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Clovis Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Clovis, New Mexico · Wed, Feb 5
● Final193 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1781
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,359 head
48 vs last sale 2,407 659 vs year ago 1,700 · +38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
33 vs last sale 74 14 vs year ago 93 · +15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
136 head
75 vs last sale 211 60 vs year ago 196 · 30.6%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleSlaughter/Replacement Cattle SpecialThu Feb 20, 2025
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 350-400 lbs and 450-500 lbs sold 2.00-10,00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 2.00-7.00 lower. Feeder steer yearlings sold 1.00- 7.00 higher except 700-750 lbs being 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 300-450 lbs sold steady - 8.00 higher and 450-550 lbs were 9.00-10.00 higher while 550-600 lbs sold 2.00 lower. Heifer yearlings 600-650 lbs sold 6.00 higher and 700-750 lbs were 3.00 lower. Trade was active on similar numbers with moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-6.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher. Market was moderate with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $316.72/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits 129.78 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.
Average price
$316.72
175 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3
$203.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.03
vs NM average
25.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546323.611,766146
Medium and Large 1-2557301.321,67822
Medium and Large 2508270.001,3723thin
Medium 1-2540250.001,3502thin
Small 3550120.006602thin
One grade step is worth $203.61/cwt here — about $1,106 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
500455409364median 446.5012/1702/2504/2206/1708/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.79, low $377.97, median $446.50 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale175 hd
316.72
NM average3 barns · 343 hd
316.75
−0.03
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
−25.66
This barn, trailing median33 sales
446.50
−129.78
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
BullsHigh1,615149.602,41520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,133133.521,51313
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,751133.002,3293thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,430124.001,77328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,123108.461,21813

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,116$2,0257
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)992$1,90211
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,467$1,8504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,123$1,83611
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,136$1,8256
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,247$1,8068
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,215$1,7384thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,268$1,7136
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,5759
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$1,5486
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)955$1,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,004$1,4003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$1,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)925$9751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)955$1,8501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)849$1,4634thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,525$2,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)830$2,0882thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,262$2,0797
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,015$1,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,6632thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)955$2,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

193 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,212113.06/cwt108.00–119.501,3706
Dairy SteersLarge 3-4350–400395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005532
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–400377194.10/cwt190.00–200.0073210
Dairy SteersLarge 3Full350–400380250.00/cwt250.00–250.009504
Bred CowsLarge 21,0251,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred CowsMedium 29101,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium 1-29801,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0251,550.00/head1,525.00–1,575.001,5502
Bred CowsMedium 1-28901,650.00/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6502
Bred CowsMedium 1-28531,250.00/head1,225.00–1,275.001,2502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1901,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29551,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28851,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0931,887.50/head1,750.00–2,025.001,8884
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29551,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,850.00/head1,775.00–1,925.001,8502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,208121.50/cwt111.00–128.001,4683
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2011,856.25/head1,725.00–1,950.001,8564
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28951,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0211,604.17/head1,500.00–1,750.001,6046
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4282,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0252
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-29552,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5252,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-25652,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1952,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy8201,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,053126.75/cwt126.00–127.501,3352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3051,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,145132.50/cwt127.50–136.501,5174
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,741.67/head1,650.00–1,850.001,7423
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18491,462.50/head1,400.00–1,525.001,4634
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3962,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2722,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,135188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,1342
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1882189.56/cwt152.00–221.001,6729
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19891,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8007
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3571,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5851,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3702,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18761,535.00/head1,535.00–1,535.001,5354
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5561,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1472,208.33/head2,125.00–2,250.002,2083
Bred CowsMedium 1-2925975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Bred CowsMedium 1-29951,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0451,779.17/head1,600.00–1,950.001,7796
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full400–450437320.88/cwt310.00–328.001,4025
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full500–550539280.10/cwt278.00–284.001,51010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full550–600589269.11/cwt266.50–272.001,58511
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677267.92/cwt262.00–277.001,81417
SteersMedium and Large 1Full800–850842238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0042
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open800–850818227.25/cwt227.25–227.251,85911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full350–400386355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3704
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full450–500484315.30/cwt312.00–317.001,52614
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open750–800779239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,86210
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400394430.75/cwt428.00–445.001,69716
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700695256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7793
SteersMedium and Large 1Full600–650644288.77/cwt288.00–289.001,86051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500464309.34/cwt300.00–312.001,4359
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500474341.12/cwt338.00–345.001,61761
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full300–350337335.59/cwt327.00–340.001,1319
SteersMedium and Large 1Full550–600574310.78/cwt310.00–312.001,78415
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550508270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3723
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600579303.25/cwt300.50–308.001,75611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open700–750746259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9323
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600558304.76/cwt300.00–305.001,70144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450421374.99/cwt367.00–385.001,5797
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450402361.03/cwt352.00–362.001,45121
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006882
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2Full350–400366350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,28110
Beef/Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3350–400366235.00/cwt235.00–235.008605
HeifersMedium 1-2350–400383268.88/cwt267.00–272.001,0305
SteersMedium 1-2500–550540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3502
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650648236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5294
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2300–350332280.00/cwt280.00–280.009307
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2350–400387370.72/cwt367.00–375.001,43546
Dairy HeifersLarge 2850–900863211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,8255
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400389308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,19835
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fleshy350–400390282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,10032
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005402
Dairy HeifersLarge 11000–10501,045192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,0062
Dairy HeifersLarge 11150–12001,160140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6243
Dairy HeifersLarge 11350–14001,382142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,9622
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3850–900880170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4962
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2500–550522240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2532
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2250–300271295.00/cwt295.00–295.007999
BullsLarge 3400–450405230.00/cwt230.00–230.009323
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500480225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0802
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450436287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,25123
Dairy HeifersLarge 11300–13501,340172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,3054
Dairy HeifersLarge 1900–950917194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,7795
Dairy HeifersLarge 11100–11501,130176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9892
CowsLean 85-90%1,046104.51/cwt90.00–110.001,0937
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,133133.52/cwt130.00–139.501,51313
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250210475.00/cwt475.00–475.009982
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478357.41/cwt346.00–366.001,70854
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800751236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,77212
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450434400.30/cwt390.00–410.001,73713
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450436346.48/cwt330.00–350.001,51199
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600–650604301.16/cwt301.00–302.001,81919
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450416357.90/cwt357.00–358.001,48920
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536309.02/cwt297.00–314.001,65684
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300286498.04/cwt490.00–500.001,4245
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476330.39/cwt323.00–340.001,57361
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635266.69/cwt251.00–270.001,693128
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400390393.11/cwt385.00–400.001,53325
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600557331.03/cwt322.00–337.001,84415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400373395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4736
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900872241.70/cwt235.50–249.252,10834
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400387376.03/cwt365.00–385.001,45514
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500451384.42/cwt378.00–387.001,7347
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300276415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1453
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400359484.00/cwt484.00–484.001,7387
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6652
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700678252.95/cwt249.00–260.001,71510
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350328380.09/cwt370.00–390.001,24715
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350325410.84/cwt405.00–420.001,33512
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300283440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2454
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650636284.16/cwt284.00–285.001,80725
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450432427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,8454
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned200–250240475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1402
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550515329.93/cwt320.00–340.001,6996
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400380340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600555282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full550–600590180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550515295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5195
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500465430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0002
HeifersMedium and Large 1100–150145780.00/head780.00–780.007802
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700651289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8817
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450440358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,5752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850820200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,52915
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700682231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,5792
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy650–700660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500453330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550507334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,6932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full550–600586267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500464292.58/cwt287.00–298.001,3588
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550547317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,7343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700657273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650602314.50/cwt314.50–314.501,89315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800770255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,9676
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450425379.53/cwt371.00–386.001,61314
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300266440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1703
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565323.77/cwt316.00–335.001,82949
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250215507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,0903
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620309.89/cwt297.00–312.001,92193
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527334.36/cwt325.00–345.001,76243
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567286.95/cwt275.00–295.001,62745
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823254.30/cwt250.50–260.002,09323
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350339433.89/cwt430.00–440.001,4715
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950917230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1096
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full650–700695240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6683
SteersMedium and Large 1Full500–550512321.69/cwt317.00–323.001,64728
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750717242.19/cwt236.00–252.001,73720
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768261.42/cwt258.50–266.002,00850
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724264.30/cwt263.50–269.501,914103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750727252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600585330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400373306.65/cwt300.00–315.001,14428
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned300–350337285.00/cwt285.00–285.009609
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned250–300279342.00/cwt342.00–342.009549
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571295.62/cwt295.00–296.001,6888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519251.74/cwt246.00–255.001,30714
SteersSmall 3600–65060791.00/cwt91.00–91.005522
SteersSmall 3550–600550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006602
Dairy SteersSmall 3650–700675102.00/cwt102.00–102.006892
Dairy SteersSmall 3250–300275176.22/cwt172.00–180.004854
Dairy SteersSmall 3400–450416140.00/cwt140.00–140.005824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500462298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,37714
SteersSmall and Medium 2300–350345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009322
SteersSmall 3450–500470115.05/cwt110.00–120.005414
Bulls1,738155.05/cwt152.00–158.502,69511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,430124.00/cwt120.00–129.001,77328
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,751133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,3293
Bulls1,473135.69/cwt132.00–139.001,9993
BullsReturn to Feed1,213149.75/cwt141.00–158.001,8163
Bulls1,705143.39/cwt139.50–146.002,4453
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,2401,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0952,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 11,0151,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred CowsMedium 19801,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred CowsMedium 19352,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0503
Bred CowsMedium 1-29451,387.50/head1,250.00–1,525.001,3882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1951,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,415124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1852,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751

How this sale compares

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.