Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 12.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.49/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −67.19 against this barn's trailing median of $396.69.

Average price

$329.49

115 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$38.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.30

vs NM average

+14.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	336.27	1,822	92
Medium and Large 1-2	556	320.00	1,779	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	297.50	1,665	18thin

One grade step is worth $38.77/cwt here — about $158 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.90, low $340.72, median $396.69 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 sale115 hd

329.49

—

NM average4 barns · 381 hd

306.20

+23.30

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+14.53

This barn, trailing median33 sales

396.69

−67.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

52 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	300–350	317	510.08/cwt	502.00–515.00	1,617	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	369.94/cwt	362.00–382.00	1,935	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,294	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	280.97/cwt	273.00–284.00	2,124	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,894	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	238.72/cwt	238.50–241.00	2,012	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	478.86/cwt	472.00–486.00	1,791	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	288.42/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,823	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	457.72/cwt	455.00–462.00	1,520	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	290.61/cwt	288.00–295.00	2,130	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	399.79/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,899	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	249.13/cwt	246.50–253.75	2,187	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	373.58/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,114	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	392.53/cwt	367.00–412.00	1,519	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	1,922	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,249	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	353.91/cwt	346.00–370.00	1,731	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	296.61/cwt	294.50–298.00	2,020	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	365.08/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,875	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,394	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	405.89/cwt	378.00–411.00	1,798	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	342.17/cwt	322.00–349.00	1,803	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	539	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,156	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,940	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	349.53/cwt	347.00–353.00	1,300	60
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,466	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	349.98/cwt	341.00–365.00	1,638	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,857	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,819	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,641	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	433.04/cwt	427.00–435.00	1,832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	370.89/cwt	368.00–373.00	1,587	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,721	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,122	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	438.55/cwt	420.00–442.00	1,623	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,165	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	321.22/cwt	310.00–328.00	2,004	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	788	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	773	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,817	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	408	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,306	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	367	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,174	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	264.01/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,163	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	213.07/cwt	212.50–215.00	2,007	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	325.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,854	32

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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