Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared, to last week, steer calves under 400 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher; 400-500 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher; 550-600 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower. Heifer calves sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher, with the exception of 400-450 lb heifers trading 6.00 lower. Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 5.00-10.00 higher on comparable sales. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.13/cwt on 1,169 head.

Average price

$185.13

1,169 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$593

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

$90.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	190.70	1,040	874
Medium and Large 1-2	535	179.71	962	187
Medium and Large 2	565	162.10	916	50
Medium and Large 2-3	443	142.72	632	44
Medium and Large 3	475	130.00	618	10thin
Small and Medium 2	652	129.00	841	2thin
Small and Medium 2-3	447	100.00	447	2thin

One grade step is worth $90.70/cwt here — about $593 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 sale1,169 hd

185.13

—

NM average3 barns · 2,223 hd

184.29

+0.84

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	1,748	82.83	1,448	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,487	66.96	996	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	64.72	784	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	58.01	633	62

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,171	$894	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,058	$870	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,173	$867	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,133	$850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$1,175	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

131 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	Small and Medium 2	—	652	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	164.49/cwt	163.00–165.00	857	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	980	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,137	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,022	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	717	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,026	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,018	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	154.32/cwt	149.00–158.00	745	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	447	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	636	161.25/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,026	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	371	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,355	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	585	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	335	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	858	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	546	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	765	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,014	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	698	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	199.60/cwt	193.00–212.00	950	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	546	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,029	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	241.04/cwt	230.00–248.00	788	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	139.27/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,288	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	260	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	447	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	452	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	963	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	161.11/cwt	157.00–161.50	1,110	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	403	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	911	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	658	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	951	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	822	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	145.47/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,058	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	402	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	218.04/cwt	210.00–227.00	706	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	189.21/cwt	186.00–192.00	916	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	184.65/cwt	180.00–191.00	777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	194.85/cwt	192.00–204.00	822	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	215.94/cwt	206.00–224.00	821	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	403	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	179.59/cwt	175.75–186.00	1,038	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	158.65/cwt	156.00–162.00	1,007	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	192.10/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,003	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	177.48/cwt	171.00–184.00	923	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	170.36/cwt	165.00–176.00	978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	157.67/cwt	156.00–163.00	1,077	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	209.97/cwt	203.00–218.00	880	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,160	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	167.55/cwt	155.00–171.00	1,203	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	170.23/cwt	156.00–170.60	1,299	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	240.43/cwt	237.00–249.00	902	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	302	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	171.29/cwt	164.00–180.00	1,079	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	225	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	274	222.42/cwt	220.00–225.00	609	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	—	394	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	532	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	758	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	606	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	891	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	795	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	935	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	126.72/cwt	126.50–127.00	902	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,350	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	972	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	61.13/cwt	60.00–64.00	720	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	69.31/cwt	67.00–71.50	1,020	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	50.62/cwt	44.00–57.50	451	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	57.79/cwt	54.25–60.00	633	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	64.84/cwt	63.50–65.00	981	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	70.40/cwt	67.50–75.00	884	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	63.21/cwt	58.50–66.00	749	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,127	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	699	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,320	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	858	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,350	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	959	1
Bulls	—	—	1,748	90.41/cwt	90.25–90.50	1,580	3
Bulls	—	—	1,748	80.94/cwt	74.00–84.50	1,415	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	775.00/head	725.00–800.00	775	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	933.75/head	850.00–985.00	934	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	866.67/head	800.00–900.00	867	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,328	1,012.50/head	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,013	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	705	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	428	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	620	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	902	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	149.04/cwt	146.00–151.00	875	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	667	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	927	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	467	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	514	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	363	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	421	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	532	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	191.96/cwt	185.00–196.00	609	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	598	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,047	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,150	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	441	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	811	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	226	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	194.16/cwt	190.00–198.00	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	163.58/cwt	153.00–169.00	924	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	171.79/cwt	163.00–177.50	744	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	175.55/cwt	170.00–181.00	674	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	189.07/cwt	185.00–195.00	722	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	172.31/cwt	167.00–182.00	824	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	168.48/cwt	160.00–172.50	876	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	148.15/cwt	143.00–155.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	138.39/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,129	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,047	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	157.00/cwt	156.00–158.00	983	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	153.12/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,029	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,162	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	167.58/cwt	161.00–172.00	799	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	957	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	161.24/cwt	155.00–168.00	838	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	721	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	149.50/cwt	148.00–151.00	900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	763	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	130.44/cwt	130.00–131.00	746	7

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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