Name: Clovis Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale; Steer and heifer calves sold lower and feeder steers were lower except for 800-850 lbs being steady. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs sold 9.00 higher. Trade was lower on smaller numbers with moderate demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower and slaughter bulls were steady to 5.00 higher. Excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.07/cwt on 74 head, down $14.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 33 comparable sales and sits +21.57 against this barn's trailing median of $446.50.

Average price

$468.07

▼ 14.66 vs prior sale

74 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$358

per head · Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$105.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.56

vs NM average

−10.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	522	510.00	2,662	2thin
Medium and Large 1	538	491.07	2,640	33
Medium 1	590	462.17	2,727	24
Medium and Large 1-2	531	460.26	2,444	4thin
Small and Medium 2	570	420.00	2,394	2thin
Medium 1-2	570	404.32	2,305	9thin

One grade step is worth $105.68/cwt here — about $358 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.

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 sale74 hd

468.07

—

NM average3 barns · 259 hd

455.51

+12.56

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−10.96

This barn, trailing median33 sales

446.50

+21.57

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	—	Average	1,603	197.86	3,172	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,342	174.82	2,346	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,166	167.77	1,956	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	157.56	1,683	11

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,162	$3,179	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$2,996	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,082	$2,850	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,071	$2,829	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,095	$2,800	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,106	$2,750	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	858	$2,617	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,615	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,079	$2,450	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,157	$2,067	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,097	$2,033	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	945	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,253	$3,369	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,213	$3,292	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$3,218	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,255	$3,050	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$2,900	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	595	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

164 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	460.26/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	580	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,088	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	373	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,492	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	404.32/cwt	402.00–405.00	2,305	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	519	373.69/cwt	362.00–385.00	1,939	12
Steers	Medium 1Full	550–600	592	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,623	19
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	595	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,350	2
Steers	Medium 1-2Full	350–400	378	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,739	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	426	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,747	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	120	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	99	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	484	511.75/cwt	485.00–517.00	2,477	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	391	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	388.57/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,697	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	335.25/cwt	335.25–335.25	3,071	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,336	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	178	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	1,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	348.09/cwt	345.25–350.00	2,917	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	567.60/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,441	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	556.77/cwt	552.00–560.00	2,567	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	405	601.00/cwt	601.00–601.00	2,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,693	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	352	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,130	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	417.49/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,793	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	241	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	422.57/cwt	417.00–430.00	2,611	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	1,895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	389.13/cwt	372.00–392.00	2,444	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	641.19/cwt	625.00–650.00	2,398	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,806	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	300–350	319	516.70/cwt	485.00–522.00	1,648	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	460	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,012	2
Bulls	—	—	1,815	195.38/cwt	194.00–197.50	3,546	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	174.82/cwt	172.00–179.50	2,346	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	980	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,666	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	167.60/cwt	161.00–171.00	1,978	13
Steers	Large 1	750–800	751	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,651	3
Steers	Large 1	700–750	706	338.39/cwt	337.00–345.00	2,389	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	319	532.21/cwt	527.00–537.00	1,698	117
Steers	Large 3	750–800	796	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,568	3
Steers	Large 1	500–550	522	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,662	2
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	536	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,278	6
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	485	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,115	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	318	637.00/cwt	637.00–637.00	2,026	27
Steers	Large 1	600–650	622	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,563	2
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	647	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,394	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	498	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,375	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	644	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,492	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	385	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,329	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	470	372.50/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,751	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	587	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,055	2
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	771	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,637	3
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	583	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	3,119	5
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	885	305.70/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,705	7
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	365	636.32/cwt	620.00–645.00	2,323	3
Steers	Medium 1	950–1000	951	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,005	12
Steers	Medium 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,628	2
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	358	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,041	4
Steers	Medium 1	900–950	905	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	3,774	2
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	681	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,724	13
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	637	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,357	2
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	486	532.36/cwt	532.00–535.00	2,587	16
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	388	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	516	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,307	8
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	434	505.90/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,196	7
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,294	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	775	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	940	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,540	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,949	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	970	183.33/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,778	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	788	286.75/cwt	240.00–320.00	2,260	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,275.00/head	3,200.00–3,350.00	3,275	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	2,525.00/head	2,350.00–2,700.00	2,525	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	3,193.75/head	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,194	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,615	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,715	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	2,875.00/head	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,875	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,600.00/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,125	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,151	3,033.33/head	2,700.00–3,150.00	3,033	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,025	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,097	2,033.33/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,033	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,071	2,828.57/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,829	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	3,178.57/head	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,179	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	3,300.00/head	3,200.00–3,400.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,320	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	3,216.67/head	3,150.00–3,250.00	3,217	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,252	3,333.33/head	3,100.00–3,450.00	3,333	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	950	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium 1	—	800	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,976	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1	—	1,575	3,675.00/head	3,675.00–3,675.00	3,675	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	670	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,215	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Stock Cows	Large 1	—	753	276.67/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	509.01/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,662	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	358.14/cwt	351.00–359.00	2,790	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	493.77/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,054	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	421.40/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	422.87/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,250	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	364.99/cwt	352.00–385.00	2,106	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	443.50/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,115	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	687	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	582.05/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,962	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	356.78/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,423	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	130	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	117	1,258.21/head	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,258	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,826	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	539	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,129	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	369.08/cwt	362.00–380.00	2,329	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	377.39/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	440	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,329	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2	550–600	570	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,394	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	950–1000	955	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,655	2
Dairy Steers	Small 3	500–550	500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	925	2
Bulls	Small 3	450–500	485	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,310	2
Dairy Steers	Small 3	300–350	323	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	921	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,090	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,842	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	156.42/cwt	150.25–160.00	1,667	10
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,085	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,062	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,230	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,282	1
Bulls	—	—	1,313	185.28/cwt	180.00–190.50	2,433	2
Bulls	—	—	1,882	215.48/cwt	212.00–220.00	4,055	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	995	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	630	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,078	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	805	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1

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