Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 1, 2021

1,145 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.73/cwt +5.34 vs last sale · ≈ $736/hd at 472 lb · 36 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.28/cwt -1.83 vs last sale · ≈ $798/hd at 524 lb · 32 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $176.43/cwt +11.83 vs last sale · ≈ $593/hd at 336 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,145	1,162	2,189
Feeder cattle	834	935	1,730
Slaughter cattle	113	59	166
Replacement cattle	198	168	293

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves and feeders 2.00-3.00 lower with a higher percentage of unweaned calves offered this week. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady on comparable quotes, feeders over 600 lbs.5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 3.00 lower but quality not as attractive. Trade and demand moderate to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245–247	246	4	215.00–222.00	$218.49	$537	-3.95
250	250	4	216.00	$216.00	$540	-16.09
277–287 unweaned	280	7	210.00–212.00	$211.41	$592	—
302	302	2	215.00	$215.00	$649	-5.30
347 unweaned	347	2	181.00	$181.00	$628	—
360 unweaned	360	7	186.00	$186.00	$670	±0.00
403	403	4	194.00	$194.00	$782	-5.50
412–449 unweaned	426	7	174.00–184.00	$179.73	$766	—
463–485	469	11	180.00–185.00	$183.59	$861	+31.59
542	542	2	174.00	$174.00	$943	-5.27
543 unweaned	543	3	160.00	$160.00	$869	+10.00
552	552	12	177.00	$177.00	$977	+8.86
570–577 unweaned	573	11	150.00–154.00	$152.53	$874	—
620 unweaned	620	2	151.00	$151.00	$936	—
662 unweaned	662	2	150.00	$150.00	$993	—
681	681	3	139.00	$139.00	$947	-11.31
787	787	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,023	-18.50
801–812	802	15	140.00–149.00	$147.79	$1,185	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	215.00	$215.00	$666	—
350–370	360	2	206.00–213.00	$209.40	$754	+7.17
380 unweaned	380	3	198.00	$198.00	$752	—
411 unweaned	411	6	198.00	$198.00	$814	—
450–455 unweaned	452	20	185.50–186.00	$185.68	$839	—
502 unweaned	502	4	167.00	$167.00	$838	—
525–535	529	11	174.00–176.00	$174.59	$924	-1.41
561–569	565	9	165.00–167.50	$166.10	$938	-1.41
608 unweaned	608	2	151.00	$151.00	$918	—
661–695	664	13	150.00–154.00	$153.68	$1,020	+1.93
892	892	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,160	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	2	134.00	$134.00	$559	-42.00
470 unweaned	470	6	150.00	$150.00	$705	—
487	487	2	169.50	$169.50	$825	—
525 thin fleshed	525	3	169.00	$169.00	$887	—
532	532	4	179.00	$179.00	$952	+20.00
600–647 unweaned	620	8	145.00–151.00	$146.45	$908	—
656	656	3	144.00	$144.00	$945	±0.00
740	740	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,006	—
947	947	2	119.50	$119.50	$1,132	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267	267	2	173.00	$173.00	$462	+9.00
315	315	6	180.00	$180.00	$567	+10.00
401–432	411	29	163.50–171.00	$168.06	$691	+3.03
465–485 unweaned	469	26	150.00–157.00	$155.47	$729	—
467–485	481	10	156.00–158.00	$156.39	$752	+4.65
508–530 unweaned	515	12	146.00–156.00	$153.60	$791	—
510–545	532	13	151.00–167.00	$158.02	$841	+5.13
555	555	2	146.00	$146.00	$810	-0.96
565 unweaned	565	6	150.00	$150.00	$848	—
610	610	10	146.00	$146.00	$891	+11.00
652	652	2	150.00	$150.00	$978	+9.00
757	757	14	142.50	$142.50	$1,079	+10.74
991	991	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,209	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–292	283	7	158.50–181.00	$167.71	$475	—
321–338	336	31	161.00–178.00	$176.43	$593	+11.83
362–393	386	11	153.00–172.00	$165.91	$640	—
496	496	4	155.00	$155.00	$769	-4.81
508–542	524	32	147.00–157.00	$152.28	$798	-1.83
600 unweaned	600	2	139.00	$139.00	$834	—
612–620	617	5	1.44–149.00	$60.00	$370	-79.55
692–697	695	4	136.00–145.00	$140.48	$976	+1.16
715	715	12	137.50	$137.50	$983	—
885	885	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,097	±0.00
920	920	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,058	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	2	165.00	$165.00	$457	—
362	362	2	149.00	$149.00	$539	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	17	193.00	$193.00	$625	—
390	390	17	182.00	$182.00	$710	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521 unweaned	521	8	138.50	$138.50	$722	—
568 unweaned	568	3	131.00	$131.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261	261	3	210.00	$210.00	$548	—
470 unweaned	470	2	140.00	$140.00	$658	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$256	—
845	845	85-90%	1	42.50	$42.50	$359	+4.95
740–1090	874	85-90%	8	45.00–55.00	$50.02	$437	-1.69
790–1305	977	85-90%	44	56.50–68.00	$62.46	$610	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1205	1038	80-85%	2	50.00–58.25	$53.46	$555	—
860–1585	1113	80-85%	30	61.00–72.00	$66.98	$745	—
1125–1400	1263	80-85%	2	73.00–73.50	$73.28	$926	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1445–1585	1515	75-80%	2	67.50–70.00	$68.69	$1,041	—
1625–1805	1715	75-80%	2	64.00	$64.00	$1,098	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1810	1533	8	62.50–82.00	$74.64	$1,144	-4.86
1425–1905	1764	9	84.00–97.50	$89.76	$1,583	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	825.00	$825.00
850–1400	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	775.00–1,025.00	$906.25
1050–1350	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	700.00–925.00	$819.74
1000–1350	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	710.00–910.00	$822.31
1150–1325	1213	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	700.00–885.00	$794.64

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1000	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$675.00
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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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
750–800	767	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,125.00	$991.67	—
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	860.00	$860.00	-450.00
900–1100	977	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,010.00–1,450.00	$1,176.82	-39.85
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1000–1300	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,115.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00	$900.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	8	75.00	$75.00	$289	—
501	501	8	78.00	$78.00	$391	—
567	567	7	79.00	$79.00	$448	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.