Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. mostly steady to 1.00 lower except 800-900 lbs. mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, instances 9.00 higher though quality and condition more attractive. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady to instances 3.00 lower. Feeders over 600 lbs. mostly 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 2.00 lower though quality not as attractive. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.73/cwt on 653 head.

Average price

$127.73

653 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$175

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

$24.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	497	145.14	721	30
Medium and Large 1-2	576	138.55	798	206
Medium and Large 1	740	121.13	897	417

One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale653 hd

127.73

—

NM average3 barns · 1,657 hd

131.33

−3.60

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	1,580	80.88	1,278	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	59.07	722	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,628	52.88	861	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,045	51.80	541	48

Every lot, as filed

100 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 1Unweaned	—	627	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	117.90/cwt	115.00–126.50	692	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	104.57/cwt	101.00–105.50	738	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	758	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	136.94/cwt	135.50–137.50	844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	378	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	624	7
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	888	450.00/cwt	430.00–470.00	3,996	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	800.77/cwt	730.00–875.00	8,808	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	830.00/cwt	700.00–900.00	10,583	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	750	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	700	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	897.50/cwt	820.00–975.00	7,853	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	822.50/cwt	800.00–875.00	8,760	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	725	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,988	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	975	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	8,873	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	847.50/cwt	810.00–910.00	9,161	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,815	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	850	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	6,290	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	887.50/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	9,434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	141.55/cwt	139.00–145.00	596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	761	91.83/cwt	90.50–95.00	699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	96.91/cwt	90.00–99.25	803	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	118.55/cwt	115.00–121.75	671	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	561	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	552	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	96.32/cwt	91.50–99.50	802	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	103.75/cwt	101.00–105.00	715	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	6,205	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	645.00/cwt	525.00–725.00	6,644	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	545.00/cwt	510.00–580.00	5,586	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	715.36/cwt	500.00–820.00	8,391	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	123.89/cwt	120.50–128.50	844	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	156.03/cwt	152.00–162.00	588	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	766	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	111.80/cwt	111.50–117.00	904	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	151.98/cwt	145.00–155.50	804	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	145.27/cwt	142.50–148.00	809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	865	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	890	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	481	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	36.79/cwt	30.00–40.50	397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	787	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	130.01/cwt	125.00–133.50	809	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	111.90/cwt	108.00–113.00	747	9
Bulls	—	—	1,659	85.57/cwt	80.00–90.25	1,420	20
Bulls	—	—	1,378	70.37/cwt	63.50–77.00	970	11
Bulls	—	—	1,903	91.75/cwt	91.75–91.75	1,746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	647	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	451	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	704	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	750	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	124.79/cwt	121.50–126.50	641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	773	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	533	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	93.61/cwt	90.00–96.00	696	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	111.93/cwt	111.50–112.50	713	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	122.22/cwt	116.00–125.00	626	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	557	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	727	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	112.81/cwt	112.50–114.50	712	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	156.58/cwt	156.00–160.00	485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	687	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	602	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	864	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	101.54/cwt	101.50–102.00	925	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	163.42/cwt	156.00–169.00	750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	147.27/cwt	145.00–150.50	614	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	929	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	125.18/cwt	120.00–130.50	835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	731	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	6,738	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	150.59/cwt	146.00–157.50	810	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	157.09/cwt	149.50–160.00	723	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	116.74/cwt	114.50–119.00	891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	110.34/cwt	110.00–117.50	879	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	179.61/cwt	174.00–183.00	772	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	362	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	547	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	826	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	100.00/cwt	97.00–100.75	765	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	132.65/cwt	124.50–135.50	631	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	53.99/cwt	49.50–58.25	559	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	59.26/cwt	54.50–63.00	732	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	59.88/cwt	59.00–62.00	696	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	52.88/cwt	52.50–53.25	861	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	45.43/cwt	42.50–48.00	453	7

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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