Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

5,324 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.08/cwt +3.51 vs last sale · ≈ $844/hd at 514 lb · 374 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $134.52/cwt -4.84 vs last sale · ≈ $967/hd at 719 lb · 256 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.76/cwt +6.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,028/hd at 866 lb · 239 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,324	7,080	5,327
Feeder cattle	4,508	5,477	4,820
Slaughter cattle	657	816	367
Replacement cattle	159	787	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Corn prices continued to rise bumping the 7.00 mark, and drought conditions continued throughout the panhandle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298 unweaned	298	2	180.00	$180.00	$536	—
380 unweaned	380	1	180.00	$180.00	$684	—
353–399	391	78	171.00–197.00	$190.35	$744	—
405–440	412	30	159.00–185.00	$178.14	$734	-0.83
472–487	477	45	149.50–163.00	$155.67	$743	-16.42
500–540	514	347	147.50–172.00	$163.00	$838	+2.43
515 thin fleshed	515	27	178.00	$178.00	$917	—
553–591	577	119	144.50–170.00	$149.98	$865	-2.94
601 unweaned	601	10	137.50	$137.50	$826	—
604–644	623	45	141.00–152.00	$145.96	$909	-0.50
650–696 unweaned	676	15	126.50–131.50	$129.13	$873	—
658–691	680	94	134.00–142.50	$139.57	$949	-6.57
703–726	719	256	130.50–149.50	$134.52	$967	-4.84
753–761	757	18	130.00–134.00	$132.21	$1,001	-1.48
807	807	5	121.00	$121.00	$976	-12.46
811–816	812	31	125.00–130.00	$126.13	$1,024	-7.33
866	866	11	122.00	$122.00	$1,057	-6.92
910–918	917	98	124.50–125.00	$124.93	$1,146	—
919–933	925	10	116.00	$116.00	$1,073	—
960	960	41	122.00	$122.00	$1,171	+3.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 unweaned	285	1	180.00	$180.00	$513	—
313	313	18	145.00	$145.00	$454	-31.50
353–393	380	8	157.00–182.00	$177.07	$673	-2.93
433	433	5	171.00	$171.00	$740	-4.43
465	465	13	170.00	$170.00	$790	+11.05
503–545	524	34	140.00–157.00	$149.71	$784	-1.53
555–597	578	32	136.50–154.00	$145.31	$840	+2.90
606–648	618	38	133.00–144.00	$136.49	$844	-5.36
660–697	684	17	123.50–149.00	$133.12	$911	-2.19
734	734	8	132.00	$132.00	$969	-4.49
756–795	764	7	120.00–128.00	$126.52	$967	—
793 thin fleshed	793	107	135.25	$135.25	$1,073	—
1014	1014	10	113.00	$113.00	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
202	202	3	150.00	$150.00	$303	—
280–290	283	3	159.00–168.00	$164.93	$467	+3.93
305–330	314	7	161.00–172.00	$167.56	$526	—
350–378	373	6	140.00–170.00	$165.31	$617	+2.20
421–443	430	32	150.00–165.00	$159.44	$686	-7.56
450–498	473	36	148.00–165.00	$154.84	$732	-3.52
508–545	518	13	136.00–148.00	$144.47	$748	+4.90
559–598	574	20	125.00–148.00	$142.00	$815	+0.94
608–640	620	16	120.00–135.00	$128.71	$798	-5.59
661–680	677	75	117.00–138.00	$129.00	$873	-0.26
705–746	730	12	122.00–125.00	$123.73	$903	—
760–788	777	5	119.00–124.00	$120.96	$940	+8.91
800–840	816	13	101.00–120.00	$114.58	$935	-1.67
850–898	877	7	118.00–121.00	$119.75	$1,050	+4.75

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	5	138.00	$138.00	$582	—
473–493	486	8	128.00–138.00	$131.20	$638	—
525	525	2	125.00	$125.00	$656	—
551–598	565	19	120.00–130.00	$127.83	$722	—
825	825	2	107.00	$107.00	$883	—
833	833	13	85.00	$85.00	$708	—
920–948	933	7	100.00–106.00	$102.54	$957	—
952	952	3	102.00	$102.00	$971	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	5	46.00	$46.00	$317	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	5	81.00	$81.00	$346	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	4	158.00–159.00	$158.75	$532	+5.94
372	372	16	170.00	$170.00	$632	+23.23
407–443	440	158	133.50–158.00	$136.58	$601	-8.13
452	452	5	120.00	$120.00	$542	-19.77
454–490	465	56	136.50–152.00	$140.81	$655	+1.04
501–539	520	111	123.50–146.00	$138.57	$721	+1.14
560–572	568	32	128.00–140.00	$131.92	$749	-1.51
603–635 unweaned	606	26	110.00–119.50	$118.50	$718	—
604–648	639	131	124.00–130.50	$128.97	$824	+11.47
660–670	665	11	105.00–110.50	$108.02	$718	-14.98
655–686 unweaned	673	14	110.00–119.00	$115.24	$776	-4.27
683–685	684	9	124.00	$124.00	$848	-3.42
701–738	729	61	114.00–127.50	$124.18	$905	+0.14
763–789	780	230	117.50–127.00	$123.74	$965	+2.30
783	783	5	105.00	$105.00	$822	-16.44
850–870	866	239	117.50–120.25	$118.76	$1,028	+4.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–307	307	28	134.00–140.00	$134.21	$412	-22.58
378	378	5	148.00	$148.00	$559	-0.90
403–431	419	32	140.00–146.00	$142.71	$598	+0.72
453–499	474	72	134.50–147.00	$141.02	$668	+2.69
500–548	533	57	128.00–137.00	$130.98	$698	-2.25
553–598	574	68	124.00–134.00	$128.64	$738	-1.14
600–641	616	29	116.00–128.00	$121.92	$751	-2.69
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	±0.00
680–689 unweaned	689	29	110.00–115.25	$115.07	$793	+1.07
700–719	712	17	110.00–120.00	$114.45	$815	+4.45
745	745	2	100.00	$100.00	$745	-18.96
759–778	767	10	108.00–112.00	$110.38	$847	-8.74

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286	286	4	146.00	$146.00	$418	+13.29
300	300	2	130.00	$130.00	$390	-8.00
376–397	387	25	134.00–149.00	$142.88	$553	+7.59
413–432	424	10	127.00–136.00	$130.50	$553	—
455–495	483	29	120.00–136.00	$130.60	$631	-2.16
553–585	570	12	116.00–126.00	$122.65	$699	+0.04
608–648	634	16	115.00–122.00	$118.73	$753	+3.73
650–698	667	10	107.00–122.00	$114.34	$763	-3.73
719	719	4	99.00	$99.00	$712	-11.51
770–792	784	16	103.00–107.00	$104.94	$823	—
808–840	821	7	92.00–102.00	$97.14	$798	—
890	890	1	100.00	$100.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
994	994	32	98.00	$98.00	$974	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–488	482	17	141.00–154.00	$147.97	$713	-1.75
543	543	4	141.00	$141.00	$766	-2.00
560–580	573	6	130.00–136.00	$131.95	$756	—
655	655	7	133.00	$133.00	$871	—
712	712	6	110.50	$110.50	$787	—
776	776	3	106.00	$106.00	$823	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	141.00	$141.00	$613	—
473–498	485	6	140.00–149.00	$144.59	$701	—
535–545	540	6	120.00–126.00	$122.97	$664	-11.45
558–573	565	6	124.00–130.00	$126.00	$712	-2.99
635–645	640	6	109.00–123.00	$116.05	$743	-12.95
656–683	665	10	116.00–119.00	$117.98	$785	-0.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
639–647	641	8	120.00–121.00	$120.25	$771	-10.99
776	776	5	85.00	$85.00	$660	-17.00
947	947	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,089	—

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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	34.00	$34.00	$258	—
730–980	894	85-90%	11	49.50–58.00	$53.62	$479	+17.43
780–1139	974	85-90%	11	32.00–40.00	$37.20	$362	—
770–1206	1004	85-90%	36	40.00–56.50	$44.58	$448	—
865–1505	1103	85-90%	143	49.00–73.00	$61.39	$677	-7.53
960–1290	1188	85-90%	22	60.00–68.00	$64.18	$762	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	80-85%	1	56.50	$56.50	$565	—
1030–1430	1255	80-85%	134	52.50–73.00	$64.02	$803	-6.09
1018–1520	1389	80-85%	56	65.00–76.00	$68.16	$947	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1855	1435	75-80%	10	55.00–66.00	$61.97	$889	—
1340–1745	1621	75-80%	14	66.50–74.00	$71.87	$1,165	—
1630	1630	75-80%	1	55.00	$55.00	$896	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1715	1577	3	94.50–95.00	$94.84	$1,496	—
1765	1765	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,430	—
1615–2275	1961	4	83.00–95.00	$89.55	$1,756	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	75.00	$75.00	$945	—
1500–2170	1739	5	85.00–93.50	$87.79	$1,527	—
1890	1890	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,512	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1435	1323	2	64.00–65.00	$64.54	$854	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–890 thin fleshed	783	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	32	20.00–38.00	$29.67	$232

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–1190	953	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	90.00–96.00	$93.19	$888
873–1140	967	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	52.50–59.00	$55.26	$534
925–1100	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	72.00–80.00	$77.18	$759
880–1128	1069	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	61.00–66.00	$63.91	$683

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1180	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	65.00–70.00	$67.09	$709

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00
1011–1064	1037	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	585.00–625.00	$604.97
1053	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	675.00	$675.00
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	500.00	$500.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	450.00	$450.00
1225–1255	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	585.00–675.00	$615.49
1269	1269	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	760.00	$760.00
1165–1321	1282	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	975.00–1,100.00	$1,003.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1249	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	800.00–920.00	$872.80

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–880	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	710.00–760.00	$735.29

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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
715	715	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	935.00	$935.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
500–673	603	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	975.00–1,050.00	$1,018.72	—

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	8	41.00	$41.00	$139	—

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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.