Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady, feeders over 600 lbs. 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 550 lbs. 3.00 lower, calves and feeders over 550 lbs. steady to 1.00 higher on comparable quotes. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, no comparison on bulls due to limited offerings. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.00/cwt on 364 head.

Average price

$152.00

364 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$879

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$43

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

$28.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	165.96	793	59
Medium and Large 1-2	595	153.10	911	229
Medium and Large 2	606	137.88	836	76

One grade step is worth $28.08/cwt here — about −$43 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 sale364 hd

152.00

—

NM average4 barns · 1,040 hd

148.47

+3.54

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	1,504	81.60	1,227	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	64.60	804	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	59.50	875	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	961	51.19	492	84

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	406	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	447	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	287	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	160.30/cwt	157.00–161.00	511	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	152.62/cwt	150.00–157.00	635	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	183.44/cwt	180.00–186.00	637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	171.86/cwt	169.00–176.00	899	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	137.60/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,011	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	179.37/cwt	177.00–185.00	404	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	147.31/cwt	140.00–155.00	772	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	232	184.26/cwt	181.00–188.00	427	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	820	25.26/cwt	22.00–28.00	207	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	48.50/cwt	41.00–51.75	461	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	915	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	155.64/cwt	154.00–157.00	515	13
Bulls	—	—	1,621	85.85/cwt	83.00–90.75	1,392	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	545.00/cwt	525.00–560.00	5,450	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	703.33/cwt	675.00–785.00	7,033	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	429	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	980	934.00/cwt	835.00–1,000.00	9,153	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	1,046.25/cwt	800.00–1,250.00	11,163	44
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	1,226.54/cwt	900.00–1,475.00	12,903	68
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	1,165.83/cwt	975.00–1,360.00	12,101	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	838	41.66/cwt	32.00–52.00	349	20
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,065	75.21/cwt	74.50–76.00	801	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,021	937.86/cwt	875.00–985.00	9,576	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,290	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	741.25/cwt	675.00–850.00	8,154	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	844.00/cwt	750.00–960.00	10,128	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	892	932.08/cwt	750.00–1,075.00	8,314	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	16,200	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	875	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,250	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	875	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	69.19/cwt	67.50–72.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	142.74/cwt	142.00–143.00	755	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	64.17/cwt	59.00–66.00	816	25
Bulls	—	—	1,522	75.95/cwt	70.00–78.50	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	297	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	983	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	144.74/cwt	144.00–145.50	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	543	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	65.91/cwt	65.25–68.00	768	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	59.46/cwt	55.00–64.25	614	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	131.06/cwt	125.00–140.00	767	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	828	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,023	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	129.19/cwt	128.25–136.25	1,009	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	131.01/cwt	125.00–134.00	883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	131.89/cwt	121.00–137.00	834	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	136.39/cwt	135.00–141.00	642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	162.87/cwt	161.00–164.50	792	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	132.87/cwt	131.00–140.00	752	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	183.91/cwt	175.00–190.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	140.77/cwt	139.00–141.50	731	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	180.62/cwt	180.00–181.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	177.77/cwt	173.00–181.00	405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	158.09/cwt	154.00–159.00	602	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	158.05/cwt	151.00–165.00	847	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	405	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	146.85/cwt	141.00–149.50	671	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	128.83/cwt	127.50–135.00	783	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	143.07/cwt	131.00–154.50	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	146.91/cwt	139.50–159.00	923	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	141.65/cwt	140.00–142.50	809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	885	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	154.20/cwt	153.00–156.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	506	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	893	27

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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