Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale; Steer calves 300-350 lbs sold 4.00 higher and 350-550 lbs were sharply higher while 550-600 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs were 10.00 higher and 650-700 lbs sold 5.00 lower while 700-850 lbs were 8.00-11.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs sold 10.00-13.00 higher and 400-500 lbs were 6.00-12.00 higher while 500-550 lbs sold 5.00 higher and 550-600 lbs were sharply higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 lower, with instances 700-750 lbs 5.00 higher. Trade was moderate to active with smaller numbers on very good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 4.00 higher while slaughter bulls were 6.00-8.00 higher. Market was stronger with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $248.54/cwt on 959 head.

Average price

$248.54

959 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$734

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 3

$191.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.22

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	456	263.08	1,201	70
Medium and Large 1	664	250.34	1,663	861
Medium and Large 2	572	231.76	1,326	5thin
Large 1-2	465	220.00	1,023	2thin
Medium 1	676	206.40	1,395	5thin
Medium 1-2	332	190.00	631	4thin
Medium 2	695	147.00	1,022	2thin
Small 3	656	71.20	467	10thin

One grade step is worth $191.88/cwt here — about $734 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 sale959 hd

248.54

—

NM average4 barns · 2,382 hd

261.76

−13.22

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	—	High	1,544	103.69	1,601	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,095	113.00	1,237	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,169	103.72	1,213	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,111	93.88	1,043	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,079	78.29	845	17

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)	1,107	$1,520	16
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,265	$1,427	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,392	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,141	$1,366	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,342	22
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,269	15
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,069	$1,269	39
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	975	$1,136	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,110	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,076	$986	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$960	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	781	$1,160	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	700	$1,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,270	$1,739	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

115 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	171.72/cwt	167.00–181.00	1,659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	253.90/cwt	228.00–259.00	1,589	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	342.02/cwt	335.00–366.00	1,313	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	210.32/cwt	198.00–212.50	1,832	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	335.17/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,113	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	306.12/cwt	292.00–317.00	1,451	40
Steers	Medium 1	—	812	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,031	3
Steers	Medium 1	—	585	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	676	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,284	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	425	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	536	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,442	7
Steers	Small 3	—	646	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	439	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	222.02/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,807	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	980	5
Heifers	Small 3	—	736	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	740	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,036	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	596	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	269.92/cwt	269.00–272.00	977	42
Heifers	Medium 1	—	586	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,380	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	268.45/cwt	262.00–278.00	1,256	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	238.73/cwt	229.00–246.50	1,349	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	234.78/cwt	222.00–239.50	1,324	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	184.23/cwt	181.00–189.00	1,505	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	318.45/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,048	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	337.81/cwt	325.00–352.00	1,399	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	232.86/cwt	216.00–237.50	1,665	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	268.20/cwt	252.00–280.00	1,534	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	292.04/cwt	284.50–303.50	1,533	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	221.66/cwt	211.00–230.50	1,698	111
Steers	Large 1-2	—	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	237.84/cwt	218.00–244.00	1,586	69
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	332	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	631	4
Steers	Small 3	—	697	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	251.82/cwt	243.00–271.00	1,320	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	231.76/cwt	214.00–260.00	1,326	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	695	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,014	5
Dairy Steers	Small 3	—	367	95.35/cwt	90.00–100.00	350	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	432	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	907	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	270.08/cwt	267.00–282.00	986	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	594	225.80/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	291.04/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,272	9
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	—	506	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	369	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	598	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,369	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,376	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,193	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	407	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,262	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	340	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,003	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	71.02/cwt	69.50–73.00	765	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	80.16/cwt	77.50–82.00	871	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	571	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,082	100.09/cwt	99.00–101.50	1,083	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,095	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,237	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	98.55/cwt	98.50–98.75	1,215	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	94.25/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,046	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	85.12/cwt	84.50–86.00	919	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,017	88.72/cwt	87.50–90.00	902	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,209	105.37/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,274	11
Bulls	—	—	1,663	119.76/cwt	114.00–127.00	1,992	7
Bulls	—	—	1,433	104.58/cwt	99.00–112.00	1,499	4
Bulls	—	—	1,446	74.68/cwt	63.00–87.00	1,080	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	905	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	970	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,700	1,635.00/head	1,635.00–1,635.00	1,635	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,114	1,339.69/head	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,340	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	986.00/head	975.00–1,085.00	986	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	1,293.57/head	1,185.00–1,350.00	1,294	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	1,219.57/head	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,220	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,156	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,140	1,275.00/head	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,275	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,187	1,456.25/head	1,150.00–1,750.00	1,456	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,391.67/head	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,392	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,667	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	303.99/cwt	281.00–308.00	1,134	29
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	487	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	290.60/cwt	267.00–297.00	1,232	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	246.08/cwt	229.50–259.00	1,292	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	210.27/cwt	202.00–214.00	1,489	47
Heifers	Medium 1	—	348	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	223.21/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,469	59
Heifers	Large 1	—	518	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,269	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	407	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	991	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	194.45/cwt	181.00–198.50	1,523	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	222.30/cwt	213.50–229.00	1,349	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	456	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,117	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	592	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,356	15
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	391	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	985	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	507	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,161	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	632	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	822	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,210	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,141	1,365.63/head	950.00–1,475.00	1,366	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,730	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	930	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	1,656.25/head	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,656	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	822	170.63/cwt	144.00–185.00	1,403	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	1,324.06/head	1,150.00–1,525.00	1,324	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	993	1,175.00/head	850.00–1,275.00	1,175	8

How this sale compares

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