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Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Jul 12
● Final194 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,624 head
▲ 781 vs last sale 843▼ 127 vs year ago 1,751 · −7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 156▲ 148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 203▲ 338 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the June 28 sale, steer calves were mostly steady throughout while feeder steers 600-650 lbs sold 14.00 higher and 650-700 lbs were 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 350-600 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 higher with the exception of 450-500 lbs selling 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs were 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher while slaughter bulls were 2.00-5.00 higher. Trade was active with strong demand on a good market of larger numbers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $248.56/cwt on 665 head.
Average price
$248.56
665 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,522
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$863
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$110.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.91
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1626255.841,603446
Medium 1-2584246.141,43839
Medium and Large 1-2543244.791,329109
Large 1-2648221.731,43840
Medium and Large 2664210.371,39623
Large 2669154.001,0294thin
Small and Medium 2-3509145.507404thin
One grade step is worth $110.34/cwt here — about $863 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale665 hd
248.56
—
NM average3 barns · 1,243 hd
245.65
+2.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,703117.331,99814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,268106.161,34643
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,270100.491,27727
CowsLean 85-90%Low97586.6884556

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,047$1,3008
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)983$1,2382thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,160$1,2005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$1,19720
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)934$1,1796
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$1,1479
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)993$1,1083thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$1,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,080$1,0101thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)870$9601thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)910$8001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)920$1,2502thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)870$1,0502thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)745$9251thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$2,8502thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,162$2,4756
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,066$2,24729
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,019$2,21826
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,095$2,1751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,213$2,09017
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,0382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,155$1,79911
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)985$1,7302thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$1,7252thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)855$1,2187

Every lot

194 lots · USDA AMS · Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers46 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1-2275263.00/cwt263.00–263.007233
Steers—Small and Medium 2-3280180.00/cwt180.00–180.005042
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327267.08/cwt262.00–275.008738
Steers—Medium and Large 1337306.54/cwt299.00–314.001,0339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384264.50/cwt264.00–265.001,0168
Steers—Medium and Large 1423296.76/cwt289.00–310.001,25527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427263.45/cwt251.00–271.001,12515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added461298.85/cwt298.00–300.001,3787
Steers—Medium and Large 1484276.73/cwt270.00–280.001,33912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487260.86/cwt244.00–266.001,27013
Steers—Large 1-2500234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1705
Steers—Large 1-2Value Added530261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3832
Steers—Medium and Large 1530258.64/cwt250.50–265.001,37128
Steers—Medium and Large 2530236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,2535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533250.49/cwt250.00–251.001,3354
Steers—Medium 1-2535262.61/cwt260.00–268.001,40512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6022
Steers—Large 2570158.00/cwt158.00–158.009012
Steers—Large 1-2571211.52/cwt211.00–212.001,2088
Steers—Medium and Large 1586257.02/cwt253.00–266.001,50629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592227.21/cwt226.00–231.001,34534
Steers—Large 1-2603224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3516
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full607242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610261.84/cwt252.00–265.501,59711
Steers—Medium 1-2621212.67/cwt212.00–213.001,3216
Steers—Medium and Large 2630222.55/cwt213.00–226.001,4029
Steers—Medium and Large 1632257.92/cwt250.00–264.501,630265
Steers—Medium 1-2656243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,59718
Steers—Medium and Large 1662249.97/cwt241.00–253.001,65514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669228.66/cwt218.00–237.001,5307
Steers—Medium and Large 2693194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3443
Steers—Large 1-2696235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6365
Steers—Medium and Large 1704226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5914
Steers—Small and Medium 2-3737111.00/cwt111.00–111.008182
Steers—Medium and Large 1757223.20/cwt222.00–225.001,6905
Steers—Large 1-2765211.85/cwt211.00–212.001,62114
Steers—Large 2767150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1512
Steers—Medium and Large 2773183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,4153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780212.13/cwt203.00–223.001,6557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6152
Steers—Medium and Large 2850174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4793
Steers—Medium and Large 1872193.76/cwt187.00–205.001,6905
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added878209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,83527
Steers—Medium and Large 1925185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7111
Steers—Medium and Large 1963180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7334
Steers—Medium and Large 11,109157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,7415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers61 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2281238.00/cwt238.00–238.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1303285.00/cwt285.00–285.008646
Heifers—Medium 1315259.00/cwt259.00–259.008164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008452
Heifers—Large 1-2326262.00/cwt262.00–262.008543
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004022
Heifers—Medium 2336138.55/cwt137.00–140.004664
Heifers—Large 2363189.29/cwt188.00–197.0068715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391265.45/cwt256.00–276.001,03810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423246.59/cwt240.00–250.501,04311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427255.74/cwt253.00–261.001,09210
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2430107.50/cwt105.00–110.004624
Heifers—Medium 1-2446237.28/cwt237.00–244.001,05848
Heifers—Large 1-2470221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0392
Heifers—Medium 2479195.88/cwt170.00–208.0093822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483248.64/cwt241.00–256.001,20115
Heifers—Medium 1-2486236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full495234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1585
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514235.37/cwt234.00–246.001,21064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531243.79/cwt236.00–246.001,2959
Heifers—Medium 1532246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1652
Heifers—Small and Medium 353752.00/cwt52.00–52.002792
Heifers—Medium 2541198.97/cwt197.00–200.001,07620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564223.97/cwt215.00–236.001,26316
Heifers—Large 1-2569227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,29210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570212.59/cwt212.00–213.001,2125
Heifers—Large 2572195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587232.03/cwt227.00–245.001,36217
Heifers—Medium 2590171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0092
Heifers—Large 1-2606239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612245.03/cwt235.00–250.001,50041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added612238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4572
Heifers—Large 2613205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2573
Heifers—Small and Medium 361554.89/cwt48.00–62.003384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621210.02/cwt205.00–213.001,3046
Heifers—Medium 1-2632213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,34910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2633171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0824
Heifers—Medium 2635152.62/cwt150.00–158.009693
Heifers—Medium 2663170.27/cwt150.00–179.001,12910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667205.67/cwt196.50–208.001,37210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4525
Heifers—Large 2700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1747207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2775108.72/cwt98.00–120.008432
Heifers—Large 1-2821184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5041
Heifers—Medium 1-2840116.00/cwt116.00–116.009741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854180.67/cwt180.00–182.001,5436
Heifers—Medium 1-2875135.60/cwt131.00–140.001,1872
Heifers—Medium 2931157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4624
Heifers—Medium and Large 2940110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0341
Heifers—Medium 1-21,000165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,040141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4663
Heifers—Medium 21,040108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1231
Heifers—Medium 1-21,125104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1701
Heifers—Medium 1-21,210107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,3011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2142260.00/head260.00–260.002602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315285.00/cwt285.00–285.008983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,2054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy447265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1855
Bulls—Small and Medium 349036.00/cwt36.00–36.001762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519235.13/cwt231.00–238.001,2205
Bulls—Medium 1-2520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0402
Bulls—Small and Medium 353053.01/cwt52.00–54.002814
Bulls—Medium 1-2Full632160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2252
Bulls—Large 1-2735216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5881
Bulls—Large 1-2800190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5201
Bulls—Medium 1-2892189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2920106.00/cwt106.00–106.009751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,055144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,5191
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 326784.40/cwt50.00–110.002257
Dairy Heifers—Large 3360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005042
Dairy Heifers—Large 3423104.13/cwt90.00–142.004407
Dairy Heifers—Large 269590.00/cwt90.00–90.006261
Dairy Heifers—Large 3750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
Dairy Heifers—Large 3865160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3843
Dairy Heifers—Large 289089.00/cwt89.00–89.007921
Dairy Heifers—Large 3929134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2456
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,014100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0146
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Small 323198.00/cwt98.00–98.002266
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 2-3335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004022
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 2-3397115.00/cwt115.00–115.004572
Dairy Steers—Large 2417155.00/cwt155.00–155.006462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,611112.69/cwt110.00–115.001,8154
Bulls——1,675100.17/cwt86.00–109.501,6783
Bulls——1,767127.34/cwt116.00–132.502,2507
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78266.69/cwt55.50–72.505229
Cows—Lean 85-90%84780.33/cwt74.50–84.506805
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed995128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2741
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01690.16/cwt85.50–92.0091629
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06695.19/cwt92.50–99.501,01513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10898.42/cwt95.00–100.001,09011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,255107.43/cwt102.25–112.251,34828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,292103.78/cwt100.50–105.501,34115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,408100.17/cwt99.00–102.001,41015
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2625350.00/head350.00–350.003502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2785725.00/head725.00–725.007252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2785650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2870960.00/head960.00–960.009601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2910800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19831,237.50/head1,075.00–1,400.001,2382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19931,108.33/head900.00–1,225.001,1083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0081,406.25/head1,300.00–1,500.001,4064
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0471,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3008
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0661,209.38/head975.00–1,400.001,2098
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0801,010.00/head1,010.00–1,010.001,0101
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0901,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1601,200.00/head1,150.00–1,400.001,2005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1891,285.00/head1,050.00–1,600.001,28517
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1675170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1481
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1830132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0961
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1745925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18701,050.00/head1,000.00–1,100.001,0502
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19201,250.00/head1,000.00–1,500.001,2502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs25 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2785750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-29001,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19151,835.00/head1,835.00–1,835.001,8351
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29451,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0052,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0112,301.56/head1,575.00–2,400.002,30216
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0352,150.00/head1,850.00–2,350.002,1505
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0502,137.50/head1,925.00–2,350.002,1384
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0551,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0782,322.22/head2,250.00–2,400.002,32227
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0952,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0951,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,1351,405.00/head1,350.00–1,460.001,4052
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1552,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1761,865.71/head1,810.00–1,925.001,8667
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1951,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2502,550.00/head2,100.00–3,000.002,5506
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2601,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2972,125.00/head1,225.00–2,275.002,1257
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4852,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6252
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2818737.50/head600.00–875.007382
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 18701,410.00/head1,200.00–1,550.001,4105

This sale against other markets

New Mexico weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.