Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady after last week's sharply higher market. Trade was very active, demand very good. Offering including several loads of yearlings coming off of wheat. Slaughter cows and bulls have no comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.97/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −105.53 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$340.97

83 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,194

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 4

$246.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.20

vs NM average

−16.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	380.00	1,900	3thin
Medium and Large 1	539	360.69	1,945	58
Medium and Large 2	544	327.65	1,782	17thin
Small 4	527	134.00	706	5thin

One grade step is worth $246.00/cwt here — about $1,194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale83 hd

340.97

—

NM average4 barns · 444 hd

344.16

−3.20

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−16.19

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−105.53

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	1,736	154.62	2,685	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,368	135.74	1,856	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	133.70	1,698	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	926	119.43	1,106	15

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)	1,191	$2,313	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$2,190	33
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,097	$1,950	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,172	$1,889	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,189	$1,612	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	860	$1,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$1,800	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	665	$1,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,194	$2,483	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

128 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 1-2	500–550	524	314.36/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	384.96/cwt	382.00–400.00	1,501	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	338.87/cwt	328.00–342.00	1,650	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	261.01/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,798	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	290.67/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,857	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	291.52/cwt	284.00–295.00	2,151	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	269.41/cwt	269.00–269.50	1,918	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	238.33/cwt	234.00–243.50	1,988	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,249	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	439.79/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,253	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	302.88/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,723	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	386.20/cwt	382.00–390.00	1,680	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	274.13/cwt	273.00–275.00	2,218	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,204	2
Steers	Small 4	500–550	527	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	351.00/cwt	349.00–352.00	1,439	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	279.42/cwt	279.25–283.00	2,182	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,791	9
Steers	Small 3	450–500	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	372	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	393.62/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,874	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	327.32/cwt	310.00–336.00	2,016	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	327.34/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,761	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,516	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	445.07/cwt	442.00–451.00	1,620	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	223.43/cwt	220.00–224.00	2,384	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,912	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	414.15/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,785	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	346.54/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,968	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	277.03/cwt	275.00–278.00	2,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,308	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	304.08/cwt	294.00–313.00	2,040	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	461.07/cwt	452.00–470.00	1,761	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	263.75/cwt	263.75–263.75	2,310	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	363.51/cwt	362.00–385.00	1,905	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	3
Dairy Steers	Small 4	550–600	590	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,020	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	601	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,025	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	402	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,447	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,794	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	400–450	446	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	937	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	362	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,310	19
Dairy Steers	Small 3	350–400	370	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	666	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	349	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,298	38
Dairy Steers	Small 4	400–450	419	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	553	5
Dairy Steers	Small 4	450–500	468	130.29/cwt	125.00–136.00	610	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	450–500	492	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,033	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	743	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	560	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,434	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	458	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,747	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	139.99/cwt	138.50–141.50	1,841	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	131.48/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,867	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,868	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	134.31/cwt	131.25–138.50	1,743	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	128.34/cwt	126.25–130.25	1,512	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	128.82/cwt	125.00–133.50	1,345	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	112.92/cwt	107.00–120.00	991	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	823	122.02/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,004	2
Bulls	—	—	1,896	161.99/cwt	158.00–165.50	3,071	9
Bulls	—	—	1,370	146.07/cwt	140.00–154.00	2,001	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,400	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,596	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,187	2,490.00/head	2,250.00–2,650.00	2,490	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	972	1,641.67/head	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,642	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,425.00/head	2,375.00–2,525.00	2,425	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,181	2,588.89/head	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,589	18
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,189	1,611.67/head	1,410.00–1,750.00	1,612	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,043	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,361	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,210	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	2,016.67/head	1,900.00–2,150.00	2,017	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	1,789.29/head	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,789	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,244	2,250.00/head	2,200.00–2,350.00	2,250	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,286	2,372.22/head	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,372	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	955	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	2,054.17/head	1,825.00–2,150.00	2,054	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	290.90/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,965	24
Heifers	Large 2	700–750	738	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,965	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	440.08/cwt	434.00–452.00	1,633	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	418.80/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	654	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,681	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	734	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	750–800	756	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,814	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,077	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,305	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1200–1250	1,228	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,646	2
Heifers	Small 2Fleshy	600–650	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	481	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,530	4
Heifers	Small 2	400–450	433	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	493	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,647	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	893	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	332.00/cwt	329.00–336.00	1,713	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	838	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,664	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,164	2,467.86/head	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,468	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	3

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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