Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers and calves steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls steady. Trade active, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.04/cwt on 763 head.

Average price

$135.04

763 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

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

$11.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.03

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	610	139.60	851	453
Medium and Large 2	621	129.15	803	71
Medium and Large 1	701	128.16	898	239

One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale763 hd

135.04

—

NM average2 barns · 987 hd

136.08

−1.03

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	—	High	1,904	87.78	1,672	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,295	63.88	827	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,093	58.95	644	32

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	120.38/cwt	118.00–124.50	944	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	124.71/cwt	123.00–128.00	902	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	131.80/cwt	130.00–140.50	751	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	899	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	126.47/cwt	125.25–130.00	899	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	147.00/cwt	143.00–151.00	769	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	141.01/cwt	136.50–145.00	801	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	113.66/cwt	112.00–114.50	935	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	709	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	833	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	149.29/cwt	145.00–151.00	621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	135.09/cwt	130.00–135.50	867	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	127.41/cwt	125.50–132.75	868	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	132.77/cwt	125.00–136.50	815	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	165.07/cwt	162.00–168.00	617	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	129.79/cwt	127.00–132.50	864	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	140.11/cwt	135.00–147.00	612	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	135.78/cwt	125.50–139.00	645	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	124.28/cwt	115.00–127.50	717	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	156.00/cwt	150.00–159.00	476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	135.53/cwt	132.50–137.00	646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	130.38/cwt	126.50–136.50	705	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	758	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	110.78/cwt	109.50–114.50	748	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	214	165.66/cwt	150.00–170.00	355	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	816	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	139.25/cwt	139.00–139.50	622	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	700	350.00/cwt	300.00–400.00	2,450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	387	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	931	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	992	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	68.32/cwt	67.75–70.00	937	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	63.12/cwt	57.00–67.00	817	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	900	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	50.95/cwt	45.50–55.50	518	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	594	4
Bulls	—	—	1,930	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,940	1
Bulls	—	—	1,681	77.28/cwt	70.00–80.50	1,299	4
Bulls	—	—	1,991	90.71/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,806	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	821	677.08/cwt	625.00–750.00	5,559	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	838	666.15/cwt	400.00–810.00	5,582	52
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	17,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	890	768.00/cwt	600.00–810.00	6,835	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	867.22/cwt	800.00–1,125.00	8,273	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	119.80/cwt	119.00–121.50	700	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	105.93/cwt	105.00–108.00	783	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	835	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	106.16/cwt	103.00–110.25	825	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	95.62/cwt	95.50–96.00	834	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	128.30/cwt	125.25–132.50	668	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	544	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	149.97/cwt	141.00–151.50	568	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	847	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	117.83/cwt	115.00–125.50	732	18
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	6,311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	938	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	774	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	139.68/cwt	135.00–146.00	800	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	968	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	175.62/cwt	172.00–178.00	657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	147.90/cwt	147.50–148.50	788	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	120.81/cwt	116.00–125.50	832	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	156.47/cwt	150.50–163.00	742	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	166.91/cwt	166.00–170.00	701	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	447	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	96.09/cwt	94.50–96.50	982	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	755.00/cwt	700.00–810.00	6,795	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	837	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,185	52
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	699.29/cwt	575.00–760.00	6,790	7
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	777	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,108	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	915.67/cwt	810.00–950.00	11,226	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,189	795.00/cwt	725.00–810.00	9,453	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	725.63/cwt	610.00–835.00	8,388	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,575	11
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	950	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,750	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	780.00/cwt	760.00–800.00	8,580	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	59.73/cwt	56.00–64.50	655	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,028	55.34/cwt	54.00–56.50	569	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	850	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,760	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	750	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,063	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	800	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	779	710.00/cwt	460.00–810.00	5,531	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	856.54/cwt	810.00–1,075.00	8,154	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	903	713.50/cwt	650.00–825.00	6,443	40
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	713	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,638	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,810	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	900	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,600	6

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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