Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 16, 2024

1,511 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $242.39/cwt +3.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,527/hd at 630 lb · 129 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $246.63/cwt -13.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,406/hd at 570 lb · 86 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $271.43/cwt +14.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,419/hd at 523 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,511	1,383	1,684
Feeder cattle	1,097	980	1,225
Slaughter cattle	295	250	230
Replacement cattle	119	153	229

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold steady and heifer calves were higher with exception of 450-500 lbs being 10.00 lower. Special note; weaning and vaccination programs were paid a premium. Steer and heifer yearlings sold steady to 5.00 higher. Trade and demand were moderate to active on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-8.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold moderately 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
318 unweaned	318	2	275.00	$275.00	$874	-43.47
325	325	3	342.00	$342.00	$1,112	-9.35
362	362	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,086	-1.90
381	381	12	323.00	$323.00	$1,231	+21.10
423 value added	423	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,332	—
415–439	426	25	290.00–309.00	$296.53	$1,263	-5.28
428 unweaned	428	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,198	+18.00
450 value added	450	6	293.00	$293.00	$1,318	—
483–487	484	57	253.00–270.00	$269.05	$1,302	-15.08
520 value added	520	23	281.00	$281.00	$1,461	—
523	523	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,308	-7.29
502–548	524	55	259.00–275.00	$268.21	$1,405	+10.92
556–582	570	86	230.00–250.00	$246.63	$1,406	+3.53
600–645	630	129	235.00–248.00	$242.39	$1,527	+3.95
660–677	664	18	222.00–232.00	$229.86	$1,526	+1.51
702–703	702	9	225.00	$225.00	$1,580	-0.02
760	760	69	214.00	$214.00	$1,626	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	11	353.00	$353.00	$1,137	+53.97
418	418	6	268.00	$268.00	$1,120	-6.32
468–487	485	20	235.00–249.00	$247.60	$1,201	+2.90
505–548	538	14	240.00–249.00	$244.81	$1,317	-7.03
627–635	628	11	227.00–228.00	$227.82	$1,431	+18.82
675	675	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,350	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,196	—
518	518	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,197	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	5	242.00	$242.00	$1,162	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
638	638	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,436	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	190.00	$190.00	$760	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	270.00	$270.00	$932	-44.83
375	375	5	279.00	$279.00	$1,046	+36.85
414–448	427	13	265.00–284.00	$276.61	$1,181	+39.85
430 value added	430	2	293.00	$293.00	$1,260	—
433 unweaned	433	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,126	—
460–498	472	39	252.00–266.00	$257.08	$1,213	+35.08
475–488 unweaned	482	4	238.00–240.00	$238.99	$1,152	—
504 value added	504	22	257.00	$257.00	$1,295	+11.00
500–542	520	22	240.00–251.50	$246.31	$1,281	+18.35
528 unweaned	528	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,214	—
550–553	550	32	244.00–249.00	$248.69	$1,368	+28.69
574	574	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,320	-2.88
608–624	619	7	221.00–225.00	$222.12	$1,375	-9.88
662	662	13	227.50	$227.50	$1,506	+5.07
670	670	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,206	-42.43
780	780	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,544	—
855	855	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,454	—
965	965	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,448	—
1080	1080	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,469	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	8	288.00	$288.00	$924	+53.00
345 unweaned	345	3	264.00	$264.00	$911	—
375	375	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,035	+51.00
428 unweaned	428	2	220.00	$220.00	$942	—
440	440	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,118	—
458	458	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,035	+6.00
511–542	519	11	216.00–226.00	$218.85	$1,136	-1.15
567	567	9	206.00	$206.00	$1,168	+16.00
735	735	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,602	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	6	300.00	$300.00	$1,032	—
415	415	5	281.00	$281.00	$1,166	—
468	468	11	253.00	$253.00	$1,184	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437–442	440	6	232.00–244.00	$237.97	$1,047	—
580	580	2	178.00	$178.00	$1,032	-37.00
779	779	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,091	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	232.00	$232.00	$947	—
483	483	2	170.00	$170.00	$821	—
538	538	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,157	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	275.00	$275.00	$880	—
535	535	2	180.00	$180.00	$963	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	3	155.00	$155.00	$922	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	228.00	$228.00	$825	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	202.00	$202.00	$869	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–703	701	—	—	6	192.00–209.00	$203.32	$1,425	—
945	945	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,427	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,298	—
765	765	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,622	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	2	775.00	$775.00	-175.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
833–1395	960	85-90%	43	99.00–112.50	$109.35	$1,050	—
1015–1050	1028	85-90%	3	90.00–97.00	$92.31	$949	-4.66
920–1415	1109	85-90%	120	110.00–120.00	$114.82	$1,273	-6.71

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1880	1202	80-85%	48	118.00–122.50	$120.43	$1,448	-11.54
1000–1775	1271	80-85%	25	120.00–130.00	$124.60	$1,584	+1.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–2005	1438	10	124.00–140.50	$132.76	$1,909	—
1465–1950	1676	8	135.00–147.00	$142.48	$2,388	—
1157–2120	1736	5	92.00–123.00	$115.44	$2,004	-44.22

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630–820	722	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	125.00–216.00	$164.00	$1,184

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,418
1133–1565	1310	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	106.00–125.00	$119.89	$1,571
1340	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,715
1200–1510	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	112.50–125.00	$118.75	$1,609
1580	1580	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	118.50	$118.50	$1,872

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1090–1105	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	118.50–119.50	$119.38	$1,317
965–1540	1253	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	115.00–121.00	$118.00	$1,479
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,550
1250–1485	1368	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	105.00–110.00	$107.50	$1,471

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1285	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	120.50	$120.50	$1,548
1390	1390	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,418
1453	1453	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,700

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
828	828	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,408

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–975	823	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,112.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820	820	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,156

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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
1225–1340	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,425.00	—
1170–1435	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,250.00–2,450.00	$2,333.33	—
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 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
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
520	520	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.