Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 15, 2021

6,926 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $131.57/cwt +3.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,146/hd at 871 lb · 739 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $130.38/cwt +2.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,090/hd at 836 lb · 492 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $134.04/cwt -3.36 vs last sale · ≈ $964/hd at 719 lb · 323 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,926	8,677	1,239
Feeder cattle	5,710	7,602	579
Slaughter cattle	611	848	581
Replacement cattle	605	227	79

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher; heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate to good on good demand. Rainfall and snow hampered some cattle movement mid week, but was much needed for drought stricken pastures.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	191.00	$191.00	$554	—
355 thin fleshed	355	2	210.00	$210.00	$746	—
383	383	3	165.00	$165.00	$632	-23.86
448	448	8	169.00	$169.00	$757	-6.69
450–455	453	5	175.00–181.00	$178.62	$809	+4.09
500–538	519	70	155.00–175.00	$166.17	$862	+4.17
558–571	561	71	157.50–162.50	$160.13	$898	+6.55
600–636	623	138	144.00–158.00	$146.90	$915	-3.60
657–697	675	69	144.00–152.00	$147.37	$995	+5.44
689 unweaned	689	6	141.00	$141.00	$971	+6.00
702 unweaned	702	3	134.00	$134.00	$941	—
702–735	719	320	127.00–145.00	$134.04	$964	-3.36
753–777	768	177	134.50–140.50	$136.66	$1,050	+0.25
774	774	29	128.00	$128.00	$991	-8.41
808–828	816	28	131.00–135.00	$131.57	$1,074	+0.01
850–891	871	739	126.50–132.85	$131.57	$1,146	+3.85
913–947	922	160	125.50–129.25	$129.00	$1,189	+4.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	175.00	$175.00	$394	—
313–338	326	6	176.00–179.00	$177.44	$578	+7.44
358–388	379	10	174.00–184.00	$176.30	$668	+3.78
430	430	1	175.00	$175.00	$752	-3.49
475–495	483	5	150.00–170.00	$158.03	$763	-9.60
515–533	525	27	136.00–164.00	$153.72	$807	+0.59
565–593	587	51	130.50–153.00	$134.45	$789	-9.94
600–613	604	11	137.00–147.00	$143.42	$866	+2.45
655–695	686	133	132.00–145.00	$136.26	$935	+2.19
730	730	5	132.00	$132.00	$964	+4.00
750–798	786	43	123.00–130.00	$126.20	$992	+3.20
826–845	836	492	130.00–131.50	$130.38	$1,090	+2.70

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	3	169.00	$169.00	$343	+3.00
273–288	282	5	165.00–169.00	$167.45	$472	—
318–325	322	6	164.00–170.00	$167.03	$538	+2.03
350–384	373	6	165.00–167.00	$166.37	$621	+4.31
404–447	431	19	154.00–166.00	$159.79	$689	-1.03
470–498	480	26	150.00–166.00	$160.71	$771	+6.59
503	503	5	137.00	$137.00	$689	-1.26
555–564	556	113	142.00–149.25	$148.49	$826	+15.10
683	683	2	125.00	$125.00	$854	±0.00
709–715	710	51	120.00–133.50	$132.17	$938	+11.17
772–785	778	11	109.00–112.00	$110.38	$859	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
962	962	60	110.50	$110.50	$1,063	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	7	85.00	$85.00	$439	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	5	38.00	$38.00	$204	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	2	177.00	$177.00	$526	—
302–333	320	14	156.00–188.00	$164.81	$527	-0.19
348 unweaned	348	6	165.00	$165.00	$574	—
355–360	357	3	151.00–153.00	$152.33	$544	-5.06
423–447	430	67	148.00–160.00	$155.69	$669	+3.10
450–498	480	90	129.50–160.00	$142.39	$683	+0.86
501–547	520	119	138.00–153.00	$145.96	$759	+6.42
550–596	565	46	130.00–145.50	$136.99	$774	-0.51
603–648	631	244	127.00–136.00	$131.69	$831	+1.39
651–692	674	111	125.00–130.00	$127.93	$862	-0.35
699	699	80	137.00	$137.00	$958	+8.72
703–745	719	148	117.00–130.75	$128.01	$920	+2.34
742	742	81	132.50	$132.50	$983	+18.50
754–787	768	215	118.00–127.50	$124.62	$957	+0.96
804–839	817	206	120.00–127.25	$123.29	$1,007	+4.16
817–831	826	41	110.00–111.00	$110.36	$912	-8.77
874	874	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,005	-5.59
920–940	925	4	104.00–107.00	$105.75	$978	-7.25
960–971	969	13	105.00–108.50	$107.97	$1,046	+5.97
1020	1020	11	101.00	$101.00	$1,030	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–293	290	8	151.00–158.00	$153.98	$447	+4.98
338	338	5	158.00	$158.00	$534	—
353–398	364	13	151.00–157.50	$153.30	$558	+3.81
405–445	432	28	138.00–146.00	$141.54	$611	+0.48
463–495	482	32	131.00–146.00	$140.47	$677	+3.36
509–543	531	12	129.00–135.00	$130.66	$694	+2.62
563–595	570	78	119.00–136.00	$122.17	$696	-3.11
608–635	611	92	122.00–129.00	$126.27	$772	+3.27
675–694	686	10	114.00–125.00	$120.06	$824	-5.38
727–745	735	41	112.00–124.25	$123.61	$909	+12.45
750–798	789	14	107.00–118.00	$109.10	$861	-3.09
1133	1133	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	321	7	130.00–134.00	$132.84	$426	-3.30
355–383	370	8	135.00–147.00	$139.92	$518	+2.43
578	578	5	120.00	$120.00	$694	+0.02
640	640	5	121.00	$121.00	$774	+3.00
660–665	663	6	116.00–120.00	$117.99	$782	—
730	730	3	102.00	$102.00	$745	—
782–785	784	6	84.50–96.00	$91.74	$719	—
810	810	2	100.00	$100.00	$810	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
486	486	5	33.00	$33.00	$160	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–437	428	—	—	5	151.00–152.00	$151.61	$649	-8.39
689	689	—	—	17	130.00	$130.00	$896	—
718	718	—	—	3	122.00	$122.00	$876	+3.00
1690–2275	2019	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	7	86.00–93.00	$90.63	$1,830	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	5	138.00	$138.00	$584	-0.41
450–490	465	8	135.00–142.00	$139.67	$649	—
598	598	2	118.00	$118.00	$706	-5.48
665–695	680	6	106.00–122.00	$113.82	$774	-6.18
828	828	2	111.00	$111.00	$919	—
873	873	2	109.00	$109.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1240–1300	1270	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,425.00–1,600.00	$1,514.57	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
716–1225	862	85-90%	51	22.00–34.00	$27.17	$234	-10.59
960	960	85-90%	1	43.00	$43.00	$413	—
815–1470	1011	85-90%	137	35.00–51.50	$41.06	$415	—
821–1335	1050	85-90%	69	45.00–64.00	$54.30	$570	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1083–1510	1221	80-85%	29	44.00–49.00	$45.97	$561	—
970–1599	1335	80-85%	161	50.00–66.00	$56.79	$758	-0.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1356–1585	1463	75-80%	18	59.50–62.50	$61.79	$904	—
1225–1693	1566	75-80%	30	45.00–62.00	$56.79	$889	-0.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–2020	1432	12	68.00–83.00	$72.39	$1,037	—
1705–2015	1883	3	85.00–88.00	$86.75	$1,634	—
1600–2370	1996	18	80.00–89.00	$85.58	$1,708	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1425	1293	4	60.00–63.00	$60.97	$788	—
1620–1720	1670	2	80.00–82.75	$81.42	$1,360	+1.77

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1120	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	70.00–85.00	$77.46	$658
883–1085	936	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	91.00–104.00	$101.74	$952
708–1060	954	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	26	47.00–55.00	$50.17	$479

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
603–693	651	(<2 yrs)	Open	30	675.00–700.00	$685.81
854	854	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	750.00	$750.00
911–920	917	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	525.00–550.00	$534.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
585–840 thin fleshed	708	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	18	17.00–40.00	$29.14	$206

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
849	849	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	110.00	$110.00	$934
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	60.00	$60.00	$600

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1087–1190	1129	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,157.11
1206–1221	1216	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	1,025.00–1,035.00	$1,028.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1315	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	735.00–1,000.00	$873.93

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
743–1000	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	500.00–775.00	$647.12

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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
554–774	722	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	32	1,600.00–1,850.00	$1,781.59	—
725–816	767	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	46	1,500.00–1,600.00	$1,540.36	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
505–588	517	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,200.00–1,285.00	$1,271.19	—
591–781	712	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	66	1,160.00–1,300.00	$1,266.29	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
454–725	598	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	825.00–1,050.00	$878.11	—
518–770	684	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	835.00–1,060.00	$991.35	—
695–754	729	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	26	950.00–1,100.00	$1,050.22	—

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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.