Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 31, 2022

1,025 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $194.11/cwt +3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $822/hd at 423 lb · 73 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $232.98/cwt +0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,000/hd at 429 lb · 58 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $232.18/cwt +7.77 vs last sale · ≈ $867/hd at 373 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,025	708	1,145
Feeder cattle	889	586	834
Slaughter cattle	69	65	113
Replacement cattle	67	57	198

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady, with instances sharply higher on long time weaned and vaccinated calves. Feeder steers and heifers have no accurate comparison. Slaughter cows remained steady with slaughter bulls selling 1.00 higher. Trade active, demand 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	1	238.00	$238.00	$678	+11.47
327	327	2	226.00	$226.00	$739	-5.89
350–392	371	26	222.00–235.00	$228.57	$848	+7.71
378 value added	378	12	240.00	$240.00	$907	+8.50
428 fancy	428	49	236.00	$236.00	$1,010	+0.25
400–443	435	9	206.00–220.00	$216.57	$942	-9.31
460–489	473	16	200.00–210.00	$202.47	$958	-1.80
543	543	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,032	-13.36
550–567	559	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,062	—
604–644	622	11	175.00–181.00	$177.82	$1,106	+2.82
650	650	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,040	—
720–742	738	5	163.00–168.50	$167.43	$1,236	—
750–796	776	16	165.00–167.00	$165.68	$1,286	-3.32
942	942	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,338	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	207.00	$207.00	$704	—
377–395	387	5	200.00–211.00	$206.30	$798	+7.58
435–445	438	3	195.00–203.00	$199.30	$873	-0.70
453–495	484	35	182.00–200.00	$197.03	$954	+14.39
505–546	533	15	170.00–183.00	$177.93	$948	-13.07
575–592	587	16	164.00–175.00	$167.08	$981	-16.89
590	590	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,003	-13.97
605–635	613	10	165.00–167.00	$166.20	$1,019	-6.03
653–697	674	14	163.50–169.00	$167.60	$1,130	+0.14
700–735	712	3	164.00–166.00	$165.31	$1,177	+3.58
775	775	4	155.00–159.00	$158.00	$1,224	—
890	890	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,255	—
905	905	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,276	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	179.00	$179.00	$501	—
372	372	4	167.00	$167.00	$621	—
460–495	469	4	162.00–170.50	$168.26	$789	-4.28
515–540	526	4	156.00–167.00	$163.50	$860	+2.41
550–595	575	7	155.00–166.00	$163.63	$941	-9.20
660	660	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,076	—
775	775	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,124	-10.00
1020	1020	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,285	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	4	155.00	$155.00	$584	—
410	410	2	158.00	$158.00	$648	—
677–693	687	5	130.00	$130.00	$893	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	3	216.00	$216.00	$467	—
255–290	277	4	200.00–221.00	$210.58	$583	+4.81
300–330	311	4	200.00–215.00	$208.73	$649	+2.56
357–387	367	27	200.00–215.00	$209.66	$769	+19.75
400 fancy	400	1	215.00	$215.00	$860	—
417 value added	417	45	200.00	$200.00	$834	+4.50
400–445	435	27	180.00–192.00	$183.51	$798	-4.72
468–486	472	31	174.00–180.00	$176.43	$833	+2.43
475 unweaned	475	1	170.00	$170.00	$808	—
515	515	1	179.00	$179.00	$922	+5.06
565 fancy	565	9	179.00	$179.00	$1,011	—
635	635	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	-2.99
655–665	661	18	160.00–165.00	$163.62	$1,082	+3.23
700	700	7	162.50	$162.50	$1,138	—
886	886	5	132.50	$132.50	$1,174	—
946	946	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,211	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	190.00	$190.00	$456	-5.00
387	387	4	194.00	$194.00	$751	+15.70
400–435	418	2	175.00–176.00	$175.52	$734	+0.52
465–473	472	18	176.00–179.00	$178.67	$843	+9.17
515–523	522	6	166.00–175.00	$173.52	$906	+8.54
552–577	567	5	151.00–165.00	$161.75	$917	-5.10
610–625	620	3	151.00–155.00	$153.69	$953	-0.31
655–660	659	4	145.00–150.00	$148.76	$980	-1.24
770–786	779	6	137.00–143.00	$139.81	$1,089	+6.53
880	880	9	128.00	$128.00	$1,126	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	160.00–172.00	$166.04	$561	-5.96
377–390	384	5	146.00–165.00	$154.67	$594	-15.33
400–440	414	10	140.00–154.00	$148.50	$615	—
510	510	1	143.00	$143.00	$729	-7.00
650–690	670	2	132.00–144.00	$138.18	$926	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–378	375	5	120.00–132.00	$124.74	$468	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	158.00	$158.00	$679	-29.00
460	460	1	168.00	$168.00	$773	—
540 thin fleshed	540	7	168.00	$168.00	$907	—
541	541	10	169.00	$169.00	$914	—
590	590	1	160.00	$160.00	$944	—
635	635	4	156.00	$156.00	$991	+2.00
655	655	1	146.00	$146.00	$956	-4.40
705	705	1	137.00	$137.00	$966	-11.00
877	877	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	5	230.00	$230.00	$828	+15.57
440	440	12	194.00	$194.00	$854	-25.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–835	817	85-90%	3	60.00–65.00	$61.70	$504	+9.70
635–1060	869	85-90%	6	63.00–70.00	$68.19	$593	—
875–1170	1015	85-90%	12	70.00–77.50	$73.37	$745	—
835–1270	1045	85-90%	4	76.50–86.50	$81.89	$856	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1010	946	80-85%	6	75.00–80.00	$76.21	$721	—
890–1305	1059	80-85%	9	81.00–87.50	$84.56	$895	—
1145	1145	80-85%	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,053	—
990–1360	1175	80-85%	8	86.00–96.00	$89.31	$1,049	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1550	1145	75-80%	4	80.50–85.50	$83.27	$953	—
1035–1375	1244	75-80%	4	88.50–91.00	$90.22	$1,122	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	1	103.00	$103.00	$829	—
860–1325	1101	4	81.00–91.00	$86.52	$953	—
785–1740	1263	2	95.00–100.00	$98.45	$1,243	+9.43
1275	1275	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,262	+9.98
1755–1940	1848	2	114.50–116.00	$115.29	$2,131	—
1435–2310	1860	4	104.50–117.00	$111.15	$2,067	+14.65

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–990	924	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	985.00–1,075.00	$1,040.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–880	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–860.00	$830.00
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

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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
900–1150	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,212.50	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	+25.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
700–750	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,025.00	$937.50	—
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00	$925.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–341	334	71	110.00–115.00	$113.95	$381	—
537	537	2	99.00	$99.00	$532	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	5	90.00	$90.00	$297	—
367	367	9	99.00	$99.00	$363	—
418	418	9	94.00	$94.00	$393	—

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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.