Sale reports / New Mexico / Clovis Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Apr 15
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
768 vs last sale 1,119 737 vs year ago 1,088 · 67.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
29 vs last sale 72 42 vs year ago 85 · 49.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
236 vs last sale 290 585 vs year ago 639 · 91.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Very limited receipts on calves and feeders this week. Steer calves under 600 lbs. 5.00-7.00 lower. No accurate comparison over 600 lbs. due to very limited receipts but two loads over 800 lbs. 2.00 lower. A few heifer calves 350-450 lbs. 5.00-6.00 higher. No comparison on feeders but a lower undertone noted. No comparison on slaughter cows and bulls due to very limited receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $119.12/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$119.12
182 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$28
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.87
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547149.5981814thin
Medium and Large 1764117.81900149
Medium and Large 2791106.9884619thin
One grade step is worth $42.61/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale182 hd
119.12
NM average2 barns · 345 hd
130.00
−10.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,58379.481,2587thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23556.006921thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97645.4344410

Every lot, as filed

47 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 285798.31/cwt96.00–99.0084313
SteersMedium and Large 1516155.00/cwt155.00–155.008004
Bulls1,74085.96/cwt84.00–88.001,4962
Bulls1,52076.89/cwt70.50–79.501,1695
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1131,050.00/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0011,6872
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,015949.00/cwt750.00–1,075.009,6325
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2750735.00/cwt735.00–735.005,5131
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2975850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,2881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0013,9132
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2700650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,5501
SteersMedium and Large 2631126.00/cwt126.00–126.007953
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2700700.00/cwt700.00–700.004,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2875900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,8752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2700750.00/cwt750.00–750.005,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1777110.21/cwt105.00–117.508567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522154.53/cwt152.00–156.008078
SteersMedium and Large 2665125.50/cwt125.50–125.508353
SteersMedium and Large 1266211.00/cwt211.00–211.005614
SteersMedium and Large 1382176.87/cwt170.00–185.006766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2447177.00/cwt177.00–177.007912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2925560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,1801
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2850625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,3131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 1354156.75/cwt150.00–167.005555
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562121.00/cwt121.00–121.006802
HeifersMedium and Large 1677128.00/cwt128.00–128.008672
HeifersMedium and Large 177195.50/cwt95.50–95.507369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-274794.50/cwt94.50–94.5070618
HeifersMedium and Large 1222193.00/cwt193.00–193.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 1416149.07/cwt146.00–151.006205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290162.00/cwt162.00–162.004706
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2675680.00/cwt650.00–710.004,5906
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2650450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050825.00/cwt650.00–1,000.008,6632
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2725700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,0751
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2800400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,2001
CowsLean 85-90%91045.00/cwt45.00–45.004101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2888492.50/cwt485.00–500.004,3732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned647126.00/cwt126.00–126.008154
SteersMedium and Large 1817109.25/cwt109.25–109.25893121
SteersMedium and Large 1727121.00/cwt121.00–121.008804
SteersMedium and Large 1405184.67/cwt182.00–186.007483
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23556.00/cwt56.00–56.006921
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,03146.25/cwt46.25–46.254775
CowsLean 85-90%1,02053.50/cwt53.50–53.505461
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed89341.50/cwt41.50–41.503713

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.