Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 17, 2021

3,955 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $133.74/cwt +0.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,039/hd at 777 lb · 247 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $129.05/cwt +3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,143/hd at 886 lb · 162 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.90/cwt +13.40 vs last sale · ≈ $977/hd at 669 lb · 155 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,955	4,704	6,127
Feeder cattle	3,215	3,728	5,480
Slaughter cattle	614	688	539
Replacement cattle	126	288	108

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Thunderstorms throughout the first part of the week, dumped several inches of much needed rain, but hampered cattle movement.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
229	229	10	191.00	$191.00	$437	—
250–280	261	16	185.00–194.00	$190.38	$497	-25.12
311	311	19	185.00	$185.00	$575	±0.00
396–399	397	26	175.00–176.00	$175.19	$696	-19.81
438 thin fleshed	438	89	187.25	$187.25	$820	—
469	469	8	156.00	$156.00	$732	-9.04
500–546	523	32	139.00–160.50	$156.46	$818	-1.82
542 unweaned	542	7	146.00	$146.00	$791	—
560–591	565	44	148.00–154.00	$153.00	$864	+3.74
612–622	619	51	150.00–154.00	$150.90	$934	+2.57
658–683 unweaned	664	24	136.00–142.50	$140.46	$933	+15.46
660–687	670	129	135.00–149.00	$147.34	$987	+7.34
692	692	2	118.00	$118.00	$817	-22.00
707–739	717	47	137.50–144.00	$140.90	$1,010	+3.92
761	761	11	127.50	$127.50	$970	-5.75
767–786	778	236	130.50–135.50	$134.03	$1,043	+0.78
845	845	9	133.50	$133.50	$1,128	+2.89
874–895	886	162	126.50–129.50	$129.05	$1,143	+3.82
909	909	13	127.00	$127.00	$1,154	+4.05
959	959	48	125.00	$125.00	$1,199	+3.05
1007	1007	53	121.00	$121.00	$1,218	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	192.00	$192.00	$490	—
310	310	2	173.00	$173.00	$536	+8.00
355–383	374	3	170.00	$170.00	$636	-2.51
448	448	5	161.00	$161.00	$721	+3.66
450–470	467	6	157.00–166.00	$164.55	$768	+11.68
482 thin fleshed	482	13	167.00	$167.00	$805	—
503–510	508	8	141.00–151.00	$145.73	$740	+0.25
550–586	580	6	145.00–148.00	$147.53	$856	+6.47
603	603	2	134.00	$134.00	$808	-0.93
611 unweaned	611	3	130.00	$130.00	$794	-7.00
665	665	1	132.00	$132.00	$878	-6.74
702–744	742	152	123.00–135.50	$134.92	$1,001	+6.65
770–783	781	17	121.00–130.50	$129.40	$1,011	—
839	839	9	123.50	$123.50	$1,036	-7.00
884	884	8	120.50	$120.50	$1,065	-1.00
966	966	51	116.50	$116.50	$1,125	—
1074	1074	23	105.00	$105.00	$1,128	—
1078	1078	2	100.00	$100.00	$1,078	—
1288	1288	2	94.00	$94.00	$1,211	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–280	267	5	147.00–156.00	$150.78	$403	-6.76
340	340	5	163.00	$163.00	$554	—
350–395	373	6	158.00–168.00	$162.70	$607	+5.93
400–443	421	18	150.00–160.00	$153.20	$645	-1.80
453–488	467	12	146.00–159.00	$150.93	$705	-6.58
493 thin fleshed	493	4	146.00	$146.00	$720	—
500–538	518	13	125.00–139.00	$134.29	$696	+1.79
570	570	6	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$772	+4.17
602–613	605	17	126.00–135.00	$131.38	$795	+1.54
710–720	717	11	119.00–125.00	$122.83	$881	+3.76
755–780	765	5	116.00–123.00	$118.85	$909	+1.32
866	866	7	117.00	$117.00	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–395	381	5	139.00–141.00	$140.17	$534	—
478	478	3	130.00	$130.00	$621	+17.00
506	506	4	127.00	$127.00	$643	—
563	563	2	128.00	$128.00	$721	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	10	74.00	$74.00	$300	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	9	169.00	$169.00	$394	-31.00
326	326	11	157.00	$157.00	$512	-5.50
340 unweaned	340	1	154.00	$154.00	$524	—
387	387	2	130.00	$130.00	$503	-24.24
405–427	423	24	144.00–152.00	$146.83	$621	-11.41
462–472	467	19	140.00–160.00	$147.50	$689	+4.45
516 unweaned	516	12	139.00	$139.00	$717	—
505–542	529	20	131.25–141.00	$136.75	$723	-6.81
555–576	565	34	132.00–139.00	$137.68	$778	+6.57
598 unweaned	598	12	124.00	$124.00	$742	—
603	603	5	136.00	$136.00	$820	+4.55
609–649 unweaned	634	30	128.00–130.00	$128.26	$813	+9.26
657–676	665	30	127.00–131.00	$129.98	$864	+14.98
694 unweaned	694	8	124.00	$124.00	$861	—
725	725	6	118.00	$118.00	$856	+8.00
727–739	738	145	125.50–127.00	$125.71	$928	+1.07
753	753	8	120.00	$120.00	$904	-5.04
798	798	8	115.00	$115.00	$918	±0.00
832	832	10	123.00	$123.00	$1,023	+3.07
964	964	6	114.50	$114.50	$1,104	-3.00
1016	1016	49	108.25	$108.25	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	167.00	$167.00	$401	—
270	270	2	162.00	$162.00	$437	—
326	326	5	149.00	$149.00	$486	—
406 thin fleshed	406	9	156.00	$156.00	$633	—
403–448	434	16	139.00–147.00	$143.85	$624	+0.20
471 thin fleshed	471	10	150.00	$150.00	$706	—
450–496	482	49	136.00–144.00	$138.56	$668	+0.72
523–548	530	7	129.00–132.00	$131.11	$695	+3.89
553–599	582	14	125.50–135.00	$129.26	$752	+6.89
593 unweaned	593	2	116.00	$116.00	$688	—
593	593	5	120.00	$120.00	$712	-2.37
600–644	611	50	122.00–130.00	$125.93	$769	+3.76
657–686	676	23	120.00–126.00	$121.27	$820	-4.71
708	708	4	116.00–117.00	$116.50	$825	+4.98
763	763	70	123.75	$123.75	$944	+4.54
804–810	805	18	106.50–117.00	$108.85	$876	-1.15
905–939	922	22	92.00–116.50	$104.48	$963	-0.52
930	930	26	103.25	$103.25	$960	-1.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–241	241	6	137.00–152.00	$141.99	$342	—
353–395	370	5	130.00–139.00	$133.85	$495	+5.85
425–432	431	15	131.00–132.00	$131.20	$565	+3.41
455–494	481	12	121.00–133.00	$125.50	$604	+5.50
533	533	5	118.00	$118.00	$629	+3.01
560	560	2	120.00	$120.00	$672	+2.67
603–628	613	5	110.00–120.00	$115.90	$710	+1.31
650–683	664	11	109.00–113.00	$110.53	$734	-2.96
726	726	14	117.00	$117.00	$849	+22.50
833	833	3	104.00	$104.00	$866	+1.42
852	852	3	105.00	$105.00	$895	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–489	476	10	92.00–116.00	$106.79	$508	—
766	766	8	91.00	$91.00	$697	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	5	115.00	$115.00	$661	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582	582	5	86.00	$86.00	$501	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–458	456	6	140.00–142.00	$140.99	$643	+3.08
543	543	5	128.00	$128.00	$695	—
553	553	5	122.00	$122.00	$675	-4.70
623–637	631	5	106.00–126.00	$118.11	$745	-2.89
685	685	5	106.00	$106.00	$726	-7.39
800–820	810	6	100.00–105.00	$102.47	$830	+0.40

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574	574	21	150.00	$150.00	$861	+10.00
695	695	2	119.00	$119.00	$827	-3.00
750–774	769	5	110.00	$110.00	$846	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	11	157.00	$157.00	$716	+28.00
589	589	10	148.00	$148.00	$872	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1147	1147	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	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
670–710	690	85-90%	2	24.00–30.00	$26.91	$186	—
760–850	805	85-90%	2	41.50–49.50	$45.72	$368	-12.28
860–890	873	85-90%	4	53.00–60.00	$57.54	$502	—
733–1035	904	85-90%	19	31.00–44.00	$37.57	$340	+0.77
725–1140	970	85-90%	51	41.00–57.50	$46.91	$455	+0.51
877–1409	1146	85-90%	122	46.00–70.00	$58.09	$666	—
970–1550	1308	85-90%	31	63.00–73.00	$65.29	$854	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1350	1162	80-85%	8	53.50–60.00	$54.77	$636	+2.14
970–1840	1251	80-85%	89	54.00–72.00	$62.05	$776	—
1060–1573	1299	80-85%	17	65.00–73.00	$67.88	$882	+3.72

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1945	1503	75-80%	8	52.00–64.75	$60.42	$908	—
1300–1790	1545	75-80%	2	55.00–56.50	$55.87	$863	—
1495–1845	1612	75-80%	3	64.50–68.00	$66.66	$1,075	+0.43

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,076	—
1535–1703	1665	9	86.00–91.00	$90.04	$1,499	—
1635–2015	1821	8	93.00–97.00	$94.49	$1,721	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1970	1970	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,872	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1015	913	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	77.00–93.00	$80.56	$736
840–1180	1061	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	51.00–60.00	$57.36	$609
1035–1205	1126	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	77.00–81.00	$77.89	$877
905–1400	1189	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	58.00–69.00	$63.89	$760

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
581–758 thin fleshed	663	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	18.00–35.00	$25.36	$168

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1170–1290	1210	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	79.00–83.50	$81.17	$982
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	77.00	$77.00	$955

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1020–1080	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	635.00–700.00	$669.47
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00
1248	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1150	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	875.00–950.00	$904.42

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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
448–630	603	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,100.00–1,325.00	$1,217.98	-29.12
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	+72.50
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	510.00	$510.00	-277.50
1100–1150	1144	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	850.00–935.00	$859.08	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	267	7	117.00–120.00	$118.80	$317	—
334	334	5	116.00	$116.00	$387	—
362	362	9	132.00	$132.00	$478	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	7	56.00	$56.00	$149	—
475	475	2	25.00	$25.00	$119	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	127.00	$127.00	$381	—
413	413	3	101.00	$101.00	$417	—
463	463	3	121.00	$121.00	$560	—

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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.