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Clovis Livestock Auction

Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Apr 29

● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,763 head

▲ 1,039 vs last sale 724▲ 118 vs year ago 1,645 · +7.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

141 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 151▼ 66 vs year ago 207 · −31.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

184 head

▼ 180 vs last sale 364▲ 11 vs year ago 173 · +6.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady to 2.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. mostly steady to 1.00 lower except 800-900 lbs. mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, instances 9.00 higher though quality and condition more attractive. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady to instances 3.00 lower. Feeders over 600 lbs. mostly 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 2.00 lower though quality not as attractive. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.73/cwt on 653 head.

Average price

$127.73

653 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$175

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

$24.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.60

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	497	145.14	721	30
Medium and Large 1-2	576	138.55	798	206
Medium and Large 1	740	121.13	897	417

One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about −$175 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale653 hd

127.73

—

NM average3 barns · 1,657 hd

131.33

−3.60

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	1,580	80.88	1,278	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	59.07	722	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,628	52.88	861	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,045	51.80	541	48

Every lot

100 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	156.03/cwt	152.00–162.00	588	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	378	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	624	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	147.27/cwt	145.00–150.50	614	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	179.61/cwt	174.00–183.00	772	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	687	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	163.42/cwt	156.00–169.00	750	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	157.09/cwt	149.50–160.00	723	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	731	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	724	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	758	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	151.98/cwt	145.00–155.50	804	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	150.59/cwt	146.00–157.50	810	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	145.27/cwt	142.50–148.00	809	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	602	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	864	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	766	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	136.94/cwt	135.50–137.50	844	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	130.01/cwt	125.00–133.50	809	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	125.18/cwt	120.00–130.50	835	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	123.89/cwt	120.50–128.50	844	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	872	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	865	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	116.74/cwt	114.50–119.00	891	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	787	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	881	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	797	110.34/cwt	110.00–117.50	879	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	111.80/cwt	111.50–117.00	904	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	872	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	929	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	101.54/cwt	101.50–102.00	925	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	156.58/cwt	156.00–160.00	485	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	362	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	547	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	561	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	606	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	141.55/cwt	139.00–145.00	596	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	552	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	446	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	533	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	675	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	132.65/cwt	124.50–135.50	631	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	122.22/cwt	116.00–125.00	626	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	124.79/cwt	121.50–126.50	641	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	557	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	727	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	118.55/cwt	115.00–121.75	671	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	117.90/cwt	115.00–126.50	692	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	692	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	633	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	112.81/cwt	112.50–114.50	712	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	111.93/cwt	111.50–112.50	713	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	805	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	111.90/cwt	108.00–113.00	747	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	103.75/cwt	101.00–105.00	715	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	104.57/cwt	101.00–105.50	738	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	744	93.61/cwt	90.00–96.00	696	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	761	91.83/cwt	90.50–95.00	699	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	100.00/cwt	97.00–100.75	765	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	773	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	765	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	826	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	785	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	829	96.91/cwt	90.00–99.25	803	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	96.32/cwt	91.50–99.50	802	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	877	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	763	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	647	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	451	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	704	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	685	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,378	70.37/cwt	63.50–77.00	970	11
Bulls	—	—	1,659	85.57/cwt	80.00–90.25	1,420	20
Bulls	—	—	1,903	91.75/cwt	91.75–91.75	1,746	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	890	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	481	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	45.43/cwt	42.50–48.00	453	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	53.99/cwt	49.50–58.25	559	33
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	36.79/cwt	30.00–40.50	397	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	59.88/cwt	59.00–62.00	696	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	59.26/cwt	54.50–63.00	732	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,628	52.88/cwt	52.50–53.25	861	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows16 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	650	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,885	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	700	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,220	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	750	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	800	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,800	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	850	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	6,205	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	850	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,975	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	888	450.00/cwt	430.00–470.00	3,996	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,225	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	545.00/cwt	510.00–580.00	5,586	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	645.00/cwt	525.00–725.00	6,644	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	800.77/cwt	730.00–875.00	8,808	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	715.36/cwt	500.00–820.00	8,391	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	6,738	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	830.00/cwt	700.00–900.00	10,583	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs11 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	725	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,988	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	750	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	850	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	6,290	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	897.50/cwt	820.00–975.00	7,853	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	975	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	8,873	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,815	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,063	887.50/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	9,434	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	822.50/cwt	800.00–875.00	8,760	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,081	847.50/cwt	810.00–910.00	9,161	8

This sale against other markets

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.

New Mexico feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM

Wed Apr 29, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Portales, NM (LS-CV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,763Last week 724Year ago 1,645

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 151Year ago 207

Replacement CattleReceipts 184Last week 364Year ago 173

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	627	101.00	101.00
11	—	433	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	587	115.00–126.50	117.90
10	—	706	101.00–105.50	104.57
4	—	467	144.50	144.50
95	—	833	91.50–99.50	96.32
16	—	689	101.00–105.00	103.75
6	—	514	121.50–126.50	124.79
19	—	631	112.50–114.50	112.81
7	—	310	156.00–160.00	156.58
4	—	415	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	421	139.00–145.00	141.55
57	—	829	90.00–99.25	96.91
28	—	566	115.00–121.75	118.55
11	—	390	143.75	143.75
9	—	668	108.00–113.00	111.90
40	—	637	111.50–112.50	111.93
13	—	512	116.00–125.00	122.22
2	—	877	87.00	87.00
55	—	765	97.00–100.75	100.00
21	—	476	124.50–135.50	132.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	761	90.50–95.00	91.83
5	—	668	120.50	120.50
19	—	446	119.50	119.50
5	—	744	90.00–96.00	93.61
2	—	490	121.00	121.00
6	—	826	95.00	95.00
4	—	623	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	773	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	557	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	362	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	523	145.00	145.00
2	—	787	112.00	112.00
10	—	417	145.00–150.50	147.27
5	—	473	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	616	135.50–137.50	136.94
109	—	809	111.50–117.00	111.80
48	—	529	145.00–155.50	151.98
4	—	557	142.50–148.00	145.27
8	—	733	118.00	118.00
66	—	911	101.50–102.00	101.54
9	—	459	156.00–169.00	163.42
8	—	868	107.00	107.00
6	—	667	120.00–130.50	125.18
102	—	797	110.00–117.50	110.34
11	—	430	174.00–183.00	179.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	681	120.50–128.50	123.89
26	—	377	152.00–162.00	156.03
7	—	733	119.00	119.00
34	—	622	125.00–133.50	130.01
13	—	443	155.00	155.00
2	—	830	105.00	105.00
44	—	538	146.00–157.50	150.59
15	—	460	149.50–160.00	157.09
4	—	763	114.50–119.00	116.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	615	124.50	124.50
7	—	515	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	602	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	125.00	125.00
9	—	440	147.00	147.00
15	—	451	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	504	136.00	136.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	650	300.00	300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	400.00	400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	700	460.00	460.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	650	290.00	290.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	430.00–470.00	450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	350.00	350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	850	730.00	730.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	800	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,100	730.00–875.00	800.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,275	700.00–900.00	830.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,030	525.00–725.00	645.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,025	510.00–580.00	545.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,173	500.00–820.00	715.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,225	550.00	550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	550.00	550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	875	820.00–975.00	897.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,065	800.00–875.00	822.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,081	810.00–910.00	847.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	850.00–1,000.00	887.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	550.00	550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	410.00	410.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	975	910.00	910.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	850	740.00	740.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	54.00	54.00
26	—	1,236	54.50–63.00	59.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,080	30.00–40.50	36.79
33	—	1,036	49.50–58.25	53.99
4	—	1,163	59.00–62.00	59.88
7	—	997	42.50–48.00	45.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	52.50–53.25	52.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,659	80.00–90.25	85.57
11	—	1,378	63.50–77.00	70.37
2	—	1,903	91.75	91.75

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.