Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves sold mostly steady, with 500-550 lbs 8.00 lower. Heifer calves were steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers traded steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder Heifers were 3.00-7.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.83/cwt on 780 head.

Average price

$191.83

780 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$22

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$46.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.02

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	193.77	1,135	644
Medium and Large 1-2	537	186.15	999	116
Medium 1-2	543	166.40	903	5thin
Large 1	535	166.00	888	1thin
Small and Medium 3	402	165.00	663	2thin
Medium 2	497	161.85	805	10thin
Large 2	787	147.00	1,157	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.77/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale780 hd

191.83

—

NM average4 barns · 3,090 hd

193.84

−2.02

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	1,482	90.98	1,348	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,207	74.71	902	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,082	68.32	739	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	892	58.34	520	57

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	974	$1,100	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,162	$1,019	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,013	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,119	$930	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,107	$925	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$900	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,057	$879	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$869	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	950	$813	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	895	$800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,175	2thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	285	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	171.17/cwt	164.00–172.50	1,143	14
Steers	Medium 2	—	610	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	927	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	487	154.10/cwt	149.00–162.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	174.89/cwt	165.00–179.50	1,104	12
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	402	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	950	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	425	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	757	1
Steers	Large 2	—	787	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,157	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	159.66/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,327	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	193.36/cwt	191.00–195.00	901	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	690	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	193.77/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,118	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	176.27/cwt	170.00–183.00	903	49
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	665	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	127.50/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	427	160.90/cwt	160.00–163.00	687	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	172.80/cwt	168.00–179.00	928	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	189.92/cwt	181.00–192.00	792	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	179.29/cwt	177.00–184.00	852	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	195.80/cwt	189.00–206.00	746	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	162.91/cwt	158.00–164.50	1,088	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	156.14/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	184.29/cwt	180.00–186.00	757	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	164.76/cwt	158.00–166.50	1,054	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	212.31/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,013	86
Steers	Medium 2	—	412	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	241.90/cwt	237.00–246.00	815	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	230.81/cwt	224.00–238.00	863	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	167.62/cwt	164.50–171.00	1,302	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	572	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	724	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,191	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	196.60/cwt	189.00–201.00	641	15
Heifers	Large 2	—	940	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,175	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	974	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	184.38/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,075	46
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,086	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	940	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	209.25/cwt	209.25–209.25	1,182	52
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	277	221.62/cwt	209.00–225.00	614	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,064	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	202.76/cwt	200.00–210.00	641	13
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	895	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,440	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	1,075.00/head	975.00–1,125.00	1,075	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	495	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	182.48/cwt	170.00–188.50	1,135	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	199.44/cwt	192.00–209.00	1,053	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	196.03/cwt	187.00–205.00	851	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	220.33/cwt	211.00–229.00	908	25
Steers	Large 1	—	535	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	888	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	925	585.00/head	585.00–585.00	585	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	960	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	181.16/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,216	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	933.33/head	850.00–975.00	933	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,020	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	209.03/cwt	208.00–210.00	792	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,002	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	6
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,190	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,070	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Bulls	—	—	1,440	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,231	3
Bulls	—	—	1,545	99.20/cwt	95.50–103.00	1,533	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	69.76/cwt	65.00–72.00	776	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	999	64.48/cwt	60.25–68.50	644	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,207	74.71/cwt	72.50–76.75	902	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	757	45.71/cwt	30.00–50.00	346	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	70.22/cwt	68.00–71.00	699	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	57.07/cwt	52.50–60.50	522	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	876	63.10/cwt	61.50–67.50	553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	171.15/cwt	166.00–178.00	1,244	124
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	687	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	687	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	941	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	861	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	988	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	187.62/cwt	186.00–190.00	662	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	565	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,014	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	170.30/cwt	160.00–179.00	955	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	578	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	974	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	615	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	907	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	175.99/cwt	167.00–180.00	850	11
Heifers	Large 2	—	575	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	857	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	458	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,011	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	626	165.51/cwt	156.50–168.50	1,036	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	684	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,135	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	328	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	169.49/cwt	160.00–175.00	958	54
Heifers	Medium 2	—	381	162.00/cwt	160.00–164.00	617	6

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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