Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

7,303 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $132.42/cwt +0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,033/hd at 780 lb · 709 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.75/cwt +7.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,016/hd at 821 lb · 347 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.28/cwt +3.26 vs last sale · ≈ $964/hd at 770 lb · 342 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,303	7,070	5,089
Feeder cattle	5,831	6,093	4,550
Slaughter cattle	830	782	487
Replacement cattle	642	195	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Supply consisted of mostly yearling steers and heifers weighing 700-850 lbs. Lonestar Stockyard had a special bred cow sale with a nice set of heavy bred red angus cows off of a herd liquidation, and several loads of black cows that were second to third stage bred on offer.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	388	31	198.00–217.00	$205.48	$797	+12.01
380–393 unweaned	389	3	186.00–190.00	$188.70	$734	—
400–438	427	24	151.00–207.00	$194.67	$831	+14.54
465 unweaned	465	13	164.00	$164.00	$763	+0.66
452–492	466	127	157.00–192.00	$171.02	$797	-7.25
505–540	528	120	144.00–177.00	$163.42	$863	+1.56
528–530 unweaned	529	9	160.00–161.00	$160.67	$850	—
572 unweaned	572	3	150.00	$150.00	$858	+7.00
553–594	575	85	143.00–170.00	$157.17	$904	+5.73
601–632	613	126	141.00–152.00	$145.76	$894	+3.73
613–628 unweaned	621	18	131.00–134.00	$132.52	$823	—
658–667 unweaned	661	32	131.50–135.00	$132.49	$876	+3.80
655–699	678	151	131.00–146.75	$139.74	$947	+1.76
680	680	14	132.00	$132.00	$898	-5.98
704–743 unweaned	716	26	120.00–129.50	$126.47	$906	—
700–745	722	170	134.50–140.00	$137.58	$993	+6.58
752–798	780	709	129.00–137.50	$132.42	$1,033	+0.27
800–838	811	66	127.00–134.75	$130.53	$1,059	+2.49
850–880	872	46	128.00–131.00	$129.00	$1,125	+1.45
911	911	50	132.25	$132.25	$1,205	+10.25
952	952	112	130.35	$130.35	$1,241	—
1070	1070	4	109.50	$109.50	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	184.00	$184.00	$405	—
400–430	422	5	154.00–190.00	$173.43	$732	+13.20
458 unweaned	458	2	165.00	$165.00	$756	—
501–535	505	8	141.00–157.00	$143.12	$723	-4.73
550–595	573	21	131.50–148.00	$134.73	$772	-12.11
618 unweaned	618	2	122.00	$122.00	$754	+5.43
603–649	638	51	124.00–137.00	$134.40	$857	+4.60
658 unweaned	658	4	125.00	$125.00	$822	—
655–685	660	6	125.00–127.00	$125.35	$827	-0.40
700–727	716	43	119.00–135.00	$131.37	$941	+10.70
762 unweaned	762	8	118.50	$118.50	$903	+14.50
756–791	783	81	120.00–129.00	$124.91	$978	-0.49
808 unweaned	808	4	112.00	$112.00	$905	-2.00
826	826	114	122.00	$122.00	$1,008	-1.80
863 unweaned	863	2	110.00	$110.00	$949	—
900	900	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,098	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–288	273	6	154.00–169.00	$162.98	$445	—
310	310	5	172.00	$172.00	$533	+6.00
372	372	5	163.00	$163.00	$606	-10.64
403–448	424	10	138.00–145.00	$141.27	$599	+0.38
485–490	488	7	134.00–146.00	$139.16	$679	+3.89
508–538	516	13	126.00–136.00	$132.00	$681	+2.59
560–593	579	28	121.00–132.00	$127.14	$736	+0.96
604 unweaned	604	10	114.00	$114.00	$689	—
600–613	608	7	123.00–124.00	$123.71	$752	+2.61
658	658	5	124.00	$124.00	$816	+4.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	328	6	131.00–140.00	$136.23	$447	+6.23
408	408	5	132.00	$132.00	$539	+7.93

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–326	325	12	145.00–167.00	$153.03	$497	-7.95
351 thin fleshed	351	8	183.00	$183.00	$642	+6.00
350–393	379	20	154.50–166.00	$156.83	$594	+0.23
380 unweaned	380	2	150.00	$150.00	$570	+18.00
410–446	420	83	148.00–156.00	$152.02	$638	-5.43
457–458 thin fleshed	458	28	156.50–162.00	$160.04	$733	—
453–498	475	99	132.00–148.00	$141.62	$673	-4.35
500–540	515	87	128.00–142.00	$137.19	$707	+5.32
550–594	570	255	125.00–137.00	$133.48	$761	+6.43
573–593 unweaned	581	5	115.00–119.00	$117.37	$682	-3.52
586 thin fleshed	586	13	137.00	$137.00	$803	-2.00
601–631 unweaned	618	21	120.00–125.00	$123.56	$764	+0.03
608–647	631	269	123.00–134.00	$131.35	$829	+1.97
657–688 unweaned	668	67	110.00–121.00	$118.36	$791	-1.77
666–673	668	21	113.50–117.00	$114.67	$766	-11.96
654–697	686	98	121.00–129.00	$125.44	$861	+3.44
700–749	726	291	120.00–125.00	$122.86	$892	+0.05
700–743 unweaned	731	36	115.00–120.00	$115.81	$847	+0.81
766	766	13	115.00	$115.00	$881	+0.77
754–785	770	329	120.00–129.00	$125.69	$968	+11.46
815 unweaned	815	14	117.00	$117.00	$954	—
800–846	821	330	119.50–125.75	$124.13	$1,019	+7.63
823	823	3	114.00	$114.00	$938	-1.56
853	853	7	109.00	$109.00	$930	-7.00
866–894	869	71	108.00–123.00	$121.26	$1,054	+5.26
911	911	9	113.00	$113.00	$1,029	+11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	3	156.00	$156.00	$371	—
335–341	340	11	130.00–152.00	$131.97	$449	-15.01
373–380	375	3	135.00–142.00	$139.64	$524	-8.39
380 unweaned	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	—
413–438	426	4	130.00–137.00	$133.40	$568	+1.93
457–493	482	52	128.00–133.50	$132.14	$637	+1.71
500–548	533	34	118.00–130.00	$124.99	$666	+1.42
558–583	579	28	116.50–122.00	$117.52	$680	-5.11
613–645	623	24	115.00–120.00	$118.30	$737	+0.89
626–648 unweaned	634	12	110.00–115.00	$112.88	$716	+2.88
665–683	681	27	116.00–120.00	$119.41	$813	-0.59
650–698 unweaned	694	11	110.00–117.00	$116.40	$808	+9.68
707–746	712	89	106.00–123.50	$121.49	$865	+14.64
781	781	6	110.00	$110.00	$859	+4.76
783	783	36	115.00	$115.00	$900	+9.76
814	814	23	119.00	$119.00	$969	+25.59
862	862	3	104.00	$104.00	$896	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
743	743	30	950.00	$950.00	—
788	788	32	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—
810–814	812	65	1,010.00–1,035.00	$1,021.89	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	141.00	$141.00	$402	-2.52
383–388	385	5	124.00–131.00	$128.18	$493	-1.44
430	430	2	124.00	$124.00	$533	-1.00
453–493	480	8	119.00–124.00	$122.22	$587	-1.47
518–548	533	4	106.00–108.00	$106.97	$570	—
565–592	581	9	102.00–113.00	$107.75	$626	—
620–625	622	6	106.00–109.00	$107.67	$670	-3.83
692–697	694	10	106.00–113.00	$109.39	$759	+1.33
729	729	5	104.00	$104.00	$758	+30.21
773–792	784	5	99.00–105.00	$102.63	$805	+13.48
855	855	3	95.00	$95.00	$812	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–541	531	9	135.00–140.00	$138.40	$735	-3.14
600	600	15	129.00	$129.00	$774	-0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629	629	8	114.00	$114.00	$717	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	134.00	$134.00	$650	+2.00
570	570	2	122.00	$122.00	$695	—
790	790	2	93.00	$93.00	$735	+6.00
813	813	2	93.00	$93.00	$756	+1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1142	929	85-90%	50	22.00–41.50	$30.77	$286	—
910–980	948	85-90%	5	42.00–49.00	$45.43	$431	—
798–1480	1061	85-90%	113	35.00–47.00	$38.77	$411	-13.47
870–1760	1151	85-90%	65	40.00–80.00	$46.59	$536	—
1050–1505	1381	85-90%	13	48.00–54.00	$51.49	$711	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1498	1249	80-85%	53	44.50–59.50	$51.52	$643	—
1060–1495	1315	80-85%	6	39.00–48.00	$43.29	$569	-9.20
1040–1521	1374	80-85%	18	53.00–61.00	$55.27	$759	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1113–1675	1351	75-80%	14	45.00–53.00	$50.25	$679	—
1310–1690	1470	75-80%	4	42.00–45.00	$44.20	$650	—
1640–1870	1733	75-80%	5	50.00–57.00	$53.96	$935	-2.24

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1645	1445	16	65.00–78.00	$73.06	$1,056	—
1415–2025	1600	10	78.00–88.00	$84.01	$1,344	—
1785–2015	1906	4	83.00–92.50	$87.75	$1,673	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1174	1174	10	72.00	$72.00	$845	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
946	946	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
832–888	851	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	83.00–85.00	$84.30	$717
1023	1023	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	50.00	$50.00	$512
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	72.00	$72.00	$749
1055–1480	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	60.00–63.00	$61.52	$797

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–760 thin fleshed	666	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	16.00–22.00	$19.35	$129

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1144	1144	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,060.00	$1,060.00
999–1405	1227	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	130	1,025.00–1,350.00	$1,159.83
990–1438	1249	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	810.00–1,075.00	$903.61
1118–1504	1299	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	90	900.00–1,025.00	$955.88
1210–1530	1329	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	53	710.00–835.00	$775.92
1349	1349	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1382	1382	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	800.00	$800.00
1450	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1104–1128	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	825.00–885.00	$844.71
1050–1234	1173	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	600.00–660.00	$625.33
1140–1530	1222	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	750.00–875.00	$814.26
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1377	1377	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	28	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
913–1105	1002	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	820.00–890.00	$862.05

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–950	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	580.00–610.00	$596.19
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1030	1030	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
430	430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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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.