Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 26, 2023

1,561 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $196.77/cwt +3.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,551/hd at 788 lb · 163 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $188.22/cwt +11.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,267/hd at 673 lb · 78 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $218.53/cwt +16.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 680 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,561	1,664	1,509
Feeder cattle	1,329	1,421	1,509
Slaughter cattle	153	151	0
Replacement cattle	79	92	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves 300-400 lbs were steady to 1.00 lower while 400-500 lbs sold 7.00 lower. 500-550 lbs were 6.00 higher with 550-600 lbs steady. Heifer calves 350-400 lbs sold 4.00 lower and 400-450 lbs were 5.00 lower. 450-500 lbs were 15.00 lower while 500-550 lbs sold12.00 lower. Heifer calves 550-600 lbs were 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs were 16.00 higher while 650-700 lbs sold 11.00 higher. Steers 700-800 lbs were 7.00-9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs sold 15.00- 16.00 higher while 750-800 lbs were steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade was moderately active on good variety of numbers. Demand was good with excellent buyer attendance

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–295	271	4	265.00–282.00	$269.63	$731	—
332	332	2	275.00	$275.00	$913	+20.00
411–415 value added	412	9	255.00–264.00	$261.98	$1,079	—
435–447	445	40	231.00–247.00	$232.71	$1,036	-10.41
453–495	467	3	218.00–230.00	$222.24	$1,038	-7.25
463–471 value added	467	17	252.00–268.00	$262.51	$1,226	+14.67
505–525	514	17	242.00–258.00	$253.91	$1,305	+23.91
547	547	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,264	+14.00
551–590	556	73	221.00–232.00	$226.57	$1,260	+5.83
601–640	625	10	210.00–222.50	$216.67	$1,354	+17.46
648	648	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,270	-3.21
669–698	680	76	205.00–222.25	$218.53	$1,486	+16.06
708–746	721	13	196.00–205.50	$203.00	$1,464	-3.95
763–795	788	163	187.00–202.00	$196.77	$1,551	+3.40
825	825	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,394	-24.50
865–894	882	26	178.00–188.00	$183.50	$1,618	+15.50
920	920	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,564	+5.00
1152	1152	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,728	—
1230	1230	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,710	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	4	135.00	$135.00	$328	—
318	318	4	145.00	$145.00	$461	—
354–376	368	13	140.00–150.00	$146.30	$538	—
421–440	429	18	135.00–150.00	$143.17	$614	—
462–471	467	20	135.00–144.00	$139.54	$652	—
509	509	5	130.00	$130.00	$662	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	6	191.00	$191.00	$796	-19.00
488	488	3	202.00	$202.00	$986	—
625–628	627	5	181.00–200.00	$188.58	$1,182	+6.30
770	770	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,294	+1.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	3	175.00	$175.00	$612	—
455	455	2	150.00	$150.00	$682	—
510	510	2	174.00	$174.00	$887	—
658	658	4	156.00	$156.00	$1,026	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–318	312	6	232.00–233.00	$232.51	$725	+8.51
367–375	370	3	221.00–236.00	$230.93	$854	+2.88
400–422	419	16	221.00–226.00	$224.13	$939	+3.74
447 value added	447	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,073	—
463–475	474	32	202.00–210.00	$206.12	$977	-9.59
502 value added	502	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,104	—
513–545	536	16	205.00–218.00	$212.71	$1,140	-3.56
565	565	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,079	-15.82
565–594	584	46	200.00–218.00	$208.04	$1,215	+1.22
610–628	623	8	180.00–196.00	$188.82	$1,176	-1.18
652–699	673	78	180.50–196.50	$188.22	$1,267	+11.55
702–739	715	41	180.00–186.00	$184.09	$1,316	+82.09
762–795	772	15	162.00–181.00	$175.68	$1,356	+1.99
802–841	828	6	146.00–156.00	$149.23	$1,236	-9.37
868	868	6	169.00	$169.00	$1,467	+3.89
918–935	921	7	145.00–156.00	$147.45	$1,358	—
1130	1130	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,616	+12.00
1380	1380	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	202.00	$202.00	$869	+10.00
457–459	458	10	180.00–185.00	$182.49	$836	-9.51
512–530	529	64	195.00–201.00	$195.18	$1,033	-1.82
590	590	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,032	-3.68
621	621	4	171.20	$171.20	$1,063	-0.80

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	5	152.00	$152.00	$658	—
490	490	2	160.00	$160.00	$784	—
640	640	3	151.00	$151.00	$966	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	110.00	$110.00	$372	—
1137	1137	2	113.00	$113.00	$1,285	—
1270	1270	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,473	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–390	379	5	230.00	$230.00	$872	—
496	496	3	189.00	$189.00	$937	—
512	512	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,080	—
560	560	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,036	—
628	628	5	180.50	$180.50	$1,134	—
700	700	3	173.00	$173.00	$1,211	—
870	870	4	146.50	$146.50	$1,275	—
1015	1015	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,198	+13.66

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	235.00	$235.00	$822	—
445	445	2	230.00–236.00	$233.00	$1,037	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1525	1187	80-85%	18	88.00–90.00	$88.90	$1,055	—
1070–1413	1222	80-85%	34	90.00–92.75	$91.57	$1,119	—
1075–1425	1271	80-85%	34	93.00–96.25	$94.86	$1,206	+1.71

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–970	930	85-90%	3	40.00–54.00	$46.97	$437	—
972–1205	1011	85-90%	6	75.00–77.00	$75.40	$762	+9.97
935–1300	1013	85-90%	18	85.50–89.00	$87.44	$886	+22.01
900–1550	1099	85-90%	15	79.50–85.00	$83.62	$919	-4.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	75-80%	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,066	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1495	1310	3	40.00–80.00	$64.49	$845	—
1160–2035	1534	4	94.00–104.00	$97.98	$1,503	—
1590–2085	1776	5	110.50–116.50	$113.56	$2,017	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–995	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,035.00–1,100.00	$1,067.50
900–1300	1104	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	910.00–1,475.00	$1,249.50
960–1200	1106	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	935.00–1,125.00	$1,062.50
900–1235	1123	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–1,125.00	$1,000.00
1160–1180	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,025.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
966	966	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	860.00	$860.00

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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
1165–1235	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,250.00–1,450.00	$1,375.00	—
1025–1325	1217	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,306.67	—
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1155	1155	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	67.00	$67.00	$482	—
844	844	5	72.00	$72.00	$608	—
891	891	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,158	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	1	80.00	$80.00	$704	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	4	102.00	$102.00	$327	—
351	351	3	87.00	$87.00	$305	—
977	977	2	70.00	$70.00	$684	—
1013	1013	5	75.00	$75.00	$760	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	5	100.00	$100.00	$355	—
432–433	433	6	95.00–100.00	$98.34	$426	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	6	115.00	$115.00	$484	—

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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.