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Clovis Livestock Auction

Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Mar 30

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781

← Mar 23Mar 30Apr 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,114 head

▲ 286 vs last sale 828▼ 395 vs year ago 1,509 · −26.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 26▼ 96 vs year ago 126 · −76.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 13▼ 119 vs year ago 169 · −70.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers were steady. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand.

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 $168.30/cwt on 407 head.

Average price

$168.30

407 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$7.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.12

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	169.28	1,099	355
Medium and Large 1-2	604	161.60	975	52

One grade step is worth $7.67/cwt here — about $124 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 sale407 hd

168.30

—

NM average4 barns · 1,540 hd

170.42

−2.12

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	82.37	964	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	78.70	796	6thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	221.78/cwt	221.00–222.00	688	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	220.55/cwt	218.00–222.00	816	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	786	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	203.72/cwt	197.00–211.00	874	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	193.08/cwt	185.00–197.00	906	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	907	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	172.65/cwt	158.00–180.50	912	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	186.00/cwt	180.00–190.00	988	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	179.21/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,050	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	918	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,003	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,072	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	165.65/cwt	157.00–167.50	1,085	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,006	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,106	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	143.10/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,093	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	149.66/cwt	147.00–150.50	1,166	157
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,170	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	256	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	481	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	577	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	181.85/cwt	174.00–189.00	695	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	411	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	555	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	683	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	157.06/cwt	152.00–162.00	751	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	168.64/cwt	166.00–173.00	809	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	161.53/cwt	158.50–164.50	824	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	158.49/cwt	156.00–160.00	808	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	157.48/cwt	146.00–163.50	907	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	854	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	149.19/cwt	145.00–150.00	926	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	874	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	886	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	662	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	914	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	138.74/cwt	138.00–140.00	943	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	685	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	945	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	701	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	967	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	135.49/cwt	134.00–136.00	988	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,126	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	752	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3-4	222	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	222	5
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	241	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	306	26
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	284	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	341	42
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3-4	300	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	198	21
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	322	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	370	39
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	357	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	411	10
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3-4	399	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	279	8
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	569	39
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	78.70/cwt	78.25–79.75	796	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	82.37/cwt	80.00–84.50	964	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	855	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,985	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	934	775.42/cwt	760.00–800.00	7,242	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	15,680	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,138	1,222.86/cwt	1,100.00–1,300.00	13,916	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,167	937.50/cwt	850.00–975.00	10,941	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,212	1,361.67/cwt	1,350.00–1,375.00	16,503	13

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 Mar 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,114Last week 828Year ago 1,509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 26Year ago 126

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 13Year ago 169

Compared to last week's light test: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers were steady. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	241	127.00	127.00
39	—	415	137.00	137.00
39	—	322	115.00	115.00
10	—	357	115.00	115.00
42	—	284	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	300	66.00	66.00
8	—	399	70.00	70.00
5	—	222	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	680	138.00–140.00	138.74
2	—	427	160.00	160.00
12	—	729	134.00–136.00	135.49
7	—	647	137.00	137.00
3	—	593	144.00	144.00
10	—	478	152.00–162.00	157.06
17	—	510	156.00–160.00	158.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	662	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	312	185.00	185.00
32	—	576	146.00–163.50	157.48
15	—	510	158.50–164.50	161.53
5	—	701	138.00	138.00
5	—	256	188.00	188.00
6	—	863	130.50	130.50
27	—	382	174.00–189.00	181.85
8	—	480	166.00–173.00	168.64
11	—	621	145.00–150.00	149.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	411	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	376	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	779	147.00–150.50	149.66
12	—	429	197.00–211.00	203.72
7	—	811	144.25	144.25
42	—	586	170.00–185.00	179.21
4	—	640	167.50	167.50
9	—	310	221.00–222.00	221.78
26	—	370	218.00–222.00	220.55
7	—	737	150.00	150.00
28	—	531	180.00–190.00	186.00
19	—	469	185.00–197.00	193.08
44	—	655	157.00–167.50	165.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	666	151.00	151.00
5	—	425	185.00	185.00
2	—	592	155.00	155.00
4	—	627	160.00	160.00
15	—	528	158.00–180.50	172.65
7	—	764	141.00–146.00	143.10
2	—	490	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	80.00–84.50	82.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,012	78.25–79.75	78.70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	934	760.00–800.00	775.42

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,212	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,361.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,138	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,222.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,167	850.00–975.00	937.50

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.