Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

6,731 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $155.46/cwt +13.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,069/hd at 687 lb · 284 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.18/cwt +1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,055/hd at 712 lb · 216 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $155.69/cwt +2.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,151/hd at 739 lb · 210 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,731	4,773	6,504
Feeder cattle	5,717	3,619	4,962
Slaughter cattle	885	915	1,348
Replacement cattle	129	239	194

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 unweaned	345	2	195.00	$195.00	$673	—
345	345	1	205.00	$205.00	$707	—
362	362	6	203.00	$203.00	$735	+4.00
380 unweaned	380	3	191.00	$191.00	$726	+5.00
428–443	440	18	183.00–186.00	$183.55	$808	-2.92
442 unweaned	442	9	182.50	$182.50	$807	-3.40
474	474	8	184.00	$184.00	$872	+9.25
494 unweaned	494	5	176.00	$176.00	$869	—
500–517 unweaned	517	105	163.00–172.00	$171.92	$889	—
518–545	538	42	170.00–172.00	$171.51	$923	+1.37
551–595	577	118	150.00–163.00	$158.54	$915	-4.46
578–598 unweaned	593	53	149.00–159.50	$157.81	$936	-1.68
632	632	70	164.00	$164.00	$1,036	+3.02
668–685 unweaned	671	11	137.00–139.00	$137.37	$922	-4.90
655–695	688	273	150.00–159.00	$156.19	$1,075	—
701	701	12	148.50	$148.50	$1,041	+3.50
705–738	721	28	142.00–157.00	$152.24	$1,098	+7.24
723–743 unweaned	730	26	133.00–137.50	$136.09	$993	—
748 fancy	748	144	160.50	$160.50	$1,201	—
762–788	777	88	149.50–152.00	$150.51	$1,169	—
808	808	9	145.00	$145.00	$1,172	-4.00
805–830	819	15	139.00–148.00	$140.13	$1,148	-8.87
828 unweaned	828	9	134.00	$134.00	$1,110	—
889	889	10	151.00	$151.00	$1,342	-1.83
904	904	23	136.00	$136.00	$1,229	-10.24
934	934	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,186	-19.24
980	980	5	117.00	$117.00	$1,147	-17.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 unweaned	355	1	160.00	$160.00	$568	—
400–439	431	12	171.00–178.00	$176.74	$762	+3.01
478	478	2	171.00	$171.00	$817	+1.73
500–536	513	18	149.00–158.00	$155.10	$796	+3.10
579–596	590	14	149.00–153.00	$150.40	$887	-13.77
600	600	3	149.00	$149.00	$894	-1.13
629–631 unweaned	630	9	140.00	$140.00	$882	+5.00
652 unweaned	652	60	140.50	$140.50	$916	—
664–698	670	12	138.00–145.00	$143.78	$963	-7.78
700–739	712	216	132.00–178.00	$148.18	$1,055	-0.38
751–797	769	49	132.00–138.50	$135.76	$1,044	-11.37
801–846	834	78	131.00–140.50	$139.85	$1,166	-8.71
883	883	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,236	+9.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–345	343	5	170.00–172.00	$171.20	$587	—
383	383	3	163.00	$163.00	$624	—
413–445	436	13	147.00–166.00	$158.87	$693	-4.13
480–497	493	14	146.00–165.00	$151.48	$747	-9.90
501–540	525	20	139.00–144.00	$140.88	$740	+2.10
568–597	578	29	137.00–147.00	$143.66	$830	-3.34
607–640	626	61	129.00–142.00	$135.37	$847	-1.64
650–685	669	48	127.00–143.00	$135.47	$906	+3.22
700–749	722	36	122.00–132.00	$126.85	$916	+2.07
759–791	769	23	120.00–132.00	$126.82	$975	-5.71
810–837	826	5	125.00–126.00	$125.61	$1,038	—
861	861	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,076	—
900–925	913	4	120.00–127.00	$123.55	$1,128	+3.55

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–338	331	7	152.00–154.00	$153.17	$507	—
440	440	2	133.00	$133.00	$585	—
490	490	2	132.00	$132.00	$647	-2.19
532–538	536	17	129.00–133.00	$130.23	$698	-2.77
674	674	8	106.00	$106.00	$714	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	171.00	$171.00	$547	—
373	373	2	168.00	$168.00	$627	+0.39
380–390 unweaned	385	6	154.00–165.50	$159.68	$615	—
405–431 unweaned	412	32	140.00–156.00	$154.26	$636	—
424	424	21	150.00	$150.00	$636	-11.01
453–496	473	116	139.00–158.00	$150.68	$713	-6.32
470–497 unweaned	488	9	140.00–145.00	$143.39	$700	-4.61
513–545 unweaned	520	124	140.00–150.50	$147.85	$769	+7.85
520–548	538	34	134.00–143.00	$140.09	$754	-3.79
569–584	575	84	134.00–148.00	$143.87	$827	-0.16
581–591 unweaned	589	26	137.50–143.00	$138.54	$816	+5.54
615 unweaned	615	4	127.50	$127.50	$784	—
620	620	80	152.50	$152.50	$946	+13.82
623–636	630	11	138.50–140.00	$139.17	$877	+0.49
675–678	677	8	130.00–135.00	$132.51	$897	-6.49
668–692	686	156	129.00–147.00	$145.68	$999	+6.68
700–723	712	4	128.00–129.00	$128.51	$915	-4.27
734 unweaned	734	8	130.00	$130.00	$954	—
762–786	773	18	126.00–132.00	$129.24	$999	-11.24
792 unweaned	792	8	119.00	$119.00	$942	—
798	798	4	126.00	$126.00	$1,005	-14.48
800	800	119	139.75	$139.75	$1,118	-1.28
808–812	810	21	124.00–126.00	$125.15	$1,014	-15.88
808–843	835	67	127.00–135.50	$133.63	$1,116	+4.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	154.00	$154.00	$521	+1.61
390	390	4	150.00	$150.00	$585	—
400–446	421	25	135.00–147.00	$141.99	$598	-3.20
428 unweaned	428	8	145.00	$145.00	$621	—
478 unweaned	478	2	137.00	$137.00	$655	—
481–498	489	16	142.00–147.00	$145.61	$712	+0.38
500–540	525	89	133.00–140.00	$136.90	$719	-9.23
555–596	580	100	130.00–147.50	$139.02	$806	+1.72
585 unweaned	585	2	130.00	$130.00	$760	—
616–632 unweaned	620	66	129.75–134.00	$130.45	$809	+1.45
612–640	631	52	128.00–133.00	$131.62	$831	-6.49
650–698	674	106	126.00–139.00	$131.49	$886	-12.66
655–695 unweaned	675	2	120.00–125.00	$122.43	$826	—
703	703	5	114.00	$114.00	$801	-17.94
715–740	729	40	116.00–124.00	$120.13	$876	-11.81
757–776	768	18	117.00–126.00	$120.78	$928	-0.78
820	820	2	117.00	$117.00	$959	-6.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	429	7	127.00–136.00	$134.53	$577	+1.53
463–497	484	15	129.00–137.00	$134.97	$653	-1.68
510–548	538	19	121.00–130.00	$124.29	$669	—
568–598	584	18	116.00–129.00	$123.00	$718	-7.64
672–699	686	42	120.00–126.00	$120.52	$827	-4.63
705–710	707	3	114.00–115.50	$115.00	$813	-11.00
826	826	13	114.50	$114.50	$946	+9.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	116.00	$116.00	$484	—
455	455	13	121.00	$121.00	$551	-3.00
601	601	7	90.00	$90.00	$541	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524–534	525	40	138.00–140.00	$138.20	$726	—
635	635	45	127.00	$127.00	$806	+4.00
670	670	10	130.00	$130.00	$871	—
715	715	6	124.00	$124.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562–575	569	32	134.50–142.00	$138.29	$787	-7.71
778	778	5	122.00	$122.00	$949	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	3	140.00	$140.00	$675	-5.81
526–532	529	7	136.00–137.00	$136.57	$722	-1.43
630	630	2	120.00	$120.00	$756	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–998	872	85-90%	34	23.00–32.00	$28.46	$248	+8.07
980	980	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$510	—
840–1235	1017	85-90%	34	30.00–46.00	$37.22	$379	+4.37
870–1340	1019	85-90%	109	41.50–60.00	$46.51	$474	+13.66
1000–1373	1091	85-90%	22	63.00–69.00	$65.41	$714	+13.13
985–1390	1183	85-90%	72	50.00–70.50	$60.43	$715	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1459	1212	80-85%	28	55.00–64.50	$60.82	$737	—
980–1508	1323	80-85%	72	65.00–72.00	$67.46	$892	—
1210–1460	1354	80-85%	8	71.50–75.00	$72.19	$977	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1845	1622	75-80%	3	60.00–64.00	$62.39	$1,012	—
1365–1985	1642	75-80%	3	72.00–78.00	$75.07	$1,233	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–2215	1572	3	72.00–84.00	$77.88	$1,224	—
1380–2180	1664	12	84.00–93.50	$88.28	$1,469	-1.69
1785–2090	1980	7	96.00–100.00	$98.87	$1,958	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1700	1595	7	75.00–83.00	$80.80	$1,289	—
1600–2005	1824	12	82.50–91.00	$87.31	$1,593	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1305	1258	2	60.00–64.00	$62.08	$781	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–917 thin fleshed	818	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	27.00–39.00	$33.52	$274

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
898–960	929	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	92.00–98.00	$94.90	$882
1001–1310	1062	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	52.00–62.00	$57.75	$613
1040–1290	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	69.00–75.00	$70.99	$833

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–973 thin fleshed	877	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	40.00–49.00	$43.24	$379

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1195	1195	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	108.00	$108.00	$1,291
1390	1390	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,042

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1151	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1260	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–940	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$839.28

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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
500–713	599	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,085.00	$1,014.02	-211.02
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.