Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 19, 2024

1,097 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $338.68/cwt -11.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,082/hd at 320 lb · 53 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $373.80/cwt +10.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,193/hd at 319 lb · 53 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $294.35/cwt -21.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,115/hd at 379 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,097	1,071	968
Feeder cattle	839	799	581
Slaughter cattle	199	185	262
Replacement cattle	59	87	125

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-7.00 lower while steer and heifer yearlings had no comparable numbers or sales. Trade and demand were moderate on similar numbers. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. 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
220	220	1	380.00	$380.00	$836	-44.00
275 unweaned	275	2	360.00	$360.00	$990	+65.00
280 thin fleshed	280	6	420.00	$420.00	$1,176	—
270–298	284	7	390.00–412.00	$399.57	$1,135	+21.40
300 thin fleshed	300	3	392.00	$392.00	$1,176	—
305 unweaned	305	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,068	—
313–322	319	36	380.00–390.00	$383.82	$1,224	-2.18
331	331	6	365.00	$365.00	$1,208	+13.00
333	333	4	307.00	$307.00	$1,022	-45.00
363–394	382	16	330.00–342.00	$337.04	$1,287	-51.00
425 unweaned	425	12	310.00	$310.00	$1,318	—
419–447	438	25	321.00–339.00	$325.13	$1,424	+15.13
450–490	472	14	298.00–307.00	$300.86	$1,420	-9.34
494	494	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,383	-14.00
538	538	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,480	-23.21
550–589	576	28	254.00–265.00	$259.69	$1,496	-10.34
610–633	625	9	252.00–263.00	$257.01	$1,606	+2.01
681	681	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,648	-0.34
761	761	8	231.00	$231.00	$1,758	-3.47
825	825	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,914	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–344	342	12	325.00–335.00	$332.54	$1,137	—
360	360	3	302.00	$302.00	$1,087	—
435 fancy	435	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,370	—
479	479	10	284.00	$284.00	$1,360	-1.10
550–598	562	16	232.00–240.00	$234.13	$1,316	—
635	635	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,378	—
648	648	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,555	—
672–676	675	11	215.00–234.00	$220.16	$1,486	+10.16
795	795	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,503	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,022	—
412	412	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,257	—
525	525	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,365	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,022	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,231	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,298	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	2	322.00	$322.00	$766	—
250–295	265	15	330.00–350.00	$343.04	$909	-18.50
305	305	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,006	-35.00
308 thin fleshed	308	26	358.00	$358.00	$1,103	—
315–336	334	18	320.00–337.00	$321.78	$1,075	-43.22
348 unweaned	348	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,044	-43.96
373	373	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,026	-41.10
373 unweaned	373	2	250.00	$250.00	$932	—
356–398	380	37	290.00–305.00	$299.89	$1,140	-16.21
409–417	414	10	290.00–302.00	$297.26	$1,231	+67.26
470–485	475	30	240.00–257.00	$253.48	$1,204	-6.99
506–538	518	12	240.00–254.00	$247.13	$1,280	+1.13
566–590	576	18	240.00–260.00	$247.72	$1,427	+0.72
581	581	7	229.00	$229.00	$1,330	-18.00
594	594	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,396	-12.00
600–642	612	27	226.00–240.00	$229.41	$1,404	-10.72
706	706	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,553	±0.00
708	708	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,352	-29.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	6	317.00	$317.00	$1,056	—
386 thin fleshed	386	5	261.00	$261.00	$1,007	—
393	393	2	240.00	$240.00	$943	-17.94
448	448	4	252.00	$252.00	$1,129	-17.00
572	572	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,293	-14.73
568–582	579	8	220.00–225.00	$223.77	$1,296	-16.96

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–638	634	8	176.00–181.00	$179.78	$1,140	—
672	672	11	185.00	$185.00	$1,243	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	366	6	210.00	$210.00	$769	—
514	514	4	130.00	$130.00	$668	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,139	-47.00
595	595	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,351	-9.00
622	622	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,406	+5.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	262.00	$262.00	$1,271	—
805	805	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,433	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
654	654	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,125	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	200.00	$200.00	$796	—
568	568	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,193	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170 unweaned	170	1	800.00	$800.00	-50.00
260–280	270	2	650.00–925.00	$782.41	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	352.00	$352.00	$1,197	-48.00
412	412	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,215	—
543	543	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,385	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–140 unweaned	123	3	475.00–750.00	$633.33	—
165–180 unweaned	173	2	800.00–1,000.00	$900.00	±0.00
220 unweaned	220	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	+350.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713	713	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,462	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1830	1104	80-85%	59	130.00–145.00	$134.36	$1,483	+3.44
900–1660	1161	80-85%	17	126.50–131.00	$128.03	$1,486	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1265	932	85-90%	10	110.00–127.00	$117.38	$1,094	—
855–1460	1076	85-90%	25	115.00–130.00	$122.01	$1,313	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1075	1068	2	130.00–165.00	$147.38	$1,574	—
1035–1820	1313	8	130.00–154.00	$143.19	$1,880	—
1390–2045	1733	8	150.00–159.00	$155.03	$2,687	—
1500–2140	1817	10	162.50–170.00	$165.28	$3,003	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
618–835	689	(<2 yrs)	Open	24	141.00–209.00	$186.13	$1,282
650–808	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	141.00–181.00	$168.22	$1,270

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–820	733	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,400.00	$1,200.00
805–905	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,410.00	$1,405.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	-150.00
1375–1675	1480	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,300.00–2,450.00	$2,375.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1070	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00–2,300.00	$2,200.00	—
1015–1325	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00–1,925.00	$1,812.50	—
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	+600.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	-75.00

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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.