Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 300-350 lbs were 3.00 lower and 350-400 lbs sold 7.00 higher while 500-600 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs were steady and 750-800 lbs sold 1.00 higher .Heifer calves sold sharply higher with the exception of 450-500 lbs being 13.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 14.00 higher. Trade was very active on larger numbers with a moderate market. Slaughter cows were 4.00-7.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Active demand with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $271.48/cwt on 865 head.

Average price

$271.48

865 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$850

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$151.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.55

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	282.71	1,441	657
Medium and Large 1-2	479	247.55	1,185	60
Large 2	418	244.30	1,022	100
Large 1-2	485	244.16	1,184	9thin
Medium 1	654	236.02	1,543	14thin
Medium and Large 2	418	225.40	943	5thin
Medium 1-2	545	196.25	1,069	8thin
Large 2-3	452	138.20	624	5thin
Small 3	450	131.43	591	7thin

One grade step is worth $151.28/cwt here — about $850 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 sale865 hd

271.48

—

NM average3 barns · 1,467 hd

264.93

+6.55

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	1,773	122.74	2,177	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	101.70	1,235	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,059	91.44	968	46

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$1,355	32
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,287	$1,325	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,170	$1,269	32
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,163	$1,215	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,200	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,192	$1,175	17
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,162	$1,133	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,029	$1,100	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	998	$1,058	10
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	872	$1,084	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,240	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,025	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,173	$1,766	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,058	$1,438	10
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

142 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	1,452.78/head	1,325.00–1,900.00	1,453	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,222	1,700.00/head	1,400.00–1,975.00	1,700	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,220	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	430	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	998	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	488	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	986	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	245.38/cwt	225.00–252.50	1,143	20
Heifers	Large 2	—	390	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	800	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	300	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	702	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,362	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	318	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	517	234.44/cwt	233.50–235.00	1,212	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	253.38/cwt	246.50–256.00	1,105	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	209.20/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,333	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	596	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	233.37/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,223	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	402	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	440	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	266.40/cwt	257.00–274.00	978	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	193.97/cwt	187.00–201.00	1,424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	210.47/cwt	201.00–216.00	1,616	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	245.80/cwt	224.00–250.00	1,278	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	254.45/cwt	246.00–275.00	870	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	306.04/cwt	290.00–315.00	857	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	235.42/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,088	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	390	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,076	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	234.04/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,542	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	268.77/cwt	265.00–285.00	976	19
Heifers	Medium 1	—	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	447	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	283	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	877	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,154	1,853.57/head	1,625.00–2,050.00	1,854	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,169	1,233.57/head	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,234	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	1,268.75/head	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,269	32
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	1,084.00/head	835.00–1,250.00	1,084	5
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	910	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,162	1,132.50/head	975.00–1,150.00	1,133	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	1,100.00/head	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,100	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	695	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,286	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	820	166.75/cwt	96.00–200.00	1,367	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	1,200.00/head	1,175.00–1,225.00	1,200	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	960	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	1,160	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,287	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	16
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	1,042.50/head	935.00–1,150.00	1,043	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,192	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	1,125.00/head	935.00–1,260.00	1,125	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,186	1,244.44/head	1,200.00–1,275.00	1,244	9
Bulls	—	—	1,340	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,407	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,180	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,097	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	101.37/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,253	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	105.59/cwt	103.25–110.00	1,250	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	94.75/cwt	93.50–97.50	1,013	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	81.41/cwt	73.50–87.00	773	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	96.30/cwt	95.00–97.75	1,191	9
Bulls	—	—	1,721	117.24/cwt	115.00–119.25	2,018	4
Bulls	—	—	1,865	128.42/cwt	123.00–132.50	2,395	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	98.23/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,199	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	91.57/cwt	87.00–94.25	992	18
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,198	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,395	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,464	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	459	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,180	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,934	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	302	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	574	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	408	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	408	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	342	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	739	14
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	527	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	791	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	447	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	277	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	356	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	506	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	303	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	330	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,833	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 1-2	—	552	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	850	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	356	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	463	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	383	216.26/cwt	210.00–218.00	828	81
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	476	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	552	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	515	265.71/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,368	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	296	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	332.37/cwt	314.00–342.00	1,117	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	213.51/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,533	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	315.70/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,351	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	346.80/cwt	339.00–351.50	943	26
Steers	Medium 1	—	646	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,518	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	437	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	874	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	520	250.60/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,303	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	2
Steers	Medium 1	—	825	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,658	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	285	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	319.83/cwt	302.00–336.00	1,209	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	260.40/cwt	256.00–264.00	984	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	251.99/cwt	231.00–256.00	1,560	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	285.21/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,380	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	230.69/cwt	228.00–232.00	1,813	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	900	2
Steers	Large 2	—	418	246.84/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,032	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	227.90/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	267.85/cwt	260.50–290.00	1,404	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	220.80/cwt	203.00–230.00	1,824	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	380	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	699	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	571	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,285	3
Steers	Small 3	—	392	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	256.26/cwt	237.00–260.00	1,192	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	271.45/cwt	256.00–278.00	1,520	145
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	242.28/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,018	4
Steers	Large 2	—	472	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,142	31
Steers	Large 2-3	—	465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	791	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	552	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	810	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,644	2
Steers	Large 2	—	367	243.58/cwt	233.00–246.00	894	32
Steers	Small 3	—	672	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	422	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,211	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	346	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	231.11/cwt	216.00–237.00	1,283	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	582	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,374	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	702	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,481	2
Steers	Large 2-3	—	443	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	518	3
Steers	Small 3	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	270.95/cwt	261.00–294.00	1,152	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	234.27/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,464	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	294.13/cwt	286.00–304.00	932	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	247.57/cwt	231.00–256.00	1,446	120

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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