Sale reports / New Mexico / Clovis Livestock Auction / 2024-03-13

Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Mar 13
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,719 head
▲ 205 vs last sale 1,514▼ 411 vs year ago 2,130 · −19.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 81▼ 48 vs year ago 135 · −35.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
132 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 130▲ 11 vs year ago 121 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 350-400 lbs were 4.00 lower and 400-450 lbs sold 7.00 higher while 450-600 lbs were 8.00-19.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-800 lbs sold 7.00-17.00 higher with exception of 700-750 lbs being 2.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs were 8.00-16.00 higher and 400-450 lbs sold 4.00 higher while 450-500 lbs sold steady with 500-550 lbs being sharply higher and 550-600 lbs were steady. Feeder heifers 600-650 sold 5.00 higher and 650-750 lbs were sharply higher. Trade was very active with strong demand on larger numbers. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-10.00 higher instances sharply higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00-4.00 higher. Market was moderately higher with evcellent buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $277.58/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −156.99 against this barn's trailing median of $434.57.
Average price
$277.58
140 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$227.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.86
vs NM average
−38.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554299.581,660109
Small 2-3567250.001,4182thin
Medium and Large 1-2533218.001,16223
Medium and Large 2512202.001,0342thin
Small and Medium 2-357572.004144thin
One grade step is worth $227.58/cwt here — about $1,246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale140 hd
277.58
—
NM average4 barns · 397 hd
288.43
−10.86
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
−38.49
This barn, trailing median34 sales
434.57
−156.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
500447394341median 434.5703/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.79, low $354.58, median $434.57 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,571134.462,11215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,404132.881,86620
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,187120.621,43127
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03185.918868thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,311$2,3655
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,121$2,0673thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,212$1,9506
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,535$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$1,6002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)960$1,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)815$1,0501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)770$8001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)789$1,7128
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)825$1,6583thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)645$8882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,218$2,23714
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,277$2,19817
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,368$2,1336
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,020$1,5751thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)798$1,3173thin

Every lot

117 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,1952
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added305413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,2606
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319377.76/cwt352.00–390.001,2057
Steers300–350Small and Medium 2-3337215.00/cwt215.00–215.007252
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Full347345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1972
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned350320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1203
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385371.03/cwt360.00–402.001,42870
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1192
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436358.63/cwt348.00–385.001,56426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full441320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned456300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3683
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462327.37/cwt315.00–351.001,51256
Steers450–500Small and Medium 2-3467165.00/cwt165.00–165.007712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy472307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4492
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2087
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0342
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,9063
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4752
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full529284.56/cwt284.00–285.001,5059
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533308.06/cwt298.00–322.001,64253
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full534212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,13221
Steers550–600Small 2-3567250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4182
Steers550–600Small and Medium 2-357572.00/cwt72.00–72.004144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1587287.78/cwt273.00–304.001,68944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full606279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,6947
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620223.99/cwt222.00–226.001,3894
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624266.40/cwt245.00–284.501,66240
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4692
Steers600–650Medium 1636237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5073
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665257.49/cwt250.00–273.501,71235
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy672233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,5662
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673218.97/cwt218.00–220.001,47410
Steers700–750Large 1709235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6665
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736244.36/cwt221.00–248.001,798178
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2742216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6032
Steers750–800Medium 1-2757140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0604
Steers750–800Medium 1760220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6722
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766242.42/cwt233.00–250.001,857143
Steers750–800Large 1781225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7573
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864226.90/cwt226.75–228.001,96025
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0336
Steers1650–1700Medium and Large 11,698240.00/cwt240.00–240.004,0753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323344.63/cwt334.00–350.001,1136
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379341.80/cwt320.00–352.001,29545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full385302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2333
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437326.50/cwt293.00–332.001,42768
Heifers400–450Medium 1439319.39/cwt316.00–322.001,4027
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full475280.16/cwt279.00–281.001,3315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476302.81/cwt290.00–322.001,44145
Heifers450–500Medium 1491277.79/cwt276.00–290.001,36422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy498282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524287.04/cwt271.00–314.001,50425
Heifers550–600Large 1559268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,49813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572243.93/cwt224.00–266.001,39512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614239.60/cwt213.00–254.001,47129
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676231.55/cwt218.00–257.001,56570
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3982
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738231.31/cwt220.50–246.001,70725
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1784209.26/cwt203.00–222.501,64112
Heifers750–800Small and Medium 2-3797104.00/cwt104.00–104.008292
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829203.55/cwt200.00–207.001,68724
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1928211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,96317
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1976217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,11813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1145525.00/head525.00–525.005252
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4722
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3329300.00/cwt300.00–300.0098718
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Medium and Large 3329200.00/cwt200.00–200.0065820
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,13446
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Medium and Large 3382125.50/cwt120.00–130.0047916
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Small 3495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005692
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,233132.05/cwt119.00–138.001,6283
Bulls——1,476122.48/cwt115.00–131.001,8085
Bulls——1,765140.25/cwt140.25–140.252,4751
Bulls——1,786144.69/cwt143.50–148.502,5846
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96798.04/cwt97.00–99.509483
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07091.00/cwt91.00–91.009741
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07075.53/cwt70.50–80.008084
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,105112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,112111.86/cwt106.00–119.501,24411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210124.56/cwt120.00–128.001,5076
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271129.67/cwt128.00–135.001,6489
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368136.04/cwt134.00–137.501,8618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428130.77/cwt125.00–134.001,86712
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs14 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 19001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 19601,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0201,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 21,0451,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0901,937.50/head1,750.00–2,125.001,9382
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 31,1151,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1702,320.00/head2,010.00–2,475.002,3203
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 11,2252,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,2552,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2982,570.83/head2,200.00–2,950.002,5716
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3232,466.67/head2,300.00–2,725.002,4673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3472,193.18/head1,675.00–2,275.002,19311
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4252,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0754
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium 2635750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Heifer Pairs—Large 17751,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 19851,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1770800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18151,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19601,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1212,066.67/head1,200.00–2,500.002,0673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2121,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2751,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3112,365.00/head1,525.00–2,575.002,3655
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5351,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Large 1585925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1705850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17411,678.57/head1,625.00–2,000.001,6797
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18251,658.33/head1,175.00–1,900.001,6583
Bred Heifers—Large 11,1251,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1726191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3874

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.