Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold 11.00-15.00 higher on comparable numbers. Steer yearlings were steady to 11.00 higher. Heifer calves sold 9.00-11.00 higher and feeder heifers were steady to 10.00 higher with exception of 650-700 lbs being 13.00 lower. Trade was very active on larger numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower. Market was active with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.70/cwt on 385 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −160.80 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$285.70

385 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

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

$61.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.42

vs NM average

+5.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	294.33	1,599	294
Medium and Large 1-2	567	264.53	1,501	23
Medium 1-2	541	264.09	1,429	41
Medium 1	549	253.23	1,389	13thin
Medium and Large 2	555	232.79	1,291	14thin

One grade step is worth $61.54/cwt here — about $307 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale385 hd

285.70

—

NM average4 barns · 588 hd

280.29

+5.42

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+5.36

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−160.80

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	1,491	159.36	2,376	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	136.45	1,703	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	855	112.41	962	14

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,023	$1,558	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	953	$1,363	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	880	$975	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	640	$850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,365	$2,175	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,365	$2,025	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,274	$2,004	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,094	$1,733	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	903	$1,538	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$2,192	3thin

Every lot, as filed

149 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	700–750	713	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,890	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	467	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,420	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	641	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,449	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	264.34/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,012	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	267.95/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	280.68/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,507	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	257.29/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,518	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	315.99/cwt	314.00–317.00	1,510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	372	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,321	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	548	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,315	3
Bulls	Large 2	50–100	75	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	435	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,248	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,451	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	350–400	387	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	5
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	500–550	527	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,349	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	930	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,841	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	558	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,233	6
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	640	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	486	305.00/cwt	304.00–308.00	1,482	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	626	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	322.98/cwt	317.00–332.00	1,095	14
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	510	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	297.65/cwt	296.00–302.00	1,098	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	302.05/cwt	294.00–312.00	1,341	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,608	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	541	264.09/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,429	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	239.84/cwt	239.50–240.00	1,633	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	253.17/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,732	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	334.79/cwt	327.00–344.00	1,423	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	189.73/cwt	186.00–191.00	1,909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	244.01/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,784	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	326.00/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,516	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	288.54/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,636	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	366.47/cwt	361.00–378.00	1,352	9
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	730	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,051	6
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	776	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	305.32/cwt	292.00–310.00	1,542	110
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	574	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,796	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	276.61/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,682	10
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	465	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,288	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	382.90/cwt	377.00–390.00	1,241	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	542	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,148	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	355	273.55/cwt	270.00–278.00	971	58
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	340	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	901	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	436	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,247	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	386	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	703	4
Dairy Steers	Small 3	350–400	384	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	630	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	343	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,117	3
Bulls	Large 1	400–450	441	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,341	3
Bulls	Large 1	350–400	350	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,117	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	581	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,383	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	630	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	586	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	137.70/cwt	134.00–144.25	1,707	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	131.11/cwt	130.00–133.50	1,682	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	128.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,330	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,265	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	918	136.95/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,257	2
Bulls	—	—	1,721	170.69/cwt	167.00–174.50	2,938	5
Bulls	—	—	1,584	148.09/cwt	141.50–157.50	2,346	4
Bulls	—	—	1,598	162.90/cwt	156.50–167.50	2,603	8
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,238	161.67/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,001	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,086	147.63/cwt	143.50–158.50	1,603	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,660	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2	—	615	812.50/head	725.00–900.00	813	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	783	975.00/head	900.00–1,050.00	975	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	2,191.67/head	2,150.00–2,275.00	2,192	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,191	1,825.00/head	1,725.00–2,025.00	1,825	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	975	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	625	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,044	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	1,605.00/head	1,575.00–1,635.00	1,605	2
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,450	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,153	1,900.00/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	903	1,537.50/head	1,375.00–1,700.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	619	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	557	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,337	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,533	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	2
Heifers	Small 3	650–700	655	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium 2-3	400–450	432	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	678	2
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	612	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	429	286.94/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,231	4
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	382	195.28/cwt	184.00–202.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	497	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	905	5
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	698	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,277	3
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	745	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	622	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	243.17/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,391	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,078	9
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	427	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium 2	800–850	812	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,414	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	557	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	267.35/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,099	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,373	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,282	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	265.01/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,481	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	279.53/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,353	70
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	307	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	223.92/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,626	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	315.76/cwt	308.00–322.00	1,203	22
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	427	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	260.05/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,363	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	230.84/cwt	227.00–233.00	1,542	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	520	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,248	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	243.15/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,204	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	255.09/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,594	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,963	8
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	678	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,566	4
Heifers	Large 1	200–250	235	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	827	3

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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