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Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Nov 4
● Final172 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
← Oct 28Nov 4latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,552 head
▼ 443 vs last sale 1,995▼ 795 vs year ago 2,347 · −33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 189▼ 41 vs year ago 213 · −19.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
414 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 300▲ 17 vs year ago 397 · +4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale; Steer calves 350-600 lbs sold 6.00-20.00 lower and feeder steers were 2.00-12.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-500 lbs sold 14.00-20.00 lower and 500-600 lbs were steady-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 2.00 lower. Trade demand and market were moderately uneven. Slaughtercows sold 1.00-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 7.00 higher. 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 $381.76/cwt on 228 head, down $3.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −49.63 against this barn's trailing median of $431.39.
Average price
$381.76
▼ 3.81 vs prior sale
228 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,129
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$337
per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2
$93.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.64
vs NM average
−37.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1531400.712,1277thin
Medium and Large 1558386.002,156202
Large 1582339.691,9774thin
Medium and Large 1-2545332.001,80912thin
Large 1-2583307.001,7903thin
One grade step is worth $93.71/cwt here — about $337 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 sale228 hd
381.76
—
NM average4 barns · 534 hd
378.13
+3.64
National average185 barns · 28,311 hd
419.08
−37.32
This barn, trailing median34 sales
431.39
−49.63
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 431.3903/1105/0607/1509/0911/04
Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.79, low $354.58, median $431.39 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—High1,568161.392,53036
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,089176.141,9186thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,158131.321,52041
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,119117.411,31354

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,132$2,8173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,155$2,8003thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,310$2,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,443$2,5134thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,169$2,44820
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,287$2,35927
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,215$2,23650
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$1,9254thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,195$1,7717
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,094$1,7504thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,120$1,65721
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,067$4,0504thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,080$3,902193
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)991$3,29010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,955$4,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)990$3,9651thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,230$3,1002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,303$3,0333thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,307$2,8503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,496$2,8105
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,168$2,6923thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,232$4,0676

Every lot

172 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned271505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,3695
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312570.26/cwt567.00–575.001,7795
Steers300–350Small and Medium 2-3325190.00/cwt190.00–190.006183
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned328529.92/cwt528.00–532.001,7384
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned335425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4246
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370270.00/cwt270.00–270.009992
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added378520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9664
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,5673
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393495.45/cwt490.00–505.001,94721
Steers400–450Large 1403475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9143
Steers400–450Medium 1425490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0836
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435478.77/cwt457.00–487.002,08356
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full441453.05/cwt450.00–455.001,9985
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned441433.04/cwt425.00–437.001,9106
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463449.92/cwt432.00–461.002,08322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full468423.74/cwt423.00–426.001,9838
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,8313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned480407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,95417
Steers450–500Medium 1481411.68/cwt395.00–429.001,9804
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,7854
Steers500–550Medium 1511421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,1515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530399.87/cwt385.00–415.002,11968
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540381.49/cwt380.00–383.002,0608
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added545427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,3276
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8168
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576377.63/cwt360.00–391.002,175114
Steers550–600Medium 1580350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0302
Steers550–600Large 1582339.69/cwt332.00–347.001,9774
Steers550–600Large 1-2583307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,7903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585353.01/cwt352.00–355.002,0656
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,04323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629352.56/cwt345.00–360.002,21835
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6383
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666337.93/cwt328.00–348.002,25158
Steers650–700Medium 1-2667275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8342
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added673360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4238
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Full673222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4943
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0252
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full681323.74/cwt320.00–325.002,20518
Steers650–700Large 1687304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,0882
Steers700–750Large 1715294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,1023
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727318.03/cwt315.00–326.002,3127
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757316.03/cwt302.00–325.002,39213
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1062
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826282.36/cwt275.00–290.002,33210
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,64312
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,061259.50/cwt259.50–259.502,7536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium 2287285.00/cwt285.00–285.008187
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 2-3300345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,03514
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321481.63/cwt465.00–490.001,5466
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned348445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,3384
Heifers350–400Medium 1366422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,5453
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added376448.27/cwt440.00–457.001,6856
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389427.86/cwt415.00–431.001,66417
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned398338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,3454
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2408365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4893
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410383.44/cwt380.00–387.001,5724
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417419.74/cwt400.00–429.001,75044
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0922
Heifers400–450Large 1435335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4572
Heifers400–450Medium 1441445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9628
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned447307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3727
Heifers450–500Medium 1464421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,95310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469381.27/cwt363.00–392.001,78869
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2495358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,7723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned495337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,6683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531349.45/cwt340.00–370.001,856102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531325.99/cwt325.00–329.001,73112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531310.72/cwt300.00–318.001,65019
Heifers500–550Medium 1546349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,9068
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561330.92/cwt322.00–340.001,85612
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed572364.91/cwt355.00–370.002,0879
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2580279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6188
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full592320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,89430
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596314.50/cwt313.00–319.001,87416
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3494
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy621343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1303
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622316.30/cwt307.00–326.001,96735
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full662281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,86010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666306.49/cwt301.00–315.002,04116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full672320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1502
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687356.83/cwt352.00–360.002,4515
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2688210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4453
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708301.14/cwt297.00–308.002,1328
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765316.79/cwt300.00–329.002,42314
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777272.86/cwt265.00–276.002,1207
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,0792
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1586324.97/cwt320.00–330.001,90411
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0612
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6912
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1751252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8933
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1813260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1143
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9242
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,131140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5833
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3587117.00/cwt117.00–117.006872
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,145149.40/cwt147.00–152.001,7112
Bulls——1,548146.79/cwt143.00–149.502,2725
Bulls——1,598156.13/cwt150.00–165.002,49516
Bulls——1,603175.33/cwt167.50–188.502,81113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017102.42/cwt92.00–110.001,0425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026112.98/cwt107.00–119.001,15919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,084135.86/cwt131.00–150.001,47316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,089176.14/cwt170.00–180.001,9186
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,194122.71/cwt117.00–124.501,46530
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205128.41/cwt126.50–133.001,54725
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows37 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29251,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29651,750.00/head1,500.00–2,000.001,7502
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29901,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29951,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0352,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0701,637.50/head1,600.00–1,675.001,6382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0752,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0751,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0791,665.00/head1,325.00–1,800.001,6655
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,0802,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0952,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1281,689.47/head1,500.00–1,900.001,68919
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,900.00/head1,700.00–2,000.001,9003
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,1501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1552,800.00/head2,600.00–2,900.002,8003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1882,566.67/head2,200.00–2,800.002,56712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1932,256.82/head1,750.00–2,500.002,25711
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1982,324.32/head2,000.00–2,550.002,32437
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2021,758.33/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7586
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,600.00/cwt2,600.00–2,600.0031,4601
Bred Cows—Medium 11,2202,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,2531,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2653,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,3062,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,3262,662.50/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6638
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3302,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,3492,287.50/head2,100.00–2,350.002,2884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4722,500.00/cwt2,500.00–2,500.0036,8002
Bred Cows—Medium 11,5152,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5232,675.00/head2,650.00–2,700.002,6752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5482,375.00/head2,200.00–2,550.002,3752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5792,530.00/head2,200.00–2,675.002,5305
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,6452,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1873206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7983
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1917253.40/cwt209.00–265.002,32451
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1955212.85/cwt200.00–216.002,03313
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs14 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 2-37501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-29702,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29903,965.00/head3,965.00–3,965.003,9651
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1253,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1653,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2303,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3632,625.00/head2,500.00–2,750.002,6252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3982,775.00/head2,500.00–3,050.002,7752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4703,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,5852,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5903,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,8653,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,9554,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28703,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Heifer Pairs—Medium 11,1753,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3364,250.00/head4,250.00–4,250.004,2504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy8201,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19873,377.78/head3,100.00–3,600.003,3789
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0302,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,450.00/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4502
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0674,050.00/head4,050.00–4,050.004,0504
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0823,929.61/head3,300.00–4,000.003,930190

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.