Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 10, 2021

4,704 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $130.61/cwt +4.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,063/hd at 814 lb · 407 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $136.98/cwt +6.62 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 722 lb · 231 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.81/cwt -0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $948/hd at 760 lb · 223 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,704	5,853	5,330
Feeder cattle	3,728	4,597	4,785
Slaughter cattle	688	1,094	496
Replacement cattle	288	162	49

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on good demand. Soaking rain with cooler temperatures, helped local pastures that have suffered from drought conditions.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	37	215.50	$215.50	$631	+45.50
301	301	9	185.00	$185.00	$557	—
386	386	13	195.00	$195.00	$753	—
455–476	473	6	160.00–166.00	$165.04	$781	+1.76
530–549	542	52	150.00–163.00	$158.28	$858	+2.96
553–591	581	66	149.00–150.00	$149.26	$867	-0.53
610–627	617	135	145.00–151.50	$148.33	$915	—
642 unweaned	642	5	143.00	$143.00	$918	—
655 unweaned	655	2	125.00	$125.00	$819	—
665	665	2	140.00	$140.00	$931	-0.44
707–724	722	231	135.00–140.00	$136.98	$989	+6.62
756–796	789	117	132.00–134.00	$133.25	$1,051	+1.24
801–832	814	407	127.50–133.00	$130.61	$1,063	+1.61
851–898	867	40	124.00–127.50	$125.23	$1,086	-0.15
917–933	923	85	122.00–123.50	$122.95	$1,135	-0.24
965–988	986	28	108.00–123.00	$121.95	$1,202	+0.42
1024	1024	16	120.00	$120.00	$1,229	+20.00
1251	1251	13	107.00	$107.00	$1,339	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	165.00	$165.00	$553	+2.50
360–370	365	6	172.00–173.00	$172.51	$630	+2.44
410–431	421	10	151.00–164.00	$157.34	$662	+2.49
455–487	472	16	151.00–153.00	$152.87	$722	+3.40
504–545	520	27	129.00–153.00	$145.48	$756	-0.04
552–596	571	15	138.00–150.00	$141.06	$805	-3.23
615–645	624	7	130.00–137.00	$134.93	$842	-2.41
638 unweaned	638	4	137.00	$137.00	$874	—
672–678	676	11	135.00–142.00	$138.74	$938	+9.74
715–723	721	7	126.00–134.00	$128.27	$925	-6.82
835	835	10	130.50	$130.50	$1,090	+9.83
857	857	18	121.50	$121.50	$1,041	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	275	6	150.00–166.00	$157.54	$433	—
355–383	371	14	150.00–167.00	$156.77	$582	+1.86
433	433	5	155.00	$155.00	$671	+11.68
463–490	477	6	157.00–158.00	$157.51	$751	+20.38
500–548	522	14	117.50–136.00	$132.50	$692	-5.21
550–585	565	42	110.00–137.00	$131.33	$742	-3.31
603–645	614	16	125.00–134.50	$129.84	$797	+2.60
700–735	718	4	116.00–122.00	$119.07	$855	-3.79
760–799	776	10	114.00–120.00	$117.53	$912	-3.05
844	844	4	116.00	$116.00	$979	+5.10

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778	778	13	111.00	$111.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	5	125.00–130.00	$128.00	$535	-15.00
468	468	3	113.00	$113.00	$529	-21.32

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	7	110.00	$110.00	$595	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
194	194	5	410.00	$410.00	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	4	91.00	$91.00	$420	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
211	211	7	200.00	$200.00	$422	—
306–336	312	40	143.00–172.00	$162.50	$507	—
360–361	361	8	149.00–170.00	$154.24	$557	+16.24
412–419	415	18	153.00–162.50	$158.24	$657	-1.76
455–480	467	48	134.00–150.00	$143.05	$668	+2.10
513–538	520	20	134.00–147.50	$143.56	$747	+12.24
551–592	563	41	126.00–137.00	$131.11	$738	+17.11
609–640	619	55	125.00–135.50	$131.45	$814	+0.77
633 unweaned	633	5	119.00	$119.00	$753	—
668	668	4	115.00	$115.00	$768	-9.68
675	675	10	129.50	$129.50	$874	+4.82
726	726	10	110.00	$110.00	$799	-14.17
705–734	727	168	121.00–127.00	$124.64	$906	+0.47
753–763	759	218	123.50–127.50	$125.04	$949	+0.11
796	796	5	115.00	$115.00	$915	-9.93
805–825	808	29	119.50–120.00	$119.93	$969	+1.50
876–887	878	15	113.50–118.00	$117.09	$1,028	+1.76
919	919	8	116.50	$116.50	$1,071	—
958	958	22	117.50	$117.50	$1,126	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–395	381	7	147.00–152.00	$149.22	$569	+14.22
406–445	424	25	138.00–149.00	$143.65	$609	+5.99
455–493	479	17	130.00–142.00	$137.84	$660	+0.43
503–548	526	55	122.00–132.00	$127.22	$669	+0.50
555–588	571	16	122.00–124.00	$122.37	$699	-4.58
605–639	623	11	121.00–124.00	$122.17	$761	+10.17
673–676	675	17	121.00–128.50	$125.98	$850	+3.98
733–747	740	10	108.00–120.50	$111.52	$825	—
767–778	768	73	109.00–120.00	$119.21	$916	+2.60
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—
860–873	864	9	107.00–112.50	$110.65	$956	+20.65
943	943	6	105.00	$105.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	4	152.00	$152.00	$448	+17.90
368–380	374	6	128.00	$128.00	$479	—
418–445	436	11	125.00–130.00	$127.79	$557	+6.56
488	488	2	120.00	$120.00	$586	-10.67
535–548	542	4	114.00–116.00	$114.99	$623	-2.55
585	585	6	116.00–118.00	$117.33	$686	—
623–642	638	22	114.00–116.00	$114.59	$731	-1.52
657–690	671	20	108.00–118.00	$113.49	$762	+4.83
714	714	10	94.50	$94.50	$675	—
806–840	823	9	101.00–105.00	$102.58	$844	+3.58

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	16	90.00	$90.00	$307	—
378	378	5	92.00	$92.00	$348	—
543	543	10	81.00	$81.00	$440	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	6	79.00	$79.00	$409	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	433	8	135.00–144.00	$140.37	$608	+0.63
453–473	466	6	135.00–144.00	$137.91	$643	+1.91
502	502	5	130.00	$130.00	$653	—
567–598	585	10	126.00–127.00	$126.70	$741	+2.35
639	639	5	121.00	$121.00	$773	+2.69
665–683	676	5	113.00–114.00	$113.39	$767	-1.85
715–738	732	12	108.00–115.00	$113.02	$827	+19.74
768	768	2	112.00	$112.00	$860	+20.50
808–848	834	11	100.00–110.00	$102.07	$851	+4.07
850	850	2	90.00	$90.00	$765	-13.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–331	329	13	176.00–182.00	$177.36	$584	—
392	392	5	160.00	$160.00	$627	+2.92
472	472	10	140.00	$140.00	$661	—
522	522	9	151.00	$151.00	$788	—
578	578	7	140.00	$140.00	$809	—
680	680	11	122.00	$122.00	$830	—
748	748	9	119.00	$119.00	$890	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	8	129.00	$129.00	$613	-9.50
564	564	13	133.00	$133.00	$750	+9.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$478	—
750–1095	924	85-90%	35	30.00–42.50	$36.80	$340	-12.40
755–1330	986	85-90%	82	40.00–58.50	$46.40	$458	—
835–1338	1095	85-90%	154	45.00–69.50	$57.33	$628	—
998–1346	1248	85-90%	11	58.00–65.00	$60.39	$754	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1280	1163	80-85%	19	49.50–58.75	$52.63	$612	—
1100–1485	1287	80-85%	109	55.00–69.00	$64.16	$826	—
1300–1530	1463	80-85%	20	63.00–67.00	$64.72	$947	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1560	1450	75-80%	3	52.75–58.25	$54.67	$793	—
1490–1800	1600	75-80%	5	60.00–61.75	$61.01	$976	-3.94
1565–1818	1619	75-80%	12	64.00–68.00	$66.23	$1,072	+1.28

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1800	1471	8	69.00–84.00	$76.16	$1,120	—
1455–1840	1614	9	83.00–95.00	$89.24	$1,440	+2.94
1470–1935	1743	6	97.00–99.00	$97.51	$1,700	-0.51

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	1	70.00	$70.00	$774	—
1285	1285	1	65.00	$65.00	$835	—
1510–1525	1518	2	70.00–75.00	$72.49	$1,100	—
1655	1655	1	82.50	$82.50	$1,365	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
732–1200	1004	(<2 yrs)	Open	28	82.00–99.00	$85.37	$857
863–1220	1099	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	79.00–86.00	$83.94	$923
1013–1285	1132	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	60.00–64.00	$62.26	$705

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
658–775 thin fleshed	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	27.00–36.00	$30.96	$218

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1338	1201	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	825.00–910.00	$871.68

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
824–1190	876	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	675.00–735.00	$720.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	975.00	$975.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–900	853	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	675.00–780.00	$724.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
960–1020	990	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$748.48

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
438–653	595	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	68	830.00–1,075.00	$999.06	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
539–690	626	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,247.10	—
900–950	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–950.00	$925.68	—
900–1015	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	825.00	$825.00	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	775.00–800.00	$787.50	—
1000–1155	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	800.00–1,000.00	$866.99	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
537–563	541	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	700.00–790.00	$774.40	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	14	82.00	$82.00	$284	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	4	96.00	$96.00	$338	—

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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.