Clovis Livestock Auction Market Report

Clovis, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 4, 2024

1,420 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $272.48/cwt +11.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,597/hd at 586 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $243.24/cwt -19.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,270/hd at 522 lb · 44 head

heavy 4-weight L 1 steers $306.00/cwt ≈ $1,499/hd at 490 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,420	1,798	2,459
Feeder cattle	1,257	1,301	2,080
Slaughter cattle	69	168	69
Replacement cattle	94	329	310

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last sale; Steer calves sold steady to 7.00 lower and steer yearlings were steady to 8.00 lower while heifer calves sold 2.00-8.00 lower and feeder heifers were 2.00 lower. Trade was slow with good demand on smaller numbers. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls were 6.00 higher. Market was moderate and buyer attendance was excellent.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	330.00	$330.00	$957	—
305–319	315	7	354.00–358.00	$355.11	$1,119	-3.69
313–343 unweaned	327	15	330.00	$330.00	$1,079	+6.32
350–355 value added	352	5	335.00–338.00	$336.79	$1,186	—
350–395	381	7	314.00–318.00	$316.06	$1,204	-26.37
402–430	416	4	290.00–308.00	$298.70	$1,243	-32.78
411–435	422	11	332.00–340.00	$336.25	$1,419	+4.77
455–491	477	23	292.00–310.00	$298.20	$1,422	-11.10
503–535	516	8	276.00–295.00	$288.20	$1,487	+0.25
523–547	533	5	264.00–272.00	$268.71	$1,432	-19.24
555 unweaned	555	2	246.00	$246.00	$1,365	—
556–580	561	10	267.00–276.00	$274.14	$1,538	+2.04
567	567	8	251.00	$251.00	$1,423	-21.10
600–647	614	42	244.00–262.00	$250.16	$1,536	-11.07
650–668	661	16	237.00–254.00	$248.70	$1,644	+21.79
673	673	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,582	+8.09
717–721	720	6	231.00–233.50	$232.67	$1,675	—
752–796	780	23	220.00–236.00	$226.57	$1,767	-7.55
840	840	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,898	—
885–891	887	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,951	—
915	915	2	205.50	$205.50	$1,880	—
950	950	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,938	+10.00
1175	1175	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,880	—
1200	1200	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,896	—
1385	1385	2	146.00	$146.00	$2,022	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288 unweaned	288	3	340.00	$340.00	$979	—
346	346	3	308.00	$308.00	$1,066	-2.00
425 value added	425	22	298.00	$298.00	$1,266	—
402–444	427	15	280.00–296.00	$287.55	$1,228	-6.45
442 unweaned	442	2	267.00	$267.00	$1,180	—
460–472	468	6	262.00–283.00	$271.08	$1,269	+5.36
501–545	535	19	259.50–261.00	$259.87	$1,390	+13.87
568–590	586	45	270.00–273.00	$272.48	$1,597	+11.48
625	625	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,450	-10.00
637–647	639	11	240.00–255.00	$252.24	$1,612	+10.24
696	696	4	230.50	$230.50	$1,604	+17.50
807	807	2	213.00	$213.00	$1,719	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	8	368.00	$368.00	$1,244	—
448	448	15	296.00	$296.00	$1,326	-22.00
490	490	43	306.00	$306.00	$1,499	—
563 value added	563	4	276.00	$276.00	$1,554	—
576	576	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,463	—
621	621	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,528	-12.00
702–730	723	8	225.00–232.00	$226.70	$1,639	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	5	272.00	$272.00	$941	-36.00
442 unweaned	442	2	267.00	$267.00	$1,180	—
508	508	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,321	+5.00
570	570	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,368	-6.00
720–725	722	5	228.00–229.00	$228.40	$1,649	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	294.00	$294.00	$1,102	—
802	802	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,644	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,135	—
556	556	3	228.00	$228.00	$1,268	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566	566	4	170.00	$170.00	$962	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	4	240.00	$240.00	$924	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	2	172.00	$172.00	$803	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	5	320.00	$320.00	$989	+21.79
351–355	353	5	285.00–299.00	$290.64	$1,026	-0.11
391 unweaned	391	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,075	—
421–447	427	33	242.00–257.00	$250.32	$1,069	-36.66
462–475	469	10	250.00–268.00	$256.78	$1,204	-4.35
500–543	522	44	233.00–252.00	$243.24	$1,270	-16.47
552–566	560	31	236.00–242.00	$238.56	$1,336	-10.59
600–645	620	21	220.00–235.00	$229.50	$1,423	-5.00
663–686	676	10	212.00–222.00	$219.61	$1,485	-23.39
700–731	715	21	215.00–225.50	$221.42	$1,583	+17.42
798	798	5	219.00	$219.00	$1,748	+2.00
870	870	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,644	+7.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	8	285.00	$285.00	$1,157	—
497	497	29	258.00	$258.00	$1,282	—
540	540	13	236.00	$236.00	$1,274	-24.00
556–565	557	24	218.00–223.50	$223.03	$1,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	9	287.00	$287.00	$1,214	+12.06
445 unweaned	445	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,077	—
450	450	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,125	-12.00
517	517	2	243.00	$243.00	$1,256	+5.39
550–583	561	30	226.00–239.00	$236.52	$1,327	+8.50
605–631	621	8	221.00–226.00	$223.92	$1,391	—
650–690	672	10	214.00–223.00	$219.62	$1,476	+4.62
702–747	725	4	214.00–217.00	$215.55	$1,563	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	3	272.00	$272.00	$968	—
384 value added	384	19	294.00	$294.00	$1,129	—
710	710	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,633	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	270.00	$270.00	$958	—
360 unweaned	360	3	210.00	$210.00	$756	—
511	511	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,313	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606	606	3	213.00	$213.00	$1,291	—
771	771	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,635	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	2	130.00	$130.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,032	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322 unweaned	322	2	280.00	$280.00	$902	—
335	335	2	317.00	$317.00	$1,062	—
625	625	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,388	—
997	997	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,496	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,043	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1520	1304	80-85%	9	120.00–126.00	$122.89	$1,602	-6.57
1125–1880	1386	80-85%	22	122.00–136.50	$127.10	$1,762	-5.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1230	1015	85-90%	5	110.00–117.00	$113.15	$1,148	—
1665–1730	1708	85-90%	3	120.00	$120.00	$2,050	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1535	1400	8	130.00–146.00	$138.25	$1,936	-6.63
1320–1920	1600	6	147.00–154.00	$150.98	$2,416	—
1580–2190	1806	13	153.00–167.50	$161.77	$2,922	+7.91

YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550	1550	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,814	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085–1105	1092	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	135.00–153.00	$141.00	$1,540

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00
945–1435	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,700.00
1207	1207	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1306	1306	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1290–1360	1310	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,550.00–1,710.00	$1,673.33
1426	1426	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1292–1555	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,785.00	$1,595.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	3	118.00	$118.00	$535	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	11	248.00	$248.00	$1,054	—
430	430	2	218.00	$218.00	$937	—
465	465	2	212.00	$212.00	$986	—
555	555	11	241.00	$241.00	$1,338	—

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1290–1295	1293	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,660.00–1,700.00	$1,680.00	—
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,760.00	$1,760.00	—
1542	1542	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1495	1495	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	3	115.00	$115.00	$523	—
499	499	5	162.00	$162.00	$808	—
607	607	2	120.00	$120.00	$728	—
790	790	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,232	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	8	227.00	$227.00	$967	—
440	440	2	172.00	$172.00	$757	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501–515	507	5	170.00–180.00	$175.93	$892	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497	497	2	140.00	$140.00	$696	—

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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.