Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 350-500 lbs sold 8.00-15.00 higher and 500-600 lbs were 2.00-14.00 lower while feeder steer yearlings sold 11.00-15.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold 11.00-14.00 higher except for 450-500 lbs being 2.00 lower. Heifer yearlings sold steady. Trade and demand were good on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Market was firmer.Excellent buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.42/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −155.08 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$291.42

136 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$50.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.51

vs NM average

−14.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	304.79	1,611	92
Medium 1	502	304.00	1,526	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	567	264.53	1,499	15thin
Medium and Large 2	523	260.61	1,363	24
Large 1-2	530	254.00	1,346	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.79/cwt here — about $265 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 sale136 hd

291.42

—

NM average3 barns · 279 hd

281.91

+9.51

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−14.02

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−155.08

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	1,739	140.53	2,444	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,176	121.00	1,423	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,145	114.13	1,307	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	109.55	1,142	22

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$1,867	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,193	$1,700	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,075	$1,685	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,126	$1,668	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,342	$1,660	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$1,623	26
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,177	$1,554	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,147	$1,413	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,012	$1,358	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,134	$1,274	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	992	$1,190	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$1,410	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	983	$1,305	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,603	$2,536	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,275	$2,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,155	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

138 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 Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,020	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,148	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	862	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	273	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	410	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	357	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	500	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	590	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	915	2
Heifers	Large 3	750–800	781	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,172	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	357	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	536	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	107.83/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,161	17
Steers	Large 1	400–450	432	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,426	10
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	506	243.16/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,230	12
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	337	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,038	7
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	432	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,179	31
Steers	Large 1	450–500	495	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,322	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	364	265.06/cwt	241.00–280.00	965	83
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	530	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,346	3
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	495	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,312	4
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	592	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,243	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	400–450	401	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,039	29
Steers	Large 1	300–350	334	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,112	5
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	558	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,401	5
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	502	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,526	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	490	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,352	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	300–350	300	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	678	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	436	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,099	13
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	835	172.50/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	632	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,201	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	486	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,369	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	590	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	260.61/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,363	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,510	8
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	582	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	490	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,475	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	446	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,650	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	233.80/cwt	225.50–238.50	1,693	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	232.53/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,574	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	285.33/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,295	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	319.24/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,574	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	736	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,844	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	225.34/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,598	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	249.60/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,440	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,006	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	352	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,228	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	267.38/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,388	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,117	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	227.29/cwt	225.50–236.00	1,380	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	271.07/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,315	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	260.11/cwt	254.50–267.00	1,602	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	410.01/cwt	401.00–414.00	1,558	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	367.31/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,186	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	279.58/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,585	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	251.24/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,656	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	312.46/cwt	302.00–316.00	1,619	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	228.37/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	386.55/cwt	379.00–397.00	1,639	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	224.01/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,499	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	328.52/cwt	322.00–338.00	1,583	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	412.64/cwt	410.00–418.00	1,300	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	225.69/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,740	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	316	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,068	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	715	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,519	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,931	148.53/cwt	146.00–152.50	2,868	5
Bulls	—	—	1,583	133.34/cwt	122.50–138.50	2,111	6
Bulls	—	—	1,737	140.88/cwt	137.50–146.50	2,447	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	114.13/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,307	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,176	121.00/cwt	119.50–123.00	1,423	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	925	115.41/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,068	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,345	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,479	4
Dairy Steers	Small 3	350–400	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	367	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	569	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	300–350	315	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	258.35/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	312.78/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,351	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	247.97/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,064	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	282.66/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,515	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	255.47/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	248.30/cwt	241.00–250.50	1,584	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,074	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,188	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,830	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	296.51/cwt	289.00–304.00	1,272	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	429	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,117	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,095	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,587.50/head	1,475.00–1,700.00	1,588	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	1,700.00/head	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,700	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	1,305.00/head	1,200.00–1,410.00	1,305	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,204	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	1,437.50/head	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,438	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	1,405.00/head	1,350.00–1,460.00	1,405	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,660	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,085	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,465	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,777	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	1,273.89/head	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,274	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,683.33/head	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,683	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	110.75/cwt	110.00–111.50	1,085	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,666	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,685.00/head	1,685.00–1,685.00	1,685	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,315	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,189	1,638.54/head	1,425.00–1,700.00	1,639	24
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	910	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	915	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	869	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	945	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,054	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	935	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,038	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,172	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,355	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	1,023	1,212.50/head	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,213	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	940	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	1,400.00/head	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	1,660.00/head	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,660	5

How this sale compares

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