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Clovis Livestock Auction

Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Apr 10

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781

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Receipts

1,270 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 1,360▼ 250 vs year ago 1,520 · −16.4%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle Slaughter/Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Feb 20, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady with instances 5.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Rains across the area curbed receipts, but benefitted local pastures.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.45/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −133.12 against this barn's trailing median of $434.57.

Average price

$301.45

98 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$460

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$91.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.50

vs NM average

−4.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	309.15	1,707	73
Medium and Large 1-2	551	294.23	1,620	20
Medium and Large 2-3	572	218.00	1,247	5thin

One grade step is worth $91.15/cwt here — about $460 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 sale98 hd

301.45

—

NM average4 barns · 561 hd

274.95

+26.50

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−4.02

This barn, trailing median34 sales

434.57

−133.12

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

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.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,236	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,346	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,414	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,259	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	339.82/cwt	320.00–358.00	1,580	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	302.07/cwt	298.00–310.00	1,426	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	317.01/cwt	312.00–319.00	1,620	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	338.24/cwt	329.00–366.00	1,732	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	522	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,420	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	306.12/cwt	292.00–314.00	1,711	62
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	281.96/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,613	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	572	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,247	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,681	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,653	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	242.21/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,618	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	256.18/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,747	74
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,704	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,813	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,871	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,792	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,907	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	350.43/cwt	336.00–362.00	1,128	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	329.22/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,235	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	319.42/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,243	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	315.13/cwt	308.00–340.00	1,349	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,086	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	293.75/cwt	284.00–320.00	1,293	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	282.53/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,353	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	282.24/cwt	264.00–300.00	1,375	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	282.86/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,420	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,243	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,236	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	236.91/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,355	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	247.13/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,463	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,363	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,452	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	230.99/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,541	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,591	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,750	46
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	321.14/cwt	302.00–352.00	1,384	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	502	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,381	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,651	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	347	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,100	50
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	351	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,088	30
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	357	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	942	12
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3-4	369	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	793	5
Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium 3-4	387	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	619	22
Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3-4	491	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	894	4
Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3-4	518	164.92/cwt	150.00–187.00	854	42
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,118	11
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,301	42

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 →

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Receipts 1,270Last week 1,360Year ago 1,520

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	322	336.00–362.00	350.43
11	350–400	375	324.00–334.00	329.22
14	400–450	428	308.00–340.00	315.13
41	450–500	487	264.00–300.00	282.24
41	500–550	502	280.00–287.00	282.86
44	550–600	592	239.00–260.00	247.13
12	650–700	667	230.00–234.00	230.99
3	700–750	701	227.00	227.00
46	900–950	914	191.50	191.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	252.00	252.00
2	550–600	552	224.00	224.00
3	650–700	690	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	314.00–330.00	319.42
7	400–450	440	284.00–320.00	293.75
22	450–500	479	268.00–288.00	282.53
15	500–550	518	240.00	240.00
27	550–600	572	236.00–239.00	236.91
7	600–650	603	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	648	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	312	396.00	396.00
7	400–450	416	340.00	340.00
32	450–500	465	320.00–358.00	339.82
9	500–550	512	329.00–366.00	338.24
62	550–600	559	292.00–314.00	306.12
3	600–650	618	272.00	272.00
74	650–700	682	250.00–259.00	256.18
6	700–750	704	242.00	242.00
63	750–800	783	231.50	231.50
4	850–900	868	215.50	215.50
5	950–1000	951	200.50	200.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	396	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	431	292.00	292.00
6	450–500	472	298.00–310.00	302.07
7	500–550	511	312.00–319.00	317.01
13	550–600	572	275.00–287.00	281.96
6	600–650	642	257.50	257.50
17	650–700	668	239.00–245.00	242.21
6	850–900	898	199.50	199.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	522	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	215.00	215.00
4	450–500	491	182.00	182.00
42	500–550	518	150.00–187.00	164.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	387	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	357	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
50	300–350	347	317.00	317.00
30	350–400	351	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	242.00	242.00
42	500–550	542	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	502	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	302.00–352.00	321.14
3	550–600	596	277.00	277.00

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.