Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 450 lbs. 3.00-4.00 lower, 450-500 lbs. instances 6.00 higher, 500-600 lbs. steady. Feeders over 600 lbs. 2.00-4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. mostly steady except 500-600 lbs. 4.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls steady to strong except high yielding 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.94/cwt on 494 head.

Average price

$141.94

494 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$126

per head · Medium 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3

$42.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.83

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	413	156.33	646	18thin
Medium and Large 2	586	145.02	850	114
Medium and Large 1	628	144.67	909	99
Medium and Large 1-2	656	141.24	926	227
Small and Medium 2	417	135.56	565	9thin
Medium 2	701	119.28	836	16thin
Small 2	536	115.00	616	3thin
Small and Medium 2-3	677	114.00	772	8thin

One grade step is worth $42.33/cwt here — about −$126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale494 hd

141.94

—

NM average3 barns · 763 hd

141.10

+0.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,529	81.21	1,242	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,288	57.66	743	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	54.90	612	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,577	53.42	842	3thin

Every lot, as filed

123 lots · USDA AMS · Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	427	137.06/cwt	135.00–141.00	585	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	613	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	763	14
Heifers	Medium 2	—	605	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	133.84/cwt	133.00–135.50	716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	122.25/cwt	121.00–123.50	930	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	137.10/cwt	135.00–140.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	125.69/cwt	125.00–127.00	828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	129.28/cwt	128.00–130.50	800	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	129.02/cwt	126.00–131.00	743	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	669.29/cwt	650.00–725.00	7,188	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	925.00/cwt	750.00–1,100.00	10,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	166.34/cwt	163.00–171.50	699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	170.71/cwt	168.00–178.50	666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	146.96/cwt	145.50–153.00	842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	126.62/cwt	120.50–127.50	1,091	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,106	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.50/cwt	139.00–141.50	955	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	163.17/cwt	155.00–164.50	773	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	146.57/cwt	144.00–148.00	912	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	134.21/cwt	131.00–136.00	846	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	526	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	168.59/cwt	166.00–170.50	656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	137.49/cwt	135.00–140.00	994	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,105	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	149.01/cwt	144.00–151.00	773	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	131.84/cwt	129.25–134.75	1,081	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	134.82/cwt	133.00–139.50	1,042	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	127.05/cwt	120.50–130.00	793	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	689	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	813	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	622	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	560	2
Heifers	Small 2	—	483	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	338	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	55.25/cwt	52.00–59.00	637	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	60.82/cwt	60.00–62.00	654	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	47.02/cwt	45.00–50.25	502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	792	2
Steers	Medium 2Value Added	—	529	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	749	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	899	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	133.59/cwt	133.50–134.00	926	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	130.52/cwt	130.25–133.00	1,057	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	771	131.79/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,016	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	731	128.30/cwt	126.00–130.50	938	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	235	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	124.93/cwt	124.00–127.00	853	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.65/cwt	126.00–129.00	734	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	112.97/cwt	111.00–115.00	862	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	132.02/cwt	130.00–133.00	821	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	122.04/cwt	118.00–124.00	823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	120.75/cwt	120.50–121.00	767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	798	116.75/cwt	116.75–116.75	932	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	675	392.50/cwt	350.00–435.00	2,649	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	788	787.50/cwt	775.00–800.00	6,206	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	637.50/cwt	625.00–650.00	7,446	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	687.50/cwt	600.00–775.00	6,016	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	710.00/cwt	635.00–785.00	6,660	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	767.50/cwt	635.00–900.00	7,483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	141.91/cwt	141.50–149.00	861	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	605	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	826	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	750	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,550	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	993.33/cwt	850.00–1,050.00	10,887	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	902.86/cwt	810.00–1,010.00	10,094	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2-3	—	700	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	5,320	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	677	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	772	8
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	455	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	619	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	520	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	645	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	405	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	563	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	267	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	382	2
Steers	Small 2	—	536	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	237	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	626	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	873	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	142.32/cwt	140.50–143.00	959	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	145.37/cwt	137.00–147.00	821	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	220	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	396	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	524	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	812	11
Bulls	—	—	1,450	68.04/cwt	65.50–70.50	987	3
Bulls	—	—	1,635	87.62/cwt	86.25–91.00	1,433	8
Bulls	—	—	1,497	80.59/cwt	75.75–84.50	1,206	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,467	51.72/cwt	50.50–52.75	759	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	61.32/cwt	60.00–63.50	670	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	56.93/cwt	53.00–58.50	763	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	53.42/cwt	52.00–55.00	842	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	41.27/cwt	41.00–41.50	336	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	671	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	738	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	371	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	557	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	200	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	352	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	613	112.48/cwt	111.00–116.00	690	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	575	118.68/cwt	117.00–120.50	682	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	529	133.50/cwt	127.00–135.00	706	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	542	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	542	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	405	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	632	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	332	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	568	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	482	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	704	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	442	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	645	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	796	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	532	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	654	4

How this sale compares

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