Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

6,903 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $135.00/cwt ≈ $1,095/hd at 811 lb · 344 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.46/cwt ≈ $659/hd at 525 lb · 319 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $135.17/cwt ≈ $770/hd at 569 lb · 256 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,903	7,046	7,596
Feeder cattle	5,428	—	6,585
Slaughter cattle	1,312	—	842
Replacement cattle	163	—	169

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Unweaned or fleshy calves were heavily discounted as we head into colder forecasted weather and the drought continues to plague wheat pastures.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
258	258	2	160.00	$160.00	$413
365 unweaned	365	1	140.00	$140.00	$511
409–442	423	83	142.00–155.00	$149.02	$630
411–447 unweaned	439	94	137.00–155.00	$147.01	$645
452–496	471	33	134.50–149.00	$137.01	$645
495–498 unweaned	497	10	124.00–125.00	$124.40	$618
500–514	512	74	140.00–143.00	$142.70	$731
517–540 unweaned	530	35	125.00–134.00	$130.09	$689
550–597	568	141	129.50–136.00	$133.22	$757
568–585 unweaned	571	115	120.00–139.00	$137.55	$785
611–620	615	59	127.00–136.00	$128.63	$791
600–646 unweaned	621	97	114.00–135.00	$128.26	$796
658	658	24	132.00	$132.00	$869
655–682 unweaned	670	55	110.00–124.25	$118.45	$794
675–691	689	23	130.00–137.50	$136.54	$941
679–694	691	31	114.50–119.50	$115.61	$799
701–736	716	52	129.00–134.00	$131.03	$938
717	717	16	110.00	$110.00	$789
710–740 unweaned	726	53	112.00–127.50	$121.71	$884
751–795 unweaned	759	15	115.00–125.00	$118.98	$903
764–776	772	14	114.00–114.50	$114.18	$881
795–797	795	114	135.50–137.10	$136.79	$1,087
808–818 unweaned	809	15	120.00–121.00	$120.87	$978
807–814	811	329	135.50–135.75	$135.64	$1,100
877	877	3	111.00	$111.00	$973
907	907	11	125.50	$125.50	$1,138
930 unweaned	930	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,070
1005–1043	1031	13	103.00–106.00	$103.90	$1,071

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
283–295 unweaned	290	7	132.00–146.00	$139.82	$405
357–397	385	40	140.00–166.00	$151.51	$583
422–448	438	8	156.00–166.00	$161.92	$709
479 unweaned	479	11	134.00	$134.00	$642
450–496	485	31	137.50–141.00	$138.78	$673
505–530	517	11	130.00–132.00	$130.99	$677
525–537 unweaned	533	8	118.00–120.00	$118.74	$633
565	565	17	129.00–130.00	$129.71	$733
550–586 unweaned	566	55	110.00–127.00	$120.15	$680
621–622 unweaned	621	11	110.00–129.00	$118.64	$737
605–645	624	19	117.00–121.00	$119.64	$747
650–696	663	42	114.00–121.00	$117.87	$781
673–690 unweaned	686	47	105.00–109.00	$108.33	$743
739 unweaned	739	20	104.00	$104.00	$769
700–748	745	33	110.00–113.00	$110.29	$822
773	773	9	112.00	$112.00	$866
787 unweaned	787	9	111.00	$111.00	$874
835–842	840	24	126.00–129.50	$128.34	$1,078

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
233	233	5	150.00	$150.00	$350
285	285	5	148.00	$148.00	$422
348 unweaned	348	4	128.00	$128.00	$445
372	372	5	146.00	$146.00	$543
407–435	421	10	143.00–149.00	$145.07	$611
403–448 unweaned	425	22	120.00–131.00	$126.88	$539
450–488	470	29	135.00–149.00	$141.56	$665
470–497 unweaned	483	7	121.00–126.00	$123.52	$597
501–543	525	16	118.00–128.00	$120.63	$633
508–545 unweaned	533	6	110.00–116.00	$111.91	$596
553–593	574	18	118.00–126.00	$121.86	$699
560–598 unweaned	582	17	90.00–117.00	$104.72	$609
605–632	623	11	108.00–110.00	$108.72	$677
655 unweaned	655	6	90.00	$90.00	$590
678	678	2	114.00	$114.00	$773
718	718	5	110.00	$110.00	$790
720 unweaned	720	8	102.00	$102.00	$734
759 unweaned	759	7	101.00	$101.00	$767
772	772	10	112.00	$112.00	$865

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700	700	11	95.00	$95.00	$665

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
297	297	3	159.00	$159.00	$472
307–343 unweaned	321	20	137.00–144.00	$140.48	$451
340	340	9	153.00	$153.00	$520
350–376	358	28	139.00–151.00	$143.00	$512
355–395 unweaned	385	4	130.00–135.00	$133.85	$515
404–426	415	35	126.50–131.00	$129.43	$537
404–449 unweaned	427	121	131.00–136.00	$133.93	$572
452–485	462	105	125.00–139.00	$132.35	$611
458–499 unweaned	490	34	119.00–125.00	$123.35	$604
500–541 unweaned	518	179	118.00–127.50	$124.94	$647
505–546	534	140	122.00–128.00	$126.12	$673
551–589	566	188	117.50–131.00	$125.26	$709
566–598 unweaned	575	19	118.50–122.00	$120.73	$694
579–590	586	26	105.00–110.00	$108.29	$635
600–645 unweaned	616	83	110.00–126.00	$116.05	$715
603–634	630	44	117.00–130.50	$127.67	$804
630	630	19	107.00	$107.00	$674
656–674 unweaned	664	86	111.00–120.00	$116.70	$775
675–688	680	108	125.00–132.00	$130.10	$885
675–698	686	51	95.00–103.00	$99.52	$683
714–734	717	38	105.00–127.50	$123.39	$885
725–739 unweaned	732	20	105.00–118.50	$111.56	$817
753 unweaned	753	4	107.00	$107.00	$806
751–758	755	8	110.00–123.50	$116.72	$881
785	785	5	104.00	$104.00	$816
814 unweaned	814	6	115.00	$115.00	$936
839	839	19	121.50	$121.50	$1,019
893 unweaned	893	6	108.00	$108.00	$964

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
283 unweaned	283	2	132.00	$132.00	$374
330–340	335	6	128.00–130.00	$129.01	$432
363–385 unweaned	369	4	127.00–130.00	$129.22	$477
365–396	378	12	129.00–130.00	$129.56	$490
403–442	417	9	120.00–125.00	$121.51	$507
453–473	466	38	120.00–125.00	$123.16	$574
470–490 unweaned	476	41	110.00–120.00	$111.08	$529
501–546	529	63	108.00–116.00	$113.12	$598
500–545 unweaned	530	26	110.00–113.00	$112.08	$594
555–598	574	41	106.00–115.00	$110.92	$637
550–596 unweaned	589	18	110.00–116.00	$112.42	$662
600–625 unweaned	613	2	105.00–115.00	$109.90	$674
603–640	618	59	104.00–127.75	$117.19	$724
651–692	673	51	105.00–109.00	$107.88	$726
717–743 unweaned	724	30	90.00–114.00	$94.51	$684
710–740	733	15	98.00–120.00	$106.47	$780
802 unweaned	802	2	91.00	$91.00	$730
855	855	3	114.00	$114.00	$975
887 unweaned	887	5	85.00	$85.00	$754

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
213	213	5	130.00	$130.00	$277
250 unweaned	250	1	124.00	$124.00	$310
286–290	288	6	126.00–128.00	$127.01	$366
300–320 unweaned	310	2	120.00	$120.00	$372
325–335	331	5	126.00–128.00	$127.21	$421
383	383	5	123.00	$123.00	$471
415–448	438	28	101.00–118.00	$112.42	$492
450 unweaned	450	3	117.00	$117.00	$526
453–498	475	29	112.00–119.00	$115.59	$549
516–540	527	15	99.00–108.00	$104.33	$550
505–538 unweaned	537	23	100.00–105.00	$100.20	$538
563–568	566	4	107.00	$107.00	$606
575–592 unweaned	577	24	100.00	$100.00	$577
605–638	626	16	102.00–104.00	$102.24	$640
630–640 unweaned	638	4	102.00–103.00	$102.25	$652
658–695	680	5	93.00–100.00	$97.29	$662
691 unweaned	691	4	98.00	$98.00	$677
725–748	739	5	95.00–97.00	$96.21	$711
872 unweaned	872	5	87.00	$87.00	$759

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
678	678	16	89.50	$89.50	$607

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
473–495	487	6	115.00–129.00	$121.36	$591
505–543	525	15	107.00–115.00	$110.42	$580
555–595	579	17	79.00–111.00	$98.52	$570
617–642	634	12	95.00–106.00	$103.65	$657
670–690	677	7	94.00–99.00	$96.27	$652
705–746	731	11	96.00–104.00	$98.81	$722
750–773	764	5	99.00–100.00	$99.61	$761

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
440 unweaned	440	1	127.00	$127.00	$559
498	498	26	120.00	$120.00	$598
550 unweaned	550	1	111.00	$111.00	$610
559	559	5	126.00	$126.00	$704
673	673	18	90.00–102.50	$92.78	$624

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
589	589	7	121.00	$121.00	$713
703–740	712	8	85.00–90.00	$86.30	$614

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–900	862	85-90%	10	30.00–32.50	$31.33	$270
735–1130	870	85-90%	28	21.00–34.00	$29.61	$258
885–890	888	85-90%	2	21.00–27.00	$23.99	$213
680–1345	1093	85-90%	223	26.00–53.00	$46.32	$506
872–1550	1103	85-90%	194	35.00–49.00	$40.19	$443
1464	1464	85-90%	7	52.50	$52.50	$769

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000–1360	1107	80-85%	50	35.00–48.50	$42.34	$469
1015–1455	1292	80-85%	112	42.50–55.50	$46.69	$603

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1300–1690	1433	75-80%	5	40.00–48.00	$41.69	$597
1300–1815	1459	75-80%	51	42.50–57.50	$47.79	$697

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1135–1565	1350	2	67.00–70.50	$69.03	$932
1555–2070	1807	9	73.00–80.00	$76.35	$1,380

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1400–2040	1720	2	55.00–60.00	$57.97	$997
1525–2000	1800	7	65.00–75.00	$70.10	$1,262

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1020	1018	2	59.00–60.00	$59.50	$606

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
749–863	774	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	83.00–84.00	$83.75	$648
675–925	814	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	70.00–78.00	$74.32	$605
867–1240	956	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	51.00–66.00	$60.88	$582
918–1022 thin fleshed	960	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	36.00–38.50	$37.55	$360
972–1120	1018	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	42.00–47.00	$43.70	$445

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1460	1170	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	58.50–87.50	$66.83	$782

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
998–1009	1001	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	910.00–1,000.00	$949.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
778–1335	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	610.00–850.00	$690.61

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
426–691	576	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	750.00–910.00	$864.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
706	706	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1300	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–850.00	$772.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.