Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 4, 2024

1,845 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $261.26/cwt -23.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,505/hd at 576 lb · 108 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $248.14/cwt +0.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,319/hd at 532 lb · 64 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $248.61/cwt +1.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,533/hd at 617 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,845	2,367	2,207
Feeder cattle	1,344	1,704	1,512
Slaughter cattle	253	390	382
Replacement cattle	248	273	313

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 350-450 lbs sold 7.00-12.00 higher, 450-500 lbs and 550-600 lbs were 10.00 lower. Steer yearlings sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 4.00-12.00 higher with exception of 450-500 lbs being 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Trade and demand were good on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 lower few 6.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 4.00-6.00 lower. Market was moderate to 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
285 unweaned	285	2	335.00	$335.00	$955	—
290	290	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,088	+36.00
345	345	3	317.00	$317.00	$1,094	—
352 thin fleshed	352	7	367.00	$367.00	$1,292	—
368–375 unweaned	372	7	282.00–302.00	$290.48	$1,081	-44.52
355–391	374	11	330.00–336.00	$333.65	$1,248	-16.19
383	383	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,226	+9.71
400 unweaned	400	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,220	+14.75
405	405	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,397	+32.40
419	419	28	356.00	$356.00	$1,492	+43.40
464–492	473	9	270.00–275.00	$273.27	$1,293	-2.78
465–480 value added	477	24	314.00–327.00	$324.14	$1,546	-18.86
462–499	482	22	278.00–298.00	$287.67	$1,387	+11.62
511	511	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,354	-10.78
500–546	519	46	274.00–291.00	$283.20	$1,470	+7.42
559–591	571	55	248.00–268.00	$260.33	$1,486	-27.14
577–582 value added	579	27	278.50–283.00	$280.51	$1,624	—
573–583	581	8	243.00–244.00	$243.75	$1,416	-43.72
563–598	583	11	245.00–246.00	$245.37	$1,431	-42.10
580–587 unweaned	585	7	239.00–240.00	$239.28	$1,400	-20.72
601–626 fancy	610	11	263.00–267.00	$265.51	$1,620	—
603–648	618	50	240.00–253.00	$244.89	$1,513	-2.42
651–670 value added	665	14	241.00–256.00	$245.20	$1,631	—
666–694	682	40	223.00–232.00	$226.73	$1,546	-18.57
778	778	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,782	-9.98
843	843	3	233.00	$233.00	$1,964	+36.00
910	910	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,456	-45.05
958	958	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,926	—
1070	1070	2	189.00	$189.00	$2,022	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	2	326.99	$326.99	$991	—
360–370	369	8	265.00–285.00	$282.56	$1,043	+11.56
423	423	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,163	-18.23
412–445	427	9	290.00–292.00	$290.93	$1,242	-2.30
446–448 unweaned	448	16	270.00	$270.00	$1,210	—
461 unweaned	461	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,060	—
478–491	483	25	245.00–261.00	$254.27	$1,228	-17.93
500	500	2	246.00	$246.00	$1,230	—
504	504	4	269.00	$269.00	$1,356	—
618–637	629	5	228.00–236.00	$232.86	$1,465	-0.80
653–696	663	18	226.00–230.00	$229.07	$1,519	-0.93

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,263	—
542	542	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,463	-2.00
656	656	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,548	—
738–749	742	21	220.00–223.00	$221.85	$1,646	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
639	639	35	109.00	$109.00	$697	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484 unweaned	484	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,254	—
575	575	4	225.00	$225.00	$1,294	—
828	828	3	233.00	$233.00	$1,929	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	4	201.00	$201.00	$995	—
632	632	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,352	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	2	525.00	$525.00	—
205–240 unweaned	223	2	625.00–800.00	$712.50	+62.50
335 unweaned	335	2	410.00	$410.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	230.00	$230.00	$920	—
660	660	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,320	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,305	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 unweaned	235	2	310.00	$310.00	$728	—
328	328	6	280.00	$280.00	$918	+12.16
378	378	2	297.00	$297.00	$1,123	+27.00
378 fancy	378	2	292.00	$292.00	$1,104	—
372–391	381	43	320.00–330.00	$326.02	$1,242	+56.02
385–393 unweaned	388	5	285.00–307.00	$298.09	$1,157	—
421 unweaned	421	10	269.00	$269.00	$1,132	+6.96
413–433	426	19	255.00–270.00	$260.38	$1,109	-19.38
441 fancy	441	4	302.00	$302.00	$1,332	—
449	449	8	268.00	$268.00	$1,203	-11.76
456–483	470	50	248.00–265.00	$259.10	$1,218	-15.22
475	475	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,150	-32.32
513–534	523	9	230.00–234.00	$231.82	$1,212	-13.84
508–548	533	55	246.00–266.00	$250.81	$1,337	+5.15
554	554	9	228.00	$228.00	$1,263	-5.83
558–593	569	30	230.00–249.00	$235.35	$1,339	+1.52
616–643	627	36	215.00–230.00	$220.40	$1,382	-10.69
673–678	674	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,415	+8.36
1055	1055	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,783	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–322	320	6	260.00	$260.00	$832	—
374 unweaned	374	3	240.00	$240.00	$898	—
399	399	9	265.00	$265.00	$1,057	+13.83
413 thin fleshed	413	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,012	—
435–440	437	7	220.00–230.00	$227.16	$993	-24.54
490	490	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,127	±0.00
503–514	510	6	225.00–245.00	$231.57	$1,181	+1.24
530	530	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,113	-20.33
550–581	569	27	220.00–227.00	$222.28	$1,265	+18.55
675–693	684	4	185.00–186.00	$185.51	$1,269	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	9	294.00	$294.00	$1,182	—
600	600	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,290	—
691	691	14	195.00	$195.00	$1,347	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	15	244.00	$244.00	$1,244	—
820	820	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,509	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110 unweaned	110	2	300.00	$300.00	-200.00
165–180 unweaned	173	2	560.00–600.00	$580.00	—
220 unweaned	220	2	600.00	$600.00	—
250 unweaned	250	2	625.00	$625.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480 unweaned	480	2	216.00	$216.00	$1,037	—
492	492	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,181	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	4	82.00	$82.00	$380	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,151	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	347.00	$347.00	$1,058	—
370	370	3	306.00	$306.00	$1,132	—
805	805	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,481	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155–195 unweaned	170	4	500.00–600.00	$525.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,082	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
917–1120	946	80-85%	7	95.00–106.00	$96.86	$916	—
900–1370	1094	80-85%	79	105.00–116.00	$110.89	$1,213	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1104	946	85-90%	20	96.00–126.00	$103.30	$977	—
835–1370	1081	85-90%	52	94.00–110.00	$102.14	$1,104	-7.91
890–1315	1088	85-90%	5	90.00–94.00	$91.42	$995	-18.63
1150	1150	85-90%	1	81.00	$81.00	$932	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1225	1066	75-80%	7	123.00–135.00	$127.52	$1,359	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,377	+41.00
1125–1625	1336	4	114.00–124.00	$119.83	$1,601	—
1165–1765	1506	10	126.00–143.00	$136.05	$2,049	-6.76
1775–2215	1918	5	139.00–146.00	$143.14	$2,745	—
2125	2125	1	110.00	$110.00	$2,338	—

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–1555	1535	2	100.00–108.00	$104.05	$1,597	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–980	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	136.00–181.00	$165.67	$1,450
640–1141	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	149.00–197.00	$168.39	$1,524

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1310	957	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00
946–1280	1003	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	2,000.00–2,050.00	$2,015.28
1100–1133	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,375.00–1,425.00	$1,418.75
1125–1315	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,825.00–1,850.00	$1,837.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,428
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,386
995–1470	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	109.00–131.50	$121.92	$1,348
1117–1251	1192	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	129.00–143.00	$135.13	$1,611
1260	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,764
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,716
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,769

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1220–1335	1278	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,406
1288	1288	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	116.00	$116.00	$1,494
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,542

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1095	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,525.00	$1,271.88
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1215–1295	1262	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	105.00–129.00	$111.80	$1,411
1278	1278	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,598
1490	1490	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,624

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1265–1269	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
750–915	823	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	925.00–1,300.00	$1,158.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
823	823	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,004
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,516

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,206
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,328

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–820	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,325.00	$1,225.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1080	880	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	50	1,285.00–1,460.00	$1,391.20
920	920	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,950.00	$1,950.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,091
635–775	672	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	141.00–176.00	$158.10	$1,062

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
623	623	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,090

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
568	568	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	100.00	$100.00	$568

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775	775	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	120.00	$120.00	$930

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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
1025–1150	1088	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,625.00	+125.00
1085–1115	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00–1,850.00	$1,675.00	—
1625	1625	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
640	640	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.