Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 18, 2024

2,401 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $234.88/cwt -14.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 519 lb · 100 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $246.27/cwt -16.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,177/hd at 478 lb · 86 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $254.66/cwt +14.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,566/hd at 615 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,401	1,256	2,511
Feeder cattle	1,686	944	1,808
Slaughter cattle	401	259	503
Replacement cattle	314	53	200

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves and steer yearlings sold 10.00-18.00 higher. Heifer calves 350-450 lbs were 13.00-15.00 higher and 450 to 600 lbs sold steady -6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 650-700 lbs were 9.00 lower. Trade was good and demand was moderate to good on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00-4.00 lower. Market was stronger 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
263–267	266	12	357.00–367.00	$358.65	$954	—
274	274	4	340.00	$340.00	$932	—
270–288 value added	279	4	395.00	$395.00	$1,102	—
305 value added	305	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,128	—
305–325	317	12	340.00–357.00	$347.26	$1,101	+29.36
318	318	12	322.00	$322.00	$1,024	+4.10
360–390	372	27	332.00–350.00	$342.87	$1,275	-6.54
353–389 unweaned	379	11	295.00–300.00	$296.27	$1,123	+9.27
371–388	381	14	320.00–327.00	$324.56	$1,237	-24.85
410–449 unweaned	424	15	300.00–305.00	$302.75	$1,284	—
405–448	425	11	303.00–320.00	$311.11	$1,322	-15.42
403–447	426	23	326.00–345.00	$339.00	$1,444	+12.47
417–445 fancy	433	7	350.00–355.00	$352.06	$1,524	—
430–448	439	4	307.00–322.00	$314.35	$1,380	-12.18
461	461	5	284.00	$284.00	$1,309	+11.99
455–494	476	59	280.00–300.00	$287.95	$1,371	-12.23
451–489 thin fleshed	480	17	304.00–316.00	$306.65	$1,472	—
480 value added	480	4	338.00	$338.00	$1,622	+16.00
500–508	506	36	304.00–308.00	$305.86	$1,548	+40.89
503–545	528	13	272.00–280.00	$276.97	$1,462	+12.00
541	541	6	287.00	$287.00	$1,553	+22.03
555–595	575	24	236.00–252.00	$241.03	$1,386	+3.86
550–593	576	48	256.00–272.00	$263.74	$1,519	+26.57
582 thin fleshed	582	11	280.00	$280.00	$1,630	—
605	605	7	240.00	$240.00	$1,452	+1.57
601–641	616	79	248.00–261.50	$255.96	$1,577	+17.53
654–695	661	18	220.00–235.00	$233.25	$1,542	-8.98
670 value added	670	6	282.00	$282.00	$1,889	—
728–740	735	14	217.00–233.00	$224.45	$1,650	+4.68
758–782	772	18	210.00–215.00	$212.81	$1,643	-4.37
803	803	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,686	—
868	868	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,606	-16.38
915	915	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,738	+0.39
953–978	960	7	185.00–190.00	$188.54	$1,810	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	290.00	$290.00	$841	—
305 unweaned	305	2	300.00	$300.00	$915	—
372 unweaned	372	3	288.00	$288.00	$1,071	—
431	431	7	290.00	$290.00	$1,250	+12.00
470–496	486	37	265.00–279.00	$272.17	$1,323	+14.18
525–548	531	12	256.00–266.00	$259.05	$1,376	+10.31
573	573	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,232	-18.53
617	617	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,357	+2.35
698	698	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,256	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	8	230.00	$230.00	$752	—
395	395	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,086	—
497	497	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,312	—
550	550	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,166	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	285.00	$285.00	$998	—
533	533	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,279	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237 unweaned	237	10	240.00	$240.00	$569	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,227	-26.00
631	631	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,167	—
648	648	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,458	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	6	201.00	$201.00	$796	—
418	418	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135 unweaned	135	2	500.00	$500.00	—
230–240 unweaned	235	2	950.00–1,035.00	$992.50	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,086	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–218	217	8	310.00–400.00	$332.27	$721	—
263	263	2	305.00	$305.00	$802	—
263–281 unweaned	271	9	300.00–320.00	$310.78	$842	—
300–329	319	19	270.00–290.00	$277.54	$885	-14.46
325 unweaned	325	3	194.00	$194.00	$630	-76.00
328–334 value added	333	9	305.00–320.00	$308.29	$1,027	—
360–393	370	25	295.00–307.00	$303.30	$1,122	+15.00
360–391 unweaned	381	6	270.00–280.00	$273.15	$1,041	—
402 unweaned	402	8	265.00–278.00	$273.13	$1,098	+9.13
401–448	419	31	262.00–282.00	$273.91	$1,148	-7.80
418–420 value added	419	18	290.00–298.00	$293.99	$1,232	—
447	447	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,095	-36.71
453 thin fleshed	453	2	268.00	$268.00	$1,214	—
473	473	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,088	-30.40
468–488 value added	475	9	262.00–266.00	$264.65	$1,257	-17.35
455–498	479	73	235.00–255.00	$243.86	$1,168	-16.54
511 value added	511	4	257.00	$257.00	$1,313	—
501–539	518	81	223.00–243.00	$234.12	$1,213	-17.09
529 thin fleshed	529	9	244.00	$244.00	$1,291	—
510–540	530	6	215.00–220.50	$216.76	$1,149	-34.45
561–596	575	42	215.00–234.00	$224.31	$1,290	-3.17
581	581	16	210.00	$210.00	$1,220	-17.48
600–602	600	21	212.00–227.00	$214.15	$1,285	-26.85
610	610	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,464	-1.00
654–688	666	27	200.00–216.00	$211.18	$1,406	-7.51
705	705	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,480	—
780	780	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,443	—
893	893	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,473	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	6	280.00	$280.00	$829	—
365–369	368	15	245.00–250.00	$245.66	$904	-6.34
414–433	420	15	235.00–245.00	$241.61	$1,015	-24.78
482–490	486	15	210.00–212.00	$211.06	$1,026	-32.28
528–538	531	13	200.00–210.00	$205.35	$1,090	-25.65
591–595	592	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,184	-19.00
648	648	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,296	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232 unweaned	232	5	230.00	$230.00	$534	—
465	465	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,023	—
583	583	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,108	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	240.00	$240.00	$900	-52.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	3	200.00	$200.00	$906	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	160.00	$160.00	$757	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,070	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	18	290.00	$290.00	$1,053	—
480	480	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,200	—
518	518	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,373	+11.00
560	560	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,288	—
681	681	8	197.00	$197.00	$1,342	-33.00
777	777	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,103	-51.00
925	925	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,295	—
1005	1005	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,608	—
1070	1070	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,605	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
703	703	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	1	550.00	$550.00	—
170 unweaned	170	1	675.00	$675.00	-25.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1155	1013	80-85%	2	123.00–133.00	$128.70	$1,304	+16.18
880–1095	1053	80-85%	16	119.00–124.00	$120.00	$1,264	—
900–1705	1130	80-85%	115	111.00–120.00	$115.00	$1,300	-5.43
1145–1675	1326	80-85%	7	109.00–111.00	$110.19	$1,461	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778–815	788	85-90%	32	84.00–94.00	$87.45	$689	—
865–1145	915	85-90%	14	83.00–93.00	$89.74	$821	—
920	920	85-90%	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,168	—
900–1250	1007	85-90%	6	109.00–112.00	$110.57	$1,113	—
900–1495	1049	85-90%	50	94.00–110.00	$100.41	$1,053	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
877–1345	1018	75-80%	21	120.00–128.00	$123.64	$1,259	-2.19

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1290	1163	3	119.00–135.00	$129.96	$1,511	—
1035–1630	1356	6	125.00–134.00	$129.37	$1,754	—
1315–1790	1552	13	134.00–142.00	$138.29	$2,146	+10.62
1525–1975	1740	10	141.00–146.00	$142.96	$2,488	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–985	777	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	132.00–183.00	$166.41	$1,293
625–1050	793	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	120.00–200.00	$167.12	$1,325

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
893	893	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,550.00	$1,550.00
935–961	956	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,425.00–1,500.00	$1,440.00
970–1115	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,900.00–2,025.00	$1,962.50
1065 fancy	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	2,525.00	$2,525.00
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1035–1237	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	30	2,450.00–2,600.00	$2,535.00
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1076–1277	1176	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	1,675.00–1,900.00	$1,842.19
1160–1226 fancy	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	2,425.00–2,700.00	$2,575.00
1115–1370	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,050.00–2,300.00	$2,185.71
1113–1305	1242	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	1,550.00–1,625.00	$1,600.89
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
810–1600	1318	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,850.00–2,050.00	$1,925.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
902–960	922	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	1,325.00–1,575.00	$1,453.33
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
920–1275	994	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,425.00–1,625.00	$1,477.50
935–1015	1005	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,375.00
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
985–1275	1203	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,050.00	$2,012.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
848–1105	942	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	127.00–141.00	$137.67	$1,297
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,398
1160–1455	1258	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	113.50–121.50	$118.83	$1,495
1240–1295	1258	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	126.00–139.00	$134.67	$1,694

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
637	637	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,035.00	$1,035.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–376	375	14	230.00–235.00	$232.13	$870	—
490	490	9	200.00	$200.00	$980	—
748	748	3	178.00	$178.00	$1,331	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	14	240.00	$240.00	$1,085	—
693	693	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,261	—
703	703	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,336	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628	628	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,193	—

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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
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
810–1250	1074	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,750.00–2,050.00	$1,960.00	—
1080–1285	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,050.00–2,400.00	$2,225.00	+175.00
1221	1221	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	6	259.00	$259.00	$1,619	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	11	265.00	$265.00	$851	—
366	366	8	220.00	$220.00	$805	—
471	471	7	193.00	$193.00	$909	—
600	600	5	182.00	$182.00	$1,092	—

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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.