Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 1, 2023

1,851 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $179.43/cwt +11.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,170/hd at 652 lb · 112 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $189.83/cwt +8.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,179/hd at 621 lb · 100 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.73/cwt +5.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 606 lb · 94 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,851	984	2,987
Feeder cattle	1,739	72	2,639
Slaughter cattle	69	20	93
Replacement cattle	43	892	255

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves sold 6.00-8.00 higher, with instances 15.00 higher on 550-600 lbs, with the exception of 450-500 lb steers, selling 5.00-10.00 lower. Heifer calves under 400 lbs not comparable due to small numbers last week; 400-450 lbs 3.00-7.00 higher; over 450 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher, with the exception of 450-500 lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder steers 8.00-13.00 higher on comparable sales. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs 3.00 higher; over 650 lbs not well tested. Trade active, demand good, with excellent buyer attendance. Slaughter cows and bulls did not have sufficient numbers last week to compare to.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–330	318	6	230.00–244.00	$237.13	$754	+2.71
342 value added	342	9	252.00	$252.00	$862	—
360–398	377	30	222.00–240.00	$235.52	$888	—
403–440 unweaned	414	7	204.00–208.00	$206.78	$856	—
402–434	421	25	230.00–238.00	$234.54	$987	+7.16
446	446	4	210.00	$210.00	$937	-6.00
453–482	474	74	203.00–221.00	$209.91	$995	-10.79
494	494	6	196.00	$196.00	$968	-24.70
507–547	529	75	201.00–214.50	$208.63	$1,104	+9.43
553 value added	553	38	210.50	$210.50	$1,164	—
559–595	577	39	185.00–203.00	$193.04	$1,114	-0.06
611–633	621	100	180.00–193.25	$189.83	$1,179	+8.30
650–667	651	80	172.00–189.10	$187.60	$1,221	+19.62
654	654	32	159.00	$159.00	$1,040	-8.98
707–746	728	28	164.50–175.00	$166.58	$1,213	+4.13
758	758	5	167.00–178.00	$173.60	$1,316	+3.95
808–846	842	22	162.50–168.00	$164.53	$1,385	+1.53
900–939	923	10	143.00–150.00	$146.28	$1,350	—
980	980	4	171.00	$171.00	$1,676	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	3	192.00	$192.00	$778	—
454–497	473	27	181.00–187.00	$184.20	$871	+2.35
474 value added	474	10	196.00	$196.00	$929	—
556–598	584	44	164.00–174.00	$167.75	$980	+1.75
648	648	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,069	—
727	727	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,127	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	3	191.00	$191.00	$959	—
628	628	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,137	—
670	670	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,038	—
988	988	19	144.50	$144.50	$1,428	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	11	176.00	$176.00	$620	—
548	548	6	165.00	$165.00	$904	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–341	335	7	199.00–201.00	$199.84	$669	—
356–368	364	32	198.00–206.50	$205.48	$748	+9.67
378	378	3	186.00	$186.00	$703	-9.81
407 value added	407	10	209.00	$209.00	$851	—
405–448	433	39	176.00–192.00	$183.79	$796	+3.11
457–493	475	69	162.00–180.00	$176.93	$840	-2.83
500 value added	500	3	197.00	$197.00	$985	—
508–547	528	36	161.00–175.00	$171.67	$906	+2.42
555–597	577	13	161.00–180.00	$168.54	$972	+0.18
578 value added	578	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,098	—
603–632	606	94	157.00–173.00	$168.73	$1,023	+5.22
695	695	6	157.50	$157.50	$1,095	—
702	702	5	151.00	$151.00	$1,060	—
740 value added	740	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,184	—
773–799	795	20	145.00–150.00	$145.73	$1,159	-8.27
800	800	17	150.00	$150.00	$1,200	+7.00
890	890	5	140.50	$140.50	$1,250	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302 unweaned	302	7	158.00	$158.00	$477	—
359–387	369	27	163.00–164.00	$163.39	$603	—
411–445	427	13	163.00–166.00	$164.56	$703	—
465–487	473	10	139.00–151.00	$146.07	$691	—
685	685	1	137.00	$137.00	$938	-13.51
707	707	4	130.00	$130.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527–543	538	7	168.00–172.00	$169.12	$910	+12.20
558	558	3	158.00	$158.00	$882	—
600–611	609	5	149.00–150.00	$149.80	$912	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561–595	584	11	155.00–166.00	$161.64	$944	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	122.00	$122.00	$516	-29.00
479	479	4	129.00	$129.00	$618	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	10	175.50	$175.50	$858	—
550	550	7	167.00	$167.00	$918	+13.00
655	655	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,081	—
863	863	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,122	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,090	—
752	752	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,136	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–807	800	85-90%	14	49.00–50.50	$50.19	$402	—
780–1010	974	85-90%	7	52.50–62.25	$60.70	$591	+11.70
820–1270	998	85-90%	6	72.50–76.00	$73.37	$732	+24.37
845–1245	1022	85-90%	8	63.00–70.00	$65.43	$669	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–970	900	80-85%	3	65.00–72.50	$67.68	$609	—
1040–1455	1171	80-85%	10	75.00–84.50	$77.66	$909	-1.84
1230–1390	1292	80-85%	7	85.25–88.75	$86.46	$1,117	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1855	1855	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,428	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1525	1252	3	81.50–83.50	$82.25	$1,030	—
1260–1545	1328	5	86.00–95.25	$89.57	$1,189	—
1640–1950	1716	6	100.50–108.00	$102.10	$1,752	—

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Stock Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
702	702	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00
1462	1462	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1550	1550	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	31	150.00	$150.00	$440	—
355	355	92	151.50	$151.50	$538	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	15	105.00	$105.00	$304	—
312	312	28	47.00	$47.00	$147	—
348	348	12	99.00	$99.00	$345	—
369–393	374	21	47.00–68.00	$51.21	$192	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	36	112.00	$112.00	$400	—

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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.