Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves were mostly steady and steer yearlings sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves were steady to 5.00 higher and heifer yearlings sold steady to 6.00 higher on comparable numbers. Trade was moderate with good demand on larger numbers. Slaughter cows were 3.00-7.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. Market was good with excellent buyer attendance. Pray for rain

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.87/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −153.63 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$292.87

109 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$78.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.12

vs NM average

−7.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	303.31	1,592	76
Medium 1-2	570	280.00	1,596	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	270.77	1,421	28
Small and Medium 2-3	582	225.00	1,310	2thin

One grade step is worth $78.31/cwt here — about $282 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

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 sale109 hd

292.87

—

NM average4 barns · 379 hd

283.75

+9.12

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−7.79

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−153.63

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	1,515	159.91	2,422	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,283	139.22	1,787	101
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,163	135.68	1,578	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	955	132.10	1,261	8thin

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,160	$2,050	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,136	$1,875	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,191	$1,760	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,102	$1,675	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,067	$1,637	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	725	$1,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$2,275	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,056	$2,181	13
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$2,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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 1Full	450–500	451	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,299	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	631	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	291.49/cwt	288.00–310.00	1,274	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	290.55/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,258	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	468	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	992	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	617	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,111	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	384	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,271	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,288	6
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	420	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	316.86/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,375	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,434	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	404	386.66/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,562	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	502	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	954	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	269.79/cwt	261.00–282.50	1,659	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	250.13/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,939	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	315.35/cwt	304.00–320.50	1,649	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,354	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	253.09/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,736	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	306.35/cwt	297.00–319.00	1,706	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,964	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,000	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,655	5
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	360.83/cwt	352.00–382.00	1,364	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,155	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1450–1500	1,450	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	2,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	318.57/cwt	295.00–324.50	1,520	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	242.92/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,754	36
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	730	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	461	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,328	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	246.85/cwt	232.00–260.00	1,656	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,529	4
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	582	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,310	2
Steers	Small 3	400–450	417	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	595	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	347.42/cwt	336.00–362.00	1,119	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	267.90/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,409	69
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	770	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	273.98/cwt	262.00–280.50	1,427	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	620	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	245.01/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,507	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	232.97/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,689	6
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	492	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	570	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Small 3	650–700	695	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	277.63/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,305	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	227.34/cwt	221.50–248.00	1,771	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,202	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	2,212.50/head	2,050.00–2,425.00	2,213	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	800	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	1,433.33/head	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,433	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,705.00/head	1,525.00–1,900.00	1,705	9
Heifer Pairs	Medium 1	—	835	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,191	1,760.00/head	1,760.00–1,760.00	1,760	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	1,690.00/head	1,575.00–1,775.00	1,690	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,219	2,007.14/head	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,007	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,075	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,102	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	995	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	980	2,153.57/head	2,075.00–2,250.00	2,154	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	725	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	987	179.17/cwt	142.00–196.00	1,768	18
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,049	166.62/cwt	149.00–172.50	1,748	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,380	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,194	1
Bulls	—	—	1,728	163.47/cwt	148.00–169.00	2,825	14
Bulls	—	—	1,600	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	2,088	1
Bulls	—	—	1,301	150.63/cwt	140.00–156.00	1,960	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	135.30/cwt	135.00–136.50	1,322	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	131.01/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,446	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	142.64/cwt	139.00–147.25	1,931	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	135.94/cwt	132.00–139.75	1,547	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	139.51/cwt	136.50–142.50	1,749	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	126.76/cwt	123.50–131.75	1,162	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,266	138.37/cwt	133.00–144.50	1,752	81
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	642	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	240.47/cwt	233.00–255.00	1,407	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	310.10/cwt	298.00–320.00	1,175	21
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	887	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	592	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Small 3	450–500	475	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	489	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,444	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,425	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,146	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,110	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,488	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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