Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 31, 2021

2,169 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $139.36/cwt +6.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,084/hd at 778 lb · 175 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.00/cwt +3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $993/hd at 782 lb · 105 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.88/cwt -6.50 vs last sale · ≈ $895/hd at 543 lb · 87 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,169	3,845	7,936
Feeder cattle	1,645	3,043	7,323
Slaughter cattle	505	690	518
Replacement cattle	19	112	95

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher on a shortened holiday week. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate to good demand. Scattered thunderstorms dumped more rain, and slowed cattle movement due to muddy conditions.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538–544	543	87	164.00–171.00	$164.88	$895	+9.88
558–577	574	11	154.00–160.00	$155.06	$890	-1.94
618	618	48	159.00	$159.00	$983	+11.80
625	625	14	150.00	$150.00	$938	+2.80
656–686	664	31	145.00–147.50	$146.48	$973	+0.56
714	714	10	131.00	$131.00	$935	-1.50
751–795	778	175	133.00–143.50	$139.36	$1,084	+6.61
881	881	37	132.50	$132.50	$1,167	+2.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	4	170.00	$170.00	$588	-2.28
393	393	2	176.00	$176.00	$692	—
431	431	7	171.00	$171.00	$737	+6.95
505	505	6	145.00–148.00	$146.50	$740	+0.36
620–644	627	40	140.00–144.00	$140.64	$882	+0.91
645	645	22	125.00	$125.00	$806	-14.73
655	655	3	140.00	$140.00	$917	+5.00
725	725	1	131.00	$131.00	$950	+0.21
763–790	772	49	125.00–131.00	$129.86	$1,003	-2.33
880	880	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,109	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–388	374	7	150.00–168.00	$156.14	$584	-7.48
410–420	415	4	154.00–160.00	$157.04	$652	-0.77
465–495	485	9	150.00–157.00	$154.72	$750	+6.67
518–540	531	5	135.00–141.00	$137.34	$729	+1.58
583–593	590	7	137.00–138.00	$137.28	$810	-2.05
612–630	617	4	115.00–129.00	$125.42	$774	—
650–695	674	7	131.00–133.00	$131.56	$887	+0.67
758	758	2	118.00	$118.00	$894	-5.34
860–865	863	2	115.00–118.00	$116.50	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–420	414	6	136.00–144.00	$139.94	$579	-1.07

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–438	433	7	147.00–149.00	$147.27	$638	-1.02
560–589	580	14	130.00–140.00	$135.37	$785	-2.52
622 unweaned	622	5	125.00	$125.00	$778	+7.00
631–647	642	33	129.00–134.00	$133.26	$856	-0.97
673–694	693	70	125.00–129.00	$128.89	$893	+1.34
712–731	725	25	125.50–128.00	$127.21	$922	-0.47
781–782	782	105	127.00	$127.00	$993	+17.00
835	835	2	119.00	$119.00	$994	-4.71
863	863	47	117.00	$117.00	$1,010	-2.95
925	925	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,018	-5.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–444	432	16	130.00–147.00	$140.46	$607	-2.99
480–495	485	27	131.00–142.00	$135.31	$656	-2.32
540–545	543	3	130.00–131.00	$130.67	$710	-0.55
555–595	584	4	130.00–135.00	$132.71	$775	+1.48
605–615	614	46	127.00–132.00	$127.43	$782	-1.08
703–737	735	32	114.00–119.50	$118.86	$874	-2.51
750–768	760	46	111.00–120.00	$117.13	$890	+1.36
800	800	2	112.00	$112.00	$896	—
852	852	5	110.00	$110.00	$937	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	2	133.00	$133.00	$330	—
275–278	277	4	140.00–142.00	$140.99	$391	-12.01
362–398	375	7	129.00–134.00	$130.80	$491	-7.53
448	448	2	138.00	$138.00	$618	+3.86
470–485	478	4	136.00–137.00	$136.49	$652	+8.42
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	-10.76
620–648	639	3	110.00–119.00	$116.09	$742	+5.35
650–680	664	8	109.00–119.00	$117.23	$778	+3.92
700–730	723	4	103.00–114.00	$105.66	$764	+5.50
750–765	754	6	99.00–107.00	$103.66	$782	-4.34
867–875	869	7	104.00–108.00	$105.86	$920	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	13	112.00	$112.00	$512	—
740	740	26	108.00	$108.00	$799	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–588	583	5	128.00–129.00	$128.40	$749	+4.60
600–633	617	4	117.00–122.00	$119.43	$737	+2.30
715–738	727	4	110.00–114.00	$111.97	$814	-2.01

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	3	150.00	$150.00	$810	+6.34

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–742	740	85-90%	4	31.00–40.00	$33.23	$246	—
695–1250	923	85-90%	29	30.00–44.00	$39.78	$367	-0.14
930–989	973	85-90%	12	50.00–53.00	$51.34	$500	+2.89
985–998	994	85-90%	3	47.00–61.00	$51.63	$513	+3.18
805–1420	1094	85-90%	62	59.00–77.00	$66.52	$728	—
705–1440	1097	85-90%	46	45.00–60.50	$54.28	$595	—
1062–1835	1203	85-90%	24	63.00–80.00	$67.51	$812	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1087–1585	1257	80-85%	51	60.00–77.00	$67.41	$847	-3.95
1000–1390	1295	80-85%	7	55.00–60.00	$57.98	$751	-10.62
1202–1715	1311	80-85%	27	70.00–80.00	$73.62	$965	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1805	1589	75-80%	39	76.00–80.00	$79.08	$1,257	—
1610–1705	1645	75-80%	3	71.50–74.00	$72.86	$1,199	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1485	1315	3	70.00–82.00	$77.34	$1,017	—
1315–1680	1478	4	84.00–95.00	$89.74	$1,326	—
1390–2145	1788	6	97.00–106.50	$100.47	$1,796	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–960	957	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	95.00–108.00	$105.43	$1,009
920–1300	1034	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	66.00–69.00	$67.17	$695

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
505–725 thin fleshed	615	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	30.00–35.00	$32.95	$203

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
495	495	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.