Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves 300-400 lbs were 1.00-2.00 higher and 400-450 lbs sold 10.00 higher; 450-500 lbs were 12.00 lower while 500-600 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs were 3.00 higher and 650-700 lbs sold sharply lower. 800-850 lbs held steady. Heifer calves 300-500 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher; 500-600 lbs sold 7.00-19.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 14.00 higher. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good on larger numbers. Slaughter cows were 3.00-6.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady. Excellent buyer attendance on a moderate market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $263.55/cwt on 806 head.

Average price

$263.55

806 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$689

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$50.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	265.14	1,529	577
Medium and Large 1-2	449	262.57	1,178	169
Medium 1	539	259.20	1,398	30
Large 1	510	257.00	1,311	2thin
Medium and Large 2	380	245.00	931	25
Large 2	391	215.00	841	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.14/cwt here — about $689 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 sale806 hd

263.55

—

NM average3 barns · 1,646 hd

262.20

+1.34

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	1,684	119.87	2,019	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,279	104.97	1,342	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	99.68	1,253	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,075	86.54	930	72

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)	1,123	$1,483	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,340	$1,479	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,202	$1,350	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,292	$1,344	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,174	$1,280	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,282	$1,277	16
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,190	$1,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,164	$1,150	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,047	$1,075	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,069	$1,741	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,099	$1,720	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,189	$1,640	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$1,617	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$1,600	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,001	$1,375	7

Every lot, as filed

134 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 1	—	575	229.35/cwt	219.50–240.00	1,319	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	314	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	989	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	232.24/cwt	221.00–239.00	1,222	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	220.42/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,583	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	280.22/cwt	268.00–298.00	1,054	22
Heifers	Medium 1	—	642	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	292.01/cwt	284.00–302.00	972	11
Heifers	Medium 1	—	676	205.88/cwt	204.00–220.50	1,392	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	227.82/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,299	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	951	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	244.96/cwt	235.00–268.00	1,159	37
Heifers	Large 1	—	582	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	244.31/cwt	223.00–254.00	1,786	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	386	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,193	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	281.18/cwt	260.00–293.00	1,209	19
Heifers	Large 1	—	305	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	226.36/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,503	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	875	3
Steers	Large 2	—	391	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	256.50/cwt	241.00–265.00	1,462	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	249.71/cwt	224.00–253.50	1,571	96
Steers	Medium 1	—	532	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,420	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	477	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	253.94/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,201	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	261.67/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,384	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	315.24/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,283	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,033	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	809	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	339.51/cwt	326.00–350.00	1,107	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	232.59/cwt	221.00–245.00	1,209	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	392	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,129	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,001	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	278.83/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,350	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	236.89/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,855	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	236.93/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,592	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	204.99/cwt	203.00–206.00	1,783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	326.69/cwt	314.00–340.00	1,186	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	217.16/cwt	206.00–236.00	1,485	8
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	535	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	776	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	323	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	749	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	297.15/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,251	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,056	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	565	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,418	15
Steers	Large 1	—	510	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,311	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	359	231.82/cwt	222.00–238.00	832	115
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	339	185.48/cwt	180.00–187.00	629	9
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	466	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	973	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,897	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,264	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	217.94/cwt	210.00–230.00	739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,143	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	106.59/cwt	105.50–107.00	1,306	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	65.63/cwt	50.00–78.00	678	6
Bulls	—	—	1,078	97.66/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,053	2
Bulls	—	—	1,791	124.40/cwt	120.00–129.00	2,228	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	99.61/cwt	97.00–101.50	1,318	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	102.87/cwt	100.50–105.00	1,225	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,302	104.27/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,358	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	87.86/cwt	86.00–90.00	928	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	92.59/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,046	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	83.15/cwt	79.00–85.00	861	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	95.94/cwt	94.50–97.50	1,155	18
Bulls	—	—	1,619	115.93/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,877	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,111	1,791.67/head	1,675.00–1,950.00	1,792	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	984	1,437.50/head	1,425.00–1,475.00	1,438	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	985	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,282	1,276.56/head	1,100.00–1,425.00	1,277	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,083.33/head	900.00–1,175.00	1,083	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	990	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,306	1,424.29/head	1,250.00–1,595.00	1,424	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	1,746.43/head	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,746	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	1,478.57/head	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,479	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,202	1,350.00/head	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,350	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	1,077.00/head	900.00–1,150.00	1,077	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,164	1,150.00/head	950.00–1,200.00	1,150	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,047	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	811	138.36/cwt	130.00–160.00	1,122	11
Stock Cows	Medium 1	—	772	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,042	5
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,010	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,292	1,343.75/head	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,344	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,123	1,483.33/head	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,483	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,350	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	478	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	365	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	318	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,851	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	440	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,056	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	543	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	242.78/cwt	224.00–258.00	1,527	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	269.96/cwt	249.00–272.00	1,134	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	216.71/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,346	25
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	631	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,294	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	896	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,526	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	242.64/cwt	239.00–247.00	905	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	218.12/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	225.17/cwt	220.00–230.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	360	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	936	2
Heifers	Medium 2	—	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	597	207.22/cwt	205.50–225.00	1,237	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,415	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	580	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,282	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	230.16/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,059	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	216.21/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,265	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	517	243.16/cwt	221.00–245.00	1,257	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	203.45/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,149	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	210.85/cwt	201.00–225.00	1,320	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,609	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	405	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	871	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,095	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1

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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