Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady with instances 5.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Rains across the area curbed receipts, but benefitted local pastures.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.45/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −145.05 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$301.45

98 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$460

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

$91.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.50

vs NM average

−4.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	309.15	1,707	73
Medium and Large 1-2	551	294.23	1,620	20
Medium and Large 2-3	572	218.00	1,247	5thin

One grade step is worth $91.15/cwt here — about $460 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.79, low $377.97, median $446.50 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale98 hd

301.45

—

NM average4 barns · 561 hd

274.95

+26.50

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−4.02

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−145.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

52 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	550–600	592	247.13/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,463	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,236	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	282.24/cwt	264.00–300.00	1,375	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	329.22/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,235	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	282.53/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,353	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	236.91/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,355	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	293.75/cwt	284.00–320.00	1,293	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	230.99/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,541	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	282.86/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,420	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,792	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	491	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	894	4
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,301	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	242.21/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,618	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	302.07/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,426	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,259	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	500–550	518	164.92/cwt	150.00–187.00	854	42
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	350–400	387	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	619	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,236	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	281.96/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,613	13
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	942	12
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	369	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	793	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,118	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,681	3
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	351	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,088	30
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	347	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,100	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,243	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	319.42/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,243	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,381	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	321.14/cwt	302.00–352.00	1,384	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	256.18/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,747	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,414	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,813	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	317.01/cwt	312.00–319.00	1,620	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	315.13/cwt	308.00–340.00	1,349	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	522	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	350.43/cwt	336.00–362.00	1,128	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	339.82/cwt	320.00–358.00	1,580	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	306.12/cwt	292.00–314.00	1,711	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,750	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	338.24/cwt	329.00–366.00	1,732	9

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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