Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 19, 2021

7,080 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $133.46/cwt -2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 828 lb · 393 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $139.36/cwt -3.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,002/hd at 719 lb · 320 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $146.14/cwt -1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $988/hd at 676 lb · 318 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,080	8,116	6,504
Feeder cattle	5,477	6,671	5,832
Slaughter cattle	816	804	462
Replacement cattle	787	641	210

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Cattle futures dropped throughout most of the week, and corn futures rose above 6.00. Unseasonably below freezing temperatures at night throughout the week as well.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	194.00	$194.00	$650	-6.95
400–442	430	19	171.00–189.00	$178.97	$770	-16.79
447 unweaned	447	22	175.00	$175.00	$782	—
457–480	465	36	158.00–189.00	$172.09	$800	-12.69
521–549	541	55	147.00–183.00	$160.57	$869	-15.30
551–599	585	171	148.00–156.50	$152.92	$895	-23.39
632–633	632	136	145.00–148.00	$146.46	$926	-14.96
669–687	676	318	139.50–151.50	$146.14	$988	-2.33
704–745	719	320	135.00–142.25	$139.36	$1,002	-3.05
750–760	756	49	132.50–134.50	$133.69	$1,011	-5.01
803–844	828	393	125.00–136.00	$133.46	$1,105	-2.46
855–889	860	47	123.00–130.00	$128.92	$1,109	-5.82
951–957	953	25	117.00–119.50	$118.60	$1,130	—
1105	1105	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,160	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	170.00	$170.00	$366	—
310	310	46	176.50	$176.50	$547	+35.50
373	373	6	180.00	$180.00	$671	-1.61
421–443	429	7	175.00–178.00	$175.43	$753	+2.15
457–475	466	4	148.50–169.00	$158.95	$741	-3.73
500–537	529	24	149.00–165.00	$151.24	$800	-11.75
569–583	581	73	141.00–149.00	$142.41	$827	+8.41
604–623	610	24	141.00–145.00	$141.85	$865	+21.85
640 unweaned	640	5	133.00	$133.00	$851	—
673 unweaned	673	8	123.00	$123.00	$828	—
650–699	688	12	135.00–139.00	$135.31	$931	-8.78
698	698	8	129.00	$129.00	$900	-15.09
700–728	723	206	132.50–137.00	$136.49	$987	-2.20
782 unweaned	782	13	122.00	$122.00	$954	—
860–885	878	22	111.00–123.50	$122.53	$1,076	-3.07
902–927	918	33	117.00–123.00	$119.14	$1,094	—
990	990	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,138	—
1252	1252	17	100.50	$100.50	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	5	158.00–163.00	$161.00	$443	—
355–393	379	6	160.00–169.00	$163.11	$618	-1.89
438	438	5	167.00	$167.00	$731	+10.74
450–495	465	17	148.00–162.00	$158.36	$736	-7.48
508–538	528	6	137.00–145.00	$139.57	$737	-4.11
564–599	584	10	136.00–147.00	$141.06	$824	-3.09
608–630	616	16	130.00–138.00	$134.30	$827	-4.65
650–687	673	14	114.00–135.00	$129.26	$870	-3.04
783–795	787	9	107.00–126.00	$112.05	$882	-13.74
810–833	816	11	91.00–124.00	$116.25	$949	+3.73
885–890	888	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,021	+15.00
905–913	906	15	88.00–95.00	$94.06	$852	-10.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
169	169	24	400.00	$400.00	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	7	76.00	$76.00	$359	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1147	1147	6	60.00	$60.00	$688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	5	150.00	$150.00	$438	—
305–325	311	30	146.00–167.00	$156.79	$488	+24.13
365–394	377	27	147.00–164.00	$148.90	$561	-2.74
403–448	429	15	138.00–146.00	$141.99	$609	-4.01
453–497	475	45	133.50–150.00	$138.33	$657	-4.92
505–533	512	57	128.00–150.00	$133.23	$682	-2.27
556–599	577	34	122.00–136.00	$129.78	$749	-1.94
595	595	15	115.00	$115.00	$684	-16.72
600–642	622	166	120.00–131.00	$124.61	$775	-4.02
659	659	38	120.00	$120.00	$791	-14.00
662 unweaned	662	11	114.00	$114.00	$755	—
723	723	7	110.00	$110.00	$795	-15.05
705–735	726	34	111.00–122.00	$118.96	$864	-6.09
753–775	754	167	112.50–121.00	$119.12	$898	-6.66
813–840	825	72	110.00–116.00	$114.87	$948	-2.67
955–985	965	3	94.00–95.00	$94.34	$910	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	182.00	$182.00	$400	±0.00
290	290	2	172.00	$172.00	$499	—
310 unweaned	310	1	151.00	$151.00	$468	—
324–340	332	8	145.00–161.00	$152.81	$507	-24.19
360 unweaned	360	3	158.00	$158.00	$569	—
395–397	396	17	145.00–148.00	$146.77	$581	-21.75
403–444	428	44	138.50–151.00	$144.71	$619	-4.26
429 unweaned	429	22	156.00	$156.00	$669	—
469–499	483	16	136.50–146.00	$139.77	$675	-29.53
510–545	524	66	134.50–163.00	$137.43	$720	-5.70
552–595	560	100	123.00–140.00	$133.43	$747	+13.43
600–613	608	36	127.00–140.00	$130.27	$792	+10.27
616	616	3	117.50	$117.50	$724	-2.50
657–665 unweaned	661	8	118.50–120.50	$119.51	$790	+4.51
670	670	3	123.00	$123.00	$824	+3.00
667–698	689	158	124.50–132.00	$127.42	$878	-6.96
716–729	724	19	123.00–125.50	$124.04	$898	-4.47
718–744	737	14	115.00–115.50	$115.36	$850	-13.15
758–799	790	124	117.00–122.75	$121.44	$959	+4.44
829	829	13	120.00	$120.00	$995	+6.00
836	836	7	114.00	$114.00	$953	±0.00
859–876	867	19	112.50–115.00	$113.80	$987	-8.45
889	889	4	107.00	$107.00	$951	—
1189	1189	34	92.00	$92.00	$1,094	—
1243	1243	3	74.50	$74.50	$926	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223–230	229	27	136.00–145.00	$137.86	$316	+2.86
258–283	280	48	130.00–155.00	$132.71	$372	-11.29
332	332	2	138.00	$138.00	$458	—
360–365	363	4	130.00–140.50	$135.29	$491	+10.25
453–498	476	12	124.00–139.00	$132.76	$632	-1.83
523–547	538	8	110.00–125.00	$115.88	$623	-9.52
550–589	578	22	110.00–128.50	$122.61	$709	-1.03
638	638	4	114.00–116.00	$115.00	$734	-5.44
655–685	668	20	114.00–122.00	$118.07	$789	+1.22
700–735	718	2	110.00–111.00	$110.51	$793	+5.51
956	956	8	82.00	$82.00	$784	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
231	231	5	120.00	$120.00	$277	—
321	321	32	120.00	$120.00	$385	—
394	394	5	120.00	$120.00	$473	-1.66
786	786	14	95.00	$95.00	$747	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
127	127	11	370.00	$370.00	—
200	200	1	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	8	100.00	$100.00	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	3	86.00	$86.00	$396	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–473	468	16	125.50–148.50	$143.36	$671	—
618–620	619	20	123.00–134.00	$131.24	$812	—
703–745	722	11	114.00–116.00	$114.94	$830	—
793	793	3	102.00	$102.00	$809	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512–523	518	7	134.00–135.00	$134.42	$696	+1.81
580–598	586	7	128.00–130.00	$128.99	$756	—
623	623	2	129.00	$129.00	$804	—
654–687	668	20	111.00–125.00	$117.99	$788	-5.03
802–843	820	7	92.00–106.00	$101.56	$833	—
868	868	2	99.00	$99.00	$859	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	181.00	$181.00	$579	—
363 unweaned	363	3	160.00	$160.00	$581	—
461–465	462	7	149.00–154.00	$149.72	$692	—
548	548	21	143.00	$143.00	$784	—
601	601	6	133.50	$133.50	$802	-9.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1375–1465	1420	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,425.00–1,750.00	$1,592.65	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80 unweaned	80	2	120.00	$120.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–860	815	85-90%	2	20.00–30.00	$24.72	$201	-12.19
795–1008	895	85-90%	16	31.00–40.00	$36.19	$324	—
860–960	912	85-90%	6	35.00–44.00	$38.43	$350	—
890–960	933	85-90%	7	45.00–50.00	$47.90	$447	—
722–1195	948	85-90%	103	40.00–56.50	$48.23	$457	—
835–1420	1047	85-90%	96	48.00–70.00	$59.59	$624	—
1017–1260	1129	85-90%	63	62.00–73.00	$68.92	$778	+0.55

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1018–1359	1158	80-85%	39	55.00–59.50	$57.65	$668	—
1123–1553	1276	80-85%	56	64.50–78.00	$70.11	$895	+5.22
915–1510	1303	80-85%	64	57.50–72.00	$67.12	$875	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1575	1460	75-80%	12	67.50–72.50	$69.18	$1,010	—
1351–1770	1531	75-80%	13	59.00–67.00	$63.01	$965	-6.32
1715	1715	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$995	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1595	1288	11	73.00–82.00	$77.76	$1,002	—
1155–2265	1662	10	84.50–94.00	$90.35	$1,502	—
1615–1990	1860	6	95.00–99.00	$95.98	$1,785	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1238	874	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	87.00–95.00	$89.84	$785
700–1203	963	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	50.00–59.50	$56.87	$548
715–1170	982	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	70.00–81.00	$73.64	$723
790–1605	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	60.00–69.00	$63.83	$705

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
773–964	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	80	840.00–885.00	$867.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
541–785 thin fleshed	587	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	26.00–39.00	$33.56	$197

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1277	1277	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	975.00	$975.00
1275–1395	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	950.00–1,075.00	$1,042.66
1348–1451	1382	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	900.00–975.00	$939.24

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	425.00	$425.00
675–800	696	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	385.00–425.00	$401.13
700	700	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	585.00	$585.00
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	585.00	$585.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1079	1079	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00
935–1490	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	800.00–900.00	$839.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1138	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1088	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	685.00–775.00	$739.51

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1178	1178	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	1,035.00	$1,035.00

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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
527–611	579	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	104	1,475.00–1,525.00	$1,496.79	—
620–868	789	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,325.00–1,460.00	$1,379.94	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
625–650	638	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	585.00–700.00	$643.63	—
650–675	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	600.00–685.00	$616.49	—
650–725	688	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	525.00–600.00	$564.55	—
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	550.00	$550.00	—
650–800	738	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	550.00–650.00	$598.56	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
445–573	488	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00–1,325.00	$1,305.42	—
488	488	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
638–786	757	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,239.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
499	499	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	825.00	$825.00	—
531	531	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	985.00	$985.00	—
468–703	550	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	860.00–950.00	$905.93	-57.72

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	585.00	$585.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	4	44.00	$44.00	$235	—

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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.