Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 9, 2021

6,878 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.59/cwt +9.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,256/hd at 863 lb · 504 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.68/cwt -0.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 719 lb · 401 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.08/cwt -0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,018/hd at 687 lb · 362 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,878	4,389	4,449
Feeder cattle	6,011	3,679	3,760
Slaughter cattle	660	633	562
Replacement cattle	207	77	127

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady with instances 4.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	191.00	$191.00	$583	—
405–435	421	27	167.00–181.00	$173.93	$732	+4.96
450–475	467	14	170.00–174.00	$172.74	$807	+0.02
500–548	518	19	150.00–160.00	$154.09	$798	-3.85
553–597	580	32	148.00–162.00	$153.28	$889	-7.04
608–647	630	79	141.50–161.00	$150.64	$949	-7.58
655–686	678	106	142.00–155.00	$152.15	$1,032	+12.98
683 unweaned	683	4	140.00	$140.00	$956	—
703–746	719	401	136.00–155.50	$148.68	$1,069	-0.69
751–799	769	157	137.00–151.00	$145.06	$1,116	+2.91
802–835	807	210	130.50–152.25	$149.98	$1,210	+16.33
853–877	863	504	137.00–146.75	$145.59	$1,256	+9.37

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	2	209.00	$209.00	$602	—
353	353	6	211.00	$211.00	$745	-23.00
425–444	441	30	180.00–187.00	$186.07	$821	+8.24
448 thin fleshed	448	38	192.00	$192.00	$860	—
485	485	9	179.50	$179.50	$871	—
501–532	514	20	167.00–184.00	$172.45	$886	+4.32
550–595	563	48	165.00–173.00	$168.73	$950	+3.73
567 fancy	567	21	178.00	$178.00	$1,009	—
602–643	624	80	156.00–173.00	$166.13	$1,037	+6.48
622–646 unweaned	637	19	159.00–161.00	$159.90	$1,019	-6.10
676 unweaned	676	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,082	—
667–699	680	270	165.00–168.50	$166.89	$1,135	+7.69
700–717	708	190	159.00–163.50	$161.52	$1,144	+5.52
716	716	70	162.25	$162.25	$1,162	+6.25
753 unweaned	753	29	154.50	$154.50	$1,163	—
772	772	35	137.00	$137.00	$1,058	-20.09
768–792	786	13	155.00–157.00	$155.45	$1,222	-1.64
806 fancy	806	192	157.75	$157.75	$1,271	—
802–829	822	131	140.00–152.50	$151.28	$1,244	+18.78
897	897	87	147.50	$147.50	$1,323	+7.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–224	214	7	162.00–174.00	$169.19	$362	—
377–378	378	6	162.00–169.00	$165.50	$626	—
395 unweaned	395	1	159.00	$159.00	$628	—
406–438	416	12	140.00–169.00	$149.96	$624	-8.04
459–498	484	41	140.00–168.00	$152.00	$736	-12.00
524–548	534	19	138.00–146.00	$141.43	$755	-1.62
555–593	573	37	138.00–148.00	$142.92	$819	-2.10
623–645	632	11	132.00–140.00	$136.60	$863	-0.81
655–693	673	38	131.00–141.00	$134.79	$907	-0.15
740–746	744	10	130.00–134.00	$132.60	$987	+2.50
755–795	763	17	131.00–139.00	$136.15	$1,039	+7.61
830–842	838	8	123.00–126.00	$125.38	$1,051	-6.93
864–868	865	6	124.00–131.00	$126.34	$1,093	—
905–916	909	19	128.00–132.00	$130.52	$1,186	+4.21

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	3	140.00	$140.00	$606	—
450–472	467	9	140.00–149.00	$141.93	$663	-1.09

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 thin fleshed	250	1	183.00	$183.00	$458	—
354–386	377	27	161.00–179.00	$172.65	$651	-8.72
367–397 thin fleshed	380	12	179.00–185.00	$181.62	$690	—
423 unweaned	423	2	158.00	$158.00	$668	-2.50
418–445	435	48	162.50–166.00	$163.76	$712	+6.83
452–485	473	31	147.00–159.50	$154.12	$729	-8.14
520 thin fleshed	520	2	161.00	$161.00	$837	—
509–545	526	63	144.00–151.50	$147.78	$777	-11.21
556–575 unweaned	560	17	137.00–140.00	$139.28	$780	—
570–594	585	60	144.00–150.00	$145.29	$850	-6.88
614–628 unweaned	620	34	130.00–143.00	$138.28	$857	—
606–647	634	71	141.50–154.00	$143.38	$909	-7.97
635	635	3	125.50	$125.50	$797	-25.85
673 unweaned	673	2	130.00	$130.00	$875	—
684	684	56	148.00	$148.00	$1,012	-0.36
682–689	688	304	146.75–151.50	$148.21	$1,020	-0.15
702	702	19	123.50	$123.50	$867	-4.36
700–744	715	26	124.00–129.00	$126.94	$908	-17.66
720	720	25	129.50	$129.50	$932	-15.10
729 unweaned	729	15	138.00	$138.00	$1,006	—
771	771	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,002	-6.77
750–788	775	63	122.00–142.50	$134.98	$1,046	-1.79
806–814	810	97	132.50–133.00	$132.76	$1,075	-0.81
803–823	813	126	137.50–139.00	$138.24	$1,124	+4.67
859	859	16	131.00	$131.00	$1,125	+1.31
933–940	935	20	115.00–118.00	$117.10	$1,095	—
1000	1000	13	114.50	$114.50	$1,145	+2.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391–395	392	8	157.00–177.00	$171.96	$674	+19.96
415–437	430	13	152.00–166.00	$161.84	$696	+9.43
458–497	482	21	145.00–153.00	$150.74	$727	+1.68
500–549	533	38	132.50–149.00	$139.17	$742	-4.35
550–597	569	52	130.00–142.00	$140.71	$801	+1.00
609–647	637	39	128.00–140.00	$134.48	$857	-1.62
650–695	666	118	128.00–141.00	$132.28	$881	+5.60
740	740	2	115.00	$115.00	$851	-18.10
754–768	759	6	114.00–137.00	$129.24	$981	-4.47
800–835	804	65	114.00–131.75	$129.76	$1,043	+25.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	148.00	$148.00	$385	—
345	345	2	146.00	$146.00	$504	—
353–383	373	6	135.00–148.00	$141.50	$528	+13.50
403–445	433	10	132.00–139.00	$133.81	$579	-6.59
465–480	471	5	142.00–143.00	$142.59	$672	+1.59
523–548	528	10	126.00–136.00	$133.92	$707	+7.93
555	555	3	119.00	$119.00	$660	-11.65
608–620	611	6	111.00–124.00	$120.13	$734	-5.87
655–690	675	26	115.00–127.00	$123.20	$832	-1.80
715	715	2	114.00	$114.00	$815	—
757	757	9	112.00	$112.00	$848	—
808	808	4	111.00	$111.00	$897	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	—	—	7	181.00	$181.00	$581	—
460–463	463	—	—	43	165.00–172.50	$172.15	$797	—
620 unweaned	620	—	—	5	144.00	$144.00	$893	—
626	626	—	—	4	147.00	$147.00	$920	-0.31
1125–1595	1386	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	8	87.00–115.00	$101.64	$1,409	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	6	185.00	$185.00	$681	—
589	589	11	151.00	$151.00	$889	—
803	803	15	128.00	$128.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	3	136.00	$136.00	$694	+8.02
668	668	2	126.00	$126.00	$842	+1.00
760–768	763	5	109.00–114.00	$111.01	$847	-5.99
825–843	834	6	92.00–106.00	$99.08	$826	-0.92

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–960	854	85-90%	16	36.00–41.00	$39.59	$338	—
790–950	875	85-90%	4	52.50–59.50	$54.77	$479	+8.88
845–1040	944	85-90%	30	40.50–58.50	$45.50	$430	—
780–1208	1034	85-90%	59	40.00–50.00	$47.50	$491	+2.90
955–1215	1102	85-90%	39	53.00–65.00	$55.06	$607	—
1070–1177	1161	85-90%	13	72.00–74.50	$73.12	$849	+3.80
930–1426	1223	85-90%	67	60.00–74.00	$68.69	$840	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1395	1262	80-85%	9	63.50–66.00	$63.95	$807	-13.98
990–1600	1346	80-85%	60	68.00–77.00	$72.95	$982	—
1218–1520	1408	80-85%	35	78.00–81.00	$78.82	$1,110	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1845	1546	75-80%	7	60.00–74.00	$67.64	$1,046	-22.88

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1850	1583	4	74.50–85.50	$79.91	$1,265	-5.09
1440–2070	1719	17	88.00–95.00	$92.31	$1,587	—
1670–2110	1856	11	95.50–99.75	$97.82	$1,816	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1920	1453	6	78.00–84.00	$80.68	$1,172	—
1565–1935	1742	5	88.00–98.00	$94.29	$1,643	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–945	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	84.00–87.00	$85.69	$720
830–1009	976	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	99.00–111.00	$108.60	$1,060
1010–1295	1211	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	62.00–70.00	$67.10	$813
1025–1518	1308	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	41	71.00–78.00	$74.00	$968

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1030	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	92.00–111.00	$105.71	$978
1100–1340	1198	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	72.00–77.00	$75.55	$905

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780 thin fleshed	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	27.00	$27.00	$211

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1003–1159	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	950.00–1,075.00	$1,036.93
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1263	1263	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	960.00	$960.00
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	910.00	$910.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
923–1470	1080	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	975.00–1,075.00	$1,034.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970–1187	1133	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,075.00–1,225.00	$1,107.11

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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
618–758	664	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,351.81	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1125–1150	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–900.00	$824.18	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
508	508	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	+150.24

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	150.00	$150.00	$720	—
621	621	8	137.00	$137.00	$851	—
729	729	8	125.00	$125.00	$911	—

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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.