Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 22, 2021

4,918 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $136.30/cwt +3.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,056/hd at 775 lb · 320 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $131.76/cwt -1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,096/hd at 832 lb · 312 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.69/cwt +7.45 vs last sale · ≈ $969/hd at 665 lb · 256 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,918	5,590	4,846
Feeder cattle	3,849	4,168	4,154
Slaughter cattle	947	830	552
Replacement cattle	122	592	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last test 2 weeks ago: Feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were 6.00-8.00 higher. Early week auctions limited in numbers or remained closed as much of the area was still feeling the effects of last week's winter storm. Demand moderate to good for feeder cattle; very good for calves. Temperatures have returned to a more normal for the time of year.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	222.00	$222.00	$610	+42.00
350–398	374	21	193.00–205.00	$197.15	$737	-8.05
420 thin fleshed	420	5	201.00	$201.00	$844	—
405–443	429	29	175.00–196.00	$182.61	$783	+0.40
455–492	483	37	160.00–183.00	$169.05	$817	+0.31
527 thin fleshed	527	23	181.00	$181.00	$954	—
500–548	538	97	165.50–182.00	$169.05	$909	+11.09
540	540	4	144.00	$144.00	$778	-13.96
563–599	589	37	149.00–170.00	$159.36	$939	+2.95
600–631	614	41	144.00–153.00	$149.08	$915	+8.11
601–621 thin fleshed	615	17	156.00–159.50	$158.49	$975	—
652–685	664	237	137.00–150.00	$146.55	$973	+7.40
678 unweaned	678	19	135.00	$135.00	$915	+10.00
712–744	736	58	129.00–138.00	$132.27	$974	+5.27
752–799	775	320	126.00–139.50	$136.30	$1,056	+2.65
805–848	832	312	128.25–135.00	$131.76	$1,096	-1.71
863	863	73	125.75	$125.75	$1,085	-2.73
906–930	916	111	125.50–130.00	$126.73	$1,161	+12.73
960	960	11	124.00	$124.00	$1,190	+10.00
1027	1027	10	118.50	$118.50	$1,217	+1.92

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	5	178.00	$178.00	$600	+6.12
363–398	384	13	178.00–191.00	$180.99	$695	+6.55
403 thin fleshed	403	6	156.00	$156.00	$629	—
408–441	429	15	174.00–179.00	$177.01	$759	+8.77
460 thin fleshed	460	1	173.00	$173.00	$796	—
461–498	471	29	145.00–174.00	$164.42	$774	+16.22
505	505	1	167.00	$167.00	$843	+24.09
553–588	564	24	137.00–160.00	$145.60	$821	+3.78
628–645	631	18	135.00–146.00	$143.15	$903	+7.31
656–698	674	20	131.00–137.00	$131.30	$885	-6.65
710–735	723	6	120.00–127.00	$125.47	$907	+0.31
750–789	779	11	122.00–130.00	$129.29	$1,007	+5.29
830	830	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,029	+0.78
974	974	9	117.00	$117.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–348	323	5	143.00–174.00	$156.34	$505	—
363	363	2	172.00	$172.00	$624	+2.52
423	423	5	150.00	$150.00	$634	-1.69
450–475	460	5	152.00–157.00	$154.07	$709	+1.82
530–545	536	6	132.00–140.00	$136.17	$730	+6.62
565–598	583	12	129.00–140.00	$137.54	$802	+10.87
628	628	5	129.00	$129.00	$810	+6.83
660–685	671	23	119.00–128.00	$120.68	$810	+7.68
705–730	718	7	114.00–123.00	$120.89	$868	—
778	778	5	119.00	$119.00	$926	+2.00
833	833	4	115.00	$115.00	$958	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218	218	4	183.00	$183.00	$399	—
310–320	315	2	159.00–176.00	$167.37	$527	—
360–398	389	22	149.00–170.00	$160.14	$623	+5.55
403–448	429	39	142.00–162.00	$148.49	$637	+6.30
445 thin fleshed	445	2	167.00	$167.00	$743	—
452–498	468	52	140.00–150.00	$145.32	$680	+6.65
503–546	520	107	132.50–144.50	$140.69	$732	+6.93
571	571	5	120.00	$120.00	$685	-11.16
554–592	581	108	132.00–140.00	$136.56	$793	+5.40
614 unweaned	614	4	133.50	$133.50	$820	+11.49
605–648	631	132	125.00–137.50	$134.66	$850	+7.08
675 unweaned	675	2	115.00	$115.00	$776	-3.35
652–691	677	188	126.00–132.00	$130.91	$886	+3.73
704–737	721	44	119.00–128.00	$125.37	$904	-0.04
771 unweaned	771	8	105.00	$105.00	$810	-14.00
750–797	772	205	114.00–125.50	$122.95	$949	-2.30
800–839	828	130	119.00–123.50	$122.01	$1,010	+0.01
869	869	18	116.00	$116.00	$1,008	—
973	973	4	102.00	$102.00	$992	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–297	290	5	148.00–157.00	$153.90	$446	—
340–348	344	10	146.00–148.00	$147.10	$506	+7.98
358 thin fleshed	358	8	160.00	$160.00	$573	—
410–443	431	11	140.00–141.00	$140.27	$605	+4.33
454–490	472	17	127.00–140.00	$135.49	$640	+1.43
490 thin fleshed	490	5	140.00	$140.00	$686	—
515–548	526	25	121.00–142.50	$132.08	$695	+5.15
554–578	561	19	122.00–129.50	$127.31	$714	-1.69
608–643	620	29	116.00–128.00	$123.31	$765	+3.75
650–685	676	4	117.00–120.00	$119.28	$806	-0.72
705	705	5	120.00	$120.00	$846	—
788	788	4	112.00–118.00	$115.00	$906	+5.00
919	919	9	112.50	$112.50	$1,034	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272–288	278	5	131.00–135.00	$132.66	$369	+10.66
320–337	330	6	115.00–142.00	$136.10	$449	+12.10
350–393	369	10	127.00–140.00	$134.72	$497	+1.72
400–420	413	5	120.00–132.00	$129.28	$534	+6.15
453–498	474	16	110.00–132.00	$124.78	$591	+2.24
503–542	516	10	111.00–113.00	$111.98	$578	-1.69
550–598	572	6	117.00–118.00	$117.67	$673	+6.73
618–648	633	4	105.00–107.00	$106.02	$671	-3.47
660–693	677	4	110.00–118.00	$114.10	$772	+11.10
705–740	711	7	90.00–100.00	$92.33	$656	—
808–836	820	15	87.00–92.50	$90.46	$742	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	5	175.00	$175.00	$604	—
576	576	4	115.00	$115.00	$662	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	410	6	140.00–144.00	$141.98	$582	+7.98
950	950	1	100.00	$100.00	$950	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–970	744	85-90%	21	20.00–30.00	$24.25	$180	—
770–1325	957	85-90%	36	23.00–40.00	$30.38	$291	—
990	990	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$515	—
880–1385	1063	85-90%	100	37.00–55.00	$42.00	$446	-13.11
910–1435	1127	85-90%	90	50.00–67.00	$58.00	$654	—
1235–1640	1438	85-90%	2	61.00–65.50	$63.57	$914	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
983–1435	1139	80-85%	35	44.00–50.50	$46.61	$531	—
1025–1595	1340	80-85%	68	52.00–70.00	$57.30	$768	—
1115–1680	1436	80-85%	12	61.00–64.50	$63.54	$912	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1955	1618	75-80%	10	61.00–66.00	$63.47	$1,027	—
1320–1920	1624	75-80%	12	55.00–65.00	$58.22	$945	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1820	1316	15	71.00–75.00	$73.28	$964	—
1845–2020	1945	3	90.00–92.50	$91.71	$1,784	+8.21
1955–2140	2048	2	80.00–85.00	$82.39	$1,687	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1845	1498	6	83.00–87.00	$84.56	$1,267	—
1500–2155	1690	8	79.00–99.00	$91.16	$1,541	—
1920–2170	2045	2	96.00–98.00	$96.94	$1,982	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1045	922	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	80.00–91.00	$83.20	$767
910–1303	1076	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	59.00–71.00	$65.59	$706
935–1320	1124	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	54.00–59.00	$57.16	$642
863–1249	1149	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	67.00–78.00	$71.52	$822

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	78.00	$78.00	$952

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1309–1325	1312	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	975.00–1,125.00	$1,094.71

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
573–723	660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,244.82	+315.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
603–615	611	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,050.00	$1,000.65	—

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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.