Roswell Livestock Auction Market Report

Roswell, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 20, 2026

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $450.19/cwt -14.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,918/hd at 426 lb · 33 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $386.71/cwt -15.44 vs last sale · ≈ $2,021/hd at 523 lb · 23 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $372.43/cwt -41.37 vs last sale · ≈ $2,307/hd at 619 lb · 23 head

Roswell, NM 5-weight heifers hit $375/cwt on 550 head. The class is down $44 from its late June peak of $404/cwt. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	550	937	487
Feeder cattle	426	743	344
Slaughter cattle	83	120	85
Replacement cattle	41	74	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last sale; Steer calves sold 15.00-25.00 lower except for 450-500 lbs at 5.00 higher. Feeder steers were 20.00-30.00 lower few 35.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 15.00-25.00 lower but for 400-450 lbs being 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 8.00-10.00 lower. Market was moderately lower on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower and slaughter bulls were too few to call.

▼ Feeder heifers: Heifer calves sold 15.00-25.00 lower but for 400-450 lbs being 10.00 higher
▼ Feeder steers: Steer calves sold 15.00-25.00 lower except for 450-500 lbs at 5.00 higher
▼ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower and slaughter bulls were too few to call
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower and slaughter bulls were too few to call

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 unweaned	280	1	575.00	$575.00	$1,610	—
346	346	4	560.00	$560.00	$1,938	-73.07
383	383	3	535.00	$535.00	$2,049	-94.19
418 unweaned	418	6	512.00	$512.00	$2,140	-8.00
420	420	4	470.00	$470.00	$1,974	-75.25
400–446	438	12	525.00–555.00	$528.80	$2,316	+15.81
455–493	483	10	470.00–495.00	$488.08	$2,357	-5.21
505 unweaned	505	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,020	—
509–538	515	14	435.00–450.00	$446.64	$2,300	-19.27
515	515	3	410.00	$410.00	$2,112	-55.91
550 unweaned	550	1	415.00	$415.00	$2,282	—
553–565	559	16	440.00–462.00	$446.53	$2,496	+20.79
608–628	614	19	370.00–390.00	$377.15	$2,316	-44.81
645	645	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,258	-71.96
668–690	677	13	360.00–380.00	$366.99	$2,485	-17.57
675–688	679	6	337.00–340.00	$338.99	$2,302	-45.57
709–725	712	10	335.00–350.00	$337.72	$2,405	-1.05
795	795	1	312.00	$312.00	$2,480	-18.00
840	840	1	277.00	$277.00	$2,327	-58.00
940	940	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,820	—
1060	1060	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,756	—
1305	1305	2	246.00–251.00	$248.50	$3,243	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	3	435.00	$435.00	$1,840	-48.09
455	455	1	437.00	$437.00	$1,988	-8.41
530–538	535	6	370.00–392.00	$388.04	$2,076	-25.01
535	535	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,926	-53.05
570–596	592	6	365.00–386.00	$382.63	$2,265	-3.94
645	645	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,161	-41.64
695	695	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,085	-42.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	555.00	$555.00	$2,026	—
405	405	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,640	—
500	500	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,200	—
585	585	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,574	—
625	625	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,500	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,762	-90.00
595	595	1	347.00	$347.00	$2,065	—
643	643	2	362.00	$362.00	$2,328	—
678	678	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,271	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,510	-105.00
500	500	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,750	-40.00
580	580	2	337.00	$337.00	$1,955	—
605	605	1	308.00	$308.00	$1,863	-52.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,875	—
590	590	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,301	-65.00
610	610	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,074	—
720	720	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,102	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,568	—
750	750	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,665	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,698	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,196	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,125	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
280	280	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	-344.34

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,662	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	335	3	450.00–470.00	$458.21	$1,535	-66.79
345 unweaned	345	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,294	-60.00
403–418	412	5	450.00	$450.00	$1,854	+22.69
417–429 unweaned	425	8	432.00–440.00	$434.95	$1,849	—
425 thin fleshed	425	3	482.00	$482.00	$2,048	-14.85
425–439	431	17	390.00–472.00	$451.81	$1,947	-7.31
455 fancy	455	2	445.00	$445.00	$2,025	—
465 unweaned	465	1	332.00	$332.00	$1,544	—
486	486	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,871	-25.54
510 unweaned	510	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,785	—
502–535	520	13	395.00–407.00	$402.80	$2,095	+17.17
503–540	528	9	363.00–375.00	$367.55	$1,941	-18.08
564–592	583	21	357.00–370.00	$361.30	$2,106	-2.59
610	610	3	360.00	$360.00	$2,196	+10.00
643	643	6	335.00	$335.00	$2,154	+5.00
650–663	662	11	340.00–361.00	$359.13	$2,377	-4.56
755	755	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,205	+12.00
795	795	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,544	+23.71
817	817	8	347.00	$347.00	$2,835	+17.00
972	972	3	309.00	$309.00	$3,003	-1.00
1105	1105	6	275.00	$275.00	$3,039	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 unweaned	300	1	300.00	$300.00	$900	—
413	413	6	415.00	$415.00	$1,714	+42.56
465	465	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,488	-72.25
510–530	522	3	320.00–335.00	$328.27	$1,714	-12.92
560	560	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,568	-86.52
620–637	632	11	339.00–345.00	$340.60	$2,153	+25.60

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258 unweaned	258	3	590.00	$590.00	$1,522	—
400–433	425	4	350.00–375.00	$355.89	$1,513	—
490	490	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,009	—
570–575	573	2	350.00–355.00	$352.51	$2,020	+2.51
610	610	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,104	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 unweaned	400	1	240.00	$240.00	$960	—
481	481	7	330.00	$330.00	$1,587	-20.00
540	540	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,539	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,495	-95.00
525	525	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,811	-5.00
550	550	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,512	-25.00
645	645	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,386	+5.00
665	665	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,294	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	900.00	$900.00	—
230–245	238	2	1,375.00–1,425.00	$1,399.21	—
260 unweaned	260	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
295	295	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,050	-75.00
555	555	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,193	—
665	665	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,842	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,980	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820	820	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,624	—

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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
315	315	—	—	2	570.00	$570.00	$1,796	—
365–370	366	—	—	4	505.00–525.00	$510.05	$1,867	—
405 unweaned	405	—	—	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,822	-25.00
458	458	—	—	4	445.00	$445.00	$2,038	-6.95
705	705	—	—	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,221	—
1875	1875	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	216.00	$216.00	$4,050	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
202 unweaned	202	3	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
235	235	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	-150.00
293	293	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,316	—
480	480	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,256	—
500	500	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,650	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	—	—	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,890	—
1185	1185	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	231.00	$231.00	$2,737	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 unweaned	280	1	555.00	$555.00	$1,554	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,310	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
420	420	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–965	925	80-85%	2	175.00–176.00	$175.52	$1,624	—
950–1450	1167	80-85%	23	160.00–171.00	$165.83	$1,935	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1215	1158	75-80%	2	186.00–187.00	$186.52	$2,160	—
1020–1510	1205	75-80%	22	170.00–182.00	$174.95	$2,108	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–965	746	85-90%	4	117.00–133.00	$125.36	$935	—
680–1170	905	85-90%	12	135.00–159.00	$149.28	$1,351	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1430	1305	3	198.00–200.00	$199.09	$2,598	—
1575–1775	1675	2	208.00–220.00	$213.64	$3,578	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690	690	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,760
670–1040	874	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	217.00–312.00	$258.29	$2,257

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1000–1155	1078	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,600.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1315	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1220–1540	1380	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,050.00–3,600.00	$3,325.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1415	1415	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1375	1375	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1405	1405	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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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
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1175–1200	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,400.00–3,500.00	$3,450.00	—
1220–1235	1231	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,700.00–4,100.00	$4,000.00	+450.00
1440	1440	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	+150.00
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,750.00	$3,750.00	+150.00

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1295	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	2	243.00	$243.00	$1,883	—
802	802	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,989	—

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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.