Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cows steady, with boner cow trading 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady, instances 3.00-6.00 higher on high dressing bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.98/cwt on 587 head.

Average price

$149.98

587 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$97.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.68

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	186.15	1,081	180
Medium and Large 1-2	611	169.75	1,038	165
Medium and Large 2	700	138.19	967	32
Medium and Large 2-3	651	127.61	830	18thin
Medium and Large 3-4	398	113.00	450	70
Medium and Large 4	400	101.00	404	76
Medium 4	419	92.66	389	35
Large 2-3	947	88.50	838	11thin

One grade step is worth $97.65/cwt here — about $243 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 sale587 hd

149.98

—

NM average3 barns · 820 hd

158.66

−8.68

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	1,364	82.43	1,124	89
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,361	85.76	1,167	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	79.44	905	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	929	62.92	584	12

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,243	$975	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$810	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,046	$800	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	817	$670	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$900	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$825	2thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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	—	382	197.43/cwt	187.00–201.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	219.36/cwt	212.00–221.00	717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	987	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,055	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	169.66/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,247	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	204.63/cwt	200.00–208.00	857	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	194.13/cwt	193.00–195.00	858	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	782	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	922	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	280	214.00/cwt	213.00–215.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	311	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	613	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	63.96/cwt	63.00–65.00	610	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,094	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	168.90/cwt	167.00–169.00	787	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	162.78/cwt	160.00–166.00	793	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	151.46/cwt	141.00–153.00	989	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	1,078	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	1,019	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	219	172.43/cwt	170.00–175.00	378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	164.04/cwt	163.00–166.00	955	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	179.00/cwt	177.00–182.00	548	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,091	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	—	398	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	450	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	286	211.03/cwt	210.00–218.00	604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	400	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	404	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	181.69/cwt	180.00–184.00	491	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	176.43/cwt	173.50–177.50	649	24
Steers	Medium 4	—	349	96.11/cwt	90.00–100.00	335	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	134.01/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,126	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	165.59/cwt	162.00–172.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	159.69/cwt	159.00–162.50	1,139	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	214.76/cwt	212.00–222.00	472	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	193.38/cwt	188.00–196.00	980	19
Steers	Medium 4	—	494	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	440	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	150.89/cwt	148.50–157.00	859	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	196.53/cwt	191.00–205.00	945	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	459	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	210.21/cwt	200.00–213.00	820	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	175.91/cwt	170.00–180.00	990	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,035	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,240	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	164.44/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,023	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,113	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	163.90/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,246	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	184.72/cwt	175.00–186.00	898	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	175.30/cwt	170.00–181.00	913	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	335	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	543	1
Steers	Large 2-3Fleshy	—	947	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	838	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	166.35/cwt	165.00–167.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	159.55/cwt	159.00–161.00	997	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,255	90.65/cwt	89.00–92.25	1,138	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,072	78.30/cwt	78.00–79.00	839	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	770	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	424	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	858	68.22/cwt	65.00–70.50	585	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	55.72/cwt	52.50–60.00	508	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	498	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	895	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	671	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	79.98/cwt	75.00–85.00	957	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	66.66/cwt	63.00–70.00	675	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	375	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	634	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,410	87.43/cwt	85.50–89.50	1,233	3
Bulls	—	—	1,359	83.43/cwt	78.25–89.25	1,134	63
Bulls	—	—	1,951	108.26/cwt	106.50–110.25	2,112	4
Bulls	—	—	1,793	94.68/cwt	94.25–95.00	1,698	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,051	70.63/cwt	67.00–75.50	742	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,239	72.12/cwt	63.00–74.75	894	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	817	670.00/head	600.00–750.00	670	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	825	825.00/head	800.00–850.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	150.85/cwt	150.00–152.00	962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	368	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	681	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	511	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	172.52/cwt	171.00–175.00	735	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	143.33/cwt	143.00–146.00	764	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,080	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	159.58/cwt	158.00–165.00	847	41

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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