Sale reports / New Mexico / Clovis Livestock Auction / 2024-05-01

Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, May 1
● Final126 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
970 head
▼ 448 vs last sale 1,418▲ 69 vs year ago 901 · +7.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 302▲ 69 vs year ago 88 · +78.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
402 head
▲ 277 vs last sale 125▲ 260 vs year ago 142 · +183.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 400-450 lbs sold sharply higher and 450-500 lbs were 3.00 lower while 500-600 lbs sold 3.00-19.00 lower. Steer Yearlings 750-850 lbs were 2.00-3.00 lower. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs sold sharply higher and 450-500 lbs were 3.00 higher while 500-550 lbs sold 2.00 lower and 550-600 lbs were 13.00 higher. Yearling heifers 600-650 lbs sold 16.00 higher and 650-700 lbs were sharply lower while 800-850 lbs sold sharply higher. Trade was uneven on smaller numbers with good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00-5.00 lower with instances 5.00 higher and slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower with instances 4.00 higher. Market was moderate with excellent 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 $288.98/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −145.59 against this barn's trailing median of $434.57.
Average price
$288.98
48 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$81.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.37
vs NM average
−19.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547301.631,64829
Large 1533280.001,49213thin
Medium and Large 1-2565261.001,4734thin
Medium 2592220.001,3022thin
One grade step is worth $81.63/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale48 hd
288.98
—
NM average4 barns · 530 hd
267.61
+21.37
National average166 barns · 9,614 hd
308.61
−19.63
This barn, trailing median34 sales
434.57
−145.59
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—Average1,511133.462,01620
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,354126.371,71125
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242123.681,53649
CowsLean 85-90%Average936103.0996530

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,135$1,99012
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,212$1,90314
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,068$1,86416
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,137$1,8564thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$1,8168
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,202$1,6083thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,096$1,54310
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,099$1,4288
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$1,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,067$1,2867
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,117$1,2509
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,101$1,1858
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)978$1,0673thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)895$7001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)830$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,063$3,02124
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,108$2,71552
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,134$2,49933
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,178$2,47726
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,059$1,81119

Every lot

126 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0792
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,4351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386318.85/cwt312.00–322.001,2313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added395360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4222
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added403395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,59213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,3493
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added467361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,68612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468322.83/cwt310.00–347.001,51114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full489280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3695
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531311.54/cwt292.00–326.001,65419
Steers500–550Large 1533280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,49213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,5012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576282.79/cwt250.00–296.501,62910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4382
Steers550–600Medium 2592220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,7914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653260.49/cwt250.00–267.001,7018
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2432
Steers650–700Small and Medium 368391.35/cwt90.00–94.006246
Steers650–700Small and Medium 2-3693101.00/cwt101.00–101.007004
Steers700–750Small and Medium 371188.40/cwt80.00–95.006296
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736238.82/cwt221.00–246.001,7587
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776227.44/cwt214.00–240.001,76593
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1801232.75/cwt232.75–232.751,86463
Steers800–850Large 1-2805225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8112
Steers950–1000Large 1977190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8564
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1990199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,9704
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,033191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9733
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334358.44/cwt330.00–368.001,19712
Heifers300–350Large 1345317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,0943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1406327.35/cwt312.00–330.001,32922
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2427247.43/cwt230.00–260.001,0575
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1522
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481281.34/cwt250.00–291.001,35342
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2490268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3132
Heifers500–550Medium 1512270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520264.50/cwt248.00–278.001,37521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569259.10/cwt241.00–270.001,47427
Heifers550–600Medium 1582242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4084
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full582220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2802
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4103
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614254.05/cwt242.00–281.001,5607
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4979
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5584
Heifers650–700Large 1-2692165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1428
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1695205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,42812
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711226.61/cwt221.00–232.001,6116
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2728151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0994
Heifers700–750Large 1735215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5803
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6944
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813203.75/cwt203.75–203.751,65663
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6965
Heifers850–900Medium 1-2887160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4194
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1943171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6134
Heifers950–1000Medium 1980170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6662
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1287385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1052
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5112
Bulls700–750Large 1-2705214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5092
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6803
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added860170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4622
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2905167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,5112
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,6032
Bulls950–1000Medium 1960120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1522
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3347280.73/cwt276.00–285.0097484
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006632
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Large 2-3332287.00/cwt287.00–287.0095310
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Large 2-3352298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,04923
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Small and Medium 3363147.00/cwt147.00–147.005348
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,143106.53/cwt97.00–115.001,2182
Bulls——Return to Feed1,190129.13/cwt123.00–135.001,5372
Bulls——1,417121.76/cwt100.00–130.001,7256
Bulls——1,677140.70/cwt134.50–147.502,3606
Bulls——1,745155.80/cwt147.25–160.002,7194
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed825103.50/cwt103.50–103.508545
Cows—Lean 85-90%85791.00/cwt91.00–91.007802
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed921101.51/cwt92.50–104.5093516
Cows—Lean 85-90%99089.00/cwt89.00–89.008811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,084113.36/cwt105.00–116.501,2296
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202128.34/cwt126.50–129.501,54310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225113.45/cwt110.50–116.251,3903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254123.24/cwt117.50–126.501,54536
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,354126.37/cwt122.00–130.251,71125
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs19 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29001,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 19302,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19852,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1753
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19932,212.50/head2,200.00–2,350.002,21312
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29932,194.44/head1,750.00–2,250.002,1949
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,512.50/head1,225.00–1,800.001,5132
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0332,733.33/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7333
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0501,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7008
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0552,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0752,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3257
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0822,977.27/head2,900.00–3,050.002,97711
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0853,231.94/head2,925.00–3,425.003,23218
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0951,785.00/head1,785.00–1,785.001,7858
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1422,803.33/head2,350.00–3,100.002,80330
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2152,663.10/head2,650.00–2,675.002,66321
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2252,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2392,746.15/head2,500.00–2,950.002,74613
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2532,300.00/head2,200.00–2,400.002,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,6101
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows21 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2895700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,262.50/head1,150.00–1,375.001,2632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19781,066.67/head925.00–1,275.001,0673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0071,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,306.67/head1,150.00–1,385.001,3073
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0581,412.50/head1,325.00–1,500.001,4132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0751,992.31/head1,750.00–2,100.001,99213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0911,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0961,566.67/head1,525.00–1,825.001,5679
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0991,427.50/head1,400.00–1,485.001,4288
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1011,185.00/head1,185.00–1,185.001,1858
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1171,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2509
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1351,990.42/head1,735.00–2,025.001,99012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1882,000.00/head1,750.00–2,050.002,00011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2021,608.33/head1,525.00–1,700.001,6083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2152,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Bred Cows—Medium 11,2901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3031,567.50/head1,485.00–1,650.001,5682
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1885170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5051
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,070126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3482
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18301,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.