Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 5, 2021

8,750 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $137.81/cwt +3.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,189/hd at 863 lb · 680 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.64/cwt +0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $970/hd at 731 lb · 596 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $138.42/cwt -0.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,136/hd at 821 lb · 493 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,750	6,987	4,243
Feeder cattle	7,777	6,236	3,864
Slaughter cattle	607	643	317
Replacement cattle	366	108	62

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Most of the cattle were coming off of wheat pastures. The area remains dry, and in much need of rain.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	209.00	$209.00	$449	+17.00
290	290	1	198.00	$198.00	$574	-3.00
310 thin fleshed	310	1	214.00	$214.00	$663	—
308–325	314	3	192.50–194.00	$193.02	$606	+2.43
358 unweaned	358	2	186.00	$186.00	$666	—
400–418	415	7	200.00	$200.00	$830	+3.15
429 unweaned	429	4	185.00	$185.00	$794	—
447 thin fleshed	447	8	206.00	$206.00	$921	—
450–485	455	16	192.00–202.00	$199.56	$908	+22.27
513–545	532	85	162.00–185.00	$176.15	$937	+1.73
559–596	579	18	164.00–170.00	$167.13	$968	-2.48
600–631	610	69	152.00–164.00	$159.42	$972	+11.62
631 unweaned	631	5	161.50	$161.50	$1,019	+9.50
652–694	671	214	146.00–155.00	$150.86	$1,012	+4.47
703–745	720	351	142.00–145.00	$144.51	$1,040	+1.87
750–797	775	365	136.00–145.00	$141.82	$1,099	+1.60
805–848	821	493	136.00–141.00	$138.42	$1,136	-0.61
851–875	863	680	134.50–139.25	$137.81	$1,189	+3.01
901–903	901	78	132.50–134.85	$134.52	$1,212	+6.00
932	932	6	124.50	$124.50	$1,160	-4.02
953	953	9	123.75	$123.75	$1,179	-1.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–298	279	13	173.00–184.00	$176.46	$492	+11.35
315–340	319	6	180.00–183.00	$182.47	$582	+1.47
351 unweaned	351	18	161.00	$161.00	$565	—
355–395	371	20	160.00–181.00	$173.03	$642	-4.47
416 unweaned	416	17	152.00	$152.00	$632	—
410–447	432	17	172.00–180.00	$175.00	$756	-1.19
455–499	491	148	145.00–179.00	$152.15	$747	-14.27
520–523 unweaned	522	3	156.00–164.00	$158.66	$828	—
500–537	526	50	155.00–176.00	$162.25	$853	+8.55
528 thin fleshed	528	13	163.00	$163.00	$861	—
568–599	583	12	152.00–165.00	$156.24	$911	+3.51
600–638	616	25	131.00–151.00	$147.75	$910	+11.98
633 unweaned	633	3	118.50	$118.50	$750	-19.50
656–675	672	139	136.00–150.00	$139.86	$940	-5.02
677–686 thin fleshed	682	36	147.00–148.00	$147.41	$1,005	—
730	730	2	134.00	$134.00	$978	-0.79
734 thin fleshed	734	67	144.75	$144.75	$1,062	+5.25
767	767	19	125.00	$125.00	$959	-9.49
763–783	768	13	133.00–138.00	$134.79	$1,035	+0.30
806–835	826	26	129.50–134.50	$133.00	$1,099	+6.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–290	282	6	157.00–161.00	$158.94	$448	—
303–348	323	11	159.00–173.00	$166.68	$538	+5.22
353–395	373	17	168.00–173.00	$169.28	$631	+13.99
402–443	420	14	155.00–169.00	$162.45	$682	+3.06
463–498	485	15	141.00–167.00	$162.26	$787	+7.80
517–538	528	16	125.00–150.00	$138.97	$734	-1.67
568–595	583	18	120.00–150.00	$142.27	$829	+1.25
608–645	629	19	120.00–139.00	$134.98	$849	+8.56
650–670	659	7	138.00–139.00	$138.72	$914	—
721	721	11	120.00	$120.00	$865	+10.00
723	723	2	91.00	$91.00	$658	-19.00
755–798	795	89	95.00–130.00	$128.87	$1,025	+8.87
854–875	860	12	124.00–125.00	$124.75	$1,073	+24.75
931	931	13	106.00	$106.00	$987	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254	254	5	134.00	$134.00	$340	—
321	321	5	137.00	$137.00	$440	—
358–375	368	5	148.00–150.00	$149.22	$549	—
500	500	5	138.00	$138.00	$690	—
555–576	566	10	129.00–136.00	$133.43	$755	—
630	630	13	105.00	$105.00	$662	—
765	765	36	124.00	$124.00	$949	—
1175	1175	13	90.00	$90.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	20	127.00	$127.00	$479	—
526	526	5	110.00	$110.00	$579	—
630	630	15	88.00–105.00	$102.73	$647	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	6	158.50	$158.50	$819	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	188.00	$188.00	$385	+15.40
255	255	1	171.00	$171.00	$436	—
300–345	324	20	160.00–183.00	$167.34	$542	-2.38
359–391	375	14	163.00–173.00	$167.13	$627	+4.52
415 unweaned	415	2	160.00	$160.00	$664	—
402–448	428	65	148.00–180.00	$162.36	$695	+4.53
455–499	481	77	146.00–165.00	$155.01	$746	-2.78
500–543	528	103	138.00–153.00	$145.75	$770	-2.07
551–597	572	66	136.50–147.00	$140.66	$805	-7.62
581–585 thin fleshed	582	8	149.00–151.00	$149.25	$869	—
599	599	6	120.50	$120.50	$722	-27.78
601–636 unweaned	607	31	129.00–135.00	$133.71	$812	—
601–644	625	88	132.00–144.00	$139.23	$870	+1.14
640	640	8	129.50	$129.50	$829	-8.59
656–698	687	118	134.25–142.50	$135.01	$928	+6.01
706–745	731	590	120.00–136.50	$132.72	$970	+0.52
744	744	6	125.00	$125.00	$930	-7.20
751–771	760	236	120.00–132.00	$129.84	$987	+0.75
801–837	809	160	120.00–128.50	$127.42	$1,031	+2.35
856–879	864	91	119.00–127.50	$126.29	$1,091	+3.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–273	262	5	160.00–161.00	$160.42	$420	-10.58
335 unweaned	335	1	144.00	$144.00	$482	—
328–338	336	8	154.00–159.00	$155.22	$522	+2.80
373 unweaned	373	4	141.00	$141.00	$526	—
375–385	378	18	150.00–152.00	$151.00	$571	-0.46
418–441	434	24	148.00–164.00	$151.70	$658	+8.38
460–498	473	128	139.50–148.00	$141.26	$668	-0.04
527 thin fleshed	527	9	149.00	$149.00	$785	—
500–547	528	44	133.00–140.00	$137.74	$727	+2.21
560–599	574	144	127.00–141.00	$137.07	$787	+5.89
604 unweaned	604	18	123.00	$123.00	$743	—
614–630	628	64	125.00–135.00	$133.77	$840	+6.33
657–698	689	112	124.00–134.00	$130.13	$897	+5.24
701–733	709	81	122.50–126.00	$123.25	$874	-3.60
753–786	766	35	113.50–115.00	$114.12	$874	-3.64
755–775	770	4	110.00–112.00	$111.51	$859	-6.25
808–832	822	5	114.00–115.00	$114.39	$940	+4.39
904	904	7	109.00	$109.00	$985	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	5	145.00	$145.00	$338	—
263–295	274	6	140.00–157.50	$150.77	$413	—
303–308	306	6	138.00–142.00	$140.02	$428	+9.19
370–382	375	9	131.00–141.00	$138.47	$519	-1.53
403–448	424	8	133.00–150.00	$137.91	$585	+0.82
460–488	478	11	132.00–140.00	$136.33	$652	+3.15
500	500	8	119.50	$119.50	$598	—
556–595	569	39	120.00–126.00	$121.83	$693	-0.95
600–625	616	12	113.00–125.00	$121.54	$749	+1.86
636	636	4	92.00	$92.00	$585	-27.68
672–683	680	11	120.00–127.00	$122.83	$835	—
728–748	743	8	102.00–116.00	$112.57	$836	+5.57
790	790	1	104.00	$104.00	$822	—
801	801	46	109.00	$109.00	$873	—
863	863	2	106.00	$106.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	27	132.50	$132.50	$549	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	7	172.00	$172.00	$597	-16.00
538–540	539	13	149.00–151.00	$150.38	$811	—
563	563	2	160.00	$160.00	$901	—
625–635	629	14	143.00–145.00	$143.86	$905	—
735	735	10	127.50	$127.50	$937	+4.50
832	832	2	106.00	$106.00	$882	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–433	427	6	140.00–148.00	$143.94	$615	-0.06
478	478	6	148.00	$148.00	$707	+11.64
529–543	534	6	133.00–136.00	$134.02	$716	—
550–593	573	6	126.00–137.00	$131.28	$752	+11.29
613	613	2	127.00	$127.00	$779	—
780–785	783	5	104.00	$104.00	$814	-4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	170.00	$170.00	$561	—
460	460	4	156.00	$156.00	$718	—
645	645	11	130.50	$130.50	$842	—
771	771	8	116.00	$116.00	$894	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
236	236	5	200.00	$200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668–1270	909	85-90%	35	33.00–43.00	$39.13	$356	+4.13
920	920	85-90%	1	53.50	$53.50	$492	+18.50
840–1340	983	85-90%	60	45.00–57.50	$49.47	$486	+4.02
870–1495	1136	85-90%	120	53.00–69.00	$59.66	$678	+0.65
925–1490	1208	85-90%	39	62.00–70.00	$66.14	$799	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088–1185	1139	80-85%	45	54.00–59.00	$54.72	$623	—
990–1510	1269	80-85%	63	66.50–73.50	$70.25	$891	+9.56
992–1591	1358	80-85%	92	58.00–72.50	$65.54	$890	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1555	1413	75-80%	6	59.00–62.50	$60.85	$860	—
1100–1805	1563	75-80%	15	70.00–73.00	$71.10	$1,111	+6.64

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–920	830	2	50.00–55.00	$52.77	$438	—
1010–1560	1341	4	60.00–78.50	$66.25	$888	-2.66
1395–1575	1500	3	81.00–86.50	$84.27	$1,264	—
1685–1855	1770	4	93.50–98.00	$95.81	$1,696	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1700	1460	4	74.00–83.00	$78.33	$1,144	—
1475–1995	1673	8	84.50–95.00	$87.50	$1,464	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
686–1215	898	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	50.00–59.00	$54.64	$491
848–1088	943	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	92.00–97.00	$94.60	$892
745–1180	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	74.00–88.00	$78.84	$792
965–1330	1091	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	61.00–69.00	$64.54	$704

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
603–905 thin fleshed	754	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	17.00–41.00	$31.70	$239

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1440	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	860.00–975.00	$922.41

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–1175	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	535.00–775.00	$667.52

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1150–1430	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	860.00–1,035.00	$966.18
1210–1620	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	810.00–950.00	$872.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	±0.00
1270–1424	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	1,325.00–1,410.00	$1,366.11	—
1419	1419	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	53	1,335.00	$1,335.00	—
1330–1570	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,192.67	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
696–775	706	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	49	1,150.00–1,335.00	$1,276.99	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
498–588	564	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–975.00	$930.35	—

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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.