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Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 23, 2021

4,706 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.77/cwt +19.18 vs last sale · ≈ $972/hd at 628 lb · 251 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $160.24/cwt -2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,072/hd at 669 lb · 147 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $156.48/cwt +10.91 vs last sale · ≈ $1,089/hd at 696 lb · 144 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,706 3,587 6,163
Feeder cattle 3,817 2,821 5,189
Slaughter cattle 776 719 589
Replacement cattle 113 47 385

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Temperatures returned to the 90s after some areas were fortunate to get rainfall.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
312–324 322 20 196.00–200.00 $199.22 $641 +2.62
384 384 5 200.00 $200.00 $768 +0.93
403 403 3 187.00 $187.00 $754 —
456–494 474 99 183.00–186.00 $184.15 $873 +5.03
512–515 unweaned 514 21 170.00–171.00 $170.76 $878 —
509–548 524 37 166.00–183.00 $175.64 $920 +3.15
551–593 577 89 163.00–171.00 $166.84 $963 +4.89
585 unweaned 585 10 159.00 $159.00 $930 —
614 unweaned 614 7 161.00 $161.00 $989 +10.40
615–645 627 10 157.00–171.00 $167.47 $1,050 +4.13
653–698 664 117 155.00–169.50 $166.07 $1,103 +3.56
690 unweaned 690 30 137.50 $137.50 $949 —
703–748 710 67 165.00–170.75 $169.76 $1,205 +11.78
705–741 726 63 146.00–167.50 $158.20 $1,149 +0.22
753–793 768 65 149.00–163.00 $158.89 $1,220 +3.31
805–832 825 140 143.00–161.00 $157.65 $1,301 +7.65
853–886 876 40 147.00–151.00 $149.12 $1,306 -0.88
915–929 919 22 140.00–149.00 $143.85 $1,322 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 2 182.00 $182.00 $610 -11.70
380–385 383 3 179.00–192.00 $187.70 $719 +1.58
410 410 1 178.00 $178.00 $730 +13.95
460–491 486 21 170.00–177.00 $173.11 $841 +6.55
525 unweaned 525 12 152.00 $152.00 $798 —
530–547 543 21 151.00–161.00 $157.72 $856 +1.51
570–575 unweaned 574 4 156.00–161.00 $157.24 $903 —
550–598 579 59 150.00–162.00 $159.14 $921 +13.25
600–635 618 27 143.00–165.00 $147.76 $913 +0.87
625–633 unweaned 630 5 146.00–151.00 $149.02 $939 —
649 649 6 147.00 $147.00 $954 +0.11
653–698 696 144 145.00–157.50 $156.48 $1,089 +10.21
705–715 unweaned 708 3 131.00–135.00 $132.35 $937 -7.65
713–728 723 80 139.00–159.00 $154.00 $1,113 -0.98
776 776 11 139.00 $139.00 $1,079 -9.75
822 822 17 144.00 $144.00 $1,184 +1.73
863–898 883 19 138.00–142.00 $140.94 $1,245 -1.57
1076 1076 9 125.00 $125.00 $1,345 +11.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
343 343 2 172.00 $172.00 $590 —
393 393 2 172.00 $172.00 $676 —
435 435 7 166.00–169.00 $167.29 $728 +11.93
454–495 475 12 154.00–163.00 $158.83 $754 —
510–548 528 11 140.00–150.00 $144.40 $762 +19.33
563–583 572 7 145.00–148.00 $146.31 $837 +2.36
605–645 629 37 135.00–143.00 $139.37 $877 +0.97
662–690 668 13 135.00–144.00 $140.97 $942 +0.03
712–738 721 11 125.00–135.00 $132.60 $956 —
752–795 767 14 127.00–139.00 $134.58 $1,032 +7.07
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
505–525 512 6 124.00–139.00 $133.87 $685 —
558 558 2 133.00 $133.00 $742 —
633 633 2 131.00 $131.00 $829 —
690 690 2 129.00 $129.00 $890 —
Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
611 611 7 127.50 $127.50 $779 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
323–343 326 14 163.00–170.00 $168.95 $551 —
356 356 7 176.00 $176.00 $627 +7.00
403–436 431 20 155.00–160.50 $159.73 $688 ±0.00
455–459 unweaned 459 9 145.00–149.00 $145.44 $668 —
452–495 470 80 154.00–162.00 $159.84 $751 -2.05
525–544 unweaned 530 20 139.50–147.00 $141.88 $752 —
518–549 538 82 143.00–161.00 $151.22 $814 +0.32
557–584 563 66 141.00–157.00 $146.34 $824 -0.56
563–593 unweaned 583 6 139.00–140.00 $139.68 $814 —
587 587 3 124.00 $124.00 $728 -22.90
614 614 78 163.50 $163.50 $1,004 +15.16
602–648 632 131 141.00–159.00 $155.56 $983 +26.06
600–648 unweaned 642 42 135.50–145.00 $136.09 $874 +4.59
650–685 674 77 140.00–157.00 $151.15 $1,019 +20.17
687–699 unweaned 694 20 134.00–136.00 $134.95 $937 -0.05
705–745 738 84 127.00–148.50 $143.34 $1,058 +1.63
751–789 771 75 133.00–148.00 $142.66 $1,100 +18.50
755–790 774 25 130.00–137.00 $132.30 $1,024 +8.14
831 831 6 126.00 $126.00 $1,047 -6.00
835 835 64 139.75 $139.75 $1,167 +7.75
870 870 15 131.00–132.00 $131.53 $1,144 —
871 871 6 115.00 $115.00 $1,002 —
912 912 39 139.25 $139.25 $1,270 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
337 337 3 155.00 $155.00 $522 -5.12
355 355 2 158.00 $158.00 $561 -1.40
408 408 4 146.00 $146.00 $596 -3.92
477–490 486 15 143.00–149.00 $145.31 $706 -1.16
508–548 524 21 134.00–141.00 $137.96 $723 -3.04
533 unweaned 533 2 135.00 $135.00 $720 -15.00
563–595 576 28 133.00–145.00 $139.68 $805 +6.90
605–645 638 27 132.00–140.00 $138.32 $882 +8.56
640 unweaned 640 10 131.50 $131.50 $842 -10.50
658 unweaned 658 5 135.00 $135.00 $888 +11.50
650–695 673 50 132.00–150.00 $140.25 $944 +24.25
700–738 717 15 116.00–135.50 $127.32 $913 +3.68
753–788 766 9 118.00–125.00 $120.65 $924 -10.26
828 828 18 125.00 $125.00 $1,035 —
880 880 3 116.00 $116.00 $1,021 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–335 324 7 147.00–150.00 $148.30 $480 -1.70
371 371 5 136.00 $136.00 $505 -6.00
404–445 422 7 140.00–142.00 $141.10 $595 -1.90
462–470 465 5 133.00–139.00 $136.58 $635 -1.42
538 538 4 132.00 $132.00 $710 —
567–595 572 6 120.00–133.00 $128.20 $733 —
603–645 619 9 116.00–128.00 $122.28 $757 —
651 651 6 129.00 $129.00 $840 +6.21
731 731 6 111.00 $111.00 $811 —
767 767 3 125.00 $125.00 $959 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
491 491 19 177.00 $177.00 $869 -2.00
519–526 523 13 168.00–175.00 $171.21 $895 +23.28
613 613 32 147.50 $147.50 $904 +21.50
673–676 675 10 142.00–143.00 $142.60 $963 +0.60
747 747 5 134.00 $134.00 $1,001 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
674–690 679 6 118.00–129.00 $121.72 $826 —
710 710 2 117.00 $117.00 $831 —
768 768 2 120.00 $120.00 $922 —
818–820 819 9 105.00–113.00 $107.66 $882 —
875–898 889 5 104.00–106.00 $105.21 $935 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
629 629 5 130.00 $130.00 $818 +8.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
800–942 890 85-90% 18 26.00–55.00 $30.85 $275 —
863–1085 924 85-90% 25 35.00–39.00 $37.79 $349 -2.03
880–1401 1026 85-90% 75 34.00–54.50 $43.99 $451 -28.51
965–1345 1075 85-90% 55 49.00–62.00 $53.45 $575 -1.68
920–1389 1144 85-90% 87 61.00–71.00 $64.92 $743 —
1070–1178 1149 85-90% 15 69.00–72.50 $71.10 $817 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1000–1415 1174 80-85% 7 60.00–67.00 $63.18 $742 —
1178–1550 1289 80-85% 42 65.00–76.00 $70.50 $909 +5.58
1138–1488 1357 80-85% 24 70.00–75.00 $72.59 $985 +0.69
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1450–1599 1575 75-80% 16 61.00–72.00 $68.82 $1,084 —
1539–1680 1578 75-80% 19 71.50–80.75 $78.75 $1,243 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1410–1850 1600 12 89.50–95.00 $92.64 $1,482 —
1285–1893 1734 16 75.00–88.50 $86.43 $1,499 —
1530–2360 1762 9 95.00–101.50 $97.43 $1,717 —
YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1113–1620 1316 5 71.00–84.00 $76.24 $1,003 —
1475–1960 1725 3 88.00–94.00 $91.06 $1,571 -4.61
YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1145–1210 1172 3 65.00–70.00 $67.34 $789 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
765–1055 thin fleshed 942 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 25 41.00–54.00 $47.21 $445
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1015–1335 1126 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 14 61.00–69.50 $66.43 $748
1172 1172 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 8 72.50 $72.50 $850
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
495–800 thin fleshed 739 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 17 25.00–40.00 $31.66 $234

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1105 1105 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 935.00 $935.00
1120 1120 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 800.00 $800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
583–720 652 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 2 1,250.00–1,325.00 $1,291.44 —
1100 1100 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 3 1,435.00 $1,435.00 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
458–589 545 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 3 900.00–1,125.00 $1,062.01 +55.53

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
552 552 12 130.00 $130.00 $718 —
633 633 3 123.00 $123.00 $779 —

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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.