Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 3, 2024

767 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $278.91/cwt +12.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,468/hd at 526 lb · 45 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $332.64/cwt +4.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,247/hd at 375 lb · 34 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $309.15/cwt -10.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,060/hd at 343 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	767	1,734	1,068
Feeder cattle	476	1,159	831
Slaughter cattle	204	299	166
Replacement cattle	87	276	71

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last sale; Steer calves 300-600 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 higher with the exception of 350-400 lbs being 2.00 lower.Heifer calves 300-500 lbs were 600-9.00 lower except for 550-600 lbs being 7.00 higher. Steer and heifer feeder yearlings had insufficient numbers to compare. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 3.00-4.00 lower. Demand and market were very good on all classes. Smaller numbers because of Labor Day. 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
243	243	5	375.00	$375.00	$911	—
278	278	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,084	+7.88
290–295	293	4	345.00–362.00	$353.57	$1,036	-28.55
300–303 unweaned	302	4	350.00–352.00	$351.00	$1,060	—
322–335	324	11	360.00–375.00	$362.82	$1,176	+50.82
351–388	357	13	330.00–348.00	$344.99	$1,232	+40.99
386	386	21	325.00	$325.00	$1,254	+13.00
408	408	2	297.00	$297.00	$1,212	-1.61
423–431	428	14	303.00–320.00	$309.92	$1,326	+11.31
454	454	16	318.00	$318.00	$1,444	+38.50
516–520 value added	518	17	289.00–295.00	$292.54	$1,515	—
510–542	531	23	271.00–279.00	$274.26	$1,456	+6.27
534	534	5	254.00	$254.00	$1,356	-13.99
597	597	10	257.00	$257.00	$1,534	+27.00
627–643	630	12	235.00–253.00	$243.21	$1,532	-2.55
775	775	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,728	—
1125	1125	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,912	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 unweaned	320	3	302.00	$302.00	$966	—
359	359	6	287.00	$287.00	$1,030	-10.00
506–544	533	18	249.00–269.00	$256.39	$1,367	+24.39
570	570	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,163	-31.27
654	654	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,373	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	4	115.00	$115.00	$673	+10.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,633	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	278.00	$278.00	$1,315	+2.06

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	220.00	$220.00	$880	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	2	675.00	$675.00	—

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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	292.00	$292.00	$695	—
260–267	265	12	300.00–310.00	$307.55	$815	+12.55
317–330 unweaned	322	5	285.00–292.00	$287.87	$927	-3.76
343–348	347	26	310.00–314.00	$313.24	$1,087	-12.69
373–388	379	12	285.00–300.00	$293.01	$1,111	+56.01
405–439	432	29	268.00–280.00	$274.34	$1,185	+6.42
450–494	485	25	254.00–260.00	$255.58	$1,240	+1.58
536	536	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,313	-1.34
558–562	561	9	247.00–250.00	$248.00	$1,391	+7.27
635	635	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,410	-7.82
650–678	667	5	208.00–223.00	$213.85	$1,426	-27.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319 unweaned	319	7	257.00	$257.00	$820	—
322	322	5	302.00	$302.00	$972	—
398	398	2	250.00	$250.00	$995	—
427	427	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,021	-37.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–285	270	7	320.00–330.00	$325.47	$879	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205 unweaned	205	6	750.00	$750.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	2	214.00	$214.00	$1,359	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	246.00	$246.00	$1,151	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	2	700.00	$700.00	—
154–181 unweaned	169	9	800.00–900.00	$855.56	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233 unweaned	233	6	422.00	$422.00	$983	—
250 unweaned	250	1	315.00	$315.00	$788	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293 unweaned	293	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	1	975.00	$975.00	+358.33

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
662–860	784	85-90%	25	90.00–137.00	$118.73	$931	—
930–1320	1034	85-90%	55	117.00–125.00	$120.53	$1,246	-4.04
915–1405	1103	85-90%	24	123.00–126.00	$125.19	$1,381	—
950–1360	1113	85-90%	12	91.00–115.00	$108.05	$1,203	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–965	955	80-85%	2	139.00–141.00	$139.99	$1,337	—
910–1240	1084	80-85%	13	129.00–139.00	$132.65	$1,438	—
925–1485	1232	80-85%	21	120.00–130.00	$128.21	$1,580	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1160	1096	75-80%	11	137.00–147.00	$143.41	$1,572	+0.64

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,961	—
1430–1505	1468	2	152.00–153.00	$152.49	$2,239	—
1615–1825	1705	3	131.00–149.00	$142.75	$2,434	—
1825–2205	2015	2	158.50–163.00	$160.96	$3,243	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,622	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,219
855–1260	1002	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	135.00–187.00	$164.67	$1,650

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,450.00	$1,450.00
975–1242	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,600.00–1,875.00	$1,731.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1120	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,385.00–1,525.00	$1,482.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1158–1285	1176	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,085.71	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
935–1150	1043	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,650.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620	620	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1280	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	-475.00

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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.