Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

3,845 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.71/cwt +0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,003/hd at 811 lb · 374 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $131.98/cwt -1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,091/hd at 827 lb · 231 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.93/cwt +6.43 vs last sale · ≈ $957/hd at 772 lb · 198 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,845	3,955	6,168
Feeder cattle	3,043	3,215	5,838
Slaughter cattle	690	614	263
Replacement cattle	112	126	67

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate to good on good demand. Scattered thunderstorms throughout the week hampered cattle movement, but benefitted pastures.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320 thin fleshed	320	15	205.00	$205.00	$656	—
363	363	11	200.00	$200.00	$726	+24.81
421–433	423	32	168.00–192.00	$187.40	$793	—
424 thin fleshed	424	91	190.00	$190.00	$806	+2.75
450 unweaned	450	3	151.00	$151.00	$680	—
463–488	479	45	160.00–178.00	$172.60	$827	+16.60
513	513	5	160.00	$160.00	$821	+3.54
531 thin fleshed	531	30	176.00	$176.00	$935	—
536	536	5	155.00	$155.00	$831	-1.46
568	568	5	157.00	$157.00	$892	+4.00
598	598	11	145.00	$145.00	$867	-8.00
605–638	627	111	145.00–157.00	$147.20	$923	-3.70
656–698	684	33	144.00–150.00	$145.92	$998	+27.92
707	707	8	131.00–135.00	$132.50	$937	-8.40
758–783	776	14	130.00–138.50	$132.75	$1,030	-1.28
803–844	827	231	128.00–140.25	$131.98	$1,091	-1.52
863–893	881	93	125.00–132.75	$130.21	$1,147	+1.16
962	962	23	125.25	$125.25	$1,205	+0.25
1061	1061	14	111.50	$111.50	$1,183	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	4	176.00	$176.00	$521	—
315–334	329	8	170.00–173.00	$172.28	$567	-0.72
410–438	430	14	159.00–168.00	$164.05	$705	+3.05
469–486	480	16	163.00–164.00	$163.94	$787	-0.61
508–545	523	6	139.00–150.00	$146.14	$764	+0.41
561–588	569	35	132.50–152.00	$146.03	$831	-1.50
614–645	626	41	131.00–146.00	$139.73	$875	+5.73
673 unweaned	673	5	134.00	$134.00	$902	—
679	679	8	135.00	$135.00	$917	+3.00
688	688	5	130.00	$130.00	$894	-2.00
706–747	726	105	127.50–136.50	$130.79	$950	-4.13
765–793	792	62	126.00–132.50	$132.19	$1,047	+2.79
808–843	816	22	124.00–125.00	$124.23	$1,014	+0.73
861	861	11	131.00	$131.00	$1,128	+10.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	153.00	$153.00	$433	+2.22
335	335	2	168.00	$168.00	$563	+5.00
362–397	373	15	158.00–166.00	$163.62	$610	+0.92
405–437	424	9	145.00–162.00	$157.81	$669	+4.61
460–498	480	37	132.50–160.00	$148.05	$711	-2.88
505–547	528	41	131.00–141.00	$135.76	$717	+1.47
560–570	568	12	139.00–140.00	$139.33	$791	+3.83
651–698	673	64	121.00–132.50	$130.89	$881	—
700–748	726	7	113.00–121.00	$117.47	$853	-5.36
764–795	774	6	123.00–124.00	$123.34	$955	+4.49
808	808	3	115.00	$115.00	$929	—
900	900	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345–348	347	5	141.00–143.00	$142.20	$493	—
391	391	4	148.00	$148.00	$579	+7.83
415–425	420	4	140.00–142.00	$141.01	$592	—
540	540	2	126.00	$126.00	$680	-1.00
583	583	2	123.00	$123.00	$717	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	2	113.50	$113.50	$766	—
780	780	2	100.00	$100.00	$780	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–288 thin fleshed	286	13	184.00–185.00	$184.07	$526	—
325	325	2	160.00	$160.00	$520	+3.00
385	385	2	161.00	$161.00	$620	+31.00
389 thin fleshed	389	86	176.00	$176.00	$685	—
403–439	422	46	137.00–160.00	$148.29	$626	+1.46
453–490	477	28	144.50–150.00	$145.69	$695	-1.81
498 thin fleshed	498	39	156.00	$156.00	$777	—
500–530	524	35	126.00–141.00	$138.42	$725	+1.67
577–594	586	36	129.00–141.50	$137.89	$808	+0.21
600 unweaned	600	15	118.00	$118.00	$708	-10.26
617–640	623	51	125.00–136.50	$134.23	$836	-1.77
651–695	679	22	125.00–133.00	$127.55	$866	-2.43
700–731	709	153	122.00–128.00	$127.68	$905	+9.68
767–779	772	197	119.25–126.75	$124.00	$957	+4.00
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	-5.00
804–823	811	374	118.00–126.75	$123.71	$1,003	+0.71
852–895	864	65	114.00–122.00	$119.95	$1,036	—
919–945	927	165	110.00–117.50	$115.18	$1,068	—
1029	1029	12	108.50	$108.50	$1,116	+0.25
1064	1064	21	110.25	$110.25	$1,173	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	5	145.00	$145.00	$502	-4.00
360–395	379	17	144.00–150.00	$147.74	$560	—
408–430	418	10	141.00–146.00	$143.45	$600	-0.40
458–487	477	17	133.00–140.00	$137.63	$656	-0.93
503–548	523	13	123.00–136.00	$131.22	$686	+0.11
550–591	560	59	125.00–136.00	$131.23	$735	+1.97
611–647	615	84	116.00–130.50	$128.51	$790	+2.58
650–684	677	122	122.00–130.00	$127.95	$866	+6.68
700–749	715	99	109.00–124.00	$121.37	$868	+4.87
755–780	768	10	111.00–121.00	$115.77	$889	-7.98
835–847	847	28	113.00–115.00	$114.93	$973	—
875	875	1	109.00	$109.00	$954	—
903	903	2	100.00	$100.00	$903	-4.48

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	7	153.00	$153.00	$445	—
330–344	338	11	117.50–134.00	$125.48	$424	—
357–390	371	17	129.00–142.00	$138.33	$513	+4.48
408–448	435	20	130.00–137.00	$134.14	$584	+2.94
455–498	469	17	120.00–137.00	$128.07	$601	+2.57
507–543	526	10	117.00–126.00	$120.76	$635	+2.76
550–576	567	24	118.00–127.00	$123.14	$698	+3.14
628–645	641	8	110.00–113.00	$110.74	$710	-5.16
655–687	670	10	105.00–120.00	$113.31	$759	+2.78
708–717	712	12	99.00–101.00	$100.16	$713	-16.84
785	785	4	108.00	$108.00	$848	—
835	835	2	93.00	$93.00	$777	-11.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	374	7	120.00–122.00	$121.45	$454	—
433	433	2	123.00	$123.00	$533	—
463–493	478	6	117.00–125.00	$120.87	$578	—
641	641	5	116.00	$116.00	$744	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	131.00	$131.00	$537	—
490–498	494	6	129.00–142.00	$135.35	$669	—
523	523	2	130.00	$130.00	$680	+2.00
573–588	581	8	119.00–129.00	$123.80	$719	+1.80
618–643	628	9	112.00–122.00	$117.13	$736	-0.98
653	653	2	122.00	$122.00	$797	+16.00
725–748	737	4	113.00–115.00	$113.98	$840	—
775	775	2	116.00	$116.00	$899	—
808–822	815	7	92.00–104.00	$98.53	$803	-3.94
855	855	2	94.00	$94.00	$804	—
964	964	5	100.00	$100.00	$964	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	8	167.00	$167.00	$713	—
450	450	1	138.00	$138.00	$621	—
530–541	538	13	125.50–149.00	$143.66	$773	—
580	580	1	123.00	$123.00	$713	-27.00
680	680	1	122.00	$122.00	$830	+3.00
780	780	2	112.00	$112.00	$874	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	2	109.00	$109.00	$796	—
865	865	5	108.00	$108.00	$934	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641–1200	906	85-90%	35	34.00–42.00	$39.92	$362	+2.35
680–1195	991	85-90%	85	44.00–56.50	$48.45	$480	+1.54
813–1483	1132	85-90%	92	55.00–71.00	$61.29	$694	+3.20
1040–1455	1320	85-90%	30	65.00–74.00	$70.66	$933	+5.37

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1505	1275	80-85%	35	65.50–75.00	$71.36	$910	+9.31
1110–1500	1293	80-85%	73	60.00–74.00	$68.60	$887	+0.72
1480	1480	80-85%	1	61.50	$61.50	$910	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1535	1402	75-80%	12	58.00–66.50	$64.53	$905	—
1300–1610	1455	75-80%	2	61.50	$61.50	$895	—
1495–1805	1671	75-80%	8	74.00–76.50	$75.44	$1,261	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1455	1418	2	72.00–77.00	$74.43	$1,055	—
1320–2580	1685	6	84.00–96.00	$88.72	$1,495	-1.32
1775–2445	2252	11	97.00–109.00	$104.09	$2,344	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–2080	1731	4	85.00–90.00	$86.99	$1,506	—
1700–1975	1807	3	91.50–95.00	$93.09	$1,682	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–970	938	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	89.00–98.00	$94.06	$882
760–1150	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	62.00–83.00	$75.74	$746
885–1190	1046	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	63.00–75.00	$69.38	$726

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
555–980 thin fleshed	661	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	15.00–42.00	$28.31	$187

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–920	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	83.00–85.00	$84.01	$764

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1342–1360	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	860.00–900.00	$875.26
1440	1440	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–928	894	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	600.00–800.00	$755.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00
1200–1255	1226	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	610.00–750.00	$715.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	710.00–780.00	$756.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–800	775	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	610.00–625.00	$617.74

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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
594	594	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1200–1250	1225	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	950.00–1,150.00	$1,051.36	—
1200–1400	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,359.62	—

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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.