Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 14, 2024

1,897 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.92/cwt -4.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,509/hd at 645 lb · 98 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $234.20/cwt -6.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,803/hd at 770 lb · 98 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.90/cwt -2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,412/hd at 529 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,897	1,989	1,756
Feeder cattle	1,584	1,700	1,694
Slaughter cattle	147	93	39
Replacement cattle	166	196	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves 300-400 lbs were steady to 3.00 lower and 400-600 lbs sold 5.00-18.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs were 4.00 higher while 650-800 lbs sold 2.00-7.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs were steady-15.00 higher and 400-450 lbs sold 9.00 higher while 450-600 lbs were 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-750 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 lower with the exception of 650 700 lbs being 6.00 higher. Trade was moderate to slow with light demand on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher instances 7.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 1.00 lower. Market was unsteady 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
180	180	6	422.00	$422.00	$760	—
205	205	1	427.00	$427.00	$875	—
295	295	4	417.00	$417.00	$1,230	+14.15
306–346	329	18	386.00–412.00	$395.17	$1,300	-2.43
362 unweaned	362	2	312.00	$312.00	$1,129	—
370–376	374	6	378.00–386.00	$380.64	$1,424	+2.10
400–426	414	32	360.00–400.00	$378.20	$1,566	+58.20
459 value added	459	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,698	+7.60
465–485	474	44	318.00–350.00	$327.24	$1,551	-2.47
526–545	531	29	302.00–325.00	$316.35	$1,680	+7.98
562–587	577	32	275.00–304.00	$296.35	$1,710	+22.47
606–631	620	25	246.00–288.00	$273.59	$1,696	+5.19
661–695	673	21	236.00–256.00	$250.78	$1,688	-3.64
703–720	712	12	205.00–236.00	$222.23	$1,582	-17.07
762–786	770	98	230.50–235.75	$234.20	$1,803	-6.86
805	805	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,771	—
857–880	871	7	200.00–202.00	$201.13	$1,752	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	29	245.00	$245.00	$865	—
368	368	5	140.00	$140.00	$515	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	195.00	$195.00	$722	—
405	405	2	288.00	$288.00	$1,166	—
621–635	629	7	230.00–252.00	$242.69	$1,527	—
744	744	14	230.00	$230.00	$1,711	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	9	297.00	$297.00	$1,262	—
486	486	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,312	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	10	212.00	$212.00	$731	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,452	+14.00
510–533	524	5	250.00–284.00	$270.76	$1,419	-12.24
630	630	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,455	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	225.00	$225.00	$990	—
507	507	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,100	—
645	645	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,032	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	2	318.00	$318.00	$1,644	—
643	643	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,492	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
202–225	212	14	352.00–390.00	$372.70	$790	—
250	250	6	375.00	$375.00	$938	—
300–327	315	14	336.00–375.00	$347.20	$1,094	+1.18
315	315	2	301.00	$301.00	$948	-45.02
352–396	371	51	316.00–340.00	$332.51	$1,234	+9.69
375	375	4	313.00	$313.00	$1,174	-9.82
397 value added	397	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,429	—
410–411 value added	411	10	325.00–340.00	$332.51	$1,367	—
418–441	423	41	284.00–322.00	$303.72	$1,285	-20.10
446–447	447	19	277.00–280.00	$278.90	$1,247	-18.26
455 value added	455	2	298.00	$298.00	$1,356	—
453–490	466	28	262.00–292.00	$276.90	$1,290	-9.74
500–548	529	74	260.00–275.00	$266.90	$1,412	-1.25
553–590	559	51	245.00–265.00	$257.97	$1,442	+1.90
595	595	6	232.00	$232.00	$1,380	-24.07
597	597	6	234.00	$234.00	$1,397	-22.07
640–646	645	98	226.00–235.00	$233.92	$1,509	-4.65
660–699	679	25	205.00–234.00	$217.67	$1,478	-3.72
713–731	725	35	210.00–220.00	$215.90	$1,565	+5.81
750–779	770	52	196.00–215.00	$209.43	$1,613	-3.57
816–840	822	16	187.00–196.00	$191.13	$1,571	—
1177	1177	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,836	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	265.00	$265.00	$909	-57.00
390	390	4	298.00	$298.00	$1,162	-2.00
416–445	428	5	268.00–275.00	$270.91	$1,159	-21.09
451	451	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,137	+5.42
545	545	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,237	-11.59
560–584	578	20	210.00–216.00	$214.71	$1,241	-18.12
697	697	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,303	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	210.00	$210.00	$840	—
640	640	8	224.00	$224.00	$1,434	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
687	687	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,443	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,198	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–447	429	4	322.00–329.00	$325.35	$1,396	—
485	485	7	314.00–350.00	$329.43	$1,598	+79.43
543	543	3	308.00	$308.00	$1,672	+58.00
555–585	578	8	265.00–270.00	$266.20	$1,539	—
605–637	618	11	229.00–243.00	$239.12	$1,478	+29.12
761	761	5	184.00	$184.00	$1,400	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	334.00	$334.00	$1,336	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–880	857	85-90%	3	70.00–80.00	$73.33	$628	—
835–1067	937	85-90%	34	82.50–85.00	$83.40	$781	-1.13
875–1014	961	85-90%	28	85.50–90.00	$87.78	$844	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1205	1090	75-80%	4	99.25–100.25	$99.93	$1,089	—
1065–1415	1205	75-80%	7	107.25–112.50	$109.28	$1,317	—
1055–1655	1211	75-80%	19	102.75–107.50	$104.27	$1,263	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1115	955	80-85%	9	89.00–90.25	$90.09	$860	—
885–1190	1053	80-85%	14	93.50–96.50	$95.00	$1,000	—
1015–1100	1066	80-85%	4	97.00–99.50	$98.41	$1,049	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940	940	65-75%	5	117.00	$117.00	$1,100	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
968	968	4	113.00	$113.00	$1,094	—
1027–1455	1167	11	102.00–114.00	$108.48	$1,266	—
1470–1930	1685	5	119.00–133.00	$127.24	$2,144	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–685	648	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	112.00–132.00	$122.00	$791
645–835	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	122.00–162.00	$153.60	$1,213

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
831	831	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,425.00	$1,425.00
815–1050	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,550.00	$1,462.50
800–1125	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	875.00–1,425.00	$1,095.77
974	974	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	910.00	$910.00
982	982	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00
830–1170	1006	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	625.00–1,175.00	$950.00
982–1110	1067	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	935.00–1,200.00	$1,111.67
970–1405	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,400.00	$1,287.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
595–600	598	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00–1,175.00	$1,037.50
670	670	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
751	751	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,125.00	$1,125.00
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
782	782	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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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
987	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
1070–1105	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,725.00–2,025.00	$1,850.00	—
1000–1275	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,675.00–1,725.00	$1,685.00	—
1285	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	23	213.00	$213.00	$735	—
356	356	30	212.00	$212.00	$755	—
407	407	27	214.50	$214.50	$873	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	18	90.00	$90.00	$342	-75.00
415	415	6	150.00	$150.00	$622	+33.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
795–1110	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00–1,775.00	$1,737.50	—

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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.