Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 400 lbs not well tested. Steer calves 400-600 lbs mostly 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold mostly 2.00-6.00 higher, except 400-450 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs and 700-750 lbs traded 13.00-20.00 higher, with 650-700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower; 750-850 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs steady to 1.00 lower; over 650 lbs have insufficient numbers to compare. Trade active to very active, demand good to very good. Several large consignments of feeders coming off wheat were offered in the mix. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.59/cwt on 1,060 head.

Average price

$198.59

1,060 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$54.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.21

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	200.08	1,338	989
Large 1	578	196.35	1,135	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	675	174.43	1,178	42
Medium and Large 2	643	172.00	1,106	10thin
Large 2	818	145.33	1,189	3thin

One grade step is worth $54.75/cwt here — about $149 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 sale1,060 hd

198.59

—

NM average4 barns · 2,656 hd

202.80

−4.21

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	1,571	100.68	1,582	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	90.71	1,257	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	88.04	1,036	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,056	78.00	824	39

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)	1,235	$1,298	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	945	$1,275	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,166	$1,273	29
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,214	$1,133	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	947	$992	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,015	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,053	$775	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$1,425	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,567	$1,686	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,079	$1,657	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,069	$1,512	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,063	$944	4thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$1,175	5

Every lot, as filed

121 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	830	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	623	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,304	90.08/cwt	88.25–91.50	1,175	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,361	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,198	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	343	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	178.85/cwt	166.00–182.00	1,381	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	170.50/cwt	165.00–172.75	1,552	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	745	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	223.06/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,298	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	192.94/cwt	180.50–195.00	1,302	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	191.68/cwt	180.00–194.50	1,392	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	191.26/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,075	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	169.91/cwt	168.00–175.00	1,245	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	252.08/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,051	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	193.83/cwt	183.00–201.00	1,217	37
Steers	Large 1	—	578	196.35/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,135	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	657	2
Steers	Large 2	—	805	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,095	1
Steers	Large 2	—	735	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	629	213.52/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,343	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	175.06/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	224.46/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,089	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	173.67/cwt	166.00–178.00	1,419	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	161.75/cwt	161.50–162.00	1,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,135	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	220.85/cwt	214.00–225.00	941	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	153.46/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,485	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	254.84/cwt	250.00–260.00	968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	465	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,125	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	328	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	197	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	818	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	773	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,422	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	407	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,079	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	339	232.55/cwt	230.00–235.00	788	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	515	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	811	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,006	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	539	198.53/cwt	192.00–203.00	1,070	10
Bulls	Large 3	—	1,015	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	985	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	355	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,074	1
Bred Cows	Large 2	—	1,167	865.00/head	810.00–975.00	865	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	1,750.00/head	1,650.00–1,800.00	1,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	800	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,139	85.25/cwt	85.00–86.00	971	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	61.14/cwt	56.00–68.00	558	3
Bulls	—	—	1,770	106.05/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,877	5
Bulls	—	—	1,240	91.73/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,137	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,214	1,133.33/head	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,133	9
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	850	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	887.50/head	850.00–925.00	888	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	1,462.50/head	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,463	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	945	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	905	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	937.50/head	800.00–1,075.00	938	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,276	1,550.00/head	1,325.00–1,650.00	1,550	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,166	1,273.28/head	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,273	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	775.00/head	700.00–850.00	775	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	986	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,083	1,641.67/head	1,575.00–1,675.00	1,642	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium 3	—	950	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	1,533.33/head	1,525.00–1,550.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,607	1,734.38/head	1,550.00–2,000.00	1,734	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Registered	—	1,250	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	181.98/cwt	176.00–189.00	1,157	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	1,300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	667	184.99/cwt	179.00–187.50	1,234	7
Heifers	Large 3	—	362	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	737	171.34/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,263	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	386	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	641	181.82/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,165	29
Heifers	Large 3-4	—	1,007	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	172.98/cwt	170.00–175.00	993	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	218.24/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,032	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	168.67/cwt	158.00–176.00	1,115	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	182.38/cwt	180.00–186.00	970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	192.98/cwt	190.00–194.00	936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	727	110.76/cwt	110.00–112.00	805	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	223.34/cwt	222.00–234.00	748	8
Heifers	Medium 3	—	398	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	687	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	155.50/cwt	150.00–161.00	958	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	188.83/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,084	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	201.75/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,047	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	224.42/cwt	213.00–231.00	860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	179.99/cwt	179.00–181.00	1,109	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	167.49/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,270	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	628	4
Steers	Large 2	—	915	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,318	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	430	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	214.12/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,122	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	281	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	593	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	80.33/cwt	73.50–83.00	867	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,193	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,255	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,268	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	90.19/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,060	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	91.67/cwt	88.25–95.00	1,289	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	84.78/cwt	82.00–88.00	959	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	83.63/cwt	82.50–85.00	1,179	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	73.26/cwt	70.00–76.00	700	10

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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