Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves 300-450 lbs 20.00 lower; 450-500 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-350 lbs traded 5.00-7.00 higher; 350-500 lbs 3.00-6.00 lower. Steer and heifers over 500 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Trade moderate, instances active. Demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to weak.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.55/cwt on 874 head.

Average price

$183.55

874 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$793

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3-4

$145.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.01

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	192.52	1,062	579
Medium and Large 1-2	536	182.08	976	174
Medium and Large 2	572	159.94	915	86
Medium and Large 4	313	137.62	431	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	600	131.20	787	5thin
Small 3-4	575	46.77	269	14thin

One grade step is worth $145.75/cwt here — about $793 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 sale874 hd

183.55

—

NM average4 barns · 2,841 hd

183.53

+0.01

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	1,626	83.73	1,362	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,364	67.11	915	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	66.33	798	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	55.42	555	52

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,127	$1,053	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,002	$1,021	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,223	$925	18
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,057	$825	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	881	$804	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$710	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	973	$700	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,020	$675	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	897	$967	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,131	$1,328	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	926	$1,267	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	700	$660	2thin

Every lot, as filed

154 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	—	583	179.39/cwt	175.00–182.50	1,046	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	144.95/cwt	142.00–154.00	977	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	163.42/cwt	155.00–169.50	879	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	153.47/cwt	147.00–155.00	948	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	157.05/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,139	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	209.89/cwt	187.00–221.00	789	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	178.42/cwt	175.00–185.00	906	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	710	2
Steers	Small 3-4Mexican Origin	—	510	51.76/cwt	40.00–60.00	264	5
Steers	Small 3-4Mexican Origin	—	611	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	269	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	168.35/cwt	162.00–171.50	948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	179.33/cwt	178.00–180.00	696	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	182.41/cwt	180.00–185.00	772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	685	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	173.60/cwt	168.00–179.00	901	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	158.66/cwt	152.00–161.00	985	38
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	313	137.62/cwt	132.00–143.00	431	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	164.52/cwt	155.00–171.00	786	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	737	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,109	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	163.65/cwt	161.00–166.00	854	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	191.04/cwt	182.00–198.50	1,085	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	133.66/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	770	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,113	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	145.09/cwt	145.00–145.50	1,127	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	237	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	147.15/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,005	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	179.44/cwt	172.00–186.50	770	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	541	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	979	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	819	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,122	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	178.02/cwt	170.00–182.00	650	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	183.97/cwt	180.00–193.00	688	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	174.70/cwt	169.00–181.00	823	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	194.81/cwt	185.00–203.00	619	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	147.19/cwt	146.00–147.50	1,144	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	837	132.94/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	148.52/cwt	143.00–153.50	1,084	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	161.78/cwt	156.50–165.00	1,077	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	164.93/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,171	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	166.63/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,138	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	234	219.36/cwt	210.00–224.00	513	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	183.44/cwt	180.00–185.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	212.77/cwt	200.00–224.00	689	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	179.80/cwt	175.00–187.00	1,135	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	234.87/cwt	228.00–240.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	217.18/cwt	212.00–222.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	195.56/cwt	186.00–201.00	821	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,211	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	243	238.51/cwt	238.00–239.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	223.23/cwt	215.00–240.00	846	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	207.88/cwt	198.00–215.00	985	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	192.76/cwt	190.00–195.00	927	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	164.31/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,015	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	237.14/cwt	228.00–246.00	775	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	744	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	588	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	556	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,361	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	194.76/cwt	189.00–201.00	1,024	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	209.52/cwt	200.00–219.00	888	45
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	355	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	107	33
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	401	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	429	49
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	27
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	426	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	281	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 4	—	388	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	891	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	584	158.92/cwt	158.00–159.00	928	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	145.76/cwt	143.00–148.50	894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	805	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	62.72/cwt	60.00–67.50	697	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	49.07/cwt	40.50–52.75	436	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,306	68.81/cwt	68.50–70.00	899	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	70.27/cwt	68.00–72.00	858	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	953	48.67/cwt	44.50–52.00	464	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	65.67/cwt	60.00–69.00	801	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	55.96/cwt	53.00–60.00	583	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	899	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	65.63/cwt	62.50–68.50	956	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,130	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	802	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,095	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	756	1
Bulls	—	—	1,583	79.34/cwt	72.25–83.50	1,256	6
Bulls	—	—	1,691	90.31/cwt	86.25–95.00	1,527	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	775	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	700	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	833.33/head	800.00–900.00	833	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	787.50/head	775.00–800.00	788	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	885	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	652	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	850.00/head	800.00–900.00	850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,159	1,320.00/head	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,320	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	975.00/head	900.00–1,075.00	975	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	875.00/head	800.00–1,025.00	875	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	839.29/head	800.00–1,050.00	839	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,294	1,002.50/head	950.00–1,075.00	1,003	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	710.00/head	710.00–710.00	710	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	1,000.00/head	950.00–1,050.00	1,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	1,091.67/head	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,092	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,150.00/head	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,150	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,400.00/head	1,350.00–1,500.00	1,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	180.41/cwt	176.00–185.00	579	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	147.21/cwt	144.00–151.00	846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	136.99/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	146.40/cwt	143.00–150.00	916	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	155.50/cwt	150.50–158.00	891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	160.89/cwt	155.00–166.00	735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	153.03/cwt	150.00–156.00	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,043	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	165.83/cwt	157.00–169.00	942	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	170.30/cwt	167.00–176.50	712	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	298	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	183.03/cwt	180.00–186.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	238	206.23/cwt	201.00–207.00	491	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	862	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	532	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	167.00/cwt	164.00–168.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	134.50/cwt	133.00–135.00	966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	154.34/cwt	151.00–157.50	803	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	585	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	768	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	708	137.48/cwt	135.50–138.50	973	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	142.36/cwt	141.50–143.00	1,172	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	512	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	174	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	633	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	462	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	962	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	798	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,101	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	989	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	716	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,020	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	596	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	897	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,093	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,412.50/head	1,375.00–1,450.00	1,413	2

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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