Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. This week turned off hot with temperatures reaching near triple digit. A good quality run of replacement cows on hand today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.68/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −127.01 against this barn's trailing median of $396.69.

Average price

$269.68

86 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$25.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.48

vs NM average

−3.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	273.46	1,460	73
Medium and Large 1-2	540	248.45	1,341	13thin

One grade step is worth $25.02/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.90, low $340.72, median $396.69 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 sale86 hd

269.68

—

NM average4 barns · 384 hd

258.20

+11.48

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−3.35

This barn, trailing median33 sales

396.69

−127.01

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	1,445	160.00	2,312	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	132.67	1,424	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,853	127.00	2,353	3thin

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)	1,363	$2,400	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,614	$2,157	45
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,287	$3,384	133
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,239	$2,693	109

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-2	800–850	819	238.90/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,957	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	258.47/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,631	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	367	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,160	50
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	333.44/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,250	61
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,410	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,310	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,073	6
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	250–300	265	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	742	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	539	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,245	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	297	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	861	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	930	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	533	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,538	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,544	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,436	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,051	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,618	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	272.27/cwt	266.00–290.00	1,296	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	527	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	637	235.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,503	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	352.66/cwt	350.00–356.00	1,245	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	616	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,392	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	803	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	222.90/cwt	212.00–231.00	1,059	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	247.08/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,300	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,630	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	2,698.04/head	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,698	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,759	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	2,688.25/head	2,450.00–3,000.00	2,688	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	240.20/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,487	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,612	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,614	2,157.31/head	1,825.00–2,275.00	2,157	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	183.91/cwt	182.00–186.00	1,734	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,321	3,478.59/head	2,700.00–3,575.00	3,479	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	304.94/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,573	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	370.31/cwt	366.00–372.00	1,555	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	587	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,291	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,363	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	5
Bulls	—	—	1,445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,312	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,853	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,353	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	132.67/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,424	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	599	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,444	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,460	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,548	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	268.84/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,643	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	297.51/cwt	284.00–316.00	1,270	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	266.59/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,493	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	263.89/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,301	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	250.02/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,550	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	279.37/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,461	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	841	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,564	3

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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