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Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

7,211 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $128.35/cwt -6.82 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 573 lb · 343 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $142.01/cwt +7.94 vs last sale · ≈ $675/hd at 475 lb · 257 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $141.01/cwt +2.36 vs last sale · ≈ $741/hd at 526 lb · 236 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 7,211 6,903 6,563
Feeder cattle 5,922 5,428 5,559
Slaughter cattle 1,028 1,312 800
Replacement cattle 261 163 204

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to as much as 11.00 lower. Trade activity was moderate on light to moderate demand. Drought conditions are really taking a toll on the cattle markets with planted wheat pastures needing moisture. A frigid forecast for next week expected, which causes concern for non vaccinated or fleshy calves.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
218 218 4 161.00 $161.00 $351 —
260 unweaned 260 2 151.00 $151.00 $393 —
295 295 1 160.00 $160.00 $472 —
310 unweaned 310 2 145.00 $145.00 $450 —
300–340 329 15 160.00 $160.00 $526 —
367–395 unweaned 370 22 143.00–146.00 $145.71 $539 +5.71
361–396 379 34 153.00–171.00 $161.26 $611 —
400–449 430 86 136.00–175.00 $149.22 $642 +0.20
457–495 475 158 134.00–153.00 $146.00 $694 +8.99
459–493 unweaned 475 99 129.00–138.00 $135.65 $644 +11.25
507–548 525 200 129.00–145.50 $142.84 $750 +0.14
522–546 unweaned 530 36 128.50–134.00 $130.85 $694 +0.76
555 thin fleshed 555 4 170.00 $170.00 $944 —
552–598 unweaned 568 122 120.00–131.00 $126.03 $716 -11.52
556–598 576 217 120.00–140.00 $128.88 $742 -4.34
602–649 unweaned 629 110 113.00–125.75 $122.42 $770 -5.84
620–638 629 43 124.00–132.50 $130.66 $822 +2.03
633 633 3 114.00 $114.00 $722 -14.63
658 658 10 129.00 $129.00 $849 -3.00
658–659 659 13 115.00–118.50 $117.42 $774 -14.58
650–691 unweaned 670 90 108.00–122.00 $113.46 $760 -4.99
711–738 720 37 122.00–125.50 $124.74 $898 +14.74
713–744 unweaned 731 41 99.00–118.50 $108.87 $796 -12.84
758 758 9 116.00 $116.00 $879 +1.82
761 761 12 123.50 $123.50 $940 +9.32
770 770 63 124.00 $124.00 $955 +9.82
771–796 unweaned 774 51 96.00–122.00 $118.33 $916 -0.65
805–816 unweaned 816 24 115.00–119.00 $115.16 $940 -5.71
855 unweaned 855 1 112.00 $112.00 $958 —
911–931 917 14 109.50–115.50 $113.76 $1,043 -11.74
950–982 976 11 100.00–105.00 $100.88 $985 —
1028 1028 15 110.50 $110.50 $1,136 +6.60
1155 1155 10 96.50 $96.50 $1,115 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
229–240 232 7 153.00–154.00 $153.30 $356 —
290–298 unweaned 296 5 138.00–140.00 $139.61 $413 -0.21
301–333 unweaned 308 9 127.00–131.00 $130.04 $401 —
378 unweaned 378 3 133.00 $133.00 $503 —
386–397 394 12 130.00–166.00 $151.65 $598 +0.14
408–420 414 6 150.00–166.00 $157.88 $654 -4.04
439–443 unweaned 441 5 134.00 $134.00 $591 —
479 479 21 120.50 $120.50 $577 -18.28
458–499 unweaned 487 7 110.00–124.00 $113.76 $554 -20.24
503–538 510 55 117.50–132.25 $129.26 $659 -1.73
561–575 568 63 120.00–133.00 $125.03 $710 -4.68
583 unweaned 583 3 105.00 $105.00 $612 -15.15
603–645 unweaned 615 24 109.00–116.00 $110.60 $680 -8.04
616 616 12 110.00 $110.00 $678 -9.64
608–649 638 41 114.00–130.00 $122.28 $780 +2.64
650–691 665 62 111.00–126.75 $119.71 $796 +1.84
663–690 unweaned 670 12 117.00–122.50 $120.80 $809 +12.47
718–749 unweaned 741 16 101.00–105.00 $101.97 $756 -2.03
734–745 742 32 110.00–113.00 $111.81 $830 +1.52
751–775 unweaned 762 20 106.00–117.50 $114.42 $872 +3.42
754–784 770 26 126.50–129.50 $127.86 $985 +15.86
818–827 unweaned 819 38 91.00–103.50 $93.19 $763 —
837 837 9 106.00 $106.00 $887 -22.34
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
245 245 5 142.00 $142.00 $348 -8.00
288 288 5 140.00 $140.00 $403 -8.00
323–340 328 10 128.00–140.00 $136.14 $447 —
405–448 424 13 123.00–136.00 $132.11 $560 -12.96
463–495 472 10 122.00–128.00 $125.01 $590 -16.55
508–523 514 7 120.00–122.00 $120.87 $621 +0.24
510–542 unweaned 526 9 105.00–108.00 $106.54 $560 -5.37
552–599 unweaned 587 27 102.00–115.00 $108.20 $635 +3.48
592–598 594 5 113.00–117.00 $114.61 $681 -7.25
603 unweaned 603 27 98.00 $98.00 $591 —
613–648 629 34 96.00–110.00 $107.76 $678 -0.96
650–678 669 10 98.00–109.00 $104.05 $696 -9.95
670 unweaned 670 4 100.00 $100.00 $670 +10.00
700–728 719 8 94.00–110.00 $104.85 $754 -5.15
774 774 5 109.00 $109.00 $844 -3.00
774 unweaned 774 15 96.00–100.00 $97.07 $751 -3.93
804 804 5 105.00 $105.00 $844 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
483 483 6 85.00 $85.00 $411 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–340 326 26 129.00–146.00 $134.80 $439 -18.20
340 unweaned 340 10 130.00 $130.00 $442 -10.48
350–393 373 66 132.00–148.00 $142.05 $530 -0.95
368–397 unweaned 393 20 124.00–130.00 $125.97 $495 -7.88
401–446 420 61 122.00–135.00 $126.06 $529 -3.37
418–434 unweaned 428 43 123.00–128.00 $124.99 $535 -8.94
452–492 469 151 110.00–139.00 $128.72 $604 -3.63
451–494 unweaned 474 27 120.00–129.00 $123.64 $586 +0.29
501–537 unweaned 514 57 108.50–118.00 $116.16 $597 -8.78
501–548 530 130 106.50–133.00 $120.38 $638 -5.74
536–541 539 35 95.00–100.00 $97.87 $528 -28.25
550–588 564 157 108.00–129.00 $116.24 $656 -9.02
556–594 unweaned 579 47 105.00–116.00 $109.48 $634 -11.25
601 601 16 122.50 $122.50 $736 -5.17
604–627 617 45 87.50–103.00 $94.30 $582 -33.37
600–649 unweaned 622 82 100.00–112.00 $107.70 $670 -8.35
667 667 2 104.00 $104.00 $694 -26.10
675–690 unweaned 689 33 95.00–110.00 $101.33 $698 -15.37
701–748 730 57 101.50–121.50 $113.27 $827 -10.12
723–741 unweaned 731 39 90.00–100.00 $96.59 $706 -14.97
760 unweaned 760 1 99.00 $99.00 $752 -8.00
770–777 775 24 100.00–113.50 $103.91 $805 -0.09
797 797 3 115.00 $115.00 $917 +11.00
848 848 11 114.50 $114.50 $971 -7.00
870 870 7 108.25 $108.25 $942 —
917–944 930 23 80.00–95.00 $85.16 $792 —
1008 1008 3 93.50 $93.50 $942 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265–291 288 8 132.00–133.00 $132.88 $383 —
294 unweaned 294 11 125.00 $125.00 $368 -7.00
316 unweaned 316 6 124.00 $124.00 $392 —
355–360 unweaned 358 2 122.00–124.00 $123.01 $440 -6.21
371 371 4 120.00 $120.00 $445 -9.56
403–446 432 35 115.00–117.00 $115.52 $499 -5.99
430–445 unweaned 440 37 104.00–115.00 $106.99 $471 —
453–459 unweaned 458 51 110.00–112.00 $111.53 $511 +0.45
464–495 467 82 110.00–123.00 $119.42 $558 -3.74
500–547 529 56 102.00–113.00 $107.22 $567 -5.90
537 thin fleshed 537 19 127.50 $127.50 $685 —
525–547 unweaned 539 57 102.00–113.00 $105.95 $571 -6.13
554 thin fleshed 554 8 123.00 $123.00 $681 —
552–590 578 41 102.00–110.00 $106.66 $616 -4.26
613 unweaned 613 12 98.00 $98.00 $601 -11.90
617–631 627 28 99.00–105.00 $100.90 $633 -16.29
654–697 671 59 99.50–121.50 $111.08 $745 +3.20
671–674 unweaned 672 9 90.00–105.00 $98.32 $661 —
703 unweaned 703 6 95.00 $95.00 $668 +0.49
702–747 720 8 94.00–98.00 $95.46 $687 -11.01
771 771 71 121.50 $121.50 $937 —
803 803 5 99.00 $99.00 $795 —
838 unweaned 838 2 80.00 $80.00 $670 —
889 889 7 93.50 $93.50 $831 -20.50
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–348 335 10 112.00–120.00 $115.81 $388 -11.40
330–345 unweaned 341 4 90.00–111.00 $95.08 $324 -24.92
368–393 377 8 112.00–115.00 $113.99 $430 -9.01
397 unweaned 397 8 110.00 $110.00 $437 —
410 unweaned 410 2 86.00 $86.00 $353 —
405–443 425 27 105.00–110.00 $108.21 $460 -4.21
454–494 unweaned 472 9 88.00–95.00 $91.74 $433 -25.26
460–495 479 53 104.00–110.00 $107.83 $517 -7.76
505–532 513 20 90.00–105.00 $94.99 $487 -9.34
542 unweaned 542 33 75.00 $75.00 $406 -25.20
565–578 unweaned 575 20 79.50–90.00 $88.36 $508 -11.64
563–597 584 26 94.00–101.00 $97.73 $571 -9.27
600–636 618 11 96.00–98.00 $96.53 $597 -5.71
631–648 unweaned 638 7 86.00–96.00 $91.65 $585 -10.60
652–675 unweaned 658 4 83.00–85.00 $83.51 $549 -14.49
668 668 6 96.00 $96.00 $641 -1.29
736 736 6 86.00 $86.00 $633 -10.21
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
346 346 8 90.00 $90.00 $311 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
365–373 366 24 135.00 $135.00 $494 —
417 417 3 132.00 $132.00 $550 —
467–483 479 27 117.00–129.00 $123.87 $593 +3.87
516 516 5 118.00 $118.00 $609 —
577 577 9 123.50 $123.50 $713 -2.50
630 630 3 94.00 $94.00 $592 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
418–433 424 5 108.00–120.00 $112.90 $479 —
483 483 5 111.00 $111.00 $536 -10.36
500–515 508 4 103.00–110.00 $106.45 $541 -3.97
553–598 565 11 97.00–106.00 $101.11 $571 +2.59
600–648 621 11 92.00–99.00 $95.78 $595 -7.87
653–698 681 18 80.00–93.00 $88.08 $600 -8.19
703–740 721 10 80.00–92.00 $86.14 $621 -12.67
778–793 784 5 88.00–91.00 $89.21 $699 -10.40
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
410 410 11 123.00 $123.00 $504 —
556 556 13 115.00 $115.00 $639 -6.00
668–670 669 16 92.00–92.50 $92.22 $617 —
736–745 738 11 80.00–86.00 $84.35 $623 -1.95
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1110–1550 1332 (<2 yrs)N/A 10 800.00–1,400.00 $1,247.45 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
668–1365 907 85-90% 27 23.00–37.00 $29.41 $267 —
920 920 85-90% 1 33.50 $33.50 $308 —
1075–1125 1088 85-90% 4 52.50 $52.50 $571 +6.18
825–1515 1102 85-90% 84 30.00–42.50 $37.94 $418 -2.25
840–1365 1114 85-90% 174 37.50–51.50 $45.76 $510 +5.57
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1100–1508 1186 80-85% 20 35.00–40.50 $39.77 $472 —
1115–1600 1235 80-85% 12 52.50–57.00 $53.95 $666 —
1123–1600 1265 80-85% 125 42.50–52.50 $47.59 $602 +0.90
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1300–1755 1450 75-80% 65 44.00–53.00 $48.24 $699 +0.45
1350–1750 1469 75-80% 8 52.50–55.50 $52.95 $778 +5.16
1520–1745 1648 75-80% 5 40.00 $40.00 $659 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1295–2000 1544 12 60.00–69.00 $64.29 $993 —
1515–2090 1744 20 66.00–77.00 $71.03 $1,239 —
YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1485 1485 1 70.00 $70.00 $1,040 —
1735–1880 1808 2 65.00–74.00 $69.32 $1,253 -0.78

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
678–1128 thin fleshed 764 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 34 14.00–31.00 $20.79 $159
774–878 783 (<2 yrs)Open 35 82.50–103.00 $101.03 $791
710–1145 1002 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 16 38.00–49.00 $44.41 $445
735–1458 1129 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 25 47.00–61.00 $51.37 $580
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1010 1010 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 13 600.00 $600.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1227–1330 1269 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 17 39.50–42.50 $40.79 $518
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1267 1267 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 9 600.00 $600.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
985–1155 1112 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 9 800.00–880.00 $826.13
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1145 1145 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 8 1,150.00 $1,150.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
674–895 746 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 5 850.00–1,085.00 $960.27 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1000–1075 1038 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 775.00–800.00 $787.95 —

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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.