Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold steady to 11.00 higher except for 350-400 lbs and 450-500 lbs being 6.00 lower. Steer yearlings were 8.00 higher. Heifer calves had no comparable sales and heifer yearlings 750-800 lbs were steady. Trade was moderate with light demand on larger numbers. Slaughter cows were 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 2'00-5.00 lower. Market was uneven with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.09/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −144.41 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$302.09

107 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$8.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.71

vs NM average

+14.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	304.29	1,668	79
Medium and Large 1-2	524	295.89	1,550	28

One grade step is worth $8.40/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

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 sale107 hd

302.09

—

NM average3 barns · 153 hd

292.38

+9.71

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+14.30

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−144.41

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	—	Low	1,523	163.50	2,491	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	136.20	1,670	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	119.85	1,342	9thin

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)	1,057	$2,400	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,441	$2,204	23
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$2,125	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,382	$2,082	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,374	$1,976	27
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$1,975	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,231	$1,925	31
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,053	$1,892	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,333	$1,820	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,306	$1,804	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,097	$1,751	8
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,750	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,145	$1,485	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,170	$2,375	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,191	$2,291	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,088	$1,940	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$1,856	16
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	715	$1,200	4thin

Every lot, as filed

144 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	600–650	618	288.03/cwt	277.00–293.00	1,780	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	269.17/cwt	256.00–270.50	1,825	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	317.62/cwt	311.00–326.00	1,693	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	241.02/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,873	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	327.44/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,421	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	249.44/cwt	247.00–254.00	1,801	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,967	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	229.79/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	329.59/cwt	323.00–343.00	1,559	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	392.26/cwt	386.00–396.00	1,612	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	286.55/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,625	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	349.25/cwt	346.00–360.00	1,533	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	347.60/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,234	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	336	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,142	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	369.86/cwt	365.00–381.00	1,346	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	408	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,053	56
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	755	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,518	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	532	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,261	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	576	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,325	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	459	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	849	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	241	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	868	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 3Full	350–400	372	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	744	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	369	321.55/cwt	316.00–330.00	1,187	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	338	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	852	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	516	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,429	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	442	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,443	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	585	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	397.13/cwt	382.00–402.00	1,334	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	308.57/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,367	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	447	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	299.49/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	295.89/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,550	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	575	275.73/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,585	13
Steers	Large 1-2Mexican Origin	450–500	490	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,147	2
Steers	Large 1-2Mexican Origin	650–700	668	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	365	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	407	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	482	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,523	4
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	400–450	435	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	507	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	500–550	547	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,132	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	617	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	547	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	277.34/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,226	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	663	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	337.43/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,049	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	258.08/cwt	252.00–267.50	1,499	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	226.28/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	239.02/cwt	233.00–247.00	1,601	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	267.33/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,436	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	507	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	562	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	290.69/cwt	284.00–304.00	1,250	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	275.01/cwt	266.50–278.00	1,458	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	462	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,284	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	592	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	273.55/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,168	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	223.80/cwt	217.00–236.00	1,390	11
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	550	257.14/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,414	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	278.17/cwt	273.00–287.00	1,341	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	242.50/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,268	25
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	570	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	533	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,359	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	485	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	524	277.00/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,451	8
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	452	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	840	11
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	697	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,747	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,395	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	620	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	1,312.50/head	1,225.00–1,400.00	1,313	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,382	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,482.14/head	1,400.00–1,675.00	1,482	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,914	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	948	185.73/cwt	178.00–195.00	1,761	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,306	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	142.72/cwt	141.00–144.50	1,643	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	135.37/cwt	132.00–139.50	1,673	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	113.58/cwt	100.00–121.50	1,227	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	989	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	128.18/cwt	127.50–131.50	1,492	5
Bulls	—	—	1,063	143.13/cwt	141.00–145.50	1,521	2
Bulls	—	—	1,661	169.76/cwt	166.00–175.50	2,820	9
Bulls	—	—	1,460	160.39/cwt	152.00–167.00	2,342	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	905	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,105	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	875	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	805	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,170	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	715	1,200.00/head	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,200	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,108	2,083.33/head	1,975.00–2,175.00	2,083	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,448	2,850.00/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	2,200.00/head	2,150.00–2,225.00	2,200	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	2,462.50/head	2,375.00–2,550.00	2,463	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	815	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	1,979.17/head	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,979	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	1,687.50/head	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,688	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,441	2,009.09/head	1,975.00–2,100.00	2,009	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,442	2,219.32/head	2,125.00–2,275.00	2,219	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,271	1,960.19/head	1,725.00–2,000.00	1,960	27
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	785	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	1,980.58/head	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,981	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	1

How this sale compares

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