Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Still dealing with snowfall and freezing temperatures, there were no comparable numbers or sales for evaluation. No sale tomorrow, January 29. The special cow sale will be February 26,2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $406.01/cwt on 33 head, down $2.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −40.48 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$406.01

▼ 2.81 vs prior sale

33 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$71.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.56

vs NM average

−78.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	423.23	2,433	24
Medium and Large 1-2	575	361.13	2,078	8thin
Medium 1-2	580	352.00	2,042	1thin

One grade step is worth $71.23/cwt here — about $391 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

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 sale33 hd

406.01

—

NM average2 barns · 65 hd

377.45

+28.56

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−78.09

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

−40.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,367	149.40	2,042	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	121.00	1,283	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,475	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$2,670	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$2,665	17
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,139	$2,583	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,168	$2,367	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,186	$2,153	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	941	$2,140	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,070	$1,696	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	990	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	970	$1,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	926	$2,433	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	905	$2,250	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,510	$3,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

135 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	395.10/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	354.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	270	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium 1	850–900	895	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	610	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,579	7
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	730	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,205	1
Steers	Large 1	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,283	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	149.40/cwt	147.50–151.50	2,042	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	365	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	694	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	300–350	311	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	684	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	13
Bulls	Medium 1	850–900	895	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,790	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	358	596.00/cwt	596.00–596.00	2,134	37
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	326	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,646	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	331	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	333	378.53/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,261	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	900–950	925	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	1100–1150	1,130	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,808	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	630	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	895	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	250–300	265	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	435	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium 1	1000–1050	1,035	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,608	1
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	705	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,256	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	385	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	847	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	300	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,590	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	580	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,042	1
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	2
Heifers	Medium 1Full	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	387	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,161	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	800–850	840	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	350	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	593	400.22/cwt	400.00–402.00	2,373	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	337.56/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,279	2
Heifers	Medium 1	1150–1200	1,190	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,499	1
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	478	463.60/cwt	445.00–482.00	2,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,277	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	290	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	551.64/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,903	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	441.27/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,915	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	155	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	587	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	512.88/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,462	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,020	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	464.13/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,130	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	495.13/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,136	1
Dairy Steers	Small 3	300–350	341	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	750	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	700–750	745	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,421	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	550–600	578	321.87/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	341.66/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,313	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	536	343.99/cwt	341.00–350.00	1,844	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	242	652.00/cwt	652.00–652.00	1,578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	422.58/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	367.09/cwt	332.00–376.00	2,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	321.96/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	496.98/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,127	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	437.03/cwt	425.00–457.00	2,465	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	558.64/cwt	545.00–565.00	2,106	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	387.03/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,989	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,120	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	434.04/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	245.44/cwt	232.00–252.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,468	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	359	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,957	75
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	595	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	620	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	849	1
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	350–400	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	2
Dairy Steers	Small 3-4	350–400	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,091	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	895	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	840	233.50/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,961	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1	—	1,085	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	2,746.67/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,747	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	977	1,086.67/head	1,000.00–1,160.00	1,087	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,033.33/head	1,750.00–2,325.00	2,033	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,182	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,012	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	885	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,250.00/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	815	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,475	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,461	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,198	2,012.50/head	1,850.00–2,175.00	2,013	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	900	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,195	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Heifers	Large 1	—	847	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,070	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	945	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Full	350–400	384	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,793	49
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	423	446.14/cwt	437.00–456.00	1,887	80
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	535	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	910	1

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.

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