Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 22, 2024

811 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $403.78/cwt +6.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,314/hd at 325 lb · 39 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $378.94/cwt -5.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,451/hd at 383 lb · 29 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $288.00/cwt +3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,348/hd at 468 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	811	1,247	923
Feeder cattle	570	964	607
Slaughter cattle	190	198	148
Replacement cattle	51	85	168

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week sale; Steer calves 300-450 lbs sold 9.00-12.00 higher and 450-600 lbs were 4.00 lower. 750-800 lbs steer yearlings sold 2.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 10.00 higher except for 450-500 lbs being 3.00 lower. Heifer yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Trade was moderately higher on small numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows were 9.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. Market was moderately higher 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
250	250	1	407.00	$407.00	$1,018	—
320 unweaned	320	4	367.00	$367.00	$1,174	-9.19
300–334	326	35	402.00–422.00	$407.98	$1,330	+6.04
360	360	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,332	—
375 unweaned	375	5	360.00	$360.00	$1,350	—
377–393	385	16	389.00–405.00	$396.83	$1,528	+12.83
392	392	6	350.00	$350.00	$1,372	-34.00
410 thin fleshed	410	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,578	—
410–415	413	9	347.00–360.00	$355.70	$1,469	+12.42
440 unweaned	440	3	292.00	$292.00	$1,285	—
455–496	488	26	320.00–336.00	$322.26	$1,573	-4.58
501	501	10	340.00	$340.00	$1,703	+29.13
541	541	8	318.00	$318.00	$1,720	+7.13
550–592	569	9	280.00–300.00	$290.16	$1,651	-0.08
620	620	7	271.00	$271.00	$1,680	+0.67
686	686	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,715	-8.54
756	756	10	240.00	$240.00	$1,814	+2.91
912	912	3	235.00	$235.00	$2,143	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	3	302.00	$302.00	$1,486	-7.68
515–540	526	7	300.00–310.00	$304.40	$1,601	+37.78
547	547	3	287.00	$287.00	$1,570	+20.38

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,311	—
467	467	3	327.00	$327.00	$1,527	+27.00
538	538	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,506	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	8	286.00	$286.00	$1,633	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185 unweaned	185	1	675.00	$675.00	+25.00
210–235 unweaned	223	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,109	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	2	200.00	$200.00	$916	—

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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	2	375.00	$375.00	$825	—
300–314	311	21	355.00–362.00	$359.37	$1,118	+19.37
363–398	376	11	325.00–337.00	$332.48	$1,250	+9.16
406–420	414	21	312.00–325.00	$318.29	$1,318	+27.10
420 unweaned	420	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,218	—
450–493	468	28	279.00–295.00	$288.00	$1,348	+1.68
505	505	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,401	+12.28
522	522	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,315	-13.22
608–630	616	8	237.00–250.00	$245.02	$1,509	-4.24
715	715	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,644	+14.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	8	124.00	$124.00	$600	—
553	553	6	109.00	$109.00	$603	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435–438	437	4	290.00–295.00	$292.49	$1,278	+40.49
445	445	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,202	+18.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185–195 unweaned	193	4	700.00–950.00	$889.94	+139.94

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,248	+33.00
380	380	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,292	—
443	443	3	332.00	$332.00	$1,471	—
680	680	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,578	-2.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,082	—
548	548	3	288.00	$288.00	$1,578	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	3	102.00	$102.00	$525	—
685	685	2	100.00	$100.00	$685	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	417.00	$417.00	$1,105	—
595	595	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,458	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	3	180.00	$180.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90 unweaned	90	1	600.00	$600.00	—
145 unweaned	145	1	750.00	$750.00	—
250 unweaned	250	1	775.00	$775.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195 unweaned	195	3	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1260	1049	80-85%	13	128.50–133.00	$130.43	$1,368	—
930–1290	1154	80-85%	38	140.00–150.00	$144.73	$1,670	—
910–1570	1257	80-85%	23	134.00–138.00	$136.82	$1,720	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519–850	600	85-90%	23	104.00–126.00	$115.40	$692	—
520–855	641	85-90%	10	114.50–125.00	$117.54	$753	—
900–1255	965	85-90%	14	125.00–141.00	$129.08	$1,246	—
900–1080	970	85-90%	3	117.50–119.00	$118.44	$1,149	—
970–1220	1066	85-90%	6	122.00–125.50	$123.58	$1,317	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1620	1269	9	144.00–165.00	$159.07	$2,019	—
1320–2095	1671	18	167.00–183.00	$174.22	$2,911	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–750	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	135.00–175.00	$155.00	$1,046
795	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,113

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	5	247.00	$247.00	$763	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–444	434	26	250.00–260.00	$253.31	$1,099	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	25	224.00	$224.00	$1,259	—

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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
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—
1160	1160	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1140–1440	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,150.00–2,300.00	$2,250.00	—
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	-125.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1345	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	-125.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
605	605	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
605	605	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.