Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

6,987 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $134.80/cwt +5.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,184/hd at 878 lb · 529 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.09/cwt +3.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,013/hd at 785 lb · 424 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.34/cwt -1.26 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 667 lb · 343 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,987	5,145	4,937
Feeder cattle	6,236	4,515	4,434
Slaughter cattle	643	553	414
Replacement cattle	108	77	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	2	192.00	$192.00	$399	-10.00
275	275	17	201.00	$201.00	$553	-8.00
318–343	329	14	186.00–206.00	$190.59	$627	+3.93
363–398	383	14	180.00–207.00	$198.11	$759	+4.55
389 thin fleshed	389	13	213.00	$213.00	$829	—
415–440	437	15	196.00–200.00	$196.85	$860	+20.94
451–498	480	26	164.00–183.00	$177.29	$851	-3.71
501–545	530	119	164.00–179.00	$174.42	$924	+1.06
535 thin fleshed	535	1	182.00	$182.00	$974	—
552–575	557	17	160.00–175.00	$169.61	$945	+10.85
603 unweaned	603	11	152.00	$152.00	$917	+5.00
606–607 thin fleshed	606	12	159.00–162.00	$160.00	$970	—
600–648	634	77	143.25–160.00	$147.80	$937	-5.56
647	647	8	150.00	$150.00	$970	-3.36
650–698	684	158	142.50–151.50	$146.39	$1,001	-0.71
700–749	726	213	137.00–146.00	$142.64	$1,036	+3.06
753–795	776	101	134.00–143.00	$140.22	$1,088	+3.97
807–846	824	312	134.00–142.00	$139.03	$1,146	+6.44
862–888	878	529	131.00–135.75	$134.80	$1,184	+5.10
910–942	920	95	122.50–132.00	$128.52	$1,182	+6.52
960–983	961	41	123.50–125.00	$124.93	$1,201	+4.09
1005–1020	1007	8	106.00–121.50	$119.54	$1,204	+3.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208–223	216	6	177.50–185.00	$181.12	$391	+3.12
270–294	289	17	156.00–185.00	$165.11	$477	-8.18
348	348	3	181.00	$181.00	$630	—
380	380	2	177.50	$177.50	$674	-1.03
400–425	420	9	172.50–180.00	$176.19	$740	+16.14
459–495	478	18	151.50–176.00	$166.42	$795	+3.06
499 thin fleshed	499	22	172.00	$172.00	$858	—
500–526	519	24	145.00–167.50	$153.70	$798	+1.77
553–595	585	64	140.00–163.00	$152.73	$893	+1.60
600 unweaned	600	11	138.00	$138.00	$828	—
615–645	630	15	130.00–142.00	$135.77	$855	-3.11
662–687	671	36	135.00–150.00	$144.88	$972	+7.88
716 thin fleshed	716	26	139.50	$139.50	$999	—
700–735	727	30	120.00–138.50	$134.79	$980	+1.79
750–777	772	187	124.00–136.50	$134.49	$1,038	+1.41
802–833	802	318	120.00–128.00	$126.97	$1,018	-3.21
878–880	880	39	127.00–130.00	$127.31	$1,120	+3.31
1033	1033	4	101.00	$101.00	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–342	330	12	140.00–171.00	$161.46	$533	-3.75
360–398	368	48	153.50–170.00	$155.29	$571	-14.15
418–425	421	7	152.00–167.50	$159.39	$671	+13.06
465–498	482	11	145.00–166.00	$154.46	$744	-1.35
505–535	521	11	127.50–145.00	$140.64	$733	-4.58
565–595	585	18	128.00–144.00	$141.02	$825	+0.60
606–640	619	10	115.00–134.00	$126.42	$783	-5.42
698	698	5	130.00	$130.00	$907	+1.50
718	718	2	110.00	$110.00	$790	-12.00
777	777	3	120.00	$120.00	$932	+4.89
800–815	808	6	124.00–125.00	$124.50	$1,006	—
882	882	5	100.00	$100.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–448	432	8	135.00–145.00	$140.81	$608	—
473	473	5	139.00	$139.00	$657	—
651	651	8	125.00	$125.00	$814	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	10	30.00	$30.00	$172	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	—
170	170	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	220	2	171.00–174.00	$172.60	$380	+7.60
295	295	5	164.00	$164.00	$484	-13.00
313–345	326	14	168.00–173.00	$169.72	$553	+4.37
350–394	382	40	156.00–177.00	$162.61	$621	-6.73
400–444	423	33	151.00–167.00	$157.83	$668	-1.63
454 unweaned	454	4	146.00	$146.00	$663	—
457–498	473	65	148.00–162.00	$157.79	$746	+9.37
503–545	520	33	140.00–155.00	$147.82	$769	+0.95
552–593	566	153	139.00–151.75	$148.28	$839	+9.92
600–633	618	91	130.00–141.50	$138.09	$853	+3.67
653–699	666	330	124.00–136.50	$131.43	$875	-1.50
695	695	13	129.00	$129.00	$897	+14.00
700–746	731	208	120.00–134.25	$132.20	$966	+4.77
752–793	785	424	118.00–130.75	$129.09	$1,013	+3.83
800–845	833	224	122.00–126.35	$125.07	$1,042	—
861–885	878	21	114.50–126.00	$122.78	$1,078	+1.79
911–941	936	42	113.00–117.00	$114.13	$1,068	—
962	962	20	117.50	$117.50	$1,130	+5.02
1017–1020	1018	4	96.50–100.00	$97.38	$991	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	171.00	$171.00	$453	+11.00
343–347	344	7	151.00–153.00	$152.42	$524	-1.90
353–383	372	15	144.00–160.00	$151.46	$563	-1.87
420–448	430	62	140.00–152.00	$143.32	$616	+11.29
451–465	460	18	139.00–146.00	$141.30	$650	-0.70
500–545	531	58	132.00–145.00	$135.53	$720	+1.63
555–598	583	65	128.00–137.00	$131.18	$765	-3.62
600–640	619	17	121.00–130.50	$127.44	$789	+3.80
660–674	672	18	124.00–125.00	$124.89	$839	+0.21
715–748	728	209	107.00–131.00	$126.85	$923	+5.83
762–783	767	41	109.00–120.00	$117.76	$903	+3.63
848	848	2	110.00	$110.00	$933	—
863–882	873	67	114.00–116.50	$115.36	$1,007	—
1025	1025	2	82.00	$82.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–328	326	13	120.00–142.50	$130.83	$427	-14.36
393	393	2	140.00	$140.00	$550	-2.48
418–443	431	12	130.00–141.00	$137.09	$591	+2.42
463–498	476	19	119.00–141.00	$133.18	$634	+3.05
558–590	564	7	115.00–125.00	$122.78	$692	+2.26
605–620	616	10	115.00–126.00	$119.68	$737	-0.32
743	743	5	107.00	$107.00	$795	+7.22

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	8	69.00	$69.00	$363	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–110	103	3	150.00–250.00	$208.87	—
200	200	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	100.00	$100.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	144.00	$144.00	$645	—
453–470	462	6	132.00–142.00	$136.36	$630	—
558–573	566	6	119.00–121.00	$119.99	$679	—
743	743	3	107.00	$107.00	$795	—
788	788	7	108.00	$108.00	$851	—
808–810	809	5	105.00–115.00	$109.01	$882	—
896	896	7	101.00	$101.00	$905	—
1012–1013	1013	11	89.00–94.00	$91.73	$929	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	188.00	$188.00	$620	—
370 unweaned	370	2	160.00	$160.00	$592	—
493 unweaned	493	3	169.00	$169.00	$833	—
502	502	2	158.00	$158.00	$793	+8.00
660	660	16	149.00	$149.00	$983	—
745	745	4	123.00	$123.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1820–1865	1843	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,525.00–1,685.00	$1,605.98	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	85-90%	1	28.00	$28.00	$213	—
940	940	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$329	+4.89
795–1230	963	85-90%	30	25.00–43.00	$32.99	$318	-19.51
860–1245	996	85-90%	73	38.00–56.00	$45.45	$453	-0.33
835–1515	1101	85-90%	105	44.00–71.00	$59.01	$650	—
975–1429	1245	85-90%	17	53.50–72.00	$60.82	$757	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	80-85%	1	50.00	$50.00	$575	—
1015–1535	1270	80-85%	121	52.00–73.00	$60.69	$771	—
1188–1342	1299	80-85%	39	62.75–75.00	$67.49	$877	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1313–1970	1516	75-80%	12	53.00–64.00	$58.42	$886	—
1425–1935	1582	75-80%	13	60.00–68.00	$64.46	$1,020	—
1610	1610	75-80%	1	50.00	$50.00	$805	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1492	1330	9	70.00–86.00	$76.27	$1,014	—
1440–1820	1628	5	87.00–95.00	$89.45	$1,456	—
1795–1890	1843	2	93.00–95.50	$94.28	$1,738	-0.43

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1595	1343	2	60.00–75.00	$68.91	$925	-9.31
1715	1715	1	93.00	$93.00	$1,595	+10.26

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–900	871	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	94.00–101.00	$97.89	$853
770–1120	912	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	48.00–60.00	$52.45	$478
845–1145	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	82.00–86.00	$84.75	$784
910–1385	1119	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	61.00–67.00	$63.67	$712

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
692–903 thin fleshed	821	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	25.00–40.00	$35.34	$290

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1100	1058	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	635.00–650.00	$642.80
1310–1315	1312	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,125.00–1,135.00	$1,128.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990–1170	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00–925.00	$896.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1460	1460	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00
1430–1930	1680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,114.88

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
983–1065	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00–775.00	$748.65

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
438–618	510	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	675.00–850.00	$743.58	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1280	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	4	60.00	$60.00	$612	—
1194	1194	5	57.75	$57.75	$690	—

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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.