Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 400-550 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher and steer yearlings 600-650 lbs sold 7.00 higher. Heifer calves and feeder heifer yearlings sold 6.00-15.00 higher, instances sharply higher. Prices are recorded according to fill, condition, quantity and quality. Trade was moderately higher on smaller numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-11.00 higher, instances 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 6.00 higher. Market was moderately higher with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $295.88/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −150.62 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$295.88

64 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,147

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3

$227.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.24

vs NM average

−14.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	312.64	1,653	49
Medium and Large 2	520	290.00	1,508	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	279.50	1,526	6thin
Medium 1-2	570	250.00	1,425	2thin
Large 3	500	200.00	1,000	2thin
Small 3	595	85.00	506	2thin

One grade step is worth $227.64/cwt here — about $1,147 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 sale64 hd

295.88

—

NM average4 barns · 358 hd

288.64

+7.24

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−14.89

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−150.62

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	1,550	146.63	2,273	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,256	132.11	1,659	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,243	126.66	1,574	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	867	89.96	780	5thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,725	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,209	$1,628	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,181	$1,614	7
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,275	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	915	$1,700	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,201	$2,559	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$2,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,242	$2,390	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,350	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$2,225	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,079	$1,983	16

Every lot, as filed

91 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
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	887	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,181	1,614.29/head	1,310.00–1,825.00	1,614	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	925	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	989	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	939	182.00/cwt	155.00–200.00	1,709	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,432	2,366.67/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,367	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	2,475.00/head	2,425.00–2,525.00	2,475	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,257	2,450.00/head	2,100.00–2,675.00	2,450	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	925	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	933	173.00/cwt	145.00–210.00	1,614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,755	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	246.50/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,168	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	241.08/cwt	233.00–249.50	1,625	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,049	2
Heifers	Large 3	850–900	851	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	308.89/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,334	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	293.27/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,381	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	269.83/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,384	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	583	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,586	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,155	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	1,150	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,165	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,111	162.56/cwt	145.00–185.00	1,806	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	960	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	1,408.33/head	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,408	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,410	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,105	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,209	1,627.50/head	1,525.00–1,775.00	1,628	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	2,066.67/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,067	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,213	2,757.14/head	2,650.00–2,900.00	2,757	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,023	1,950.00/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950	2
Bulls	—	—	1,410	137.59/cwt	123.00–145.50	1,940	7
Bulls	—	—	1,648	152.95/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,521	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,093	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,481	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	127.55/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,666	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,024	123.33/cwt	120.00–124.50	1,263	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	133.49/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,642	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	130.79/cwt	130.00–133.50	1,685	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	99.31/cwt	91.50–108.50	1,011	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	126.97/cwt	125.00–129.50	1,601	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	767	83.73/cwt	72.00–91.00	642	3
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	627	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	520	234.90/cwt	224.00–245.00	1,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	258.10/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,453	12
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	365	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,146	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	277	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	367.08/cwt	362.00–372.00	1,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	277.44/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,717	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	326	433.72/cwt	430.00–438.00	1,414	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	407	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	248.00/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,104	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	247.67/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	317.41/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,654	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	257.33/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,760	9
Steers	Large 3	500–550	500	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	357.86/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,167	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	408.70/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,594	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	237.51/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	379.15/cwt	360.00–387.00	1,725	24
Steers	Large 1	600–650	607	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,663	7
Steers	Small 3	750–800	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	2
Steers	Large 1	450–500	456	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,710	4
Steers	Small 3	550–600	595	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	506	2
Steers	Large 3	650–700	660	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	250.53/cwt	247.50–256.00	1,558	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	327.68/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,239	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	319.30/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,443	23

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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