Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold 4.00 -10.00 higher except for 400-450 lbs being 25.00 higher. Steer yearlings sold 2,00 higher instances 7.00-14.00 lower. Heifer calves sold 4.00 -10.00 higher instances 20.00-24.00 higher and feeder heifer yearlings were 5.00 -10.00 higher. Trade was very good with active demand on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 6.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 10.00 higher. 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 $319.32/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −127.18 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$319.32

110 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,742

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

per head · Medium 1-2 over Large 2

$58.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.19

vs NM average

−21.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	500	330.00	1,650	2thin
Medium and Large 1	549	321.76	1,765	101
Medium and Large 1-2	518	284.59	1,474	5thin
Large 2	500	272.00	1,360	2thin

One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about $290 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 sale110 hd

319.32

—

NM average3 barns · 415 hd

309.13

+10.19

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−21.62

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−127.18

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	1,723	146.06	2,516	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,121	127.93	1,434	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	116.38	1,321	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	888	100.61	893	5thin

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)	1,040	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,159	$1,558	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	895	$1,188	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,151	$2,014	7

Every lot, as filed

113 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	520	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	301.04/cwt	293.00–310.00	1,577	10
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	612	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,726	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,072	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	416	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	883	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	606	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	346.27/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,704	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	457.24/cwt	453.00–475.00	1,673	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	264.61/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,895	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,180	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,074	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,416	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	632	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,086	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	521	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,865	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	319.19/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,829	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,545	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	378	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,327	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3Full	400–450	411	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,028	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	435	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	935	5
Dairy Steers	Small 3	400–450	426	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	473	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	375	318.52/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,194	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	750–800	780	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	396.04/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	448	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,375	4
Heifers	Large 1Full	450–500	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	585	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,594	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	270.03/cwt	263.00–276.00	1,666	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	343	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,262	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Registered	—	1,151	2,014.29/head	1,700.00–2,500.00	2,014	7
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,005	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,241	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	1,450.00/head	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,450	4
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	855	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	785	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,350	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	168.83/cwt	138.00–185.00	1,732	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,586	143.06/cwt	135.00–146.25	2,269	5
Bulls	—	—	1,808	147.93/cwt	144.00–154.00	2,675	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	875	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,313	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	845	112.48/cwt	112.00–113.00	950	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,121	127.93/cwt	120.00–135.25	1,434	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	100.61/cwt	90.00–110.50	893	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	114.03/cwt	109.00–119.50	1,382	11
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	881	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	330.63/cwt	324.00–336.00	1,511	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	244.26/cwt	235.00–245.50	1,861	17
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	412	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	293.66/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,656	46
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	731	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,889	3
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	250.51/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	403.13/cwt	402.00–404.00	895	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	255.33/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,729	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	507	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	347	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	387	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,091	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	536	317.01/cwt	310.00–332.00	1,699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	547	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	304.34/cwt	293.00–310.00	1,869	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	276.80/cwt	272.00–284.00	1,664	5
Steers	Large 2	500–550	500	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,360	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	720	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,814	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	387	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,103	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	428.51/cwt	417.00–436.00	1,778	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	261.97/cwt	258.00–273.00	1,779	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	524	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,708	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	284.59/cwt	277.00–296.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	246.47/cwt	240.00–249.50	2,014	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	458.35/cwt	449.00–462.00	1,577	17
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	390.80/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,813	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	241.47/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	341.47/cwt	328.00–348.00	1,779	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	590	276.14/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,629	15
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	771	238.31/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	392	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	641	283.77/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,819	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	692	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,730	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	976	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	332.70/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,424	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	571	305.43/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,744	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	496	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,761	8

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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