Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 28, 2024

2,367 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Roswell Livestock Auction report →

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $283.36/cwt +31.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,512/hd at 534 lb · 101 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $289.94/cwt +6.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,406/hd at 485 lb · 93 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $247.31/cwt +7.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,580/hd at 639 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,367	663	1,930
Feeder cattle	1,704	455	1,286
Slaughter cattle	390	109	374
Replacement cattle	273	99	270

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Special note; the 10/21 sale was held on 10/22 because of the Roswell flood. Steer and heifer calves sold higher with the exception of heifer calves 500-550 lbs being 2.00 lower. Feeder steer yearlings were 12.00-16.00 higher and no comparable numbers of feeder heifers. Trade and demand were very good with larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 5.00 higher. Market was very good 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
293	293	5	339.00	$339.00	$993	+9.00
307	307	7	340.00	$340.00	$1,044	+18.00
318 unweaned	318	2	305.00	$305.00	$970	+15.00
358 unweaned	358	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,199	+30.81
353–382	367	46	340.00–360.00	$349.84	$1,284	+26.31
371–399	385	12	302.00–318.00	$310.29	$1,195	-13.24
408–430	414	4	310.00–320.00	$312.60	$1,294	+22.60
417 value added	417	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,543	—
409–445	425	30	325.00–344.00	$337.43	$1,434	+47.43
424–447 unweaned	433	13	280.00–297.00	$290.25	$1,257	+40.73
455–462 thin fleshed	458	7	327.00	$327.00	$1,498	—
462 fancy	462	3	302.00	$302.00	$1,395	—
481 value added	481	5	343.00	$343.00	$1,650	—
473–493	485	10	273.00–278.00	$276.05	$1,339	-12.83
483–493	489	48	279.00–295.00	$286.95	$1,403	-1.93
489 unweaned	489	20	276.00	$276.00	$1,350	+10.46
530 value added	530	59	288.75	$288.75	$1,530	—
505–546	539	42	268.00–280.00	$275.78	$1,486	+21.78
551–592	580	51	275.00–294.00	$287.47	$1,667	+43.20
588–592	591	7	273.00	$273.00	$1,613	+28.73
595 unweaned	595	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,547	—
621–647	639	83	243.00–256.00	$247.31	$1,580	+7.31
671–688	681	10	235.00–252.00	$245.30	$1,670	+16.30
701–742	726	58	220.00–230.00	$222.34	$1,614	—
733 value added	733	2	244.00	$244.00	$1,789	—
752–792	774	16	237.00–240.00	$238.98	$1,850	—
820	820	5	197.00	$197.00	$1,615	—
869	869	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,825	—
914–915	914	9	193.00–208.50	$205.05	$1,874	+22.05

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	12	267.00–275.00	$271.00	$976	—
382	382	7	297.00	$297.00	$1,135	—
400	400	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,100	—
428–445	438	17	290.00–299.00	$293.23	$1,284	—
456–491	475	13	266.00–285.00	$272.20	$1,293	—
548–549	548	11	251.00	$251.00	$1,375	—
555–570	564	15	246.00–266.00	$253.18	$1,428	—
585	585	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,404	—
630–641	637	6	233.00–235.00	$233.66	$1,488	—
667	667	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,534	—
677	677	17	206.00	$206.00	$1,395	—
713	713	6	194.00–198.00	$196.67	$1,402	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	5	276.00	$276.00	$1,339	—
515	515	2	272.00	$272.00	$1,401	—
573	573	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,432	—
648	648	7	232.00	$232.00	$1,503	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,213	—
532	532	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,410	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	190.00	$190.00	$665	—
659	659	5	81.00	$81.00	$534	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225 unweaned	225	2	650.00	$650.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	290.00	$290.00	$710	-10.00
273–298	289	7	280.00–300.00	$290.29	$839	—
295 unweaned	295	2	274.00	$274.00	$808	—
320 value added	320	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,008	—
335–343	338	10	265.00–272.00	$267.84	$905	-5.55
355 thin fleshed	355	7	306.00	$306.00	$1,086	—
356–394	368	20	275.00–292.00	$283.68	$1,044	+13.68
370–392	384	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,037	±0.00
413–442	434	31	276.00–290.00	$279.76	$1,214	+41.72
426–444 unweaned	435	8	260.00–264.00	$262.04	$1,140	—
455 value added	455	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,320	—
450–481	464	9	266.00–285.00	$274.32	$1,273	+25.72
486	486	42	258.50	$258.50	$1,256	+9.90
496 unweaned	496	15	235.00–237.00	$236.07	$1,171	—
512 fancy	512	3	288.00	$288.00	$1,475	—
517 unweaned	517	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,189	+4.00
514–534	531	29	242.00–258.00	$245.66	$1,304	+1.13
550–595	581	70	225.00–245.00	$233.83	$1,359	+0.33
600 value added	600	3	273.00	$273.00	$1,638	—
613 thin fleshed	613	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,582	—
615–642	633	12	225.00–234.00	$231.09	$1,463	—
656–688	661	14	200.00–211.00	$201.64	$1,333	—
702	702	26	181.00	$181.00	$1,271	—
723–735	728	5	200.00–205.00	$202.02	$1,471	—
750–778	766	7	190.00–199.00	$195.22	$1,495	-5.78
838	838	7	206.00	$206.00	$1,726	—
860–898	885	12	177.00–187.00	$180.24	$1,595	—
968	968	9	192.50	$192.50	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–387	376	16	242.00–260.00	$251.17	$944	—
403–436	420	14	245.00–260.00	$251.70	$1,057	—
446 unweaned	446	5	200.00	$200.00	$892	—
459–495	470	29	235.00–255.00	$247.91	$1,165	—
474 unweaned	474	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,090	—
477	477	5	234.00	$234.00	$1,116	—
494	494	13	230.00	$230.00	$1,136	—
517	517	18	226.00–232.00	$230.33	$1,191	—
563–585	572	10	199.00–207.00	$203.73	$1,165	—
604–610 value added	606	19	220.00–222.00	$221.05	$1,340	—
600–629	619	14	200.00–201.00	$200.85	$1,243	—
624	624	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,186	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	3	297.00	$297.00	$639	—
350–351	351	7	231.00–232.00	$231.57	$813	—
403 unweaned	403	2	201.00	$201.00	$810	—
408	408	3	230.00	$230.00	$938	—
604	604	4	199.00	$199.00	$1,202	—
757	757	9	182.00	$182.00	$1,378	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	249.00	$249.00	$1,091	—
504	504	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,008	—
588	588	11	193.00	$193.00	$1,135	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	170.00	$170.00	$821	—
543	543	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,032	—
640	640	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,158	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135 unweaned	135	2	500.00	$500.00	+50.00
160	160	2	500.00	$500.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,640	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	2	370.00	$370.00	$796	—
303 unweaned	303	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,060	—
423	423	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,184	—
423–448	427	12	313.00–330.00	$315.97	$1,349	—
481	481	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,347	—
508–526	518	7	250.00–261.00	$256.38	$1,328	—
558–582	569	11	240.00–260.00	$250.70	$1,426	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190	190	2	700.00	$700.00	+100.00
205 unweaned	205	2	750.00	$750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1625	1103	80-85%	88	110.00–117.50	$114.24	$1,260	—
860–1655	1137	80-85%	48	90.00–112.50	$108.01	$1,228	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–680	628	85-90%	2	74.00–81.00	$77.79	$489	—
665–1190	855	85-90%	15	80.00–129.00	$104.70	$895	—
765–961	863	85-90%	11	80.00–105.00	$99.28	$857	—
765–1385	895	85-90%	21	90.00–118.00	$107.07	$958	—
895–1375	1057	85-90%	8	91.00–101.00	$94.94	$1,004	-15.08
755–1485	1060	85-90%	65	103.00–113.00	$110.05	$1,167	+0.03

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1640	1275	75-80%	18	110.00–122.00	$115.17	$1,468	—
1160–1530	1327	75-80%	5	107.50–111.00	$109.37	$1,451	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	94.00	$94.00	$968	—
1220–1735	1436	17	128.00–139.00	$134.55	$1,932	—
1135–2030	1525	23	140.00–147.00	$142.81	$2,178	—
1720–1995	1819	10	146.00–152.00	$149.37	$2,717	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
505–1055	702	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	100.00–220.00	$146.25	$1,027
600–1100	854	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	145.00–207.00	$175.83	$1,502

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,356
1015–1540	1154	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	100.00–135.00	$122.88	$1,418
775–1525	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	108.50–120.00	$112.06	$1,298
1043–1322	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	112.00–121.00	$118.63	$1,406
1000–1615	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	107.00–140.00	$119.46	$1,430
1085–1358	1214	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	114.00–128.00	$122.43	$1,486
1120–1480	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	110.00–136.00	$123.00	$1,599
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	113.00	$113.00	$1,469
1355–1400	1378	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	111.00–115.00	$113.00	$1,557

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
765–930	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,191.67
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,900.00	$1,900.00
855–1105	998	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,285.00–1,550.00	$1,398.33
920–1325	1084	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,325.00–1,650.00	$1,490.63
970–1250	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,275.00	$1,250.00
1003–1225	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	2,250.00–2,400.00	$2,351.43
1077–1236	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,934.38

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–970	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,212.50
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,700.00	$1,700.00
955–1145	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,950.00	$1,750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,058
1112	1112	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,512

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1177	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,495
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,344

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,041
1560	1560	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,638

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,203

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1025	913	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,285.00–1,535.00	$1,398.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
778	778	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,400
785	785	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$903

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
1040–1125	1083	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,500.00	—
1015–1285	1142	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,975.00–2,175.00	$2,050.00	—

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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.