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Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Jul 10
● Final155 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,734 head
▲ 554 vs last sale 1,180▲ 110 vs year ago 1,624 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 232▲ 20 vs year ago 148 · +13.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
220 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 223▼ 118 vs year ago 338 · −34.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale before July 4th; Steer and heifer calves sold 6.00-7.00 lower. Steer yearlings were 3.00 higher and heifer yearlings sold 8.00 lower. Trade was moderate on larger numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher instances 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 4.00-7.00 lower. Market was moderate with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $282.96/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −151.61 against this barn's trailing median of $434.57.
Average price
$282.96
70 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.52
vs NM average
−19.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548289.551,58742
Medium and Large 1-2551280.461,54419thin
Large 1-2573273.001,5643thin
Medium 1-2530272.001,4422thin
Medium and Large 2532238.571,2694thin
One grade step is worth $50.98/cwt here — about $318 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale70 hd
282.96
—
NM average2 barns · 140 hd
287.47
−4.52
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−19.95
This barn, trailing median34 sales
434.57
−151.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
500447394341median 434.5703/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.79, low $354.58, median $434.57 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,619154.862,50724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,245143.821,79149
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,181138.411,63576
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,064128.891,37122

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,275$1,9001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,166$1,86522
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,325$1,8252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$1,7796
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,70221
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,184$1,6905
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)996$1,6437
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,262$1,6423thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,210$1,5814thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,5655
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,030$1,4589
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)845$9001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)916$1,4676
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)984$1,4005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,176$2,10014
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,148$1,9289
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,162$1,8503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)993$1,6783thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)850$1,3251thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)983$1,9253thin

Every lot

155 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned302358.64/cwt350.00–359.001,083123
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334401.99/cwt400.00–407.001,34316
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned340300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned350352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,2328
Steers350–400Small and Medium 3355232.00/cwt232.00–232.008242
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387391.18/cwt390.00–402.001,51438
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414389.53/cwt380.00–400.001,61352
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full417368.71/cwt365.00–373.001,5389
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0444
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2735
Steers450–500Large 1-2454302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0932
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470332.06/cwt318.00–338.001,561108
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489312.40/cwt308.00–313.501,52845
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514302.08/cwt289.00–306.001,55315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3993
Steers500–550Medium 1-2530272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4422
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532238.57/cwt232.00–245.001,2694
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534282.30/cwt277.00–289.001,5079
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560289.50/cwt286.00–300.001,6218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573284.29/cwt282.00–295.001,62924
Steers550–600Large 1-2573273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5643
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy587236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3852
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615278.72/cwt267.00–291.001,71478
Steers600–650Medium 1-2621250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623261.54/cwt260.00–263.001,6296
Steers600–650Medium 2625213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682254.00/cwt245.00–265.501,73220
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,60110
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724240.67/cwt240.00–241.001,7426
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771248.01/cwt235.00–254.501,91247
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,8783
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9093
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8082
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9712
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0935
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,9952
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,0762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned290310.00/cwt310.00–310.008992
Heifers300–350Large 1-2306316.00/cwt316.00–316.009678
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314318.89/cwt306.00–330.001,0019
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0653
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370262.00/cwt262.00–262.009692
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379328.95/cwt320.00–347.001,24743
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380202.00/cwt202.00–202.007682
Heifers400–450Medium 1406301.03/cwt300.00–303.001,2226
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0252
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned416262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417291.00/cwt282.00–296.001,2136
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434292.42/cwt285.00–304.001,26977
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473280.65/cwt269.00–291.001,32766
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477182.00/cwt182.00–182.008682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485267.45/cwt263.00–275.001,29713
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2488240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1713
Heifers500–550Large 1-2517260.44/cwt260.00–261.001,3467
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524259.33/cwt254.00–266.001,3599
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531258.84/cwt244.00–266.001,37440
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2-3542180.00/cwt180.00–180.009762
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2545239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3032
Heifers500–550Medium 1546242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full546228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2454
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582254.14/cwt245.00–267.001,47971
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2605236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,4314
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632238.54/cwt225.00–243.001,50852
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669233.35/cwt230.00–240.001,56113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0722
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3842
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727231.24/cwt215.00–236.001,68123
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1797214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7062
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830209.93/cwt207.00–216.001,7423
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 190450.00/head450.00–450.004501
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1140550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2327357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,1672
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2406337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,3683
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2272
Bulls450–500Large 3480207.00/cwt207.00–207.009942
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2600244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4642
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2777228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7722
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3567222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2596
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3680186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2652
Dairy Heifers800–850Small 3825119.00/cwt119.00–119.009823
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3897172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,5432
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 3941166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5623
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3271247.00/cwt247.00–247.006698
Dairy Steers300–350Small 3307160.00/cwt160.00–160.004915
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3338248.00/cwt248.00–248.008383
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3388277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,07556
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3422270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,13929
Dairy Steers400–450Small 3423130.00/cwt130.00–130.005509
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3-4445117.00/cwt117.00–117.005213
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3486257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,24939
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3500265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,32523
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3551175.00/cwt175.00–175.009643
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers250–300Large 3281345.00/cwt345.00–345.0096928
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Large 3323326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,05327
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Large 3382254.00/cwt254.00–254.0097011
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Large 3405303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,22725
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,262144.66/cwt132.00–150.001,8266
Bulls——1,709152.67/cwt149.25–157.502,6099
Bulls——1,767163.84/cwt159.50–171.002,8959
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001121.99/cwt119.00–125.001,2214
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,074139.27/cwt136.00–140.501,4967
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078130.42/cwt125.00–135.501,40618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131134.36/cwt132.00–138.501,52015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177139.72/cwt137.50–142.501,64547
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,227144.10/cwt142.50–148.001,76824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,263143.55/cwt141.00–147.501,81325
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,422137.38/cwt131.00–144.001,9547
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs15 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2720800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-27701,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28501,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29051,530.00/head1,360.00–1,700.001,5302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29151,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29201,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29601,735.00/head1,735.00–1,735.001,7351
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,705.00/head1,610.00–1,800.001,7052
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1301,962.50/head1,600.00–2,325.001,9632
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1771,958.33/head1,675.00–2,100.001,9583
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2462,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3008
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2852,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,4252,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows24 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 18301,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2845900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29071,100.00/head1,050.00–1,200.001,1003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29651,300.00/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19861,700.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,7006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29981,662.50/head1,650.00–1,675.001,6632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0431,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5003
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0551,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Large 11,0551,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0951,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Large 11,1071,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1141,738.89/head1,500.00–1,850.001,7399
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1441,712.50/head1,575.00–1,850.001,7134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1521,645.00/head1,525.00–1,800.001,6455
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1621,675.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,6754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1891,988.64/head1,850.00–2,275.001,98911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2041,943.18/head1,800.00–2,100.001,94311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2101,581.25/head1,450.00–1,625.001,5814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2331,779.17/head1,525.00–1,850.001,7796
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2701,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2751,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3251,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bred Cows—Large 11,4552,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 19831,925.00/head1,700.00–2,275.001,9253
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1942185.30/cwt160.00–205.001,74610
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,005173.00/cwt148.00–194.001,7393
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 18601,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19271,440.00/head1,200.00–1,600.001,4405
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19841,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4005

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.