Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 15, 2021

2,379 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.24/cwt +7.86 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 521 lb · 127 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.64/cwt +4.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,054/hd at 681 lb · 113 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.30/cwt +0.52 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 430 lb · 73 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,379	2,904	1,859
Feeder cattle	2,064	2,414	1,859
Slaughter cattle	97	245	0
Replacement cattle	218	245	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison with last week available due to reporters absence last week. Trade active, demand good for all classes. Quality average to attractive.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	5	200.00	$200.00	$626	+10.00
367–372	371	8	201.00–211.00	$203.47	$755	+20.60
388–393 unweaned	390	10	186.00–190.00	$188.79	$736	—
422 unweaned	422	2	175.00	$175.00	$738	-0.50
422–430	427	39	191.00–205.00	$199.32	$851	+14.24
456–476	467	7	191.00	$191.00	$892	+14.41
494 unweaned	494	18	154.00	$154.00	$761	-1.00
500–546	526	52	170.00–186.00	$181.76	$956	+6.69
520–528 unweaned	526	13	155.00	$155.00	$815	-1.00
551–566	556	26	172.00–174.50	$173.72	$966	+6.65
552–597 unweaned	592	30	149.00–160.00	$149.81	$887	—
606–633	611	16	163.50–168.00	$167.13	$1,021	+0.13
600–648 unweaned	626	11	148.50–150.50	$149.63	$937	+5.15
650–663 unweaned	661	17	142.50–145.50	$142.85	$944	+1.51
670–691	685	96	143.00–158.50	$156.73	$1,074	+3.55
777–798	792	7	135.00–145.50	$142.56	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	11	215.00	$215.00	$643	+5.00
353–398	378	9	200.00–210.00	$205.85	$778	-3.96
391	391	7	194.00	$194.00	$759	-15.81
400–427	418	15	191.00–210.00	$199.75	$835	+0.75
412–441 unweaned	429	5	174.00–182.00	$177.07	$760	—
480–492	487	35	185.00–195.50	$189.44	$923	+14.69
490–491 unweaned	491	6	161.00–162.00	$161.67	$794	—
515–532	522	65	168.00–181.50	$176.26	$920	+2.98
555 unweaned	555	8	146.00–150.00	$148.00	$821	-13.12
565	565	3	149.00	$149.00	$842	-22.03
565–583	580	41	163.00–176.00	$166.56	$966	-4.47
601	601	27	160.50	$160.50	$965	—
635 unweaned	635	4	145.50	$145.50	$924	-3.51
655 unweaned	655	5	138.00	$138.00	$904	—
691	691	4	149.50	$149.50	$1,033	-3.42
727	727	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,047	-10.00
772 unweaned	772	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,096	—
765–783	780	12	148.00–150.00	$148.33	$1,157	+10.32
816	816	53	153.50	$153.50	$1,253	+18.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	22	132.00	$132.00	$1,135	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	4	182.00	$182.00	$710	—
511	511	4	147.00	$147.00	$751	—
585–587	586	8	145.50–150.00	$147.75	$866	—
670	670	6	141.00	$141.00	$945	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	2	161.00	$161.00	$470	—
307–331	321	5	161.00–161.50	$161.31	$518	+9.31
376–391	385	9	163.00–167.00	$165.31	$636	-0.29
412–446	430	73	155.00–169.50	$165.30	$711	+0.52
484–493	489	19	156.50–161.00	$158.38	$774	+13.38
500 unweaned	500	6	146.50	$146.50	$732	—
501–547	522	121	156.00–162.00	$159.87	$835	+8.49
570	570	8	158.00	$158.00	$901	+13.09
610–645	632	62	139.00–153.00	$144.63	$914	-2.71
676	676	33	133.00	$133.00	$899	±0.00
707	707	2	130.00	$130.00	$919	-13.96
791	791	13	132.00	$132.00	$1,044	+4.82

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–348	342	21	161.00–166.50	$163.21	$558	-0.79
365–392	380	32	155.00–171.00	$162.26	$617	-0.89
425–431	428	21	168.00–169.00	$168.48	$721	+5.81
452–497	474	36	153.00–166.50	$158.48	$751	+5.61
510–546	530	9	146.00–156.00	$152.88	$810	+9.44
547 unweaned	547	2	136.00	$136.00	$744	—
550–593	563	45	136.00–155.00	$149.82	$843	+5.21
640	640	10	145.50	$145.50	$931	+3.97
670	670	69	149.00	$149.00	$998	+4.45
702	702	65	147.00	$147.00	$1,032	+8.79
897	897	7	122.00	$122.00	$1,094	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	16	140.00	$140.00	$591	—
520	520	13	132.50	$132.50	$689	—
555	555	4	134.00	$134.00	$744	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	2	142.00	$142.00	$748	—
794	794	12	130.00	$130.00	$1,032	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	168.00	$168.00	$736	—
958	958	6	116.00	$116.00	$1,111	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1230	937	85-90%	10	52.00–54.50	$53.94	$505	+7.43
900–1025	963	85-90%	3	38.50–48.00	$44.86	$432	-7.09
720–1048	1003	85-90%	9	36.50–48.00	$47.03	$472	—
965–1255	1095	85-90%	19	52.00–62.00	$55.31	$606	—
1215	1215	85-90%	1	30.50	$30.50	$371	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
927–1235	1067	80-85%	4	52.00–54.00	$53.42	$570	—
1165	1165	80-85%	1	71.50	$71.50	$833	—
1060–1670	1291	80-85%	18	59.00–68.00	$63.17	$816	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1575	1490	75-80%	4	60.00–63.50	$62.04	$924	-7.35

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1630	1545	3	70.00–78.00	$74.67	$1,154	—
1500–2230	1820	10	82.25–92.50	$87.83	$1,599	—
1910–2180	2075	3	94.25–95.50	$94.90	$1,969	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	525.00–535.00	$530.00
850–1000	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,225.00–1,325.00	$1,300.83
900–1250	1019	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	600.00–875.00	$739.52
850–1200	1043	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	27	500.00–910.00	$754.81
750–1600	1127	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	53	600.00–1,300.00	$1,038.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00
900–1000	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	450.00–650.00	$500.00
750–1000	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	675.00–950.00	$895.00
900–1100	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	625.00–810.00	$701.67

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	310.00–500.00	$405.00

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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	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—
750–1250	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,100.00	$1,000.00	-183.33
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	-180.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	2	80.00	$80.00	$254	—
868	868	6	81.00	$81.00	$703	—
979	979	11	80.50	$80.50	$788	—

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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.