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Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Jul 31
● Final144 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,195 head
▲ 302 vs last sale 893▲ 293 vs year ago 902 · +32.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 102▼ 66 vs year ago 188 · −35.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
262 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 158▲ 63 vs year ago 199 · +31.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold steady to 11.00 higher except for 350-400 lbs and 450-500 lbs being 6.00 lower. Steer yearlings were 8.00 higher. Heifer calves had no comparable sales and heifer yearlings 750-800 lbs were steady. Trade was moderate with light demand on larger numbers. Slaughter cows were 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 2'00-5.00 lower. Market was uneven 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 $302.09/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −132.48 against this barn's trailing median of $434.57.
Average price
$302.09
107 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.71
vs NM average
+14.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548304.291,66879
Medium and Large 1-2524295.891,55028
One grade step is worth $8.40/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale107 hd
302.09
—
NM average3 barns · 153 hd
292.38
+9.71
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
+14.30
This barn, trailing median34 sales
434.57
−132.48
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—Low1,523163.502,49116
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,226136.201,67080
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,120119.851,3429thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,057$2,4002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,441$2,20423
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$2,1252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,382$2,08211
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,374$1,97627
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,170$1,9752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,231$1,92531
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,053$1,8923thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,333$1,8205
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,306$1,80418
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,097$1,7518
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$1,7502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,145$1,4851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,170$2,3758
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,191$2,29116
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$1,9405
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,145$1,85616
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)715$1,2004thin

Every lot

144 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned241360.00/cwt360.00–360.008684
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy330366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,2085
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336397.13/cwt382.00–402.001,3348
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned336340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1428
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned355347.60/cwt330.00–350.001,23417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364369.86/cwt365.00–381.001,34612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3144
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full407372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,5144
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411392.26/cwt386.00–396.001,61216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434327.44/cwt320.00–336.001,42115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439349.25/cwt346.00–360.001,5338
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Full440285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2542
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443308.57/cwt290.00–310.001,36726
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4693
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full447273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2202
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,4882
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2842
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473329.59/cwt323.00–343.001,55929
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478299.49/cwt298.00–300.001,4328
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full482316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5234
Steers450–500Large 1-2Mexican Origin490234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1472
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524295.89/cwt295.00–296.001,55028
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533317.62/cwt311.00–326.001,69343
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy562306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7209
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567286.55/cwt280.00–300.001,62512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full575275.73/cwt270.00–279.001,58513
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618288.03/cwt277.00–293.001,78067
Steers650–700Large 1-2Mexican Origin668222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4834
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678269.17/cwt256.00–270.501,82533
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722249.44/cwt247.00–254.001,80121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777241.02/cwt238.00–245.001,8736
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823229.79/cwt225.00–242.001,8917
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,96712
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311337.43/cwt335.00–340.001,0494
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2311270.00/cwt270.00–270.0084011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned370282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,1594
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427273.55/cwt272.00–275.001,1684
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430290.69/cwt284.00–304.001,25033
Heifers400–450Medium 2Unweaned435192.00/cwt192.00–192.008352
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy442280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442277.34/cwt277.00–279.001,22612
Heifers450–500Medium 1452265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1984
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2462278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,2846
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4732
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2732
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482278.17/cwt273.00–287.001,34128
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full485266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2906
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2507251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned507230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1662
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy516277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,42919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523242.50/cwt239.00–255.001,26825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full524277.00/cwt274.00–278.001,4518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530275.01/cwt266.50–278.001,45811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy533255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3598
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537267.33/cwt266.00–270.001,43615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed547300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Spayed547207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1324
Heifers550–600Large 1550257.14/cwt252.00–261.001,41414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3043
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2562250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4052
Heifers550–600Medium 2570228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,3024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581258.08/cwt252.00–267.501,49927
Heifers550–600Large 1-2592237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4032
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2002
Heifers600–650Medium 1617230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4192
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621223.80/cwt217.00–236.001,39011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6049
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4743
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2663220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4594
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670239.02/cwt233.00–247.001,60113
Heifers650–700Large 1697240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6732
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5522
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788226.28/cwt226.00–227.001,7837
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2385332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,2782
Bulls550–600Large 1-2585243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4223
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4433
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2907226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,0502
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3338252.00/cwt252.00–252.008529
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3408258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,05356
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3532237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2619
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3576230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3257
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3755201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,51814
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3459185.00/cwt185.00–185.008498
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3Full372200.00/cwt200.00–200.007442
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Large 2-3320320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0242
Beef/Dairy Steers350–400Large 2-3369321.55/cwt316.00–330.001,1875
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,063143.13/cwt141.00–145.501,5212
Bulls——1,460160.39/cwt152.00–167.002,3425
Bulls——1,661169.76/cwt166.00–175.502,8209
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02097.00/cwt97.00–97.009891
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080113.58/cwt100.00–121.501,2273
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151142.72/cwt141.00–144.501,6439
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,164128.18/cwt127.50–131.501,4925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236135.37/cwt132.00–139.501,67371
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,085161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7473
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs22 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2620675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18051,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28151,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-28501,312.50/head1,225.00–1,400.001,3132
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 28751,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 1-29001,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19051,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0901,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1051,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,77510
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1082,083.33/head1,975.00–2,175.002,0833
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1701,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2452,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2652,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2652,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8753
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2982,462.50/head2,375.00–2,550.002,4632
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3032,200.00/head2,150.00–2,225.002,2003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3502,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8255
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3602,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,3951,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4482,850.00/head2,700.00–3,000.002,8502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows22 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-3785760.00/head760.00–760.007601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29611,687.50/head1,600.00–1,875.001,6884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0352,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0501,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0572,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0931,482.14/head1,400.00–1,675.001,4827
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1451,485.00/head1,485.00–1,485.001,4851
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1681,979.17/head1,850.00–2,100.001,9796
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1701,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2051,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2711,960.19/head1,725.00–2,000.001,96027
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3062,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3801,980.58/head1,900.00–2,050.001,98126
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3821,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4102,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0758
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4101,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4412,009.09/head1,975.00–2,100.002,00911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4422,219.32/head2,125.00–2,275.002,21922
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1948185.73/cwt178.00–195.001,76111
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,040184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,9142
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 17151,200.00/head1,125.00–1,225.001,2004

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.