Sale reports / New Mexico / Clovis Livestock Auction / 2022-05-11

Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, May 11
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,227 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 1,313▼ 113 vs year ago 1,340 · −8.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 248 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 228 · +8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with a lower undertone on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.01/cwt on 260 head.
Average price
$165.01
260 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$331
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$28.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.78
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594167.58995207
Medium and Large 1-2552164.6990930
Medium and Large 2662143.6795015thin
Medium 2-3476139.506648thin
One grade step is worth $28.08/cwt here — about $331 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 sale260 hd
165.01
—
NM average3 barns · 1,015 hd
173.78
−8.78
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18075.008851thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310198.00/cwt198.00–198.006141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315182.00/cwt182.00–182.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1393196.16/cwt191.00–206.0077119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2401186.00/cwt186.00–186.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 1405192.00/cwt192.00–192.007787
Steers—Medium 2-3476139.50/cwt139.50–139.506648
Steers—Medium and Large 1479181.28/cwt180.00–186.0086827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482170.92/cwt166.50–174.0082410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518159.00/cwt159.00–159.008243
Steers—Medium and Large 1528172.61/cwt168.00–181.0091125
Steers—Medium and Large 1567166.70/cwt160.00–171.0094519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586168.00/cwt168.00–168.009843
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632154.80/cwt149.00–160.0097813
Steers—Medium and Large 1636165.15/cwt165.00–166.001,05013
Steers—Medium and Large 2637149.00/cwt149.00–149.009497
Steers—Medium and Large 1668163.33/cwt163.00–164.001,09138
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned672155.99/cwt155.00–156.501,0489
Steers—Medium and Large 2683139.00/cwt139.00–139.009498
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned692148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0242
Steers—Medium and Large 1732148.76/cwt147.00–150.001,08912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,0997
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned756141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0663
Steers—Medium and Large 1782146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,14221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303164.69/cwt160.00–167.004999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390163.71/cwt161.00–166.506384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414161.37/cwt154.00–163.5066815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464156.47/cwt154.00–158.507269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2504134.50/cwt134.50–134.506786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527143.00/cwt143.00–143.007544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529153.89/cwt151.00–156.0081415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564156.05/cwt151.50–161.0088018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670144.53/cwt138.00–147.5096887
Heifers—Medium 1-2692128.50/cwt128.50–128.508894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703139.88/cwt139.00–140.0098317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full741131.00/cwt131.00–131.009714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763129.50/cwt129.50–129.509887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776132.00/cwt130.00–133.501,02425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1996114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,13514
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 355570.00/cwt70.00–70.0038935
Dairy Steers—Large 367974.00/cwt74.00–74.0050230
Dairy Steers—Large 382682.00/cwt82.00–82.0067710
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18075.00/cwt75.00–75.008851

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.