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Clovis Livestock Auction

Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, May 20

● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,693 head

▲ 947 vs last sale 746▲ 690 vs year ago 1,003 · +68.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

171 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 131▼ 5 vs year ago 176 · −2.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

586 head

▲ 459 vs last sale 127▲ 500 vs year ago 86 · +581.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers and calves steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls steady. Trade active, demand good.

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 $135.04/cwt on 763 head.

Average price

$135.04

763 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

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

$11.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.03

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	610	139.60	851	453
Medium and Large 2	621	129.15	803	71
Medium and Large 1	701	128.16	898	239

One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale763 hd

135.04

—

NM average2 barns · 987 hd

136.08

−1.03

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	1,904	87.78	1,672	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,295	63.88	827	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,093	58.95	644	32

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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	215	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	447	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	175.62/cwt	172.00–178.00	657	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	165.07/cwt	162.00–168.00	617	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	387	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	658	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	701	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	416	149.29/cwt	145.00–151.00	621	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	166.91/cwt	166.00–170.00	701	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	774	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	156.47/cwt	150.50–163.00	742	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	147.00/cwt	143.00–151.00	769	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	147.90/cwt	147.50–148.50	788	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	547	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	714	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	141.01/cwt	136.50–145.00	801	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	131.80/cwt	130.00–140.50	751	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	139.68/cwt	135.00–146.00	800	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	132.77/cwt	125.00–136.50	815	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	616	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	733	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	135.09/cwt	130.00–135.50	867	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	129.79/cwt	127.00–132.50	864	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	127.41/cwt	125.50–132.75	868	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	689	120.81/cwt	116.00–125.50	832	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	709	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	833	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	126.47/cwt	125.25–130.00	899	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	124.71/cwt	123.00–128.00	902	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	931	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	784	120.38/cwt	118.00–124.50	944	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	938	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	113.66/cwt	112.00–114.50	935	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	968	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	899	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	953	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	906	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	992	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,022	96.09/cwt	94.50–96.50	982	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	214	165.66/cwt	150.00–170.00	355	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	156.00/cwt	150.00–159.00	476	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	346	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	495	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	149.97/cwt	141.00–151.50	568	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	140.11/cwt	135.00–147.00	612	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	139.25/cwt	139.00–139.50	622	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	610	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	135.78/cwt	125.50–139.00	645	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	135.53/cwt	132.50–137.00	646	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	128.30/cwt	125.25–132.50	668	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	130.38/cwt	126.50–136.50	705	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	544	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	702	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	124.28/cwt	115.00–127.50	717	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	119.80/cwt	119.00–121.50	700	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	117.83/cwt	115.00–125.50	732	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	734	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	731	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	110.78/cwt	109.50–114.50	748	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	758	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	816	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	739	105.93/cwt	105.00–108.00	783	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	835	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	106.16/cwt	103.00–110.25	825	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	830	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	95.62/cwt	95.50–96.00	834	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	847	57
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	512	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	594	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	519	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	649	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	788	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	700	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	763	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,681	77.28/cwt	70.00–80.50	1,299	4
Bulls	—	—	1,930	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,940	1
Bulls	—	—	1,991	90.71/cwt	84.00–95.00	1,806	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,016	50.95/cwt	45.50–55.50	518	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,028	55.34/cwt	54.00–56.50	569	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	59.73/cwt	56.00–64.50	655	27
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,285	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	900	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,294	63.12/cwt	57.00–67.00	817	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,371	68.32/cwt	67.75–70.00	937	15
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs15 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	700	350.00/cwt	300.00–400.00	2,450	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	750	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,063	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	779	710.00/cwt	460.00–810.00	5,531	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	800	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	821	677.08/cwt	625.00–750.00	5,559	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	838	666.15/cwt	400.00–810.00	5,582	52
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	850	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,760	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	890	768.00/cwt	600.00–810.00	6,835	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	903	713.50/cwt	650.00–825.00	6,443	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	952	856.54/cwt	810.00–1,075.00	8,154	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	954	867.22/cwt	800.00–1,125.00	8,273	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	17,850	2
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	6,311	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	713	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,638	4
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	777	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,108	49
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	837	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,185	52
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	755.00/cwt	700.00–810.00	6,795	2
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	900	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,600	6
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	950	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,750	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	971	699.29/cwt	575.00–760.00	6,790	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	780.00/cwt	760.00–800.00	8,580	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,810	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,156	725.63/cwt	610.00–835.00	8,388	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,189	795.00/cwt	725.00–810.00	9,453	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,575	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,226	915.67/cwt	810.00–950.00	11,226	15

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 May 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,693Last week 746Year ago 1,003

Slaughter CattleReceipts 171Last week 131Year ago 176

Replacement CattleReceipts 586Last week 127Year ago 86

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers and calves steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls steady. Trade active, demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	109.00	109.00
4	—	512	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	784	118.00–124.50	120.38
40	—	711	125.25–130.00	126.47
21	—	523	143.00–151.00	147.00
47	—	642	130.00–135.50	135.09
49	—	666	127.00–132.50	129.79
31	—	906	109.50	109.50
89	—	573	135.00–146.00	139.68
24	—	872	111.00	111.00
5	—	374	172.00–178.00	175.62
92	—	474	150.50–163.00	156.47
26	—	420	166.00–170.00	166.91
9	—	215	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	723	123.00–128.00	124.71
2	—	410	171.00	171.00
31	—	568	136.50–145.00	141.01
6	—	823	112.00–114.50	113.66
51	—	681	125.50–132.75	127.41
11	—	614	125.00–136.50	132.77
60	—	798	117.50	117.50
15	—	469	165.00	165.00
15	—	533	147.50–148.50	147.90
19	—	1,022	94.50–96.50	96.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	570	130.00–140.50	131.80
5	—	899	106.00	106.00
12	—	709	117.50	117.50
7	—	416	145.00–151.00	149.29
8	—	374	162.00–168.00	165.07
9	—	760	120.00–125.00	122.54
2	—	547	130.50	130.50
8	—	616	119.00	119.00
8	—	689	116.00–125.50	120.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	387	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	437	135.00–147.00	140.11
2	—	865	96.00	96.00
7	—	644	114.00	114.00
9	—	477	132.50–137.00	135.53
28	—	675	109.50–114.50	110.78
10	—	214	150.00–170.00	165.66
37	—	584	119.00–121.50	119.80
14	—	759	110.00	110.00
53	—	521	125.25–132.50	128.30
16	—	379	141.00–151.50	149.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	475	125.50–139.00	135.78
25	—	577	115.00–127.50	124.28
3	—	305	150.00–159.00	156.00
35	—	541	126.50–136.50	130.38
8	—	677	112.00	112.00
35	—	713	114.50	114.50
16	—	447	139.00–139.50	139.25
48	—	777	103.00–110.25	106.16
17	—	872	95.50–96.00	95.62
57	—	901	94.00	94.00
18	—	621	115.00–125.50	117.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	112.00	112.00
4	—	346	143.00	143.00
10	—	466	131.00	131.00
13	—	739	105.00–108.00	105.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	544	129.00	129.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	300.00–400.00	350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	821	625.00–750.00	677.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	52	—	838	400.00–810.00	666.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	890	600.00–810.00	768.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	850	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	525.00	525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	779	460.00–810.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	40	—	903	650.00–825.00	713.50

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,400	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	954	800.00–1,125.00	867.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	952	810.00–1,075.00	856.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	935.00	935.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	900	700.00–810.00	755.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	971	575.00–760.00	699.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,226	810.00–950.00	915.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,189	725.00–810.00	795.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,156	610.00–835.00	725.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,225	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	760.00–800.00	780.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	710.00	710.00

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)	52	—	837	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	777	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	950	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	713	370.00	370.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	900	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,371	67.75–70.00	68.32
43	—	1,294	57.00–67.00	63.12
4	—	1,028	54.00–56.50	55.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,016	45.50–55.50	50.95
27	—	1,097	56.00–64.50	59.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	100.50	100.50
4	—	1,681	70.00–80.50	77.28
10	—	1,991	84.00–95.00	90.71

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.