Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

2,162 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.85/cwt +5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 472 lb · 92 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.28/cwt +14.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,011/hd at 742 lb · 85 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.05/cwt ≈ $914/hd at 725 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,162	1,954	1,004
Feeder cattle	1,340	1,284	746
Slaughter cattle	228	251	131
Replacement cattle	594	419	127

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison under 450 lbs., 450-550 lbs. 10.00 higher, 550-600 lbs. 4.00 higher. No accurate comparison on feeders over 600 lbs. but a much higher undertone noted, though quality and weighing conditions more attractive. No accurate comparison on heifer calves under 500 lbs. but a few 400-450 lbs. 4.00 higher. Calves and feeders over 500 lbs. 5.00-7.00 higher, no comparison over 700 lbs. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00-3.00 lower, bulls 1.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	191.00	$191.00	$544	—
343	343	7	186.00	$186.00	$638	-9.44
393 unweaned	393	3	160.00	$160.00	$629	—
395 thin fleshed	395	2	185.00	$185.00	$731	—
417–441	433	10	166.00–179.00	$170.45	$738	+5.45
472–475	472	84	175.00–178.00	$176.46	$833	+7.01
477 unweaned	477	8	158.00	$158.00	$754	—
511–526	519	8	169.00–171.00	$169.99	$882	+21.00
554–565	558	22	158.50–162.50	$161.40	$901	+9.40
612–647	632	8	139.00–150.00	$146.41	$925	+9.03
678–685	680	6	133.00–135.00	$134.33	$913	+9.33
731–747	742	85	134.50–137.00	$136.28	$1,011	+14.28
755–791	760	33	136.00–138.00	$137.68	$1,046	—
824	824	21	128.00	$128.00	$1,055	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–392	375	6	182.00–189.00	$186.56	$700	-3.03
402	402	2	189.00	$189.00	$760	+4.62
453–469	461	17	178.00–186.00	$183.29	$845	+12.70
515	515	7	175.00	$175.00	$901	+24.50
575	575	3	159.00	$159.00	$914	+4.54
610–646	630	29	146.00–156.50	$151.62	$955	+14.97
633	633	4	144.50	$144.50	$915	+7.85
660	660	2	138.50	$138.50	$914	+0.50
778–794	792	30	130.50–135.50	$134.85	$1,068	+8.40
941	941	11	115.00	$115.00	$1,082	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
378 thin fleshed	378	14	192.00	$192.00	$726	—
406 thin fleshed	406	4	175.00	$175.00	$710	—
405–425	418	6	155.00–171.00	$165.84	$693	—
464 thin fleshed	464	7	187.00	$187.00	$868	—
465	465	2	160.00	$160.00	$744	—
545 thin fleshed	545	2	155.00	$155.00	$845	—
559–585	564	17	145.00–159.50	$156.84	$885	+10.84
725	725	10	125.00	$125.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	2	124.50	$124.50	$847	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
206	206	3	170.00	$170.00	$350	—
313–323	315	14	160.00–174.00	$170.93	$538	—
363–390	374	10	153.00–163.50	$158.12	$591	+13.18
374 unweaned	374	6	149.00	$149.00	$557	—
415–431	421	27	151.00–157.50	$155.03	$653	+17.14
455–487	471	21	130.00–147.00	$138.45	$652	+0.35
500–528	514	41	135.00–139.00	$138.45	$712	+10.78
562–593	587	12	129.50–133.50	$130.56	$766	—
621–637	622	25	126.50–129.50	$126.75	$788	+1.45
680	680	3	121.00	$121.00	$823	-1.00
700–745	725	63	120.00–128.00	$126.05	$914	—
758	758	26	126.50	$126.50	$959	+11.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–326	318	5	153.50–164.00	$157.55	$501	-6.39
375	375	3	163.00	$163.00	$611	+0.45
400–416	409	7	159.00–160.50	$159.63	$653	+9.48
483–488	486	8	142.00–145.00	$143.49	$697	-2.76
510–527	521	6	137.00–142.00	$138.63	$722	+7.39
565–595	582	21	127.50–133.00	$132.11	$769	—
610–648	638	18	125.00–131.00	$129.64	$827	+3.85
695	695	2	125.00	$125.00	$869	—
710–732	720	48	128.00–130.25	$129.25	$931	+18.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	3	148.00	$148.00	$360	—
302–347	326	6	130.00–146.00	$135.39	$441	-7.24
351–372	359	5	136.00–149.00	$143.62	$516	+7.44
425–442	434	4	134.00–142.00	$137.92	$599	—
460–494	491	27	139.00–143.00	$139.28	$684	+16.35
527	527	2	131.00	$131.00	$690	+3.00
551–562	557	21	129.00–133.50	$131.59	$733	+12.75
767	767	6	116.00	$116.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	127.00	$127.00	$483	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242 unweaned	242	2	181.00	$181.00	$438	—
257	257	4	174.00	$174.00	$447	—
297 unweaned	297	4	158.00	$158.00	$469	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	151.00	$151.00	$501	—
564	564	5	132.00	$132.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	5	142.00	$142.00	$623	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$385	-0.78
715–1210	869	85-90%	22	38.00–50.00	$46.09	$401	+0.31
760–1015	878	85-90%	8	40.00–50.00	$45.97	$404	+0.19
840–965	903	85-90%	2	26.00–30.00	$28.14	$254	—
805–1545	1045	85-90%	57	50.00–62.25	$56.91	$595	—
1320	1320	85-90%	1	67.50	$67.50	$891	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–909	891	80-85%	9	50.00–53.00	$52.11	$464	—
930	930	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$493	—
960–1477	1139	80-85%	52	55.00–65.00	$59.64	$679	—
1230	1230	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$824	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1447–1775	1619	75-80%	8	57.00–62.75	$60.03	$972	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1815	1550	10	65.00–80.00	$74.64	$1,157	—
1575–2515	1858	23	83.75–94.00	$87.95	$1,634	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1150	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	750.00–760.00	$756.67
800–1525	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	116	660.00–1,060.00	$909.05
900–1200	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	550.00–725.00	$632.50
1075–1275	1174	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	700.00–850.00	$738.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00
900–1000	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	660.00–700.00	$682.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
800–1400	1071	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	850.00–1,300.00	$1,122.80	-24.70
800–1250	1095	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	86	750.00–1,110.00	$984.71	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	+212.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–950	914	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	685.00–885.00	$844.29	—
950–1200	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–1,135.00	$967.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—

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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.