Sale reports / New Mexico / Clovis Livestock Auction / 2021-01-06

Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Jan 6
● Final136 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,942 head
▲ 1,083 vs last sale 1,859▲ 746 vs year ago 2,196 · +34.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
226 head
▲ 226 vs last sale 0▼ 35 vs year ago 261 · −13.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
289 head
▲ 289 vs last sale 0▼ 270 vs year ago 559 · −48.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale 12/16/20: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 1.00-3.00 higher instances 9.00-15.00 higher on 300-500 lbs., over 600 lbs. steady to 1.00 lower on comparable quotes. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 1.00-3.00 higher , instances 12.00-15.00 higher on 300-400 lbs., 500-600 lbs. instances 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 2.00-3.00 higher. No comparison on slaughter cows and bulls due to no report available from the last sale. Trade active, demand good but an uneven trend noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.39/cwt on 1,225 head.
Average price
$156.39
1,225 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$36.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.57
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564157.79889703
Medium and Large 1-2517157.73816394
Medium and Large 2521145.88760121
Medium and Large 2-3614121.297447thin
One grade step is worth $36.51/cwt here — about $145 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 sale1,225 hd
156.39
—
NM average2 barns · 1,637 hd
154.82
+1.57
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,76474.771,31940
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36649.7868061
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72947.498214thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06142.8845598

Every lot

136 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers51 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned281154.00/cwt154.00–154.004334
Steers—Medium and Large 2285186.00/cwt186.00–186.005304
Steers—Medium and Large 1296208.00/cwt208.00–208.0061611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322206.00/cwt206.00–206.006636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned325196.05/cwt195.00–197.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1328210.47/cwt205.00–213.0069014
Steers—Medium and Large 2334166.64/cwt161.00–171.005577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned340190.00/cwt190.00–190.006463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy343173.00/cwt173.00–173.005938
Steers—Medium and Large 2365167.78/cwt161.00–177.006125
Steers—Medium and Large 1366208.13/cwt203.00–213.0076245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377188.80/cwt181.00–194.0071244
Steers—Medium and Large 2400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007206
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned421164.76/cwt157.00–169.0069416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433181.25/cwt177.00–185.0078545
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435167.32/cwt165.00–171.007285
Steers—Medium and Large 1436186.36/cwt177.00–191.00813133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474165.63/cwt161.00–175.0078566
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476159.00/cwt159.00–159.007573
Steers—Medium and Large 2476157.17/cwt154.00–166.0074825
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy476148.00/cwt148.00–148.007045
Steers—Medium and Large 1478169.15/cwt164.50–180.5080944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned513148.00/cwt148.00–148.007599
Steers—Medium and Large 2522142.34/cwt135.00–150.0074316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525159.23/cwt155.00–164.0083645
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned530141.00/cwt141.00–141.007472
Steers—Medium and Large 1533157.99/cwt150.00–162.00842141
Steers—Medium and Large 1559156.63/cwt148.00–163.5087619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573144.85/cwt134.50–154.0083054
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy573140.50/cwt140.50–140.508058
Steers—Medium and Large 2575135.24/cwt132.50–141.0077822
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3578126.00/cwt126.00–126.007284
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579145.78/cwt141.00–147.0084433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612134.97/cwt129.50–142.0082648
Steers—Medium and Large 2620127.67/cwt126.50–128.007929
Steers—Medium and Large 1622133.46/cwt131.00–139.0083030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned624123.10/cwt120.00–128.0076810
Steers—Medium and Large 2658126.00/cwt126.00–126.008296
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3661115.00/cwt115.00–115.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy664125.00/cwt125.00–125.0083011
Steers—Medium and Large 1669128.84/cwt120.00–131.0086229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673124.96/cwt121.00–130.0084119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned695116.00/cwt116.00–116.008068
Steers—Medium and Large 1715127.99/cwt126.00–129.5091522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723123.12/cwt120.00–130.5089010
Steers—Medium and Large 2738119.86/cwt116.00–123.508858
Steers—Medium and Large 1771127.71/cwt120.00–130.00985121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822121.00/cwt121.00–121.009954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850115.00/cwt115.00–115.009787
Steers—Medium and Large 2872105.00/cwt105.00–105.009164
Steers—Medium and Large 1873111.00/cwt111.00–111.0096920
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1258176.56/cwt156.00–180.0045615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2290159.00/cwt159.00–159.0046111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326163.39/cwt154.00–169.0053322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328152.79/cwt142.00–156.0050117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned336147.50/cwt147.50–147.504963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2344140.81/cwt134.00–151.0048410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363165.18/cwt156.50–168.0060048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375141.99/cwt134.00–155.0053222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376152.94/cwt145.00–159.0057550
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385147.00/cwt147.00–147.005664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419146.42/cwt139.00–151.0061321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned431138.26/cwt136.50–139.505965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432149.97/cwt144.00–153.7564877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443137.00/cwt137.00–137.006075
Heifers—Medium and Large 2446132.00/cwt132.00–132.005895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473138.31/cwt132.50–146.0065464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479129.17/cwt125.00–137.0061929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480137.80/cwt134.00–142.0066151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487130.00/cwt130.00–130.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528124.41/cwt120.00–131.0065761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530131.36/cwt123.50–135.0069684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535119.25/cwt116.00–124.5063815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540121.50/cwt121.50–121.5065621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3541111.00/cwt111.00–111.006016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3552114.00/cwt114.00–114.006292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568125.03/cwt120.00–128.0071043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577122.21/cwt117.00–127.0070522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582117.69/cwt116.00–121.0068512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619120.43/cwt118.00–127.0074530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633120.88/cwt117.00–128.0076539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy636115.00/cwt115.00–115.007316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667119.00/cwt119.00–119.007947
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668120.36/cwt116.00–124.008049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692118.50/cwt118.50–118.5082024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718116.00/cwt116.00–116.008336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719119.23/cwt115.00–121.5085736
Heifers—Medium and Large 2740112.00/cwt112.00–112.008292
Heifers—Medium and Large 2761110.00/cwt110.00–110.008374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769114.26/cwt114.00–115.0087923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1807115.12/cwt110.00–116.0092941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828105.91/cwt102.00–110.008778
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675115.00/cwt115.00–115.007764
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 333580.00/cwt80.00–80.002682
Dairy Steers—Large 339077.00/cwt77.00–77.003003
Dairy Steers—Large 347362.48/cwt55.00–69.002969
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,57057.00/cwt57.00–57.008951
Bulls——1,58964.72/cwt54.00–71.001,02811
Bulls——1,82278.42/cwt73.00–83.001,42925
Bulls——1,99287.15/cwt85.50–90.001,7363
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82030.35/cwt28.50–32.002492
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed87353.78/cwt53.00–54.004696
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed94547.50/cwt47.50–47.504491
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed95137.68/cwt31.00–43.0035825
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed97229.11/cwt28.00–30.002834
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed99845.72/cwt44.00–50.5045611
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,00549.67/cwt46.50–51.504995
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06839.80/cwt37.00–43.0042512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19543.61/cwt41.00–45.005213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20246.85/cwt44.00–51.0056338
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23855.28/cwt55.00–55.506842
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42649.99/cwt46.50–54.0071350
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61043.00/cwt43.00–43.006921
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76848.99/cwt48.00–51.008663
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed850350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,9751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00050.50/cwt50.50–50.505051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,026720.50/cwt460.00–900.007,39220
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05048.00/cwt48.00–48.005041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070696.32/cwt550.00–860.007,45119
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,089941.06/cwt460.00–1,125.0010,24833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,099800.53/cwt460.00–900.008,79838
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12545.50/cwt45.00–46.005122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145652.00/cwt475.00–750.007,4655
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,173659.00/cwt575.00–700.007,73025
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,204952.63/cwt525.00–1,050.0011,47019
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,208892.62/cwt600.00–1,000.0010,78342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,3502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2850830.00/cwt810.00–850.007,0552
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2933841.67/cwt725.00–900.007,8533
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2983941.67/cwt925.00–950.009,2573
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,5505
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,150850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,7751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0012,8131

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.