Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 22, 2021

5,145 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $132.59/cwt +1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,099/hd at 829 lb · 456 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.26/cwt +0.64 vs last sale · ≈ $976/hd at 779 lb · 320 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.60/cwt +0.87 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 686 lb · 271 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,145	6,926	3,061
Feeder cattle	4,515	5,710	2,459
Slaughter cattle	553	611	563
Replacement cattle	77	605	39

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher, with most increases on stocker calves. Trade activity was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Spring was in full force this week, recent moisture and sunshine has pastures turning green.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
182	182	3	202.00	$202.00	$368	—
216	216	4	202.00	$202.00	$436	—
270	270	11	209.00	$209.00	$564	+18.00
319–341	328	27	178.00–192.00	$186.66	$612	—
350–386	359	43	190.00–195.00	$193.56	$695	+28.56
385 unweaned	385	1	181.00	$181.00	$697	—
415–424	420	19	173.00–180.00	$175.91	$739	+6.91
427 thin fleshed	427	8	184.00	$184.00	$786	—
478	478	2	181.00	$181.00	$865	+2.38
483 thin fleshed	483	3	172.00	$172.00	$831	—
484–491 unweaned	487	13	156.00–170.00	$162.51	$791	—
500–542	522	20	169.00–179.00	$173.36	$905	+7.19
553–596	571	65	150.00–167.00	$158.76	$907	-1.37
607 unweaned	607	17	147.00	$147.00	$892	—
603–649	631	68	142.00–160.00	$153.36	$968	+6.46
666	666	4	136.00	$136.00	$906	-11.37
652–692	677	98	144.00–152.50	$147.10	$996	-0.27
704–748	723	240	134.00–150.00	$139.58	$1,009	+5.54
753–795	775	174	130.00–146.00	$136.25	$1,056	+8.25
806–838	829	456	129.25–137.00	$132.59	$1,099	+1.02
873–880	875	137	128.00–130.25	$129.70	$1,135	-1.87
905	905	10	127.50	$127.50	$1,154	-1.50
928	928	9	122.00	$122.00	$1,132	-7.00
985–995	988	47	117.50–122.00	$120.84	$1,194	—
1021–1031	1028	25	107.00–119.35	$115.92	$1,192	—
1099	1099	10	109.00	$109.00	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	7	178.00	$178.00	$420	+3.00
265–293	273	9	159.00–184.00	$173.29	$473	—
305	305	7	180.00	$180.00	$549	+2.56
355–370	359	7	175.00–180.00	$178.53	$641	+2.23
418–443	440	55	148.00–176.00	$160.05	$704	-14.95
494–498	496	10	150.50–172.00	$163.36	$810	+5.33
518–545	532	10	147.50–158.00	$151.93	$808	-1.79
573–591	585	19	141.00–156.00	$151.13	$884	+16.68
604–623	611	9	135.00–140.00	$138.88	$849	-4.54
690	690	5	137.00	$137.00	$945	+0.74
705	705	6	128.00–138.00	$133.00	$938	+1.00
763–773	767	9	127.00–138.00	$133.08	$1,021	+6.88
821–832	823	69	120.00–133.00	$130.18	$1,071	-0.20
862	862	5	124.00	$124.00	$1,069	—
953	953	3	124.00	$124.00	$1,182	—
1412	1412	8	92.00	$92.00	$1,299	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–232	220	8	158.00–164.00	$160.87	$354	-8.13
264	264	17	154.00	$154.00	$407	-13.45
325–347	343	6	145.00–169.00	$165.21	$567	-1.82
355–358	356	7	164.00–174.00	$169.44	$603	+3.07
445–448	448	56	145.00–160.00	$146.33	$656	-13.46
455–497	485	15	150.00–168.00	$155.81	$756	-4.90
530–545	536	5	144.00–147.00	$145.22	$778	+8.22
558–573	568	18	136.00–145.00	$140.42	$798	-8.07
625–645	634	9	117.00–136.00	$131.84	$836	—
678–698	690	8	128.00–130.00	$128.50	$887	+3.50
700–713	707	6	122.00	$122.00	$863	-10.17
758–775	762	7	106.00–118.00	$115.11	$877	+4.73
989	989	49	113.50	$113.50	$1,123	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
194	194	5	200.00	$200.00	$388	—
205	205	2	165.00	$165.00	$338	—
285	285	6	177.00	$177.00	$504	±0.00
311–348	317	18	163.00–176.00	$165.35	$524	+0.54
365 unweaned	365	2	146.00	$146.00	$533	—
373–387	376	41	168.00–172.00	$169.34	$637	+17.01
400–448	407	25	148.00–168.00	$159.46	$649	+3.77
468–492	481	15	144.00–150.00	$148.42	$714	+6.03
504–549	523	71	139.00–152.00	$146.87	$768	+0.91
558–592	576	81	130.00–145.00	$138.36	$797	+1.37
603–648	627	68	123.00–139.00	$134.42	$843	+2.73
658–695	686	266	121.00–138.00	$132.93	$912	+5.00
688	688	5	115.00	$115.00	$791	-22.00
701–740	718	214	119.00–132.50	$127.43	$915	-0.58
759–798	779	320	118.00–128.50	$125.26	$976	+0.64
857–895	878	116	119.50–122.50	$120.99	$1,062	+5.99
900	900	15	110.00	$110.00	$990	+4.25
956–979	974	36	105.00–113.75	$112.48	$1,096	+4.51
1183	1183	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,183	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222–237	232	15	154.00–159.00	$155.59	$361	—
271–291	282	20	160.00	$160.00	$451	+6.02
287 unweaned	287	5	157.00	$157.00	$451	—
309–343	321	32	153.00–168.00	$154.32	$495	-3.68
335 unweaned	335	4	153.00	$153.00	$513	—
338 thin fleshed	338	2	169.00	$169.00	$571	—
368–388	371	18	150.00–158.00	$153.33	$569	+0.03
405–443 thin fleshed	429	8	154.00–163.00	$157.19	$674	—
410–448	440	56	130.00–147.00	$132.03	$581	-9.51
453–492	469	33	138.00–147.00	$142.00	$666	+1.53
500–546	521	36	126.00–139.00	$133.90	$698	+3.24
570–590	579	10	125.00–137.00	$134.80	$780	+12.63
597	597	5	124.50	$124.50	$743	+2.33
600–645	631	22	110.00–132.00	$123.64	$780	-2.63
655–690	662	7	120.00–127.00	$124.68	$825	+4.62
715–748	746	75	114.00–121.50	$121.02	$903	-2.59
750–783	778	6	113.00–120.00	$114.13	$888	+5.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	230	18	134.00–141.00	$135.11	$311	—
265–270	269	7	134.00–135.00	$134.28	$361	—
327–343	331	8	140.00–147.00	$145.19	$481	+12.35
367–385	370	6	140.00–143.00	$142.48	$527	+2.56
435–438	436	6	134.00–135.00	$134.67	$587	—
440 thin fleshed	440	3	136.00	$136.00	$598	—
470–495	480	18	126.00–134.00	$130.13	$625	—
525	525	2	120.00	$120.00	$630	—
565–573	569	6	118.00–123.00	$120.52	$686	+0.52
640	640	5	120.00	$120.00	$768	-1.00
715–733	726	8	96.00–102.00	$99.78	$724	-2.22
755	755	2	97.00	$97.00	$732	+5.26
840	840	2	94.00–100.00	$97.00	$815	-3.00
853	853	2	94.00	$94.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–348	331	6	126.00–129.00	$127.58	$422	—
373–390	382	6	124.00–128.00	$125.96	$481	—
453–485	466	5	116.00	$116.00	$541	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	63.00	$63.00	$200	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	4	160.00	$160.00	$774	—
522	522	5	150.00	$150.00	$783	—
638–648	641	7	110.00–140.00	$131.33	$842	—
968	968	2	91.00	$91.00	$881	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556	556	5	140.50	$140.50	$781	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
768–1190	932	85-90%	13	25.00–36.00	$30.11	$281	—
990	990	85-90%	1	52.50	$52.50	$520	+9.50
725–1375	997	85-90%	68	38.00–52.00	$45.78	$456	—
840–1273	1041	85-90%	128	50.00–69.00	$58.44	$608	+17.38
900–1375	1165	85-90%	16	60.00–74.00	$65.77	$766	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1150	1063	80-85%	3	47.50–52.00	$49.12	$522	—
1000–1525	1190	80-85%	80	52.50–72.00	$61.49	$732	—
1075–1515	1308	80-85%	27	58.50–79.00	$65.50	$857	+8.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1350	1310	75-80%	4	55.50–60.00	$58.08	$761	—
1455–1823	1695	75-80%	5	59.50–67.00	$63.19	$1,071	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1400	1348	2	77.50–79.00	$78.22	$1,054	—
1350–1800	1701	8	80.00–85.00	$82.74	$1,407	—
1670–1850	1759	4	87.50–93.00	$89.90	$1,581	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	1	93.50	$93.50	$1,342	+21.11
1195–1798	1499	7	70.00–89.00	$77.91	$1,168	—
1480–2005	1823	3	92.50–100.00	$94.71	$1,727	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–955	892	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	69.00–85.00	$77.25	$689
795–973	921	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	87.00–102.00	$95.19	$877
875–1070	964	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	47.00–59.00	$53.91	$520
860–1315	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	63.00–69.00	$66.03	$751

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–955 thin fleshed	851	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	25.00–35.00	$32.17	$274

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1060	970	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	72.00–85.00	$77.90	$756

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
918–1190	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	800.00–950.00	$884.68

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
585	585	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1000–1225	1104	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	900.00–1,050.00	$978.96	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480–565	526	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	830.00–950.00	$897.39	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
393–513	453	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	700.00–720.00	$711.32	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,160.00	$1,160.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604	604	4	132.00	$132.00	$797	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	3	138.00	$138.00	$828	—

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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.