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Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

3,443 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.44/cwt -4.30 vs last sale · ≈ $589/hd at 474 lb · 99 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $130.86/cwt -4.43 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 567 lb · 98 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $131.94/cwt -9.82 vs last sale · ≈ $702/hd at 532 lb · 91 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 3,443 3,617 3,617
Feeder cattle 2,751 2,764 3,082
Slaughter cattle 347 314 235
Replacement cattle 345 539 300

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. 5.00-11.00 lower except 400-500 lb. heifers steady. Steer calves over 600 lbs. 2.00-4.00 lower, heifers 5.00-6.00 lower. No accurate comparison on feeders due to limited receipts both weeks with few yearling types offered. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 lower, bulls 6.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
201 201 8 168.00 $168.00 $338 —
287–292 289 6 143.00–151.00 $145.70 $421 -25.47
315–318 317 45 151.00–152.00 $151.71 $481 —
376–396 387 11 142.00–157.00 $148.63 $575 -23.01
400–447 421 36 140.00–146.00 $142.61 $600 -20.97
450–499 474 61 138.00–151.50 $142.56 $676 -8.69
495 495 9 125.00 $125.00 $619 -26.25
501–547 524 58 130.00–142.50 $136.43 $715 -11.07
522–537 value added 532 6 144.00 $144.00 $766 —
551 551 3 124.00 $124.00 $683 -11.29
566 thin fleshed 566 18 138.00 $138.00 $781 —
551–581 567 59 125.00–136.00 $131.97 $748 -3.32
570–574 572 18 121.00–121.50 $121.20 $693 -14.09
604–637 value added 611 34 125.75–128.00 $126.53 $773 —
604–628 unweaned 614 18 120.00–125.00 $123.90 $761 -1.64
654–680 unweaned 670 38 119.00–121.00 $120.57 $808 +0.73
716–720 unweaned 718 6 106.00–108.50 $107.25 $770 -9.27
704–748 722 19 120.00–127.00 $122.84 $887 -5.16
754 754 8 122.00 $122.00 $920 -2.50
802 802 4 115.00 $115.00 $922 -11.50
816 unweaned 816 6 109.00 $109.00 $889 -1.00
850 unweaned 850 5 106.50 $106.50 $905 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
287 287 4 150.00 $150.00 $430 —
305–340 315 16 146.00–156.00 $148.68 $468 -16.82
363–376 371 28 145.00–155.00 $149.07 $553 -13.30
404–445 420 56 138.00–146.00 $140.94 $592 -14.34
453 value added 453 5 157.50 $157.50 $713 —
458–480 thin fleshed 469 14 144.00 $144.00 $675 —
458–497 483 63 130.50–142.00 $136.26 $658 -16.51
507–547 532 91 129.00–137.50 $131.94 $702 -4.92
564 564 12 118.75 $118.75 $670 -6.25
559–594 574 32 121.00–133.00 $128.57 $738 +3.57
606–646 620 21 126.00–128.00 $126.82 $786 +6.57
656 value added 656 16 126.50 $126.50 $830 —
663 663 4 124.00 $124.00 $822 —
668–696 unweaned 688 40 111.00–120.00 $113.93 $784 -8.07
701 701 8 126.00 $126.00 $883 —
712–722 unweaned 721 14 100.00–113.00 $111.16 $801 -6.13
792 792 11 117.00–117.50 $117.18 $928 -10.82
822 822 2 121.00 $121.00 $995 +6.00
957 957 2 105.00 $105.00 $1,005 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
416 416 3 138.00 $138.00 $574 -2.00
597 597 12 120.00 $120.00 $716 -3.00
604 604 11 121.00 $121.00 $731 -1.50
658–682 666 6 119.00–120.00 $119.66 $797 —
710–741 717 26 117.50–119.50 $117.98 $846 -2.02
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
415 415 2 111.00 $111.00 $461 —
489 489 9 98.00 $98.00 $479 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
297 297 6 131.00 $131.00 $389 -13.80
338–344 341 18 139.50–141.75 $140.70 $480 -4.60
351–387 364 22 131.00–132.50 $131.29 $478 -7.74
417–446 426 44 128.50–137.50 $134.04 $571 -2.25
462–499 478 62 121.00–136.50 $132.33 $633 +2.46
500–541 520 76 119.00–127.75 $123.74 $643 +8.74
550–560 553 17 110.00–110.50 $110.35 $610 -13.05
556–584 570 71 117.00–124.00 $121.05 $690 -2.35
605–628 unweaned 622 25 113.50–116.00 $114.20 $710 -3.75
630 630 4 113.00 $113.00 $712 —
650 unweaned 650 5 114.00 $114.00 $741 +0.27
656–680 670 7 115.00–119.00 $117.32 $786 +2.32
717 717 4 111.00 $111.00 $796 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
247 247 2 131.00 $131.00 $324 —
286–298 291 7 136.00–138.00 $137.12 $399 —
315 315 3 138.00 $138.00 $435 +2.81
371–380 374 14 135.00–136.50 $135.96 $508 +2.96
412 value added 412 4 135.00 $135.00 $556 —
415–440 425 38 121.00–128.00 $126.50 $538 -4.49
458–486 470 69 120.00–128.00 $124.35 $584 -4.39
481 481 16 116.00 $116.00 $558 -12.74
483 value added 483 14 134.50 $134.50 $650 —
535–547 541 35 116.00–126.75 $122.34 $662 -6.43
565–582 575 34 112.50–120.00 $117.41 $675 -9.09
606–645 617 15 113.00–119.00 $116.11 $716 —
638–645 unweaned 640 23 105.50–111.00 $109.55 $701 -6.39
665 665 3 116.00 $116.00 $771 +2.00
733 733 4 117.00 $117.00 $858 -2.00
773 unweaned 773 8 106.00 $106.00 $819 -5.50
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
312 312 12 124.00 $124.00 $387 —
350–370 363 9 120.00–121.00 $120.57 $438 —
415 415 9 120.00 $120.00 $498 —
507–522 515 4 110.00–117.00 $113.55 $585 -1.84
585–588 587 5 115.00–116.00 $115.40 $677 +2.34
631 631 5 114.00 $114.00 $719 —
653 653 16 109.75 $109.75 $717 -5.75
732 732 5 106.00 $106.00 $776 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
367 367 2 109.00 $109.00 $400 —
488 488 4 97.00 $97.00 $473 —
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
733 733 3 109.50 $109.50 $803 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
545 545 2 115.00 $115.00 $627 —
596 596 5 109.00 $109.00 $650 —
658 658 3 108.00 $108.00 $711 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
820 820 85-90% 1 22.50 $22.50 $184 —
865–1376 1060 85-90% 11 31.00–34.50 $32.81 $348 —
983–1320 1083 85-90% 16 34.50–44.50 $39.90 $432 —
825–1301 1086 85-90% 20 28.00–34.50 $32.15 $349 —
770–1580 1144 85-90% 6 23.00–30.00 $28.28 $324 —
920–1668 1158 85-90% 75 35.00–44.50 $40.85 $473 -6.84
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1125–1153 1146 80-85% 4 42.00–45.00 $42.74 $490 —
995–1815 1276 80-85% 41 39.00–49.50 $43.68 $557 -13.32
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1215 1215 75-80% 1 30.00 $30.00 $364 —
1515–1825 1670 75-80% 2 39.50–41.00 $40.18 $671 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1220–1875 1528 23 51.00–65.50 $62.04 $948 -3.67
1430–2040 1714 33 66.50–77.25 $72.37 $1,240 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
900–1000 950 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 700.00 $700.00
950–1200 1065 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 22 500.00–725.00 $644.09
850–1250 1083 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 9 400.00–725.00 $616.67
950–1250 1100 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 9 500.00–750.00 $645.00
1050–1150 1100 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 4 460.00–550.00 $505.00
1050–1250 1125 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 4 500.00–625.00 $543.75
1000–1500 1132 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 14 530.00–825.00 $653.57
1050–1200 1138 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 4 750.00–775.00 $758.75
900–1650 1178 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 23 525.00–850.00 $738.48
1100–1600 1278 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 9 725.00–850.00 $805.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1100 1100 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 9 43.50–43.75 $43.56 $479
1200 1200 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 9 40.00–45.50 $40.61 $487
1150–1600 1229 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 7 40.00–46.50 $42.14 $518
900–1350 1231 Aged (>8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 16 37.50–49.00 $41.31 $509
1100–1400 1250 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 49.00–51.00 $50.00 $625
950–1338 1268 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 9 41.25–50.00 $42.64 $541

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
950–1200 1033 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 3 750.00–825.00 $775.00 —
1000–1500 1200 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 6 925.00–1,000.00 $979.17 -270.83

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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.