Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale; Steer calves sold 5.00-15.00 higher instances sharply higher and steer yearlings were 7.00-14.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-450 lbs sold 6.00 lower while 450-600 lbs being higher. Feeder heifers sold steady -10.00 higher. Trade was active on similar numbers with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. Excellent buyer attendance. February 25-26, 2026 will be a 2 day sale with calves and yearlings selling on the 25th and grown cattle on the 26th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.56/cwt on 155 head, up $15.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 33 comparable sales and sits +29.06 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$475.56

▲ 15.11 vs prior sale

155 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$502

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

$77.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.50

vs NM average

−11.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	482.79	2,642	127
Medium 1	577	467.00	2,695	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	528	405.27	2,140	11thin

One grade step is worth $77.52/cwt here — about $502 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale155 hd

475.56

—

NM average3 barns · 301 hd

466.05

+9.50

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−11.79

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

+29.06

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,502	165.34	2,483	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	925	180.00	1,665	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,257	169.31	2,128	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	971	147.72	1,435	73

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)	1,324	$2,619	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,550	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,198	$2,450	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,240	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,106	$2,342	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,126	$2,253	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,147	$2,080	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,096	$2,068	18
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	835	$2,030	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	840	$1,613	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,025	$1,600	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	710	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	705	$1,694	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	598	$1,462	4thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,256	$3,073	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,560	$3,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,128	$3,225	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	760	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	835	$2,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

162 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	800–850	821	361.84/cwt	352.00–362.00	2,971	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	332.99/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,514	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	538.57/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,499	48
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	970	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1	—	710	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,757	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	955	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,140	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	627	1,483.33/head	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,483	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2Fancy	—	1,278	3,466.67/head	3,200.00–3,600.00	3,467	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	863	111.33/cwt	107.50–115.00	961	2
Bulls	—	—	1,390	143.42/cwt	137.50–148.00	1,994	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	748	114.18/cwt	100.00–127.00	854	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,140	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,519	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	925	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,665	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	136.81/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,341	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	700–750	710	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,662	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	415	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,552	26
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	550–600	592	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,036	9
Dairy Steers	Small 3-4	350–400	377	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	492	456.19/cwt	455.00–457.00	2,244	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	460	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,346	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	426	539.49/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,298	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	825	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	595	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	785	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	655	388.51/cwt	385.00–392.00	2,545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	526	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,209	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	422	511.79/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,160	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	576	409.62/cwt	400.00–422.00	2,359	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	446.32/cwt	427.00–455.00	2,348	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	342	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	646	388.49/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,510	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	558.55/cwt	555.00–565.00	2,095	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	751	334.70/cwt	333.00–350.00	2,514	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	508.98/cwt	495.00–535.00	2,204	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	413.10/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,553	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	368	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,171	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	451.38/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,496	55
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,245	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bulls	Medium 1	—	1,325	3,700.00/head	3,600.00–3,900.00	3,700	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,155	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	977	1,950.00/head	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,950	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	930	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	661	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	1,925.00/head	1,875.00–1,975.00	1,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	1,215	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	787	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	2,430.00/head	2,250.00–2,475.00	2,430	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,285	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	865	1,650.00/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,683	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,339	2,675.00/head	2,525.00–2,800.00	2,675	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	2,065.00/head	1,825.00–2,275.00	2,065	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	792	284.10/cwt	185.00–352.00	2,250	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	750	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,560	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,450.00/head	2,400.00–2,500.00	2,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	2,078.13/head	1,925.00–2,150.00	2,078	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	167.50/cwt	150.00–185.00	1,977	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,313	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,236	2,862.50/head	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,863	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	668	1,658.33/head	1,375.00–1,800.00	1,658	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	710	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	1,192	2,333.33/head	2,250.00–2,450.00	2,333	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	646	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,487	6
Bulls	—	—	1,595	170.32/cwt	169.50–171.00	2,717	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,250	170.96/cwt	169.50–172.50	2,137	2
Bulls	—	—	1,720	180.21/cwt	174.50–186.50	3,100	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	150.34/cwt	143.00–156.50	1,475	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	165.62/cwt	156.00–167.50	2,095	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	356	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,050	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	687	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,546	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	369	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,993	58
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	350–400	375	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,269	35
Steers	Large 1	400–450	411	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,322	3
Steers	Large 1	750–800	770	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,695	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	347	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	485	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,037	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	583	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,119	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	651	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	434	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,062	11
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	3
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	685	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,603	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	412	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,266	2
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	615	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,306	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	602	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,806	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	577	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,695	17
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	400	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,200	6
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	265	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	460	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,162	2
Bulls	Medium 1	600–650	645	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,012	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	547	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	327.84/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,097	2
Heifers	Medium 1Full	500–550	517	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,068	2
Bulls	Medium 1	500–550	540	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	371	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,003	3
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	753	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,854	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	433	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	607.30/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,391	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	329.01/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,438	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	486.30/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,310	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	415.37/cwt	392.00–420.00	2,795	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	830	314.45/cwt	312.00–317.00	2,610	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,966	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	496.64/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,647	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	690.00/cwt	680.00–700.00	1,967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	579.59/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,400	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,762	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	409	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,213	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	472.64/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,694	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	328	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	359.46/cwt	356.00–362.00	2,811	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	612.20/cwt	600.00–635.00	2,284	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	558.85/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,124	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	502	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,495	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	317	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	497.83/cwt	490.00–506.00	2,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	425.08/cwt	411.00–429.00	2,640	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	555	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,250	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	512	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,125	2

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