8:55am UPDATE: Here is video taken during the Humane Association of the United States investigation of livestock auctions in four states, including the Clovis Livestock Auction, as seen on KOAT-TV.

The Humane Association of the United States said it videotaped two sick cows at the Clovis Livestock Auction during the organizations's investigation of auctions in four states in April and May, the Clovis News Journal reported.

Two cows were videotaped over five hours, and one "was suffering from obvious pain, flailing her legs as she expelled watery feces into the pen where other cows were held for auction," according to a Humane Association news release.

Charlie Rogers, owner-manager of the Clovis Livestock Auction, told the News Journal that his facility handles about 2,000 animals a week and has a no-downer policy, which means nonambulatory animals are not accepted.

And animals that are not fit are euthanized, Rogers told the paper.

Rogers told the News Journal that he has never before had a complaint about his treatment of animals in 22 years of business.

“I’m just as concerned with handling animals properly or more concerned than anybody,” he told the paper. “My job is to see that these cows are handled properly for the consignors. If I don’t, the consignors won’t be back.”

The Humane Association said in its release that it brought preliminary evidence of the alleged abuse to the attention of U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer last week, and that Schafer promised to examine the issue, the News Journal reported.

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