Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

6,165 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.36/cwt -4.52 vs last sale · ≈ $870/hd at 717 lb · 359 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $134.49/cwt +5.55 vs last sale · ≈ $897/hd at 667 lb · 297 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $131.28/cwt +8.44 vs last sale · ≈ $958/hd at 730 lb · 191 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,165	8,219	5,904
Feeder cattle	4,954	7,209	4,928
Slaughter cattle	974	771	867
Replacement cattle	237	239	109

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two week's ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Some of the panhandle received moisture with the winter storm that blew through early in the week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–280	267	3	194.00–205.00	$197.85	$528	+18.85
305–340	326	13	164.00–200.00	$174.15	$568	-23.35
347 thin fleshed	347	3	211.00	$211.00	$732	—
365–384	380	10	150.00–190.00	$163.98	$623	-10.60
400–448	427	33	155.50–186.00	$172.79	$738	+3.08
459 thin fleshed	459	9	188.00	$188.00	$863	+8.00
452–481	468	73	145.00–182.00	$159.91	$748	-1.76
509 thin fleshed	509	7	174.00	$174.00	$886	+2.50
505–543	528	143	140.00–169.00	$159.57	$843	+10.42
554–595	572	87	138.00–156.00	$146.84	$840	+6.86
598 unweaned	598	4	130.00	$130.00	$777	—
610–645	628	76	133.50–146.50	$140.24	$881	+1.45
636–648 unweaned	639	44	136.00–139.50	$138.83	$887	+5.12
645	645	2	133.00	$133.00	$858	-5.79
650–697	666	175	130.00–148.00	$139.78	$931	+13.78
662–676 unweaned	668	122	120.00–137.00	$126.91	$848	+2.74
729	729	13	124.50	$124.50	$908	-6.26
703–747	730	178	126.50–135.00	$131.77	$962	+1.01
750 unweaned	750	60	119.25	$119.25	$894	+0.40
753	753	70	137.50	$137.50	$1,035	+4.57
752–790	779	14	120.00–123.00	$120.57	$939	-12.36
804–839	814	86	125.00–134.00	$129.16	$1,051	-1.09
867–887	885	31	129.00–131.75	$131.49	$1,164	+7.49
900	900	22	130.50	$130.50	$1,174	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	334	26	142.00–188.00	$163.59	$546	-4.91
391	391	5	189.00	$189.00	$739	+14.59
400–448	421	34	149.00–173.00	$155.75	$656	+4.23
450–495	470	55	155.00–167.00	$163.22	$767	+35.72
512–543	530	43	132.00–138.00	$136.68	$724	-5.74
550–587	568	21	133.00–144.50	$139.35	$792	+2.11
609–640	622	20	121.00–133.00	$129.46	$805	+0.26
633 unweaned	633	21	132.50	$132.50	$839	—
662–695	678	35	121.00–132.00	$124.85	$846	+24.60
705–738	715	15	118.00–126.50	$121.07	$866	-5.39
762	762	6	126.50	$126.50	$964	+8.63
843	843	5	114.00	$114.00	$961	—
883	883	5	117.00	$117.00	$1,033	—
906	906	59	128.75	$128.75	$1,166	—
1046	1046	17	115.00	$115.00	$1,203	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	5	149.00	$149.00	$492	—
363	363	5	152.00	$152.00	$552	-5.00
413–440	422	18	138.00–150.00	$143.58	$606	-0.95
453–490	474	19	131.00–152.00	$142.24	$674	+1.51
503–544	522	17	121.00–130.00	$126.22	$659	+5.93
550–599	580	35	119.00–129.00	$123.21	$715	-1.34
613–646	630	40	112.00–120.00	$116.67	$735	+0.65
658–693	675	33	110.00–120.00	$114.63	$774	-1.29
714–741	719	24	112.50–115.00	$112.90	$812	—
763–797	776	14	107.00–115.00	$109.90	$853	+0.71
805–845	825	6	109.00–111.00	$109.98	$907	+2.98

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	289	4	169.00–176.00	$170.64	$493	+35.64
344	344	3	143.00	$143.00	$492	+0.67
350–388	357	16	135.00–163.00	$148.33	$530	-2.99
384 unweaned	384	7	130.00	$130.00	$499	-20.00
405–446	427	58	129.00–160.00	$143.86	$614	-2.35
453–489	477	63	125.00–149.50	$142.38	$679	+4.25
511–549	538	123	124.50–140.00	$131.79	$709	±0.00
564	564	15	114.00	$114.00	$643	-5.68
566 thin fleshed	566	21	143.00	$143.00	$809	—
574–598	587	114	123.00–138.00	$131.26	$770	+0.08
591 unweaned	591	10	125.00	$125.00	$739	+0.57
627	627	19	115.00	$115.00	$721	-11.09
601–642	632	79	123.00–132.00	$128.01	$809	+18.51
605–641 unweaned	633	91	114.00–122.00	$118.91	$753	+3.68
663	663	4	111.00	$111.00	$736	+7.49
654–688	672	124	119.00–126.50	$123.98	$833	+32.98
708–714	710	46	95.00–111.00	$101.74	$722	-29.26
713–715 unweaned	715	61	115.00–117.50	$117.21	$838	+2.01
700–746	719	252	120.50–129.50	$125.95	$906	-5.05
752	752	2	110.00	$110.00	$827	+1.50
774	774	45	128.00	$128.00	$991	+19.50
800–831	830	70	117.00–125.00	$124.78	$1,036	+4.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	331	10	129.00–152.00	$141.99	$470	+1.99
404–440	411	17	127.00–145.50	$137.63	$566	+7.37
458–492	481	65	123.00–139.00	$128.37	$617	+7.90
504–546	530	32	115.00–124.00	$122.06	$647	-5.06
550–589	572	86	111.00–126.50	$121.08	$693	+2.07
601–638	622	25	113.00–118.00	$116.92	$727	-0.65
650–682	660	15	113.00–118.50	$117.02	$772	-5.11
703–713	708	6	106.00	$106.00	$750	-19.34
740 unweaned	740	3	109.00	$109.00	$807	-6.00
758–775	761	10	104.00–105.00	$104.80	$798	+1.13
786	786	9	106.00	$106.00	$833	+2.33
820	820	5	100.00	$100.00	$820	—
878	878	3	103.00	$103.00	$904	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	5	127.00	$127.00	$410	±0.00
388–392	390	10	128.00–140.00	$134.03	$523	+10.61
445	445	5	118.00	$118.00	$525	+2.03
488–493	490	5	117.00–119.00	$117.80	$577	-3.42
508	508	5	113.00	$113.00	$574	+3.00
550–571	569	42	102.00–115.00	$105.81	$602	-3.32
610–613	612	6	100.00–109.00	$104.49	$639	+1.72
652–683	670	7	111.00–112.00	$111.42	$747	+8.87
708–738	723	6	92.00–95.00	$93.47	$676	+0.28
755–788	766	6	98.00–99.00	$98.34	$753	+3.34
813	813	9	85.00	$85.00	$691	-8.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	67.00	$67.00	$208	—
420	420	1	70.00	$70.00	$294	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	148.00	$148.00	$484	—
345 unweaned	345	4	157.00	$157.00	$542	—
505–525	520	26	127.00–129.00	$128.55	$668	+0.55
551–598	588	34	123.00–127.50	$123.87	$728	-2.76
686	686	22	108.00	$108.00	$741	—
723–734	727	27	100.00–119.00	$112.60	$819	+22.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604–613	607	7	100.00–109.00	$106.40	$646	+3.40
810–811	811	8	97.00–98.00	$97.50	$791	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	8	58.00	$58.00	$223	—
430	430	3	87.00	$87.00	$374	—
480	480	1	82.00	$82.00	$394	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	131.00	$131.00	$648	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–740	713	85-90%	3	15.00–25.00	$20.05	$143	—
795–1276	1014	85-90%	73	17.00–34.00	$23.96	$243	—
805–1275	1020	85-90%	158	28.00–43.00	$35.76	$365	—
861–1385	1124	85-90%	160	41.50–53.00	$47.10	$529	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1445	1230	80-85%	66	40.00–49.00	$42.59	$524	—
1100–1500	1249	80-85%	87	45.00–56.00	$49.48	$618	—
1200–1390	1295	80-85%	2	61.75–64.00	$62.79	$813	+15.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1800	1526	75-80%	16	40.00–48.00	$45.98	$702	—
1270–1835	1540	75-80%	40	45.00–55.50	$51.76	$797	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1149–1745	1308	15	64.50–73.00	$67.73	$886	—
1535–1925	1753	9	73.00–85.00	$78.00	$1,367	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1920	1496	6	65.00–73.50	$68.18	$1,020	—
1565–2040	1803	2	72.00–77.25	$74.97	$1,352	—
2053	2053	2	78.50	$78.50	$1,612	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–1350	999	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	50.00–62.00	$58.53	$585
975–1315	1046	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	24	37.00–49.00	$44.59	$466
803–1165	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	65.00–77.00	$71.58	$754

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980	980	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$882

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1075–1175	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	735.00–950.00	$855.46
1000–1250	1136	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	750.00–1,000.00	$943.67
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1100–1275	1157	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	700.00–785.00	$769.32
1125–1400	1206	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	710.00–785.00	$735.52
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	825.00	$825.00
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1207	1036	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	700.00–760.00	$742.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1700	1700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
864–1010	885	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	825.00–985.00	$970.75

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–870	833	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	775.00–860.00	$804.58

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1100–1225	1197	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,090.31	—
1200–1350	1291	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	950.00–1,100.00	$983.80	—

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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.