Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves 350-400 lbs were 8.00 higher; 400-450 lbs sold 14.00 higher. Steer calves 450-500 lbs were 2.00 lower while 500-600 lbs were steady. Heifer calves under 400 lbs were 5.00 higher; 400-450 lbs sold 9.00 lower. Heifer calves 450-500 lbs were 10.00 lower and 500 -550 lbs sold steady. 550-600 lbs were 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs were steady; 650-700 lbs sold 4.00 higher while 750-850 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 11.00 lower and 650-700 lbs sold 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700-750 lbs were 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 2.00-7.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Trade was moderate to active while demand was moderate to active also. Large numbers of bred cows and pairs led to excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.10/cwt on 459 head.

Average price

$195.10

459 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$829

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$115.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.89

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	205.13	1,302	368
Medium and Large 1-2	514	187.75	965	31
Medium and Large 2	596	159.51	951	14thin
Medium 2	451	153.60	693	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	585	150.00	878	17thin
Large 1	578	139.20	805	10thin
Medium and Large 3	540	110.00	594	2thin
Small 3	527	89.92	474	12thin

One grade step is worth $115.21/cwt here — about $829 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 sale459 hd

195.10

—

NM average4 barns · 1,234 hd

203.98

−8.89

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	1,664	100.67	1,675	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,471	99.50	1,464	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,121	95.93	1,075	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,120	84.73	949	21

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)	1,277	$1,542	19
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,520	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,370	$1,343	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,119	$1,210	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,206	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,153	$1,163	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,148	$1,100	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	943	$1,575	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$1,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,235	$1,947	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,167	$1,758	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,219	$1,632	44

Every lot, as filed

118 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 1Guaranteed Open	—	832	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	164.97/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,356	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	170.31/cwt	169.00–171.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	709	167.45/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,187	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	208.05/cwt	200.00–216.00	863	23
Heifers	Medium 2	—	384	157.79/cwt	151.00–165.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	170.82/cwt	166.00–172.00	810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	330	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	203.99/cwt	192.00–210.00	977	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	228.10/cwt	222.00–234.00	721	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	214.22/cwt	211.00–215.00	992	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,183	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	193.82/cwt	189.00–196.00	1,116	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	164.21/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,048	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	205.50/cwt	193.00–210.00	1,085	10
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	612	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	439	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	926	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	608	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,173	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	188.03/cwt	181.00–192.50	1,264	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	636	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	168.62/cwt	166.00–174.00	1,219	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	160.40/cwt	150.00–169.00	924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	694	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,194	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	605	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	227.05/cwt	222.00–230.00	845	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,064	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,039	1,868.75/head	1,525.00–2,050.00	1,869	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,202	1,509.72/head	1,300.00–1,775.00	1,510	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,294	1,966.07/head	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,966	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,231	1,717.31/head	1,100.00–1,925.00	1,717	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,153	1,162.50/head	875.00–1,400.00	1,163	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	116.50/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,369	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,277	1,542.11/head	1,000.00–1,800.00	1,542	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	1,206.25/head	925.00–1,450.00	1,206	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,520	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,148	1,100.00/head	875.00–1,325.00	1,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,119	1,210.00/head	1,050.00–1,400.00	1,210	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	1,343.18/head	950.00–1,500.00	1,343	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	1,645.00/head	1,125.00–1,775.00	1,645	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Bulls	—	—	1,393	97.80/cwt	94.50–100.25	1,362	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	190.27/cwt	182.00–197.00	776	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	444	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	538	185.66/cwt	183.00–187.00	999	25
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	520	89.71/cwt	80.00–105.00	466	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	453	120.81/cwt	115.00–125.00	547	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	580	119.77/cwt	105.00–125.00	695	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	432	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	176.25/cwt	176.25–176.25	1,553	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	257.12/cwt	256.00–261.00	890	13
Steers	Large 1	—	365	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	519	235.67/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,223	15
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	457	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	457	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	253.19/cwt	251.00–255.00	960	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	244.72/cwt	238.00–254.00	712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	197.57/cwt	195.50–203.00	1,215	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	216.66/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,224	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	181.64/cwt	174.00–186.00	1,321	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	491	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	184.40/cwt	176.00–190.00	1,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	245.74/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,022	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	999	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	183.28/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,428	158
Steers	Medium 2	—	435	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	878	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	221.03/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,145	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,115	2
Steers	Small 3	—	388	114.63/cwt	110.00–124.00	445	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	193.61/cwt	190.75–198.00	939	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	187.02/cwt	182.00–192.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,008	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	169.23/cwt	166.00–170.00	973	5
Steers	Large 1	—	1,080	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	233.79/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,108	17
Steers	Small 3	—	703	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	359	3
Steers	Small 3	—	500	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	722	2
Steers	Small 3	—	433	127.04/cwt	125.00–128.00	550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	536	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,051	3
Steers	Large 1Full	—	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	5
Steers	Small 3	—	625	60.02/cwt	57.00–63.00	375	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	450	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	402	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	820	2
Bulls	—	—	1,879	109.13/cwt	102.00–117.50	2,051	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	62.89/cwt	59.00–68.00	650	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,392	86.34/cwt	86.00–86.50	1,202	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	94.65/cwt	94.25–95.50	1,152	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	96.99/cwt	96.50–97.75	1,057	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,345	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	1,083	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	87.20/cwt	80.00–92.50	1,360	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	92.99/cwt	91.00–94.25	1,068	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	99.50/cwt	98.50–100.25	1,464	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	91.40/cwt	87.00–96.00	975	13

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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