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Clovis Livestock Auction

Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Mar 12

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

1,920 head

▲ 514 vs last sale 1,406▲ 201 vs year ago 1,719 · +11.7%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement Cattle Slaughter/Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Feb 20, 2025

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 12.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.49/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −49.69 against this barn's trailing median of $379.18.

Average price

$329.49

115 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$38.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.30

vs NM average

+14.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	336.27	1,822	92
Medium and Large 1-2	556	320.00	1,779	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	297.50	1,665	18thin

One grade step is worth $38.77/cwt here — about $158 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 sale115 hd

329.49

—

NM average4 barns · 381 hd

306.20

+23.30

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+14.53

This barn, trailing median34 sales

379.18

−49.69

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.90, low $314.16, median $379.18 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

52 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	510.08/cwt	502.00–515.00	1,617	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	478.86/cwt	472.00–486.00	1,791	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,894	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	433.04/cwt	427.00–435.00	1,832	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	399.79/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,899	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	365.08/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,793	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	369.94/cwt	362.00–382.00	1,935	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	539	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,156	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	373.58/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,114	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	321.22/cwt	310.00–328.00	2,004	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	296.61/cwt	294.50–298.00	2,020	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	290.61/cwt	288.00–295.00	2,130	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	280.97/cwt	273.00–284.00	2,124	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	788	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,954	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,163	61
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	249.13/cwt	246.50–253.75	2,187	16
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,249	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,294	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	457.72/cwt	455.00–462.00	1,520	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	438.55/cwt	420.00–442.00	1,623	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	392.53/cwt	367.00–412.00	1,519	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	370.89/cwt	368.00–373.00	1,587	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	405.89/cwt	378.00–411.00	1,798	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	349.98/cwt	341.00–365.00	1,638	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,630	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	353.91/cwt	346.00–370.00	1,731	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	342.17/cwt	322.00–349.00	1,803	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,779	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	325.21/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,854	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,641	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	288.42/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,823	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	264.01/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,814	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,940	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,819	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,857	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	250.25/cwt	250.25–250.25	1,922	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	773	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,817	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	238.72/cwt	238.50–241.00	2,012	128
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,875	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,904	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	213.07/cwt	212.50–215.00	2,007	34
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,072	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,165	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,721	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,841	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,894	8
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,122	8
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	349.53/cwt	347.00–353.00	1,300	60
Beef/Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,394	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,466	13
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	367	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,174	10
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	408	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,306	5

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.

New Mexico feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clovis Livestock Auction - Clovis, NM

Wed Mar 12, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Portales, NM (LS-CV)

Receipts 1,920Last week 1,406Year ago 1,719

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 12.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	317	502.00–515.00	510.08
14	350–400	374	472.00–486.00	478.86
10	400–450	419	452.00	452.00
44	450–500	475	390.00–420.00	399.79
30	500–550	523	362.00–382.00	369.94
54	550–600	566	365.00–376.00	373.58
19	600–650	624	310.00–328.00	321.22
15	650–700	681	294.50–298.00	296.61
8	700–750	733	288.00–295.00	290.61
26	750–800	756	273.00–284.00	280.97
61	800–850	804	269.00	269.00
16	850–900	878	246.50–253.75	249.13
10	900–950	916	245.50	245.50
53	950–1000	950	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	423	427.00–435.00	433.04
6	450–500	491	360.00–370.00	365.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	539	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	788	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	403	427.00	427.00
4	550–600	563	327.00	327.00
8	750–800	796	238.00	238.00
8	950–1000	960	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	332	455.00–462.00	457.72
13	350–400	370	420.00–442.00	438.55
41	400–450	443	378.00–411.00	405.89
56	450–500	489	346.00–370.00	353.91
60	500–550	527	322.00–349.00	342.17
32	550–600	570	320.00–330.00	325.21
19	600–650	632	285.00–290.00	288.42
10	650–700	687	262.00–267.00	264.01
7	700–750	716	271.00	271.00
10	750–800	768	250.25	250.25
128	800–850	843	238.50–241.00	238.72
8	850–900	894	213.00	213.00
34	900–950	942	212.50–215.00	213.07
10	1050–1100	1,072	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	387	367.00–412.00	392.53
9	400–450	428	368.00–373.00	370.89
18	450–500	468	341.00–365.00	349.98
5	550–600	556	320.00	320.00
7	700–750	726	250.50	250.50
23	750–800	755	246.00	246.00
12	850–900	872	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	336.00	336.00
9	500–550	533	315.00	315.00
9	550–600	586	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	773	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	350–400	372	347.00–353.00	349.53
6	400–450	433	322.00	322.00
13	450–500	461	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	367	320.00	320.00
5	400–450	408	320.00	320.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.