Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 7.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. steady. Heifer calves and feeders 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher, bulls 5.00 higher. Trade active, demand very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.90/cwt on 362 head.

Average price

$146.90

362 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$9.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	148.62	752	145
Medium and Large 1-2	504	147.09	741	182
Medium and Large 2	516	138.80	717	35

One grade step is worth $9.83/cwt here — about $35 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 sale362 hd

146.90

—

NM average4 barns · 936 hd

139.79

+7.11

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	1,625	88.74	1,442	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,651	69.69	1,151	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	66.66	823	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	55.81	592	82

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	165.34/cwt	159.00–169.00	589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	132.67/cwt	130.00–137.00	884	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	544	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,003	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	133.19/cwt	131.00–140.00	842	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	71.46/cwt	69.50–72.50	885	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	59.38/cwt	54.00–65.00	667	47
Bulls	—	—	1,305	74.42/cwt	69.00–80.50	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	143.21/cwt	142.50–143.50	981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	946	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	621	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	785	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	187.01/cwt	185.50–188.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	490	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	182.21/cwt	178.00–185.00	835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	893	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	333	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	563	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	151.30/cwt	149.50–154.50	955	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	204.50/cwt	201.00–210.00	460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	162.50/cwt	161.00–167.50	640	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	691	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	857.92/cwt	735.00–935.00	9,368	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	694	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	70.25/cwt	70.25–70.25	875	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	69.69/cwt	69.50–71.00	1,151	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	883	803.33/cwt	635.00–875.00	7,093	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	1,054.29/cwt	900.00–1,275.00	11,376	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,415.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,425.00	17,546	5
Bulls	—	—	1,858	98.89/cwt	98.50–99.25	1,837	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	1,054.21/cwt	900.00–1,300.00	11,407	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,250	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	850	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,248	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	750	712.50/cwt	700.00–725.00	5,344	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	750	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	676.50/cwt	625.00–725.00	7,259	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,369	1,335.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,475.00	18,276	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,585.00/cwt	1,585.00–1,585.00	19,020	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	8,453	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	135.81/cwt	121.00–140.00	701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	147.40/cwt	145.00–150.00	699	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	181.64/cwt	180.50–186.50	712	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	174.63/cwt	165.00–178.50	817	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	65.75/cwt	59.50–69.00	811	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	50.45/cwt	47.50–52.50	490	34
Bulls	—	—	1,638	89.38/cwt	83.00–95.25	1,464	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	450	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	727	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,027	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	154.42/cwt	151.00–156.00	820	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	134.29/cwt	132.00–141.00	755	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	150.48/cwt	145.00–154.00	706	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	135.70/cwt	135.50–136.00	783	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	497	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	155.69/cwt	146.50–163.00	721	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	162.88/cwt	159.00–164.00	534	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	147.60/cwt	145.00–149.50	934	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	160.57/cwt	156.00–163.00	922	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	158.51/cwt	156.00–160.50	900	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	171.85/cwt	169.50–174.00	899	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	163.39/cwt	159.00–165.50	858	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	136.33/cwt	133.50–141.50	739	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,047	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	186.75/cwt	185.50–187.00	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	134.06/cwt	125.00–138.00	904	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	171.68/cwt	168.00–179.00	740	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	157.03/cwt	155.00–162.00	656	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	141.26/cwt	138.50–145.25	739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	138.68/cwt	134.50–139.50	789	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	164.80/cwt	164.00–165.00	730	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	795	5

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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