Sale reports / New Mexico / Clovis Livestock Auction / 2024-09-18

Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Sep 18
● Final160 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,250 head
▼ 1,039 vs last sale 3,289▲ 69 vs year ago 2,181 · +3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 138▲ 19 vs year ago 135 · +14.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
256 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 254▼ 40 vs year ago 296 · −13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves under 600 lbs sold 4.00-8.00 lower with the exception of 300-350 lbs & 500-550 lbs being steady and 350-400 lbs were 5.00 higher. Steer yearlings sold 2.00-7.00 lower with exception of 650-700 lbs being 5.00 higher. Heifer calves were 6.00-7.00 lower except for 450-500 lbs at 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00-10.00 lower. Trade and demand were moderately slow on smaller numbers. Special attention was paid to weaning dates and vaccinations given. Slaughter cows sold steady to 8.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 10.00-12.00 lower. 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 $260.09/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −174.47 against this barn's trailing median of $434.57.
Average price
$260.09
272 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,418
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$44.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.86
vs NM average
−6.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544264.841,442207
Large 1560261.001,4623thin
Medium and Large 1-2537252.111,35436
Medium 1-2533245.501,3078thin
Large 1-2586234.001,37110thin
Medium 2562220.001,2368thin
One grade step is worth $44.84/cwt here — about $205 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 sale272 hd
260.09
—
NM average4 barns · 665 hd
261.95
−1.86
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
−6.55
This barn, trailing median34 sales
434.57
−174.47
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—Average1,574134.922,12331
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,197114.751,37469
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,115101.961,137118

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,135$2,08225
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,3568
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,073$1,2502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$1,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,105$1,1884thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$1,1754thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)745$1,2001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,795$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$1,7501thin

Every lot

160 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 · Steers67 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1145550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy210390.00/cwt390.00–390.008198
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,01813
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned306270.00/cwt270.00–270.008264
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326338.39/cwt338.00–340.001,10310
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,1708
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350272.00/cwt272.00–272.009522
Steers350–400Large 1375333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,2493
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378327.19/cwt322.00–329.001,23715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full381300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,14310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added403337.25/cwt337.00–338.001,3598
Steers400–450Medium 1-2415294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,2202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed419312.63/cwt311.00–327.001,31019
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423271.57/cwt260.00–276.001,14910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0073
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427299.73/cwt290.00–311.001,28038
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full441255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full453266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2053
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2457246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,1242
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2702
Steers450–500Medium 1-2475286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3593
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475284.85/cwt272.00–292.001,35372
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,29510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full487250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2186
Steers500–550Medium 1-2508240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2194
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full515233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520274.27/cwt263.00–283.001,426100
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529256.30/cwt246.00–261.501,35627
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2842
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540261.03/cwt260.50–262.001,41011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full548261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4309
Steers550–600Medium 1-2557251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3984
Steers550–600Large 1560261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4623
Steers550–600Medium 2562220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2368
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571255.17/cwt245.00–264.001,45772
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added575267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,53510
Steers550–600Large 1-2586234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,37110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full587226.59/cwt226.00–227.001,3305
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4285
Steers600–650Small and Medium 2-3608101.00/cwt101.00–101.006143
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy609256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5595
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy616234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617246.85/cwt239.00–251.001,52377
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622237.47/cwt230.00–241.001,47722
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full634233.50/cwt232.00–234.001,4808
Steers600–650Medium 1-2640219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,40520
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663236.97/cwt226.00–241.001,571125
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full686223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,5339
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5203
Steers650–700Small and Medium 2692106.00/cwt106.00–106.007342
Steers650–700Small and Medium 2-3697108.00/cwt108.00–108.007532
Steers700–750Medium 1717219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5702
Steers700–750Medium 1-2725206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,49435
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728227.41/cwt220.00–233.001,65672
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,5551
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6052
Steers750–800Medium 1765218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,6723
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772221.61/cwt215.00–231.001,71123
Steers750–800Medium 1-2774194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,50218
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805216.83/cwt215.00–227.001,74513
Steers800–850Medium 1-2805180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4491
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Full811211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7114
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7842
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874226.38/cwt216.00–228.001,97945
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,6472
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,7902
Steers1600–1650Medium and Large 11,630117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,9072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers55 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315223.50/cwt223.50–223.507046
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned324265.77/cwt262.00–270.008616
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332296.99/cwt290.00–308.0098616
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341245.00/cwt245.00–245.008355
Heifers300–350Medium 1-2342281.00/cwt281.00–281.009612
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full348280.00/cwt280.00–280.009743
Heifers350–400Medium 1362281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0174
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full370256.00/cwt256.00–256.009472
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375273.43/cwt266.00–280.001,02516
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0094
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378240.00/cwt240.00–240.009076
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added382292.47/cwt283.00–293.501,11721
Heifers350–400Medium 1-2386237.00/cwt237.00–237.009153
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411272.66/cwt261.00–276.001,12129
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added413284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,17312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned419248.14/cwt240.00–256.001,0408
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Full426210.00/cwt210.00–210.008953
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full429257.86/cwt251.00–264.001,10611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429255.25/cwt245.00–262.001,09530
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2431248.56/cwt241.00–261.001,0719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433235.10/cwt229.00–241.001,0186
Heifers400–450Medium 1441249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0985
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456238.52/cwt238.00–241.001,08812
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2462229.12/cwt224.00–241.001,0597
Heifers450–500Medium 1467250.71/cwt250.00–257.001,17119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added468270.76/cwt269.00–272.001,2677
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2Fleshy476202.00/cwt202.00–202.009623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477257.60/cwt245.00–265.001,22973
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524233.54/cwt228.00–246.001,22437
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3-4533235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2535
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535233.40/cwt222.00–235.001,24916
Heifers500–550Large 1539238.25/cwt237.50–239.001,2844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full547211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1542
Heifers550–600Medium 1558231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,28912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added564240.30/cwt239.00–246.001,35517
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578225.62/cwt213.00–231.001,30471
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2246
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full597211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2604
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608224.24/cwt217.00–226.501,36360
Heifers600–650Large 1-2610206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2572
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2611204.70/cwt201.50–209.501,25117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623214.28/cwt210.00–215.501,33538
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4803
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full651204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3285
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659210.73/cwt205.00–215.001,38911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed660235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added664229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,52127
Heifers650–700Large 1667215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4347
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682214.29/cwt213.00–220.001,46148
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4493
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2690188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,30124
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727226.79/cwt221.00–232.001,64922
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734208.73/cwt205.00–216.001,53214
Heifers700–750Medium 1Guaranteed Open740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5542
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1793212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,68531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390220.00/cwt220.00–220.008582
Bulls400–450Small and Medium 2400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005122
Bulls550–600Small and Medium 2-359093.00/cwt93.00–93.005492
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2983
Bulls750–800Large 1-2757162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2262
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2895135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2083
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,045130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3591
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers200–250Large 3225240.15/cwt230.00–250.0054015
Dairy Steers200–250Small 3-4226135.00/cwt135.00–135.003056
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3268250.00/cwt250.00–250.006706
Dairy Steers250–300Small 3-4296125.00/cwt125.00–125.003703
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3319230.00/cwt230.00–230.007346
Dairy Steers650–700Small and Medium 2-3692100.00/cwt100.00–100.006922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,331112.45/cwt105.00–117.001,4979
Bulls——1,473136.26/cwt128.00–142.502,0076
Bulls——1,56583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,2991
Bulls——1,760151.32/cwt142.00–157.002,66315
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96882.44/cwt79.00–90.0079818
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12199.78/cwt96.50–103.501,11931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143112.68/cwt110.00–114.501,28826
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151108.04/cwt100.00–114.001,24469
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230116.00/cwt114.00–121.501,42743
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1955142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,3611
Bred Cows—Large 11,0651,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,187.50/head1,100.00–1,275.001,1884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1312,005.56/head1,900.00–2,125.002,0069
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1321,308.33/head1,200.00–1,450.001,3086
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1401,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1754
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1501,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium 11,1532,198.33/head2,175.00–2,225.002,19815
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1601,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,184116.00/cwt115.50–116.501,3734
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3301,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,3501,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,7952,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17451,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001

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.