Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. steady to 1.00 lower except 500-550 lbs. 5.00 higher. Feeders over 600 lbs. steady on limited offerings, calves mostly steady. All heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower except 500-600 lbs. instances 3.00 higher, no comparison on feeders. Slaughter cows 1.00-5.00 lower, bulls 6.00 lower. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.17/cwt on 889 head.

Average price

$140.17

889 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$767

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$11.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.79

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	506	145.31	736	318
Medium and Large 1	578	137.59	795	524
Medium and Large 2	481	134.10	645	47

One grade step is worth $11.22/cwt here — about $91 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 sale889 hd

140.17

—

NM average4 barns · 2,887 hd

137.38

+2.79

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	1,642	69.32	1,139	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	49.53	722	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,351	48.37	653	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	44.43	508	136

Every lot, as filed

130 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	—	1,292	46.81/cwt	43.50–49.50	605	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	147.50/cwt	142.00–153.00	766	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	135.29/cwt	131.50–141.00	778	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	151.25/cwt	142.50–159.50	732	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	163.58/cwt	156.00–168.00	687	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	410	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	139.03/cwt	132.50–141.00	527	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	144.80/cwt	135.50–148.50	400	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	136.29/cwt	131.00–138.00	575	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	129.87/cwt	126.00–134.00	617	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	257	171.17/cwt	164.50–175.00	440	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	577	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	201	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	299	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	125.53/cwt	120.00–133.00	652	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	123.40/cwt	118.00–130.00	708	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	722	116.52/cwt	115.50–122.00	841	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	113.73/cwt	111.00–119.00	764	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	117.95/cwt	110.00–122.00	724	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	145.30/cwt	143.00–146.00	474	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	666	128.51/cwt	125.50–130.25	856	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	686	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	612	124.50/cwt	120.00–126.50	762	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	716	117.29/cwt	117.00–117.50	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	667	119.84/cwt	116.00–125.00	799	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	838	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	645	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	776	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	680.56/cwt	600.00–725.00	8,439	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	937	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	539	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,031	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	566.67/cwt	500.00–600.00	6,188	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	125.54/cwt	122.00–127.75	777	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	732	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	732	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	47.83/cwt	44.00–55.50	622	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	888.96/cwt	725.00–1,000.00	10,899	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	171.64/cwt	171.00–172.00	637	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	641	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	707.04/cwt	400.00–835.00	7,268	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	622.78/cwt	550.00–725.00	6,988	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,363	799.50/cwt	600.00–885.00	10,897	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	1,018.75/cwt	800.00–1,225.00	10,829	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	53.00/cwt	51.00–61.00	604	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	551.25/cwt	535.00–600.00	5,650	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,813	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	1,112.50/cwt	900.00–1,200.00	11,870	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	12,363	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,194	745.80/cwt	635.00–860.00	8,905	50
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	558	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	797.68/cwt	550.00–910.00	8,926	82
Heifers	Large 1	—	547	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	667	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	636	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	744	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,197	45.87/cwt	44.25–50.50	549	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	49.53/cwt	47.00–50.00	722	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	33.37/cwt	30.00–37.50	311	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	869	33.83/cwt	30.00–35.00	294	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	39.39/cwt	35.00–42.50	385	10
Bulls	—	—	1,543	65.71/cwt	55.00–71.00	1,014	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	750	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,224	43.49/cwt	42.00–44.25	532	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,645	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	748	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	721	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	53.25/cwt	53.25–53.25	690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	121.38/cwt	120.00–124.50	637	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,167	47.69/cwt	44.00–52.00	557	48
Bulls	—	—	1,834	76.29/cwt	72.00–83.50	1,399	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	48.92/cwt	45.50–54.50	667	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,246	44.25/cwt	44.25–44.25	551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	138.63/cwt	136.56–143.00	650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	535	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	580.00/cwt	500.00–650.00	6,438	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,211	45.82/cwt	44.00–49.50	555	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	608	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	308	174.08/cwt	171.00–175.00	536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	212	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	160.31/cwt	160.00–161.00	693	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	130.99/cwt	127.00–133.00	574	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	541	136.86/cwt	136.00–137.00	740	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	850	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	443	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	152.77/cwt	149.00–157.00	721	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	144.16/cwt	140.00–150.00	748	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	162.37/cwt	151.00–168.00	619	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	831	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	972	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	128.74/cwt	121.00–134.00	606	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	133.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	507	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	866	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	576	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	823	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	155.28/cwt	150.00–159.50	658	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	380	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	126.50/cwt	124.00–127.00	746	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	130.15/cwt	125.50–134.00	750	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	128.77/cwt	125.00–131.00	657	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	757	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	633	115.94/cwt	113.00–118.00	734	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	368	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	366	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	622	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	135.19/cwt	130.00–139.00	427	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	345	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	486	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	113.06/cwt	111.00–115.00	642	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	115.39/cwt	115.00–116.00	599	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	117.16/cwt	116.00–119.00	560	16

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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