Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeders 2.00-3.00 lower with a higher percentage of unweaned calves offered this week. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady on comparable quotes, feeders over 600 lbs.5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 3.00 lower but quality not as attractive. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.27/cwt on 251 head.

Average price

$155.27

251 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

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

$3.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.09

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	320	157.00	502	4thin
Medium and Large 1	518	156.42	810	135
Medium and Large 1-2	488	153.83	751	112

One grade step is worth $3.17/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale251 hd

155.27

—

NM average3 barns · 573 hd

155.18

+0.09

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	1,655	82.64	1,368	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,117	66.56	744	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,615	66.35	1,071	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	954	59.76	570	54

Every lot, as filed

102 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 1-2	—	250	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	977	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	502	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	209.40/cwt	206.00–213.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	246	218.49/cwt	215.00–222.00	537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	147.79/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,185	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	302	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	155.47/cwt	150.00–157.00	729	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	600	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	166.10/cwt	165.00–167.50	938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,160	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	947	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	156.39/cwt	156.00–158.00	752	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	891	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	183.59/cwt	180.00–185.00	861	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	620	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	525	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	426	179.73/cwt	174.00–184.00	766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	620	146.45/cwt	145.00–151.00	908	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	153.68/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,020	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	174.59/cwt	174.00–176.00	924	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	452	185.68/cwt	185.50–186.00	839	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	360	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	411	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	280	211.41/cwt	210.00–212.00	592	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	567	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	448	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	501	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	391	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	347	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	573	152.53/cwt	150.00–154.00	874	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	662	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	993	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	385	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	289	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	261	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	710	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	625	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	722	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	62.46/cwt	56.50–68.00	610	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	359	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	50.02/cwt	45.00–55.00	437	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,098	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	68.69/cwt	67.50–70.00	1,041	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	53.46/cwt	50.00–58.25	555	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	73.28/cwt	73.00–73.50	926	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	66.98/cwt	61.00–72.00	745	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	710	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	256	1
Bulls	—	—	1,533	74.64/cwt	62.50–82.00	1,144	8
Bulls	—	—	1,764	89.76/cwt	84.00–97.50	1,583	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	6,188	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	7,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,695	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	7,740	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	991.67/cwt	925.00–1,125.00	7,606	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	822.31/cwt	710.00–910.00	9,950	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	794.64/cwt	700.00–885.00	9,639	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	675.00/cwt	650.00–700.00	6,413	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	906.25/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	9,606	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	819.74/cwt	700.00–925.00	9,665	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	800	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,200	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	800	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,079	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	158.02/cwt	151.00–167.00	841	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	153.60/cwt	146.00–156.00	791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	140.48/cwt	136.00–145.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	167.71/cwt	158.50–181.00	475	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	60.00/cwt	1.44–149.00	370	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	983	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	176.43/cwt	161.00–178.00	593	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	152.28/cwt	147.00–157.00	798	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	168.06/cwt	163.50–171.00	691	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	991	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	567	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	165.91/cwt	153.00–172.00	640	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,097	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,788	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,115.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,175.00	11,819	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	1,176.82/cwt	1,010.00–1,450.00	11,498	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,738	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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