Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. mostly 2.00-5.00 higher, a few weaned steers over 600 lbs. 2.00 higher , unweaned offerings 2.00-3.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. mostly 1.00-4.00 higher, over 600 lbs. steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2 .00 lower. Trade active demand good on feeders, moderate on slaughter.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.10/cwt on 586 head.

Average price

$149.10

586 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$17.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.38

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	152.39	849	273
Medium and Large 1-2	564	148.78	840	237
Medium and Large 2	588	138.88	817	64
Medium and Large 2-3	435	135.21	588	12thin

One grade step is worth $17.18/cwt here — about $261 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 sale586 hd

149.10

—

NM average3 barns · 1,700 hd

144.72

+4.38

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	—	Average	1,727	69.68	1,203	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,307	49.92	653	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,650	44.00	726	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,025	42.77	439	59

Every lot, as filed

112 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 and Large 1-2	—	618	123.81/cwt	121.00–124.00	765	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	123.87/cwt	123.00–126.50	1,017	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.75/cwt	142.50–143.00	757	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	930	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	144.85/cwt	142.00–151.00	831	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	165.44/cwt	158.50–170.50	769	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	169.93/cwt	166.00–173.00	746	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	251	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	142.27/cwt	139.00–149.00	758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	133.19/cwt	129.50–135.00	976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	148.87/cwt	147.00–151.00	496	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	954	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	123.82/cwt	122.00–125.50	778	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	127.21/cwt	123.00–131.00	716	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	144.45/cwt	138.00–148.50	617	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	137.39/cwt	128.00–143.50	650	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	129.34/cwt	122.75–133.50	671	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,262	793.85/cwt	650.00–925.00	10,018	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	814.00/cwt	700.00–935.00	9,727	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	555.00/cwt	550.00–560.00	5,622	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	699.55/cwt	610.00–1,000.00	6,744	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	615.00/cwt	550.00–875.00	5,769	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	650.00/cwt	625.00–675.00	6,825	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	907.80/cwt	660.00–1,150.00	11,148	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	819.38/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	9,857	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	5,948	4
Bulls	—	—	1,718	73.62/cwt	71.25–80.00	1,265	8
Bulls	—	—	1,733	66.82/cwt	64.00–70.25	1,158	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	44.75/cwt	44.75–44.75	606	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	55.77/cwt	55.00–56.50	746	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	49.54/cwt	46.00–53.00	645	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	726	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	51.25/cwt	51.25–51.25	618	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	39.39/cwt	35.00–42.00	383	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	44.69/cwt	39.25–48.00	476	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	123.02/cwt	121.00–124.00	843	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	146.84/cwt	146.50–148.00	470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	138.60/cwt	129.00–142.50	636	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	143.95/cwt	141.00–145.00	521	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	590	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	131.71/cwt	130.00–133.50	668	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	140.88/cwt	139.50–144.00	890	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	836	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	866	117.31/cwt	115.50–118.50	1,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	878	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,050	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	154.08/cwt	146.00–157.00	636	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	747	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	319	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	598	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	12,938	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	44.86/cwt	42.00–47.75	471	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	419	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	43.63/cwt	40.00–47.00	464	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,405	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	765.88/cwt	500.00–975.00	9,344	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	549.17/cwt	435.00–800.00	6,233	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	426	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	275	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	908	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	363	192.73/cwt	189.00–195.00	700	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	539	157.34/cwt	154.00–158.00	848	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	550	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	787	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	693	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	383	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	502	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	151.67/cwt	145.50–153.00	877	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	605	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	697	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	731	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	634	127.06/cwt	120.50–129.50	806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	683	130.04/cwt	125.00–134.00	888	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	616	117.81/cwt	115.50–120.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	121.87/cwt	120.00–123.00	773	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	711	120.97/cwt	119.00–123.00	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	130.18/cwt	128.50–131.00	890	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	776	125.24/cwt	120.00–127.00	972	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	135.72/cwt	132.50–136.00	860	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	984	42.54/cwt	35.00–45.75	419	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	175.49/cwt	175.00–176.00	649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	407	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	333	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	124.50/cwt	123.50–125.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	870	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	655	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	143.22/cwt	136.00–150.00	825	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	158.28/cwt	156.00–159.00	760	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	161.64/cwt	159.50–163.00	693	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	667	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	872	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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