Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 4, 2020

3,310 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.96/cwt +16.33 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 523 lb · 153 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $148.86/cwt +15.92 vs last sale · ≈ $775/hd at 521 lb · 134 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $131.26/cwt +14.41 vs last sale · ≈ $823/hd at 627 lb · 130 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,310	791	4,031
Feeder cattle	2,498	548	3,411
Slaughter cattle	411	71	317
Replacement cattle	401	172	303

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 11.00-17.00 higher compared to last week's limited offerings but weather conditions much improved and quality more attractive, No comparison on feeders due to very limited offerings last week but a higher undertone noted on limited offerings this week. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, bulls 4.00 higher. Trade active, demand very good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	7	175.00	$175.00	$499	—
315–330	327	5	164.00–166.00	$164.39	$538	—
366–382 thin fleshed	372	5	176.00–177.00	$176.41	$656	—
373–390	378	19	159.00–164.00	$162.10	$613	—
415 value added	415	3	170.00	$170.00	$706	—
416–423 thin fleshed	419	11	169.00–170.00	$169.46	$710	—
412–432	422	29	155.00–167.50	$160.37	$677	—
446	446	3	148.50	$148.50	$662	—
450–475 value added	454	8	161.50–170.50	$167.83	$762	—
462–497	475	67	146.50–159.00	$151.46	$719	+10.71
516 value added	516	11	156.50	$156.50	$808	—
506–539	521	123	141.50–152.50	$148.18	$772	+15.24
552–580	573	74	134.00–141.50	$138.82	$795	+13.96
602–635	615	54	131.00–138.00	$132.67	$816	+14.16
604–649 unweaned	636	76	126.00–134.50	$130.25	$828	+19.25
655–662 unweaned	658	29	127.50–132.50	$129.99	$855	+14.49
662–679	675	19	123.55–125.00	$123.85	$836	—
711–740	713	56	117.00–126.00	$124.45	$887	—
715 unweaned	715	6	113.00	$113.00	$808	+6.00
795–796	796	5	115.00–121.00	$116.20	$925	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	5	171.00	$171.00	$388	—
361–396	374	24	159.00–171.00	$167.49	$626	+23.31
400–442	420	37	156.00–166.50	$161.45	$678	—
427 thin fleshed	427	9	173.00	$173.00	$739	—
460–491	476	8	131.00–138.00	$134.39	$640	+15.89
495 thin fleshed	495	7	149.50	$149.50	$740	—
500–540	512	59	139.50–149.00	$143.96	$737	+17.47
550–596	570	41	133.50–143.50	$139.13	$793	+13.63
602–621	604	37	131.50–140.00	$138.61	$837	—
641 unweaned	641	18	128.00	$128.00	$820	—
655–696 unweaned	681	11	117.00–127.50	$122.53	$834	+19.53
687	687	23	120.00	$120.00	$824	-1.77
703–733	714	11	118.00–125.00	$120.90	$863	-0.10
745 unweaned	745	5	106.00	$106.00	$790	±0.00
751 unweaned	751	4	109.50	$109.50	$822	—
767	767	2	121.00	$121.00	$928	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471–472	472	19	132.00–140.50	$138.27	$653	—
502–546	531	6	135.00–138.00	$137.06	$728	—
579	579	9	129.50	$129.50	$750	—
621	621	4	132.50	$132.50	$823	—
648 unweaned	648	9	122.50	$122.50	$794	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606–611	607	14	130.00–132.00	$131.43	$798	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
873	873	9	110.00	$110.00	$960	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–343	341	16	143.00–145.00	$144.37	$492	+15.37
351–381	362	21	135.00–143.00	$139.69	$506	—
420–447	435	22	130.00–141.00	$135.49	$589	+16.72
450–497	474	76	125.25–137.00	$131.05	$621	+11.21
494	494	15	119.50	$119.50	$590	-0.34
504–548	523	151	122.00–134.00	$131.11	$686	+16.48
547	547	2	120.00	$120.00	$656	+5.37
553 value added	553	11	132.50	$132.50	$733	—
556–599	581	48	109.50–123.50	$117.17	$681	+4.87
602–604	602	34	122.00–127.50	$126.53	$762	—
600–645 unweaned	618	42	110.00–115.00	$113.03	$699	+9.03
650–686 unweaned	664	13	106.50–115.00	$110.30	$732	—
661–685	666	92	114.00–125.00	$124.59	$830	—
700–737	719	4	113.00–114.50	$113.77	$818	—
735–740	736	4	109.00	$109.00	$802	—
750–782	774	8	104.50–109.00	$107.91	$835	—
862	862	7	108.00	$108.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	5	130.00	$130.00	$370	—
352–399	381	15	135.50–142.00	$138.49	$528	+19.52
410–415	413	6	138.00–139.00	$138.50	$572	+12.50
416	416	3	120.00	$120.00	$499	-6.00
451–498	479	46	120.00–135.00	$125.32	$600	—
511–536	522	9	119.00–121.00	$119.91	$626	—
562	562	5	108.50	$108.50	$610	-8.96
560–591	572	33	118.00–130.00	$123.96	$709	+6.50
610–613	612	7	111.00–113.00	$112.15	$686	—
643 unweaned	643	5	108.50	$108.50	$698	-1.50
660	660	8	108.00	$108.00	$713	—
872	872	4	101.50	$101.50	$885	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	139.00	$139.00	$389	—
358	358	3	137.00	$137.00	$490	—
432	432	6	120.00	$120.00	$518	—
463–470	468	17	112.50–120.50	$118.64	$555	—
502	502	2	114.00	$114.00	$572	—
587	587	10	111.50	$111.50	$655	—
621	621	3	110.00	$110.00	$683	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	2	100.00	$100.00	$750	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	5	114.00	$114.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	2	127.00	$127.00	$663	—
588	588	3	110.00	$110.00	$647	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1305	1249	80-85%	4	42.00–46.50	$43.24	$540	-4.92
995–1607	1262	80-85%	136	45.00–52.50	$48.94	$618	—
1225–1450	1334	80-85%	4	53.00–54.00	$53.48	$713	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	85-90%	1	22.00	$22.00	$161	—
740–1015	855	85-90%	5	20.00–28.00	$23.47	$201	—
785–1405	946	85-90%	48	30.00–41.00	$35.72	$338	+15.37
937–1106	1050	85-90%	6	36.50–42.50	$40.71	$427	—
895–1445	1114	85-90%	62	43.00–48.00	$45.51	$507	+4.27
1167–1168	1167	85-90%	9	50.00–52.00	$50.89	$594	—
1268	1268	85-90%	3	49.50	$49.50	$628	+9.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1755	1438	75-80%	3	40.00–42.50	$41.90	$603	—
1340–1575	1497	75-80%	3	48.00–49.00	$48.30	$723	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1560	1369	4	61.00–65.00	$63.64	$871	—
1235–2100	1685	11	69.00–80.00	$74.41	$1,254	—
1680–1995	1868	4	82.00–84.50	$83.26	$1,555	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	810.00	$810.00
850–1150	1064	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	400.00–710.00	$590.59
850–1300	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	35	535.00–910.00	$695.57
900–1400	1081	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	525.00–735.00	$606.15
900–1250	1096	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	510.00–700.00	$599.78
850–1600	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	450.00–875.00	$631.00
1000–1550	1193	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	525.00–675.00	$615.52
1000–1450	1219	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	500.00–750.00	$653.33
1000–1400	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	525.00–700.00	$631.88
900–1600	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	560.00–950.00	$748.61
1200–1300	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	610.00	$610.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	50.00	$50.00	$575
1100–1300	1167	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	42.50–61.00	$48.67	$568
1050–1300	1184	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	44.50–52.50	$48.80	$578
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	46.50	$46.50	$581
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	53.00	$53.00	$716
1100–1750	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	45.50–60.00	$52.75	$752
1550	1550	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	47.00	$47.00	$728
1600	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	45.00	$45.00	$720

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-125.00
1050–1200	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–900.00	$850.00	-175.00
1050–1200	1177	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,038.46	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1250–1300	1267	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,041.67	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552–572	560	12	80.00	$80.00	$448	—
883	883	22	68.50	$68.50	$605	—

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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.