Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 6, 2021

4,773 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $152.83/cwt +3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,333/hd at 872 lb · 240 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.48/cwt +10.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,097/hd at 781 lb · 224 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.56/cwt +7.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,245/hd at 838 lb · 204 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,773	3,083	2,895
Feeder cattle	3,619	2,504	1,689
Slaughter cattle	915	459	725
Replacement cattle	239	120	481

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Temperatures remain summer-like despite it being September. Pastures are in good shape from recent rain last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	8	184.00	$184.00	$705	—
425–443	430	18	171.00–180.00	$173.73	$747	+13.73
453–475	464	50	168.50–178.00	$169.27	$785	-14.73
545	545	2	152.00	$152.00	$828	—
560–568	560	67	151.00–165.00	$164.17	$919	+6.50
601–635	608	37	148.75–156.00	$150.13	$913	—
640 unweaned	640	4	135.00	$135.00	$864	-3.99
652–677	671	78	150.00–154.50	$151.56	$1,017	+15.47
696 unweaned	696	5	141.00	$141.00	$981	+6.00
703–723	708	43	135.00–154.50	$148.56	$1,052	+3.19
745	745	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,006	—
761	761	8	130.00	$130.00	$989	—
753–795	770	90	136.50–150.00	$147.13	$1,133	+1.13
809–848	838	204	131.00–150.00	$148.56	$1,245	+7.82
860–864	861	21	141.00–146.00	$143.71	$1,237	—
898	898	29	130.50	$130.50	$1,172	—
925	925	4	127.50	$127.50	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	4	199.00	$199.00	$736	±0.00
378 unweaned	378	3	186.00	$186.00	$703	+2.00
425–443 unweaned	430	18	184.00–188.00	$185.90	$799	—
409–446	433	13	182.00–189.00	$186.47	$807	-2.40
498	498	13	174.75	$174.75	$870	—
513 thin fleshed	513	12	176.00	$176.00	$903	—
505–539	516	30	167.00–171.00	$170.14	$878	-7.94
561–562 unweaned	562	52	159.00–160.50	$159.49	$896	-2.51
567	567	9	163.00	$163.00	$924	-2.65
600–648	626	31	155.00–164.00	$160.98	$1,008	-7.36
640 unweaned	640	14	149.50	$149.50	$957	-7.96
672–682 unweaned	678	70	140.00–145.00	$142.27	$965	-2.23
724	724	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,050	-15.87
730	730	20	155.00	$155.00	$1,132	-5.87
781 unweaned	781	10	139.00	$139.00	$1,086	+4.50
808	808	15	149.00	$149.00	$1,204	-10.50
861–886	872	240	151.00–154.25	$152.83	$1,333	-1.17
900–925	912	51	140.50–148.00	$146.24	$1,334	-0.76
994	994	39	134.00	$134.00	$1,332	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	163.00	$163.00	$685	—
450–493	479	22	153.00–167.00	$161.38	$773	—
530–543	534	6	132.50–142.00	$138.78	$741	—
555	555	2	147.00	$147.00	$816	—
630–648	636	12	134.00–140.00	$137.01	$871	—
660–695	685	24	125.50–139.00	$132.25	$906	—
713–745	724	29	122.00–132.00	$124.78	$903	—
750–793	780	14	128.00–135.00	$132.53	$1,034	—
928	928	32	120.00	$120.00	$1,114	—
958–998	978	4	116.00–119.00	$117.53	$1,149	—
1017	1017	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–477	474	5	133.00–136.00	$134.19	$636	—
528	528	2	133.00	$133.00	$702	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–364	358	11	166.00–169.00	$167.61	$600	+15.61
417–435	421	28	153.00–163.00	$161.01	$678	+2.81
431 thin fleshed	431	5	167.00	$167.00	$720	—
460 thin fleshed	460	2	166.00	$166.00	$764	—
463–469	466	8	157.00	$157.00	$732	+2.64
487 unweaned	487	11	148.00	$148.00	$721	—
502 unweaned	502	7	140.00	$140.00	$703	—
506–526	516	15	143.00–149.00	$143.88	$742	-4.13
579 unweaned	579	3	133.00	$133.00	$770	-6.90
553–597	580	105	137.00–147.00	$144.03	$835	+0.51
618–622	619	21	135.50–145.00	$138.68	$858	-7.64
666 unweaned	666	12	128.00	$128.00	$852	-7.24
689	689	14	139.00	$139.00	$958	—
702–747	734	13	132.00–133.00	$132.78	$975	—
758–787	781	224	129.50–142.50	$140.48	$1,097	+10.48
809–817	809	130	131.00–141.50	$141.03	$1,141	+7.53
820	820	13	129.50	$129.50	$1,062	-4.00
850–894	880	65	130.00–135.50	$131.20	$1,155	—
1059	1059	18	121.00	$121.00	$1,281	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–330	328	5	150.00–154.00	$152.39	$500	—
334 thin fleshed	334	4	170.00	$170.00	$568	—
407–447	426	49	141.00–150.00	$145.19	$619	—
479–495	482	5	144.00–150.00	$145.23	$700	+0.61
507–545	514	73	140.00–147.00	$146.13	$751	+1.13
550–592	582	46	136.00–139.00	$137.30	$799	-2.70
609 unweaned	609	5	129.00	$129.00	$786	—
600–647	626	89	133.00–140.00	$138.11	$865	+9.55
655–695	677	109	130.00–149.50	$144.15	$976	+12.33
707–748	724	27	119.00–139.50	$131.94	$955	-5.66
754–793	781	28	116.00–125.50	$121.56	$949	—
825	825	4	117.00–130.00	$123.50	$1,019	+2.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	4	138.00	$138.00	$415	-5.00
443	443	2	133.00	$133.00	$589	—
477–488	481	5	133.00–142.00	$136.65	$657	+21.65
551–555	554	11	130.00–131.00	$130.64	$724	—
630	630	2	130.00	$130.00	$819	—
667–683	674	10	121.00–130.00	$125.15	$844	—
723	723	3	126.00	$126.00	$911	—
768–793	782	9	117.00–120.00	$118.69	$928	-10.31
835	835	2	105.00	$105.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	10	124.00	$124.00	$582	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	8	125.00	$125.00	$639	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–490	487	5	144.00–147.00	$145.81	$710	—
533	533	2	138.00	$138.00	$736	—
575–596	586	4	132.00–135.00	$133.53	$782	—
613	613	2	130.00	$130.00	$797	—
660	660	2	132.00	$132.00	$871	—
785	785	2	108.00	$108.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	4	140.00	$140.00	$816	—
649	649	6	123.00	$123.00	$798	-12.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350 unweaned	350	3	193.00	$193.00	$676	—
595	595	2	146.00	$146.00	$869	—
802	802	2	121.00	$121.00	$970	+6.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
883–970	899	85-90%	11	20.00–22.00	$20.39	$183	-24.64
860–975	902	85-90%	37	38.50–58.00	$44.12	$398	+7.27
831–983	906	85-90%	37	29.00–50.50	$33.95	$308	-2.90
930	930	85-90%	1	64.25	$64.25	$598	+27.40
810–1175	1032	85-90%	17	30.00–46.00	$32.85	$339	—
905–1186	1094	85-90%	33	49.50–57.00	$52.28	$572	+17.28
1000–1380	1136	85-90%	56	62.50–70.00	$65.85	$748	—
1000–1365	1141	85-90%	123	53.00–71.00	$59.15	$675	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–975	963	80-85%	2	62.00–64.00	$63.01	$607	—
1025–1350	1180	80-85%	55	57.50–65.00	$61.35	$724	—
1000–1580	1276	80-85%	115	60.00–73.50	$66.87	$853	—
1060–1653	1414	80-85%	85	64.50–78.00	$73.95	$1,046	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490	1490	75-80%	1	63.50	$63.50	$946	-1.81
1350–1650	1491	75-80%	4	70.50–72.00	$71.17	$1,061	+5.86
1650–2025	1757	75-80%	9	78.00–83.00	$80.35	$1,412	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1710	1434	7	75.00–86.00	$81.17	$1,164	—
1510–1815	1699	5	85.00–94.00	$89.97	$1,529	—
2065–2480	2310	3	96.00–99.00	$97.37	$2,249	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1205	1115	3	60.00–68.00	$65.23	$727	—
1850–1915	1883	2	89.50–90.00	$89.75	$1,690	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1038	960	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	90.00–94.00	$90.96	$873
1015–1135	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	76.00–78.00	$77.28	$815
915–1465	1142	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	22	59.00–69.00	$65.02	$743
928–1535	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	67.00–72.00	$68.76	$827

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
540–865 thin fleshed	738	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	22.00–37.00	$30.45	$225

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1098 thin fleshed	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	41.00–55.00	$50.40	$478

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945	945	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,134

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
943–1390	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,063.07
1183	1183	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1096	1096	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1110–1238	1197	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1238	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
933–1080	982	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$847.51

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
847–1025	892	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	925.00–1,125.00	$982.49

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
535–664	572	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,225.04	—
623–685	652	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,192.66	—
658	658	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
743–770	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,300.00	$1,287.16	—
764	764	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	960.00	$960.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
520–565	538	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,422.49	—
544	544	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
774–812	791	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,385.00–1,400.00	$1,393.16	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480	480	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
415–563	495	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,090.77	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	5	26.00	$26.00	$106	—
589	589	7	21.00	$21.00	$124	—

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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.