Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 23, 2026

1,358 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $479.72/cwt -36.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,508/hd at 523 lb · 122 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $385.44/cwt +4.92 vs last sale · ≈ $2,736/hd at 710 lb · 88 head

light 4-weight L 1 steers $558.64/cwt ≈ $2,385/hd at 427 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,358	1,689	1,768
Feeder cattle	1,131	1,434	1,353
Slaughter cattle	145	139	225
Replacement cattle	82	116	190

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer and heifer calves sold steady to lower and feeder steers 700-900 lbs were higher. No comparable sales or numbers of feeder heifers. Market was moderately lower with good demand on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. 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
283	283	2	652.00	$652.00	$1,845	+13.31
295 unweaned	295	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,475	—
300–303 unweaned	301	6	470.00–505.00	$481.74	$1,450	—
310–348	344	29	645.00–650.00	$649.53	$2,234	+9.33
365	365	3	630.00	$630.00	$2,300	-14.13
388 unweaned	388	2	540.00	$540.00	$2,095	+15.00
392	392	3	585.00	$585.00	$2,293	+4.31
415–440	423	3	545.00–560.00	$554.80	$2,347	+55.98
432–445 unweaned	434	8	475.00	$475.00	$2,062	+10.00
470–478	475	5	470.00	$470.00	$2,232	-36.88
455–485	481	44	480.00–510.00	$485.87	$2,337	-21.01
485	485	4	475.00	$475.00	$2,304	-31.88
515–520	517	3	420.00–430.00	$423.35	$2,189	-92.37
514–525	523	119	455.00–495.00	$481.14	$2,516	-34.58
550 thin fleshed	550	8	470.00	$470.00	$2,585	-15.00
555–570	566	7	400.00–420.00	$405.61	$2,296	-19.02
607–639	622	40	410.00–427.00	$418.14	$2,601	+8.14
662–673 value added	668	6	390.00–410.00	$399.92	$2,671	—
675	675	12	367.00–370.00	$369.75	$2,496	-45.83
686 thin fleshed	686	5	400.00	$400.00	$2,744	—
702–749	709	86	375.00–388.00	$386.15	$2,738	+5.63
748	748	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,655	—
850–854	851	36	347.00–357.00	$348.95	$2,970	+9.60
983	983	2	310.00	$310.00	$3,047	—
1085	1085	2	262.00	$262.00	$2,843	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	6	650.00	$650.00	$2,262	—
400–431	427	54	555.00–585.00	$558.64	$2,385	—
514	514	7	510.00	$510.00	$2,621	—
567–595	586	16	435.00–440.00	$436.51	$2,558	+29.51
715	715	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,753	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,875	-40.00
398 thin fleshed	398	2	560.00	$560.00	$2,229	-75.00
510	510	2	480.00	$480.00	$2,448	-5.00
560–587	584	17	405.00–410.00	$409.44	$2,391	—
679	679	28	406.00	$406.00	$2,757	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	4	420.00	$420.00	$1,785	-92.61
510–522	519	14	400.00–420.00	$410.01	$2,128	-27.58
605	605	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,178	-22.59
872	872	3	282.00	$282.00	$2,459	+22.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150 unweaned	150	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
185	185	2	1,535.00	$1,535.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,586	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–324	323	6	525.00–545.00	$541.74	$1,750	-1.64
340–343 unweaned	343	14	445.00–467.00	$448.12	$1,537	—
360–398	391	11	525.00–535.00	$533.33	$2,085	+38.42
390–398	392	8	425.00–450.00	$443.65	$1,739	-51.26
418–438	434	21	480.00–490.00	$487.19	$2,114	-8.96
455	455	3	465.00	$465.00	$2,116	-37.40
517–530	520	39	410.00–445.00	$431.15	$2,242	+9.15
563–576	573	9	380.00–385.00	$381.09	$2,184	+3.16
566–577	573	10	400.00–425.00	$415.12	$2,379	+37.19
643	643	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,993	-77.00
665	665	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,261	+8.45
710	710	6	342.00	$342.00	$2,428	-23.00
758	758	7	304.00	$304.00	$2,304	-36.00
893	893	5	270.00	$270.00	$2,411	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333 unweaned	333	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,532	—
378	378	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,701	—
406–430	414	6	480.00	$480.00	$1,987	±0.00
446 unweaned	446	8	420.00	$420.00	$1,873	—
470	470	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,880	+60.00
576	576	18	375.00	$375.00	$2,160	—
684	684	39	343.00	$343.00	$2,346	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 unweaned	285	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,311	—
344 unweaned	344	7	427.00	$427.00	$1,469	—
407–446 unweaned	417	16	385.00–420.00	$394.36	$1,644	—
426	426	4	425.00	$425.00	$1,810	-20.00
465–496	486	6	420.00–425.00	$423.40	$2,058	-19.37
494 unweaned	494	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,852	—
590	590	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,242	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	8	340.00	$340.00	$1,918	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70 unweaned	70	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
133–145 unweaned	137	3	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,208.82	—
170 unweaned	170	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	+75.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
529	529	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,613	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,740	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,570	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356 unweaned	356	4	600.00	$600.00	$2,136	—
402 unweaned	402	14	527.00	$527.00	$2,119	—
428–435	430	4	480.00–485.00	$481.27	$2,069	-21.42
450–457	455	4	440.00–480.00	$449.88	$2,047	-10.12
469 unweaned	469	9	415.00	$415.00	$1,946	-60.00
539	539	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,102	-35.00
553–595	574	4	420.00–455.00	$436.86	$2,508	+56.68
655	655	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,030	-47.47
730	730	2	295.00	$295.00	$2,154	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348 unweaned	348	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,618	—
483 unweaned	483	14	410.00	$410.00	$1,980	—
575–596	591	9	360.00–372.00	$369.41	$2,183	+74.41

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	3	347.00	$347.00	$1,874	—
630	630	5	380.00	$380.00	$2,394	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–95 unweaned	83	2	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,089.39	—
165 unweaned	165	2	1,465.00	$1,465.00	+45.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,040	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	-117.00
790–1015	909	85-90%	7	115.00–130.00	$124.44	$1,131	—
700–1530	1028	85-90%	47	134.00–162.00	$152.55	$1,568	—
785–1165	1038	85-90%	3	95.00–101.00	$99.49	$1,033	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1440	1101	80-85%	7	154.00–160.50	$156.81	$1,726	—
800–1580	1163	80-85%	31	160.00–188.00	$167.02	$1,942	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1140	1008	75-80%	2	188.00–190.00	$188.87	$1,904	—
970–1340	1108	75-80%	3	200.00–204.00	$201.17	$2,229	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1295	1159	7	173.00–196.00	$187.93	$2,178	—
1095–1280	1188	2	193.00–222.00	$206.37	$2,452	—
1355–1585	1470	2	150.00–164.00	$156.45	$2,300	—
1425–1785	1593	9	174.00–198.00	$190.87	$3,041	—
1160–2040	1638	10	166.00–181.00	$175.72	$2,878	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–1070	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	230.00–270.00	$251.00	$2,116
835–1030	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	225.00–256.00	$240.50	$2,244

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,250.00	$2,250.00
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1190–1307	1278	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,487.50
1275–1311	1302	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,500.00–3,050.00	$2,912.50
1400 fancy	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00
920–1300	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,350.00–2,750.00	$2,487.50
943–1250	1127	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,500.00–3,050.00	$2,830.00
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,350.00	$2,350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1165	941	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,900.00–3,200.00	$3,060.00
1309	1309	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,050.00	$2,050.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045–1110	1078	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,450.00–2,600.00	$2,525.00
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–930	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,850.00–3,000.00	$2,925.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,754

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
800–828	822	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,700.00–2,850.00	$2,820.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—
920–1150	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,800.00–3,500.00	$3,187.50	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,550.00	$3,550.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	+150.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
3	3	3	416.00	$416.00	$12	—

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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.