Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 7, 2020

3,965 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $124.97/cwt ≈ $830/hd at 664 lb · 186 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $137.18/cwt ≈ $783/hd at 570 lb · 174 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.71/cwt ≈ $749/hd at 626 lb · 128 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,965	3,998	3,204
Feeder cattle	2,769	—	2,602
Slaughter cattle	590	—	304
Replacement cattle	606	—	298

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower on comparable sales. Heifer calves sold mostly steady. No comparison on feeder steers and heifers due to limited offerings last week. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
166–181	174	6	180.00	$180.00	$313
200–225	218	19	181.00	$181.00	$395
271	271	3	176.50	$176.50	$478
300–348	320	36	167.00–179.00	$174.72	$559
368–395	383	36	166.50–177.00	$173.32	$664
426 value added	426	5	174.50	$174.50	$743
421–442	432	34	155.00–166.50	$159.52	$689
447	447	2	153.00	$153.00	$684
452–498	474	120	144.00–157.00	$151.84	$720
500–542	520	36	133.00–147.00	$143.09	$744
531	531	6	125.00	$125.00	$664
550–595	569	160	133.00–142.50	$137.66	$783
570–599	587	14	130.50–132.50	$131.64	$773
601	601	7	128.00	$128.00	$769
601–636 value added	617	84	131.50–135.00	$133.24	$822
610–644 unweaned	630	28	125.00–130.00	$127.78	$805
651	651	24	114.00	$114.00	$742
654	654	23	119.00	$119.00	$778
650–685	667	88	128.50–134.00	$130.76	$872
651–690 unweaned	670	51	118.50–125.25	$122.84	$823
706 unweaned	706	4	125.00	$125.00	$882
700–735	716	65	129.50–135.50	$133.40	$955
766–774	768	33	117.50–123.25	$122.02	$937
776–786 unweaned	778	13	114.00–120.00	$115.40	$898
798	798	4	110.00	$110.00	$878
816–847	823	87	128.00–133.50	$132.21	$1,088
838	838	13	124.50	$124.50	$1,043
840	840	2	111.00	$111.00	$932
875–893	884	8	115.00–116.00	$115.49	$1,021

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
232	232	2	173.00	$173.00	$401
257	257	2	160.00	$160.00	$411
325–347	330	9	161.00–173.00	$170.20	$562
366–390	381	11	160.00–166.50	$162.87	$621
386 thin fleshed	386	31	172.00	$172.00	$664
416–446	431	10	150.50–155.00	$151.48	$653
451–496	473	13	140.00–151.00	$145.03	$686
514–545	533	13	136.00–137.00	$136.63	$728
551–598	583	11	125.50–133.00	$129.86	$757
605	605	3	129.00	$129.00	$780
667	667	9	114.00	$114.00	$760
689 value added	689	6	128.50	$128.50	$885
702–727	706	12	125.50–128.50	$126.01	$890
760 unweaned	760	2	108.00	$108.00	$821
838	838	5	106.00	$106.00	$888
858	858	3	104.00	$104.00	$892

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
481	481	14	138.50	$138.50	$666
547	547	2	135.00	$135.00	$738
657	657	2	114.00	$114.00	$749
876	876	4	113.00	$113.00	$990

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
558	558	3	117.50	$117.50	$656
648	648	5	112.00	$112.00	$726

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
206	206	6	164.00	$164.00	$338
303–349	326	37	140.00–148.00	$144.71	$472
361–393	375	19	138.00–145.00	$140.79	$528
405–449	430	99	130.50–138.50	$134.71	$579
466	466	3	119.00	$119.00	$555
453–487	471	39	125.00–134.00	$131.30	$618
473	473	3	120.00	$120.00	$568
509 value added	509	29	133.25	$133.25	$678
501–549	522	81	121.50–130.00	$125.01	$653
518–537	525	12	119.50–120.00	$119.75	$629
558–583	569	53	118.25–130.00	$122.78	$699
563–599	588	44	113.50–118.50	$116.91	$687
598	598	6	113.00	$113.00	$676
610–629 unweaned	618	55	115.00–120.25	$118.58	$733
615–634	619	28	125.00–131.50	$130.07	$805
623–638	633	22	110.00–114.00	$112.68	$713
645	645	23	116.50	$116.50	$751
669 unweaned	669	11	116.50	$116.50	$779
654–692	677	45	123.00–129.75	$128.14	$868
687	687	14	110.50	$110.50	$759
774 unweaned	774	7	113.00	$113.00	$875
780	780	24	117.50	$117.50	$916

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
260–272	269	14	140.00–146.00	$144.16	$388
340	340	3	135.50	$135.50	$461
352–398	383	49	136.00–139.00	$137.37	$526
427–448	438	31	125.00–130.50	$126.98	$556
461–477	465	14	120.00–125.50	$124.57	$579
505–541	518	21	118.00–121.00	$119.94	$621
591	591	3	116.00	$116.00	$686
601–639	617	20	116.00–119.00	$117.83	$727
665–682	675	16	118.00–120.00	$118.86	$802
690–695 unweaned	692	9	114.00–114.50	$114.33	$791
722–737 thin fleshed	730	24	125.50–127.75	$126.73	$925
805	805	2	111.00	$111.00	$894
1006	1006	5	92.00	$92.00	$926

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
344	344	8	90.00	$90.00	$310
912	912	5	88.00	$88.00	$803
950	950	52	96.00	$96.00	$912

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
407–430	427	15	121.00–125.00	$124.49	$532
475	475	6	120.00	$120.00	$570
580	580	3	111.00	$111.00	$644
850	850	3	106.00	$106.00	$901

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
252–273	261	7	129.00–130.00	$129.45	$338
367–380	376	6	120.00–122.00	$120.65	$454
401	401	4	116.00	$116.00	$465

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
548	548	3	100.00	$100.00	$548
723	723	9	100.00	$100.00	$723

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
295–297	296	8	155.00–165.00	$162.49	$481
425	425	16	166.00	$166.00	$706

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
350	350	4	148.00	$148.00	$518
520	520	2	120.00	$120.00	$624

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1300	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	985.00–1,050.00	$1,022.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
551	551	3	125.00	$125.00	$689

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1240	997	85-90%	44	31.00–37.50	$36.12	$360
885–1310	1065	85-90%	62	40.00–49.50	$45.82	$488
940–1405	1092	85-90%	64	40.00–49.25	$45.73	$499
1059–1195	1098	85-90%	22	49.50–50.75	$49.94	$548
1021–1300	1110	85-90%	28	50.00–52.50	$51.02	$566

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025–1265	1081	80-85%	12	51.50–55.00	$53.32	$576
948–1340	1096	80-85%	17	44.50–50.25	$49.07	$538
1111	1111	80-85%	5	48.50	$48.50	$539
917–1440	1211	80-85%	83	50.00–59.50	$55.73	$675

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1275–1350	1313	75-80%	2	47.50–50.00	$48.71	$640
1115–1785	1349	75-80%	30	52.00–58.50	$56.17	$758
1355–1393	1385	75-80%	5	57.50–58.75	$58.51	$810

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1237–2415	1671	25	64.00–78.00	$73.04	$1,220
1355–2200	1836	19	78.00–89.50	$80.97	$1,487

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1175–1360	1268	2	45.00–48.00	$46.61	$591

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
937–1425	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	800.00–825.00	$822.73
1175–1200	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–810.00	$806.67
1000–1515	1227	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	900.00–1,075.00	$977.88
1025–1450	1237	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	700.00–900.00	$769.26
1100–1350	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	985.00–1,125.00	$1,078.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1100	1006	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	700.00–800.00	$758.33
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	700.00	$700.00
1100–1250	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	700.00–800.00	$756.18
870–1450	1151	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	750.00–900.00	$835.17
1050–1450	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	725.00–800.00	$759.38
1441	1441	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00	$775.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1081–1280	1156	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	45.00–54.00	$51.47	$595
1031–1570	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	50.00–51.50	$51.01	$611
1035–1364	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	51.50–55.00	$53.06	$646
1565	1565	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$861

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1210	924	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	43.50–48.00	$47.50	$439
955–1005	983	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	44.00–49.00	$46.83	$460
951–1075	1031	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	44.00–48.00	$45.94	$474
1407–1430	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	43.00–49.00	$45.00	$637

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
900–1150	1054	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	525.00–660.00	$610.97
1075–1200	1106	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	600.00	$600.00
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1235	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	59.00	$59.00	$729
1316	1316	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	51.00	$51.00	$671
1295–1590	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	53.00–61.00	$55.67	$775
1170–1610	1476	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	52.00–61.00	$54.89	$810
1510–1515	1513	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	55.00–59.00	$57.00	$862

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1100–1350	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,161.11
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1545	1545	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1075–1300	1107	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	850.00–900.00	$857.14
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	710.00	$710.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.