Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

5,853 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $124.89/cwt +2.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,090/hd at 873 lb · 338 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.09/cwt +3.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 746 lb · 293 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.93/cwt +1.59 vs last sale · ≈ $952/hd at 762 lb · 231 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,853	5,324	5,373
Feeder cattle	4,597	4,508	5,125
Slaughter cattle	1,094	657	201
Replacement cattle	162	159	47

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers sold mostly steady to instances 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The area received some much needed rain to improve drought stricken pastures.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259	259	14	170.00	$170.00	$440	—
403–444	432	18	162.00–180.00	$166.56	$720	-11.58
469–485	475	18	150.00–169.00	$163.28	$776	+7.61
502–535	528	43	146.00–177.00	$155.32	$820	-7.68
567–588	568	77	146.00–150.00	$149.79	$851	-0.19
657–686	668	135	136.00–144.00	$140.44	$938	+0.87
694 unweaned	694	4	130.00	$130.00	$902	+0.87
714–744	739	80	129.50–135.00	$130.36	$963	-4.16
764	764	25	130.00	$130.00	$993	-2.21
762–788	776	42	128.00–133.00	$132.01	$1,024	-0.20
814	814	41	129.00	$129.00	$1,050	+2.87
848	848	63	124.50	$124.50	$1,056	—
850–881	870	259	121.00–126.00	$125.38	$1,091	+3.38
873–886	883	79	122.50–123.50	$123.27	$1,088	+1.27
905–938	929	83	121.00–124.00	$123.19	$1,144	+7.19
960	960	72	105.00–122.25	$121.53	$1,167	-0.47
1047	1047	7	100.00	$100.00	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	162.50	$162.50	$509	+17.50
370–384	383	14	170.00–171.00	$170.07	$651	-7.00
400–448	432	26	149.00–169.00	$154.85	$669	-16.15
464–498	476	17	130.00–156.00	$149.47	$711	-20.53
500–549	532	24	138.00–154.00	$145.52	$774	-4.19
570–587	572	21	144.00–146.00	$144.29	$825	-1.02
621–625	624	26	136.00–141.00	$137.34	$857	+0.85
688	688	5	129.00	$129.00	$888	-4.12
700–747	746	293	130.50–138.00	$135.09	$1,008	+3.09
770	770	3	121.00	$121.00	$932	-5.52
824–832	830	33	120.25–122.00	$120.67	$1,002	—
880	880	26	120.50	$120.50	$1,060	—
1087	1087	5	106.00	$106.00	$1,152	—
1102	1102	8	100.00	$100.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	8	142.00	$142.00	$329	-8.00
303–323	313	6	154.00–162.00	$157.87	$494	-9.69
358–383	364	9	154.00–156.00	$154.91	$564	-10.40
403–448	416	20	124.00–161.00	$143.32	$596	-16.12
473–490	479	11	112.00–152.00	$137.13	$657	-17.71
518–535	523	8	133.00–140.00	$137.71	$720	-6.76
558–598	581	17	129.00–139.00	$134.64	$782	-7.36
603–645	621	14	126.00–131.00	$127.24	$790	-1.47
666	666	7	92.00	$92.00	$613	-37.00
706–748	723	15	119.00–125.00	$122.86	$888	-0.87
750–778	768	7	118.00–125.00	$120.58	$926	-0.38
820	820	4	88.00	$88.00	$722	-26.58
805–832	821	8	105.00–119.00	$110.90	$910	-3.68
1080	1080	18	86.00	$86.00	$929	—

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–327	324	21	114.00–115.00	$114.62	$371	—
493	493	14	120.00	$120.00	$592	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
206	206	19	425.00	$425.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	5	143.00	$143.00	$579	+5.00
450–470	463	6	134.00–135.00	$134.32	$622	+3.12

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	3	168.00	$168.00	$491	—
381	381	9	138.00	$138.00	$526	-32.00
413	413	2	160.00	$160.00	$661	+23.42
450–496	468	38	130.00–148.00	$140.95	$660	+0.14
502–521	517	24	129.00–140.00	$131.32	$679	-7.25
569	569	4	114.00	$114.00	$649	-17.92
639–643	640	32	125.00–132.00	$130.68	$836	+1.71
652 unweaned	652	16	115.00	$115.00	$750	-0.24
652–687	673	165	122.25–139.00	$124.68	$839	+16.66
716 unweaned	716	4	115.00	$115.00	$823	—
700–748	731	57	119.00–126.00	$124.17	$908	-0.01
731	731	10	125.00	$125.00	$914	+0.82
754–776	762	231	119.75–126.00	$124.93	$952	+1.19
822–829	825	130	117.50–119.00	$118.43	$977	—
827–845	832	88	110.00–120.50	$117.71	$979	—
872	872	26	113.00	$113.00	$985	-5.76
857–876	873	74	109.00–117.00	$115.33	$1,007	-3.43
1005	1005	6	95.00	$95.00	$955	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217–234	232	16	140.00–165.00	$142.92	$332	—
323	323	3	150.00	$150.00	$484	+15.79
351–367	356	10	135.00	$135.00	$481	-13.00
413–423	417	25	136.00–139.00	$137.66	$574	-5.05
459–497	490	83	129.00–140.00	$137.41	$673	-3.61
503–545	524	24	110.00–134.00	$126.72	$664	-4.26
553–595	570	24	124.00–131.00	$126.95	$724	-1.69
613–646	618	136	121.00–127.35	$126.93	$784	+5.01
626	626	10	112.00	$112.00	$701	-9.92
650–668	663	7	122.00	$122.00	$809	+2.00
753–786	781	168	108.00–119.25	$116.61	$911	+6.23
865	865	2	90.00	$90.00	$778	—
1107	1107	6	78.00	$78.00	$863	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	5	146.00	$146.00	$343	—
263–295	282	6	131.00–136.00	$134.10	$378	-11.90
304–338	313	9	132.00–148.00	$141.74	$444	+11.74
408–431	423	28	115.50–130.00	$121.23	$513	-9.27
453–490	474	17	125.00–135.00	$130.67	$619	+0.07
505–548	525	35	113.00–121.00	$117.54	$617	—
604–648	631	14	114.00–118.00	$116.11	$733	-2.62
658–690	675	10	105.00–111.00	$108.66	$733	-5.68
781–788	784	7	101.00–103.00	$101.86	$799	-3.08
818	818	2	99.00	$99.00	$810	+1.86

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	10	100.00	$100.00	$324	—
352–385	365	17	118.50–127.00	$121.70	$444	—
416	416	16	105.00	$105.00	$437	—

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
651	651	10	104.00	$104.00	$677	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
203	203	6	360.00	$360.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
183	183	3	141.00	$141.00	$258	—
405–449	427	6	135.00–145.00	$139.74	$597	-1.26
470	470	3	136.00	$136.00	$639	-8.59
535–540	538	4	120.00–127.00	$123.52	$665	+0.55
558–591	575	13	120.00–129.00	$124.35	$715	-1.65
600–640	616	17	110.00–123.00	$118.31	$729	+2.26
650–680	667	8	113.00–118.00	$115.24	$769	-2.74
715–738	729	6	90.00–99.00	$93.28	$680	—
770	770	6	90.00–93.00	$91.50	$705	—
844	844	4	98.00	$98.00	$827	—
865	865	2	103.00	$103.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	19	138.50	$138.50	$670	—
517	517	3	129.00	$129.00	$667	—
583	583	5	123.50	$123.50	$720	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369–396	380	10	146.00–165.00	$157.08	$597	—
443	443	3	157.00	$157.00	$696	—
640	640	4	116.00	$116.00	$742	—
717	717	3	115.00	$115.00	$825	+4.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–899	867	85-90%	16	36.00–40.50	$38.94	$338	-14.68
728–1210	921	85-90%	43	41.00–58.50	$49.20	$453	—
828–993	927	85-90%	56	43.50–48.50	$45.78	$424	—
745–1328	1039	85-90%	203	47.00–75.00	$59.07	$614	+14.49
1450	1450	85-90%	1	70.25	$70.25	$1,019	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1074–1440	1242	80-85%	72	53.00–56.50	$54.87	$681	—
1065–1570	1309	80-85%	101	57.50–74.50	$63.99	$838	—
1075–1780	1321	80-85%	74	63.00–78.00	$67.56	$892	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1580	1444	75-80%	7	67.00–74.00	$70.52	$1,018	+8.55
1355–1865	1634	75-80%	33	60.00–68.50	$64.95	$1,061	+9.95
1770	1770	75-80%	1	57.25	$57.25	$1,013	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1118–1880	1375	10	71.00–79.00	$74.64	$1,026	—
1335–1980	1622	10	82.00–92.00	$86.30	$1,400	—
1570–1935	1735	3	97.00–99.00	$98.02	$1,701	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,036	—
1325–1440	1383	2	75.00	$75.00	$1,037	—
1415–1520	1468	2	85.00–87.50	$86.29	$1,267	—
1825–1920	1857	3	92.00–94.00	$92.69	$1,721	+12.69

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–945	892	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	89.00–94.00	$90.47	$807
973–1385	1171	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	62.00–69.00	$66.17	$775
875–1360	1208	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	70.00–81.00	$72.94	$881

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1340	1113	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	76.00–81.00	$78.99	$879
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	71.00	$71.00	$916

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870–910	890	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	73.00–75.00	$74.02	$659

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	700.00	$700.00
1110–1558	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,084.24

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1312	1312	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	760.00	$760.00
1330	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1430–1460	1445	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	785.00–900.00	$841.90

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1018	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–700.00	$647.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

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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
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	20	985.00	$985.00	—
1260–1350	1324	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	28	1,010.00–1,110.00	$1,082.82	—
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
491–671	565	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,166.34	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
380–565	490	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	810.00–1,025.00	$884.27	—

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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.