Sale reports / New Mexico / Clovis Livestock Auction / 2020-05-20

Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, May 20
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,693 head
▲ 947 vs last sale 746▲ 690 vs year ago 1,003 · +68.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 131▼ 5 vs year ago 176 · −2.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
586 head
▲ 459 vs last sale 127▲ 500 vs year ago 86 · +581.4%
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2610139.60851453
Medium and Large 2621129.1580371
Medium and Large 1701128.16898239
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,90487.781,67215
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29563.8882762
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09358.9564432

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—519125.00/cwt125.00–125.006495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—784120.38/cwt118.00–124.5094420
SteersMedium and Large 1—723124.71/cwt123.00–128.0090227
SteersMedium and Large 1—410171.00/cwt171.00–171.007012
SteersMedium and Large 2—570131.80/cwt130.00–140.5075112
SteersMedium and Large 2—899106.00/cwt106.00–106.009535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—711126.47/cwt125.25–130.0089940
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523147.00/cwt143.00–151.0076921
SteersMedium and Large 1—568141.01/cwt136.50–145.0080131
SteersMedium and Large 1—823113.66/cwt112.00–114.509356
SteersMedium and Large 2—709117.50/cwt117.50–117.5083312
SteersMedium and Large 2—416149.29/cwt145.00–151.006217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—642135.09/cwt130.00–135.5086747
SteersMedium and Large 1—681127.41/cwt125.50–132.7586851
SteersMedium and Large 1—614132.77/cwt125.00–136.5081511
SteersMedium and Large 2—374165.07/cwt162.00–168.006178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—666129.79/cwt127.00–132.5086449
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—437140.11/cwt135.00–147.0061254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—86596.00/cwt96.00–96.008302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475135.78/cwt125.50–139.0064523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—653112.00/cwt112.00–112.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—644114.00/cwt114.00–114.007347
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577124.28/cwt115.00–127.5071725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—305156.00/cwt150.00–159.004763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—346143.00/cwt143.00–143.004954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477135.53/cwt132.50–137.006469
HeifersMedium and Large 1—541130.38/cwt126.50–136.5070535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—677112.00/cwt112.00–112.007588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—675110.78/cwt109.50–114.5074828
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466131.00/cwt131.00–131.0061010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—214165.66/cwt150.00–170.0035510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—713114.50/cwt114.50–114.5081635
HeifersMedium and Large 1—447139.25/cwt139.00–139.5062216
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—700350.00/cwt300.00–400.002,4502
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—387170.00/cwt170.00–170.006582
SteersMedium and Large 2—760122.54/cwt120.00–125.009319
SteersMedium and Large 2—547130.50/cwt130.50–130.507142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—906109.50/cwt109.50–109.5099231
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37168.32/cwt67.75–70.0093715
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29463.12/cwt57.00–67.0081743
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28570.00/cwt70.00–70.009001
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01650.95/cwt45.50–55.505184
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—668118.00/cwt118.00–118.007883
BullsMedium and Large 2—700109.00/cwt109.00–109.007632
BullsMedium and Large 2—512116.00/cwt116.00–116.005944
Bulls——1,930100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,9401
Bulls——1,68177.28/cwt70.00–80.501,2994
Bulls——1,99190.71/cwt84.00–95.001,80610
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—821677.08/cwt625.00–750.005,55912
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—838666.15/cwt400.00–810.005,58252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4001,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0017,8502
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—890768.00/cwt600.00–810.006,8355
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—954867.22/cwt800.00–1,125.008,27327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—584119.80/cwt119.00–121.5070037
HeifersMedium and Large 2—739105.93/cwt105.00–108.0078313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—759110.00/cwt110.00–110.0083514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—777106.16/cwt103.00–110.2582548
HeifersMedium and Large 1—87295.62/cwt95.50–96.0083417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—521128.30/cwt125.25–132.5066853
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—544129.00/cwt129.00–129.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—379149.97/cwt141.00–151.5056816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—90194.00/cwt94.00–94.0084757
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621117.83/cwt115.00–125.5073218
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2—675935.00/cwt935.00–935.006,3111
SteersMedium and Large 1—798117.50/cwt117.50–117.5093860
SteersMedium and Large 1—469165.00/cwt165.00–165.0077415
SteersMedium and Large 2—616119.00/cwt119.00–119.007338
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—573139.68/cwt135.00–146.0080089
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—872111.00/cwt111.00–111.0096824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—374175.62/cwt172.00–178.006575
SteersMedium and Large 1—533147.90/cwt147.50–148.5078815
SteersMedium and Large 2—689120.81/cwt116.00–125.508328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—474156.47/cwt150.50–163.0074292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420166.91/cwt166.00–170.0070126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—215208.00/cwt208.00–208.004479
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,02296.09/cwt94.50–96.5098219
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900755.00/cwt700.00–810.006,7952
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2—837500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,18552
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—971699.29/cwt575.00–760.006,7907
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2—777400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,10849
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,226915.67/cwt810.00–950.0011,22615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,189795.00/cwt725.00–810.009,4539
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,156725.63/cwt610.00–835.008,3888
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,225700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,57511
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2—950500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,7504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100780.00/cwt760.00–800.008,5802
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09759.73/cwt56.00–64.5065527
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,02855.34/cwt54.00–56.505694
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—900950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,5501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—850560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,7603
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—750675.00/cwt675.00–675.005,0631
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—800525.00/cwt525.00–525.004,2002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—779710.00/cwt460.00–810.005,53114
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—952856.54/cwt810.00–1,075.008,15413
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2—903713.50/cwt650.00–825.006,44340
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2—713370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,6384
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,8101
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2—900400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,6006

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.