Feeder cattle	764	733	573
Slaughter cattle	175	151	183
Replacement cattle	70	120	150

Market comments — USDA reporter

Special note; Nq sale July 1st! Next sale July 8th. Compared to last week; Steer calves sold steady to 4.00 lower while steer and heifer yearlings had no comparable sales. Heifer calves sold steady. Trade and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows were steady to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Market was good with excellent buyer attendance. Next sale 7-8-24

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	230	3	425.00–427.00	$426.30	$980	—
257–270	262	5	404.00–412.00	$407.30	$1,067	+12.30
300–323	312	4	380.00–385.00	$382.41	$1,193	-19.55
378–388	384	5	345.00–365.00	$357.13	$1,371	-37.43
411–445	422	29	326.00–338.00	$334.56	$1,412	-37.92
464–477	469	14	317.00–327.00	$320.22	$1,502	-7.94
523–529	526	11	290.00–310.00	$304.18	$1,600	-11.32
557	557	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,699	+29.82
605–647	626	8	263.00–272.00	$268.66	$1,682	+16.66
662	662	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,748	+6.54
700–704	702	8	250.00	$250.00	$1,755	—
778	778	6	249.50	$249.50	$1,941	—
830	830	2	239.50	$239.50	$1,988	-0.46
865–878	872	8	215.00–232.00	$223.00	$1,945	—
1290	1290	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,948	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,350	+26.00
468	468	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,310	—
467–499	483	10	285.00–300.00	$292.75	$1,414	—
508–543	531	11	267.00–286.00	$276.81	$1,470	+8.31
553–590	569	18	272.00–285.00	$277.56	$1,579	+41.56
600	600	2	249.00	$249.00	$1,494	—
720	720	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,490	—
895	895	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,772	—
1085	1085	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,497	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,046	—
384	384	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,152	—
558–563	559	28	281.00–297.00	$283.30	$1,584	—
1020	1020	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,928	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,191	—
457–475	465	9	265.00–278.00	$270.90	$1,260	—
486	486	5	254.00	$254.00	$1,234	—
548	548	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,217	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	18	315.00	$315.00	$901	—
593	593	2	272.00	$272.00	$1,613	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	4	102.00	$102.00	$447	—
512	512	3	187.00	$187.00	$957	—
550–555	553	4	124.00–160.00	$141.92	$785	+32.92

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
335 unweaned	335	2	625.00	$625.00	—
403 unweaned	403	2	710.00	$710.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115 unweaned	115	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,032	-2.00
350	350	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,208	+51.00
415	415	5	317.00	$317.00	$1,316	±0.00
451–493	474	21	265.00–279.00	$274.63	$1,302	+0.63
556–597	562	19	264.00–271.00	$269.83	$1,516	-7.37
605	605	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,458	-2.02
708–733	719	7	226.00–228.00	$227.13	$1,633	-11.37
760	760	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,588	-7.00
829	829	7	206.50	$206.50	$1,712	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
289	289	11	315.00	$315.00	$910	—
392	392	31	299.00	$299.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–295	286	5	272.00–290.00	$278.87	$798	—
410	410	3	292.00	$292.00	$1,197	+41.39
559–595	568	8	240.00–259.00	$254.02	$1,443	+14.02

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,065	—
425	425	2	277.00	$277.00	$1,177	—
500–535	514	5	247.00–257.00	$252.84	$1,300	-5.16
728	728	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,653	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	275.00	$275.00	$899	—
375	375	2	242.00	$242.00	$908	—
491	491	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,154	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,015	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	190.00	$190.00	$466	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125 unweaned	125	1	650.00	$650.00	—
215 unweaned	215	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	5	359.00	$359.00	$1,418	—
581	581	4	268.00	$268.00	$1,557	—
788	788	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,671	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
638	638	9	227.00	$227.00	$1,448	-33.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–625	615	4	255.00–260.00	$257.54	$1,584	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–160 unweaned	153	3	850.00–975.00	$911.67	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105 unweaned	105	1	575.00	$575.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
927–1143	1051	80-85%	9	125.00–128.00	$126.33	$1,328	+2.54
915–1430	1140	80-85%	29	127.50–138.00	$130.57	$1,488	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1285	1154	75-80%	9	140.00–145.00	$142.44	$1,644	—
1050–1515	1199	75-80%	14	133.00–139.00	$134.72	$1,615	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	85-90%	8	108.00	$108.00	$891	—
980	980	85-90%	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,298	+11.16
925–1365	1033	85-90%	9	111.00–122.00	$118.04	$1,219	+1.17
900–1185	1062	85-90%	3	95.00–120.00	$105.78	$1,123	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–2160	1343	8	126.00–151.00	$136.59	$1,834	—
1465–1560	1513	2	97.00–113.00	$104.75	$1,585	-16.10
1330–2090	1680	20	149.00–165.00	$158.26	$2,659	-3.61
1755–2060	1935	3	167.00–174.00	$170.09	$3,291	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–1130	787	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	170.00–206.00	$187.17	$1,473
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,581
1205	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	187.00	$187.00	$2,253

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1260	1003	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	133.00–160.00	$141.75	$1,422
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,533
1250–1280	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	128.00–140.00	$134.00	$1,695

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115–1450	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,825.00–1,850.00	$1,837.50
1325	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
900–955	928	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,550.00	—
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00	-230.00
1125–1255	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,150.00–2,300.00	$2,250.00	—
1177–1445	1304	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	2,250.00–2,450.00	$2,385.71	—
1363	1363	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1200–1220	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,300.00	$2,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
837	837	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	15	305.00	$305.00	$604	—
269	269	18	307.00	$307.00	$826	—
377	377	21	272.00	$272.00	$1,025	—

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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.