Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison with last week available due to reporters absence last week. Trade active, demand good for all classes. Quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.67/cwt on 717 head.

Average price

$167.67

717 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$143

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$38.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	170.74	992	316
Medium and Large 1-2	571	168.12	959	357
Medium and Large 2	560	152.00	851	22
Large 1	860	132.00	1,135	22

One grade step is worth $38.74/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale717 hd

167.67

—

NM average4 barns · 2,350 hd

167.56

+0.11

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	1,816	86.69	1,574	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	62.04	924	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,247	61.84	771	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	51.87	535	42

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 1Unweaned	—	491	161.67/cwt	161.00–162.00	794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	655	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	177.07/cwt	174.00–182.00	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	148.33/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,157	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	149.63/cwt	148.50–150.50	937	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	772	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	643	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	422	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	661	142.85/cwt	142.50–145.50	944	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	592	149.81/cwt	149.00–160.00	887	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	979	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	788	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	317	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	494	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	761	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	148.00/cwt	146.00–150.00	821	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	390	188.79/cwt	186.00–190.00	736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	526	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	815	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	868	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,032	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	152.88/cwt	146.00–156.00	810	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	794	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,032	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	159.87/cwt	156.00–162.00	835	121
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	736	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	958	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,111	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	55.31/cwt	52.00–62.00	606	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	30.50/cwt	30.50–30.50	371	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	62.04/cwt	60.00–63.50	924	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	833	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	63.17/cwt	59.00–68.00	816	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	44.86/cwt	38.50–48.00	432	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	53.42/cwt	52.00–54.00	570	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	937	53.94/cwt	52.00–54.50	505	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,003	47.03/cwt	36.50–48.00	472	9
Bulls	—	—	1,545	74.67/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,154	3
Bulls	—	—	2,075	94.90/cwt	94.25–95.50	1,969	3
Bulls	—	—	1,820	87.83/cwt	82.25–92.50	1,599	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	527	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	165.30/cwt	155.00–169.50	711	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	199.75/cwt	191.00–210.00	835	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	205.85/cwt	200.00–210.00	778	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	391	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	156.73/cwt	143.00–158.50	1,074	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	167.13/cwt	163.50–168.00	1,021	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	199.32/cwt	191.00–205.00	851	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	173.72/cwt	172.00–174.50	966	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	203.47/cwt	201.00–211.00	755	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	142.56/cwt	135.00–145.50	1,129	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	181.76/cwt	170.00–186.00	956	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	147.75/cwt	145.50–150.00	866	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,253	53
Steers	Large 1	—	860	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,135	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	166.56/cwt	163.00–176.00	966	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	176.26/cwt	168.00–181.50	920	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	965	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	189.44/cwt	185.00–195.50	923	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	958	701.67/cwt	625.00–810.00	6,722	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	1,038.02/cwt	600.00–1,300.00	11,698	53
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	500.00/cwt	450.00–650.00	4,625	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,725	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	850	405.00/cwt	310.00–500.00	3,443	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	750	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	739.52/cwt	600.00–875.00	7,536	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	530.00/cwt	525.00–535.00	5,035	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	754.81/cwt	500.00–910.00	7,873	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	895.00/cwt	675.00–950.00	8,503	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	1,300.83/cwt	1,225.00–1,325.00	12,462	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	850	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	7,863	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	9,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,000.00/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	10,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	15,300	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,044	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	163.21/cwt	161.00–166.50	558	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,094	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	591	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	689	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	931	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	158.48/cwt	153.00–166.50	751	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	168.48/cwt	168.00–169.00	721	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	899	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	998	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	144.63/cwt	139.00–153.00	914	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	165.31/cwt	163.00–167.00	636	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	149.82/cwt	136.00–155.00	843	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	161.31/cwt	161.00–161.50	518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	547	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	158.38/cwt	156.50–161.00	774	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	162.26/cwt	155.00–171.00	617	32

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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