Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-500 lbs. steady on value added offerings, 500-700 lbs. 1.00-5.00 lower, over 700 lbs.2.00-7.00 lower. Heifers mostly 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate on feeders, demand good and trade active on slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.63/cwt on 672 head.

Average price

$135.63

672 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$7.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.28

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	137.25	743	404
Medium and Large 1-2	534	134.08	716	217
Medium and Large 2	559	129.39	723	51

One grade step is worth $7.87/cwt here — about $20 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 sale672 hd

135.63

—

NM average3 barns · 1,082 hd

139.91

−4.28

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	1,570	65.62	1,030	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,305	62.18	812	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,539	60.47	930	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	53.74	544	100

Every lot, as filed

119 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	677.00/cwt	575.00–750.00	8,327	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,483	65.56/cwt	64.75–66.75	972	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	61.76/cwt	58.00–64.00	797	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	978	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	588	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	738	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	732	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	675	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	358	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	268	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	538	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	453	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	809	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	416	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	851	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	275	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	415	195.25/cwt	195.25–195.25	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	326	201.40/cwt	200.50–202.00	657	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	563	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	207.78/cwt	207.00–209.00	779	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	417	200.66/cwt	200.00–202.50	837	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	504	148.00/cwt	147.00–149.00	746	16
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,422	57.61/cwt	50.00–65.50	819	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,059	41.50/cwt	41.50–41.50	439	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	973	53.90/cwt	45.00–57.50	524	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	920	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	502	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	703	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	580	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	789	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	754.23/cwt	650.00–825.00	8,749	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,168	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	55.21/cwt	50.00–59.50	580	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	47.95/cwt	46.00–49.00	435	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	40.67/cwt	38.00–44.00	392	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	125.23/cwt	121.00–126.00	741	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	148.70/cwt	146.00–155.00	635	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	127.33/cwt	125.00–133.50	689	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	138.60/cwt	134.50–145.00	649	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	156.00/cwt	153.50–161.00	601	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	122.77/cwt	117.00–125.00	821	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	139.59/cwt	135.00–144.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	616	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	676	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	157.60/cwt	150.50–162.50	607	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	127.96/cwt	125.00–131.00	732	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	120.62/cwt	120.00–121.00	856	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	164.59/cwt	160.00–166.00	540	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	162.27/cwt	160.00–169.00	449	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	151.93/cwt	146.00–159.00	872	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	163.31/cwt	162.00–170.00	761	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	640	121.33/cwt	120.00–122.00	777	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	387	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	472	160.42/cwt	160.00–161.00	757	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	495	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	629	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	783	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	140.35/cwt	133.00–146.00	748	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	152.62/cwt	152.00–153.00	878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	677	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	1,033.57/cwt	910.00–1,100.00	11,669	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,138	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	129.31/cwt	126.50–131.00	852	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	491	148.65/cwt	145.00–165.00	730	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	128.04/cwt	126.00–130.00	927	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	127.40/cwt	125.00–128.50	1,036	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	195.90/cwt	190.00–200.50	752	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,071	665.00/cwt	550.00–750.00	7,122	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	724.10/cwt	635.00–875.00	8,327	39
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	142.97/cwt	138.00–145.00	901	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	152.19/cwt	150.00–157.50	886	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	131.91/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,006	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	898	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	171.28/cwt	166.00–175.50	822	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	189.23/cwt	185.50–196.00	793	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	135.62/cwt	127.50–136.00	727	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	128.28/cwt	123.00–134.00	800	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	152.37/cwt	146.00–158.50	646	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	122.88/cwt	120.00–125.25	834	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	144.84/cwt	140.00–150.50	688	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	882	2
Bulls	—	—	1,556	63.16/cwt	59.50–66.25	983	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	698	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	642	132.41/cwt	132.00–132.50	850	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	164.35/cwt	160.50–169.00	850	116
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,460	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	860.00/cwt	735.00–985.00	8,497	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,613	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	836.25/cwt	700.00–960.00	9,525	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,049	704.26/cwt	500.00–850.00	7,388	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	5,850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,082	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	177.62/cwt	175.00–181.00	776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	121.94/cwt	120.00–125.50	766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	116.50/cwt	115.50–119.00	855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	198.37/cwt	196.50–201.50	736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	134.51/cwt	132.50–143.00	864	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	900	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	133.99/cwt	133.50–135.00	694	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	832	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	58.46/cwt	57.50–59.50	972	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,390	64.25/cwt	64.25–64.25	893	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	625.00/cwt	500.00–750.00	4,844	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,413	1
Bulls	—	—	2,115	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,904	1
Bulls	—	—	1,722	78.79/cwt	74.00–84.25	1,357	13

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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