Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 8, 2024

1,096 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $276.47/cwt +1.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,316/hd at 476 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $299.35/cwt -4.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,562/hd at 522 lb · 56 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $345.92/cwt +11.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,491/hd at 431 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,096	1,009	1,337
Feeder cattle	798	764	836
Slaughter cattle	235	175	293
Replacement cattle	63	70	208

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last sale before July 4th shutdown; Steer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifer calves were 7.00 lower on comparable sales. Steer and heifer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was uneven on midsummer numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00-3.00 lower. Market was steady 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
248	248	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,042	-6.30
260	260	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,079	+7.70
300–325	318	5	385.00–395.00	$389.97	$1,240	+7.56
351–378	363	19	372.00–402.00	$382.30	$1,388	+25.17
380	380	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,235	-32.13
418 unweaned	418	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,317	—
403–440	431	45	335.00–366.00	$348.89	$1,504	+14.33
440	440	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,417	-12.56
462 unweaned	462	16	272.00	$272.00	$1,257	—
457–499	490	24	284.00–300.00	$293.34	$1,437	-26.88
508 unweaned	508	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,372	—
507–538	523	52	290.00–310.00	$301.61	$1,577	-2.57
560–580	570	4	245.00–266.00	$255.68	$1,457	-49.32
604	604	4	262.00	$262.00	$1,582	-6.66
662–698	670	9	235.00–257.00	$243.63	$1,632	-20.37
800–823	812	4	170.00–180.00	$175.07	$1,422	-64.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	342.00	$342.00	$906	—
347	347	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,284	—
355–368	361	8	365.00–368.00	$367.13	$1,325	—
428	428	2	328.00	$328.00	$1,404	+8.00
441	441	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,455	+10.00
529–538	532	8	276.00–281.00	$279.11	$1,485	+2.30
663	663	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,631	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	238.00	$238.00	$916	—
408–437	423	16	260.00–287.00	$272.59	$1,153	+2.59
423 unweaned	423	2	220.00	$220.00	$931	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	250.00	$250.00	$888	—
408	408	4	240.00	$240.00	$979	—
573	573	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,203	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604	604	4	262.00	$262.00	$1,582	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
766	766	4	123.00	$123.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	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
220	220	1	335.00	$335.00	$737	—
267 unweaned	267	3	295.00	$295.00	$788	—
299	299	4	342.00	$342.00	$1,023	—
311–340	324	8	332.00–356.00	$338.30	$1,096	+3.30
367–382	374	31	307.00–325.00	$322.48	$1,206	-22.52
376	376	5	298.00	$298.00	$1,120	-47.00
399 unweaned	399	4	298.00	$298.00	$1,189	—
404–440	415	24	277.00–300.00	$291.86	$1,211	-25.14
430 unweaned	430	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,127	—
465–482	476	58	260.00–282.00	$276.47	$1,316	+1.84
502–535	509	23	256.00–275.00	$269.81	$1,373	—
558–599	588	29	239.00–261.00	$255.60	$1,503	-14.23
597	597	3	234.00	$234.00	$1,397	-35.83
612–623	616	9	230.00–245.00	$235.06	$1,448	-5.94
653	653	7	210.50	$210.50	$1,375	—
932	932	13	195.00	$195.00	$1,817	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	230.00	$230.00	$743	—
350	350	2	267.00	$267.00	$934	—
416–445	432	9	232.00–260.00	$248.02	$1,071	-43.98
437	437	9	220.00	$220.00	$961	-72.00
449	449	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,033	—
466	466	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,118	—
516–538	525	7	200.00–212.00	$205.27	$1,078	—
563	563	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,323	-19.02
618	618	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,298	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	4	297.00	$297.00	$968	—
428	428	10	262.00	$262.00	$1,121	—
668	668	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,303	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	160.00	$160.00	$608	—
482	482	3	130.00	$130.00	$627	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95	95	1	500.00	$500.00	—
188	188	3	810.00	$810.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,106	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344–345	344	6	332.00–340.00	$337.33	$1,160	—
523	523	3	273.00	$273.00	$1,428	—
655	655	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	700.00	$700.00	—
155–175	171	5	800.00–1,050.00	$894.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	312.00	$312.00	$1,139	—
455	455	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,320	—
543	543	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,341	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1575	1223	80-85%	13	125.00–132.50	$129.57	$1,585	—
990–1645	1312	80-85%	42	130.00–139.00	$135.69	$1,780	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–995	979	85-90%	4	116.00–129.00	$122.93	$1,203	-9.57
980–1090	1040	85-90%	13	125.00–130.00	$126.99	$1,321	+8.95
975–1130	1082	85-90%	5	105.00–120.00	$110.86	$1,200	+5.08

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1136–1470	1216	75-80%	11	136.00–147.00	$143.13	$1,740	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1040	1008	2	144.00–166.00	$155.35	$1,566	—
1025–1665	1342	5	142.00–154.00	$145.46	$1,952	+8.87
1290–2130	1679	4	147.00–162.00	$153.30	$2,574	-4.96
1525–2075	1754	8	160.00–172.00	$164.83	$2,891	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
590–1150	749	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	39	150.00–216.00	$180.21	$1,350
550–1170	811	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	148.00–201.00	$159.52	$1,294
685–1095	884	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	168.00–202.00	$186.80	$1,651

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
737–1150	858	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,625.00–1,850.00	$1,690.00
860–1110	940	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,625.00–1,900.00	$1,771.36

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1319	1319	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	169.00	$169.00	$2,229

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–800	748	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,475.00–1,725.00	$1,633.33
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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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
730–1470	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00–2,050.00	$1,850.00	—
870–1305	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,962.50	—
1085–1265	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,825.00–2,100.00	$1,962.50	-287.50
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00	—
1380	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	+200.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855–875	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,675.00–2,000.00	$1,837.50	—
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	90.00	$90.00	$234	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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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.