Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 6, 2024

1,725 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $246.31/cwt +15.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,584/hd at 643 lb · 104 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $224.96/cwt +3.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,653/hd at 735 lb · 80 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $236.94/cwt -0.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,872/hd at 790 lb · 72 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,725	2,144	2,060
Feeder cattle	1,514	1,878	1,807
Slaughter cattle	81	105	107
Replacement cattle	130	161	146

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer calves 350-400 lbs 20.00 higher and 400-450 lbs sold 2.00 lower while 450-500 lbs were sharply higher and 500-550 lbs sold 5.00 higher with 550-600 lbs being 6.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-650 lbs sold 13.00 lower while 650-750 lbs were steady and 750-800 lbs sold 8.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-450 lbs had insufficient numbers this week to compare while 450-500 lbs sold 2.00 higher and 500-600 lbs were 4.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher and 650-750 lbs were 4.00-6.00 lower while 750-800 lbs sold 17.00 higher. Trade was slow with moderate demand on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows were 2.00-6.00 higher with instances 13.00-14.00 higher while slaughter bulls sold 10.00-21.00 higher. Market was moderately slow 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
309–317	313	10	400.00–402.00	$400.99	$1,255	+80.99
370–396	389	21	315.00–398.00	$385.83	$1,501	+27.95
408–415	410	27	310.00–332.00	$314.95	$1,291	-54.97
412–427	422	29	350.00–378.00	$373.52	$1,576	+3.60
453–463	458	10	340.00–380.00	$360.82	$1,653	+29.44
470–473	471	7	318.00–332.00	$325.98	$1,535	-5.40
500–528	516	62	300.00–328.00	$318.86	$1,645	+3.22
560–591	572	35	273.00–312.00	$289.25	$1,655	+11.37
602–637	624	32	247.00–267.00	$261.92	$1,634	+0.55
656–681	666	13	241.00–266.00	$254.01	$1,692	-6.82
702–747	721	37	222.00–250.00	$242.46	$1,748	+4.04
775–792	790	72	230.00–237.75	$236.94	$1,872	-0.92
867–895	881	9	201.00–210.00	$206.29	$1,817	-11.71
910	910	7	206.00	$206.00	$1,875	—
1490	1490	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,175	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	28	338.00	$338.00	$1,227	—
402	402	18	326.00	$326.00	$1,311	—
478	478	4	257.00	$257.00	$1,228	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387	387	4	288.00	$288.00	$1,115	—
493	493	21	274.00	$274.00	$1,351	+24.00
511–525	517	5	254.00–272.00	$264.68	$1,368	+4.29
555	555	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,332	—
700–730	713	6	193.00–207.00	$201.40	$1,436	+7.40
800–845	818	5	200.00–202.00	$200.83	$1,643	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	11	400.00	$400.00	$1,492	+38.00
518	518	5	278.00	$278.00	$1,440	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	2	372.00	$372.00	$1,588	—
693	693	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,386	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	342.00	$342.00	$1,139	+14.99
374	374	5	336.00	$336.00	$1,257	+10.58
442–444	443	7	298.00–300.00	$298.57	$1,323	-8.86
462 value added	462	2	318.00	$318.00	$1,469	+7.67
458–481	475	15	270.00–300.00	$294.29	$1,398	+12.76
508–542	527	52	265.00–283.00	$273.88	$1,443	+1.08
552–580	568	27	240.00–266.00	$258.59	$1,469	+4.46
601–647	643	104	230.00–249.00	$246.31	$1,584	+15.50
656–687	675	14	204.00–231.00	$223.41	$1,508	-7.03
717–737	735	80	215.00–226.00	$224.96	$1,653	+3.88
752–795	768	13	216.00–235.00	$221.64	$1,702	+6.62
811–832	817	7	194.00–215.00	$208.89	$1,707	+13.89
851–890	860	21	191.00–220.00	$196.74	$1,692	—
988	988	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,798	—
1025–1045	1037	5	110.50–172.00	$134.82	$1,398	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–477	470	14	236.00–249.00	$243.54	$1,145	-2.67
520	520	32	240.00	$240.00	$1,248	+15.00
647	647	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,216	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	5	352.00	$352.00	$1,440	+51.16
555	555	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,388	—
641	641	14	228.00	$228.00	$1,461	—
690	690	8	226.00	$226.00	$1,559	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	15	350.00	$350.00	$1,180	—
480	480	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,200	—
547	547	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,428	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546	546	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,420	—
598	598	4	257.00	$257.00	$1,537	—
786	786	4	203.00	$203.00	$1,596	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,549	+69.00
852	852	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,772	—
965	965	1	103.00	$103.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	1	120.25	$120.25	$1,431	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1310	1230	75-80%	2	112.50	$112.50	$1,384	—
1132–1870	1375	75-80%	10	128.00–136.00	$131.51	$1,808	—
1105–1565	1378	75-80%	21	114.25–118.00	$116.88	$1,611	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–825	820	85-90%	2	89.50–103.50	$96.54	$792	+19.38
875–1195	999	85-90%	4	77.00–83.00	$79.93	$799	—
991–1265	1060	85-90%	4	100.25–105.50	$103.93	$1,102	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1400	1098	80-85%	7	105.00–119.50	$110.40	$1,212	—
1280–1485	1383	80-85%	2	100.00–103.00	$101.39	$1,402	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1990	1610	6	123.00–137.00	$130.78	$2,106	—
1600–1845	1723	2	119.00–120.50	$119.70	$2,062	-11.54
1895–2085	1990	2	144.00–145.00	$144.52	$2,876	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1019	1019	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	1,600.00	$1,600.00
975–1067	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,633.33
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1020–1145	1094	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,450.00
1085–1115	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,525.00	$1,350.00
760–1470	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	1,075.00–2,500.00	$2,073.00
1135–1300	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	1,575.00–2,025.00	$1,980.43
970–1320	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,583.33
1170–1250	1210	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,575.00	$1,425.00
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1060–1355	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,800.00	$1,575.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–990	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,350.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–890	765	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,225.00
885	885	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
967–1030	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,525.00	$1,508.33
993	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,000.00	$2,000.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,950.00	$1,950.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	14	162.00	$162.00	$470	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	2	170.00	$170.00	$709	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324 value added	324	71	325.00	$325.00	$1,053	—
317–341	328	14	180.00–195.00	$189.11	$620	—
354	354	6	240.00	$240.00	$850	—
355–367	360	66	306.00–311.00	$308.91	$1,112	—
385	385	3	160.00	$160.00	$616	—
425	425	2	227.00	$227.00	$965	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	150.00	$150.00	$440	—
313	313	5	200.00	$200.00	$626	—
381	381	7	110.00	$110.00	$419	—

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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
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	-450.00
1150–1320	1229	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,875.00–2,650.00	$2,370.83	+645.83
1150–1285	1240	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00–2,350.00	$2,250.00	+525.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,454	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–345	339	7	142.00–165.00	$155.38	$527	—
405	405	2	185.00	$185.00	$749	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–950	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–2,500.00	$2,125.00	—

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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.