Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers steady on comparable sales. Trade very active, demand very good for grazing calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.82/cwt on 664 head.

Average price

$145.82

664 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2-3

$35.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.19

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	149.91	813	377
Medium and Large 1-2	554	141.57	784	240
Medium and Large 2	485	136.18	661	44
Small 2-3	493	114.00	562	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.91/cwt here — about $251 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 sale664 hd

145.82

—

NM average3 barns · 1,337 hd

147.02

−1.19

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	1,669	86.80	1,448	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	62.27	762	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,580	59.50	940	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,001	50.86	509	70

Every lot, as filed

124 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	—	575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	175.92/cwt	167.00–179.00	653	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	605	169.12/cwt	168.50–170.00	1,023	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	165.03/cwt	154.00–168.00	721	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	151.67/cwt	145.50–155.50	790	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	182	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	452	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	172.74/cwt	168.50–176.50	974	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	190.05/cwt	179.00–194.00	899	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	867	120.84/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,048	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	181.28/cwt	174.00–185.00	939	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	188	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	127.00/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,022	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	483	148.63/cwt	147.50–150.50	718	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	140.03/cwt	135.00–143.00	868	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	182.57/cwt	177.00–186.00	612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	212.54/cwt	201.00–219.50	687	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	141.79/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,031	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	606	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	228	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	156.95/cwt	150.50–164.00	742	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	269	221.20/cwt	209.00–225.00	595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	402	187.64/cwt	179.00–192.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	600	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	542	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	672	118.33/cwt	117.50–119.00	795	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	151.13/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,022	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	132.66/cwt	128.00–138.00	897	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	147.57/cwt	145.00–150.00	927	4
Heifers	Small 2-3	—	493	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	562	3
Steers	Small 2-3	—	551	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	205.36/cwt	199.00–211.50	873	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	163.38/cwt	156.00–167.50	1,005	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	468	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	210.38/cwt	206.00–215.50	778	15
Bulls	—	—	1,881	95.52/cwt	93.75–97.00	1,797	8
Bulls	—	—	1,346	75.62/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	746	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,007	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	978	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,164	22
Steers	Small 2-3	—	397	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	631	2
Steers	Small 2-3	—	477	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	673	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	940	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	55.97/cwt	55.00–57.50	608	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	67.56/cwt	65.25–69.50	797	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	62.22/cwt	59.75–65.00	783	44
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,319	875.00/cwt	800.00–925.00	11,541	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	800	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,196	972.11/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	11,626	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	15,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,002	545.00/cwt	485.00–585.00	5,461	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	778	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,357	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	892	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,333	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	885.00/cwt	800.00–975.00	9,363	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	134.09/cwt	131.00–137.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	908	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	823	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	609	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	47.47/cwt	42.00–52.50	452	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	58.30/cwt	54.25–63.00	641	32
Bulls	—	—	1,681	87.07/cwt	81.00–92.00	1,464	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	193	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	641	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,395	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	963	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	822	36.54/cwt	35.00–43.50	300	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	110.55/cwt	109.00–112.00	958	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	227	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	154.33/cwt	144.00–155.50	875	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	136.08/cwt	130.50–142.00	842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	190	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	193.74/cwt	183.00–198.00	825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	130.60/cwt	125.00–133.00	883	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	160.48/cwt	154.00–169.00	782	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	174.36/cwt	169.00–184.00	741	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	145.27/cwt	140.00–151.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	139.92/cwt	130.00–143.50	817	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	190.95/cwt	185.00–194.00	634	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	510	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	144.24/cwt	140.00–148.00	834	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	792	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	172.76/cwt	165.00–181.00	812	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	169.31/cwt	165.00–177.00	875	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	825	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	899	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	988	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	670	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	193.80/cwt	193.00–194.00	700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	148.94/cwt	146.50–150.00	986	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	154.26/cwt	146.00–158.00	976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	897	119.59/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,073	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	203	205.43/cwt	201.00–210.00	417	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	183.49/cwt	175.50–190.00	516	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	165.02/cwt	156.00–172.00	531	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	957	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	133.71/cwt	128.00–140.00	977	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	140.65/cwt	136.50–148.00	744	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	156.75/cwt	150.50–162.00	661	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	895	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	149.05/cwt	140.00–155.00	717	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	561	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,079	8

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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