Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 24, 2022

708 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $172.83/cwt +12.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,028/hd at 595 lb · 60 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $232.22/cwt +23.18 vs last sale · ≈ $951/hd at 409 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $203.36/cwt +10.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,051/hd at 517 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	708	1,475	1,162
Feeder cattle	586	1,174	935
Slaughter cattle	65	82	59
Replacement cattle	57	219	168

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steer and heifer calves sold mostly 10.00-15.00 higher, instances sharply higher on heifers weighing 300-350 lbs. Feeder steers and heifers have no accurate comparison. Trade active demand good for calves going back on pasture. Slaughter cows traded 5.00-6.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter bulls were not well tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	220.00	$220.00	$495	—
262–280	270	5	220.00–233.00	$226.53	$612	+6.53
301–340	312	24	214.00–238.50	$231.89	$723	+4.86
350 value added	350	3	231.50	$231.50	$810	—
356–392	370	6	214.00–224.00	$220.86	$817	+4.49
404 fancy	404	18	235.75	$235.75	$952	—
400–424	419	10	225.50–227.50	$225.88	$946	+21.44
465–488	482	9	200.00–207.00	$204.27	$985	+16.27
486 value added	486	9	217.00	$217.00	$1,055	—
500–534	517	28	200.00–206.00	$203.36	$1,051	+7.86
648	648	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,134	+1.00
767	767	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,296	+1.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	187.00	$187.00	$608	—
475–491	483	6	170.00–175.00	$172.54	$833	+4.47
501–541	521	10	156.00–164.00	$161.09	$839	-1.99
586–595	595	60	160.00–173.50	$172.83	$1,028	+12.17
630–632	632	11	160.00–161.00	$160.09	$1,012	+0.37
785	785	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,217	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–395	386	3	196.50–203.00	$198.72	$767	-0.64
415	415	1	200.00	$200.00	$830	+5.68
470–495	491	12	182.00–186.00	$182.64	$897	-6.69
525–532	531	6	191.00	$191.00	$1,014	+8.47
550–576	567	9	182.00–188.00	$183.97	$1,043	+6.45
617–640	625	4	167.00–175.00	$172.23	$1,076	+4.15
665–680	676	4	165.00–175.00	$167.46	$1,132	-3.28
700–740	715	4	161.00–164.00	$161.73	$1,156	+1.94
846	846	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,354	-4.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	266	7	202.00–213.00	$205.77	$547	+23.77
297 fancy	297	7	216.00	$216.00	$642	—
316–338 value added	324	8	216.00–224.00	$219.13	$710	+27.13
300–346	337	17	200.00–211.00	$206.17	$695	+27.58
360–399	390	13	184.00–195.00	$189.91	$741	+7.58
402–440	428	17	180.00–191.00	$188.23	$806	+14.17
430 value added	430	7	195.50	$195.50	$841	+1.50
485	485	1	174.00	$174.00	$844	+6.16
456–499	490	21	175.00–184.00	$177.13	$868	+9.29
510–534	527	16	173.00–174.00	$173.94	$917	+6.21
560	560	3	165.00–169.00	$167.33	$937	+6.01
550–585	568	2	161.00–165.00	$163.06	$926	+1.74
607	607	2	160.00	$160.00	$971	-1.55
615–630	624	8	162.00–164.00	$162.99	$1,017	+1.44
658–680	665	5	159.00–161.00	$160.39	$1,067	+4.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	195.00	$195.00	$419	+11.00
255	255	1	189.00	$189.00	$482	+18.00
323–345	327	5	185.00–191.00	$186.26	$609	+12.99
382–395	386	6	175.00–180.00	$178.30	$688	+3.90
405	405	1	175.00	$175.00	$709	+19.00
495	495	20	169.50	$169.50	$839	+6.99
525–545	535	2	164.00–166.00	$164.98	$883	+4.11
550–597	581	3	160.00–170.00	$166.85	$969	+7.60
605–642	621	9	150.00–165.50	$154.00	$956	—
670	670	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,005	-4.23
770–798	790	7	133.00–134.00	$133.28	$1,053	-17.22
865	865	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	160.00–162.00	$161.00	$419	—
335	335	1	172.00	$172.00	$576	—
385	385	1	170.00	$170.00	$654	+14.69
530–542	539	7	150.00	$150.00	$808	+9.86
590	590	1	151.00	$151.00	$891	+6.00
600	600	1	141.00	$141.00	$846	+11.00
732	732	2	135.00	$135.00	$988	-3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	137.00	$137.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	2	132.00	$132.00	$623	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,021	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	217.00	$217.00	$553	—
310–335	323	2	227.00–228.00	$227.48	$735	—
375–382	380	7	211.00–217.00	$214.43	$815	—
413	413	8	219.00	$219.00	$904	—
455	455	1	210.00	$210.00	$956	—
508–530	514	4	186.00–188.00	$186.52	$959	—
580	580	1	155.00	$155.00	$899	—
775	775	3	155.50	$155.50	$1,205	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	202.00	$202.00	$687	—
440	440	2	187.00	$187.00	$823	—
633	633	3	154.00	$154.00	$975	—
655–685	665	3	148.00–155.00	$150.40	$1,000	—
708	708	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,048	—
840	840	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,226	—
980	980	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,176	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	197.00	$197.00	$512	—
611	611	9	156.00	$156.00	$953	—
667	667	2	140.50	$140.50	$937	—
780	780	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,030	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1250	1031	80-85%	10	72.00–80.00	$77.76	$802	—
970–1370	1096	80-85%	11	82.50–86.50	$84.43	$925	—
1150–1232	1210	80-85%	5	86.50–92.50	$88.90	$1,076	+11.62
1242–1450	1284	80-85%	5	82.50–86.00	$85.21	$1,094	—
1315	1315	80-85%	1	77.50	$77.50	$1,019	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$420	—
165–1025	759	85-90%	4	61.00–70.00	$67.00	$509	—
775	775	85-90%	1	69.00	$69.00	$535	—
835	835	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$434	+9.41
842–1055	936	85-90%	9	72.50–77.50	$74.95	$702	+12.93
1175	1175	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$999	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650	1650	75-80%	1	84.25	$84.25	$1,390	+6.75

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1395	1285	3	86.50–91.00	$89.02	$1,144	—
1715	1715	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,989	—
1885	1885	1	96.50	$96.50	$1,819	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1270	1270	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	+175.00
1100–1200	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00–1,475.00	$1,425.00	+275.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1100	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,135.00–1,375.00	$1,215.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.