Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 27, 2021

6,547 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.72/cwt ≈ $1,176/hd at 807 lb · 481 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.02/cwt +8.22 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 573 lb · 238 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $148.13/cwt +1.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,289/hd at 870 lb · 228 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,547	6,585	7,276
Feeder cattle	5,404	5,667	5,901
Slaughter cattle	775	774	1,243
Replacement cattle	368	144	132

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Temperatures cooled off with much needed rain in the forecast going into the weekend.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310 unweaned	310	2	189.00	$189.00	$586	—
368	368	2	175.00	$175.00	$644	-9.10
353–397 unweaned	390	42	178.00–186.00	$180.02	$702	—
425 unweaned	425	1	174.00	$174.00	$740	-9.18
405–446	442	22	175.00–184.50	$183.71	$812	-9.08
455	455	3	176.00	$176.00	$801	-2.45
450–497 unweaned	464	32	168.00–173.00	$171.03	$794	—
511–548	525	90	164.00–171.00	$167.97	$882	+5.60
522–544 unweaned	527	107	155.00–164.50	$162.18	$855	+5.73
531 thin fleshed	531	4	170.00	$170.00	$903	-4.00
552–596	567	80	155.00–160.00	$158.50	$899	-8.94
562–582 unweaned	571	45	150.00–158.00	$151.26	$864	+3.26
624–646 unweaned	630	46	143.00–148.00	$147.06	$926	+4.13
627–641	631	97	148.75–156.00	$151.71	$957	-13.49
663	663	9	134.50	$134.50	$892	-25.82
657–696	668	49	147.00–158.00	$155.89	$1,041	-4.43
662–698 unweaned	673	100	140.00–147.00	$144.55	$973	+3.52
700	700	41	159.00	$159.00	$1,113	+4.64
709–741	720	21	151.00–152.00	$151.34	$1,090	-3.02
713–742 unweaned	726	20	130.00–134.00	$132.72	$964	-12.31
752–794	782	137	143.00–152.00	$149.62	$1,170	+7.62
803 unweaned	803	8	130.00	$130.00	$1,044	-6.00
810–847	819	167	142.00–156.85	$154.04	$1,262	+8.61
828	828	17	140.00	$140.00	$1,159	-5.43
869–874	870	223	144.00–150.00	$148.49	$1,292	+2.02
887	887	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,171	-14.47
964	964	8	136.00	$136.00	$1,311	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–370	363	4	172.00–177.50	$174.69	$634	-10.31
373 unweaned	373	12	178.00	$178.00	$664	—
405–420 unweaned	415	12	155.00–160.50	$157.96	$656	—
405–417	415	25	154.00–169.00	$156.23	$648	-24.77
513 unweaned	513	5	150.00	$150.00	$770	—
517–532	522	64	140.00–155.00	$144.41	$754	-4.89
550–575 unweaned	558	3	130.00–134.00	$132.63	$740	-12.06
578–580	579	5	140.00	$140.00	$811	-12.50
600–625 unweaned	610	3	139.00–140.00	$139.67	$852	+0.33
626–646	638	19	134.00–149.50	$139.27	$889	-5.13
658–683 unweaned	670	29	125.00–139.00	$133.68	$896	-0.15
658–693	682	126	145.50–152.00	$150.56	$1,027	+16.81
700–745	728	15	127.00–128.00	$127.73	$930	-6.79
769–788	783	16	124.00–153.00	$145.88	$1,142	+2.04
802–832	807	481	126.00–146.50	$145.72	$1,176	—
854	854	9	122.00	$122.00	$1,042	—
868 unweaned	868	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–343 unweaned	325	8	127.00–160.00	$136.53	$444	—
340	340	2	157.50	$157.50	$536	-3.10
380–395 unweaned	388	4	140.00–142.50	$141.27	$548	—
395	395	3	150.00	$150.00	$592	+0.75
435 unweaned	435	1	150.00	$150.00	$652	—
433–445	439	9	139.00–157.50	$151.81	$666	+9.81
450–488	472	13	144.00–151.00	$146.66	$692	+4.74
450–498 unweaned	485	11	124.00–143.00	$128.26	$622	—
520 unweaned	520	4	123.00	$123.00	$640	-10.50
537–540	539	12	130.00–138.00	$134.00	$722	-3.87
558–564 unweaned	562	14	120.00–125.00	$123.43	$694	—
562–584	572	18	125.00–135.00	$132.27	$757	-0.96
624 unweaned	624	5	119.00	$119.00	$743	—
615–648	635	21	122.00–129.00	$126.06	$800	-8.92
660–698	671	16	126.00–138.00	$132.06	$886	+0.72
674 unweaned	674	17	118.00	$118.00	$795	—
700–731	717	23	115.00–125.00	$122.69	$880	+1.73
760–788	766	19	115.00–130.00	$121.90	$934	+2.89
800–835	818	2	125.00–129.00	$126.96	$1,039	+6.46
861	861	4	119.00	$119.00	$1,025	+6.12
919	919	7	120.00	$120.00	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	4	107.00	$107.00	$490	-18.92
587	587	7	110.00	$110.00	$646	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
719	719	9	80.00	$80.00	$575	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	9	59.00	$59.00	$251	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	102.00	$102.00	$457	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 unweaned	285	2	155.00	$155.00	$442	—
330 unweaned	330	1	150.00	$150.00	$495	-12.00
361 unweaned	361	17	158.00	$158.00	$570	+2.00
356–375	371	13	146.00–150.00	$149.11	$553	-16.26
401–438	420	26	145.00–151.00	$148.81	$625	-1.70
425–446 unweaned	442	47	144.00–149.00	$146.34	$647	-6.66
463–483	474	8	135.00–159.00	$142.58	$676	-15.67
484 unweaned	484	36	147.00	$147.00	$711	-0.50
503–523	511	24	130.00–142.50	$137.46	$702	-2.40
536–541 unweaned	539	39	134.50–135.00	$134.82	$727	-6.67
539	539	4	129.00	$129.00	$695	-10.86
552–595 unweaned	572	78	126.00–140.00	$135.40	$774	+5.88
558–586	572	152	140.50–149.00	$146.57	$838	+10.47
588	588	8	120.00	$120.00	$706	-5.00
615	615	3	129.00	$129.00	$793	-21.72
610–634 unweaned	623	46	122.00–142.00	$136.84	$853	+10.65
640	640	18	135.50	$135.50	$867	-6.73
655–682 unweaned	676	25	117.00–138.00	$129.92	$878	+5.20
680–684	683	45	136.00–146.50	$144.87	$989	-5.41
721 unweaned	721	5	121.00	$121.00	$872	-5.69
720–730	729	22	143.00	$143.00	$1,042	-4.78
770–793	789	41	125.00–136.00	$129.70	$1,023	-3.98
792	792	11	116.00	$116.00	$919	-17.68
818	818	49	130.00	$130.00	$1,063	-7.50
818	818	6	115.00	$115.00	$941	-22.50
837	837	5	110.00	$110.00	$921	-27.50
890	890	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,157	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	155.00	$155.00	$535	+6.61
350 unweaned	350	3	139.00	$139.00	$486	—
373–390	382	6	140.00–148.00	$144.02	$550	-0.24
406–435	412	22	135.00–148.00	$145.18	$598	+4.82
440–448 unweaned	446	10	118.00–134.00	$121.06	$540	—
453–495	480	78	125.00–139.00	$129.44	$621	-4.90
505–538	522	22	120.00–129.00	$124.78	$651	-1.83
549	549	6	118.00	$118.00	$648	-8.61
550–599	582	31	121.00–128.00	$124.32	$724	-1.77
585 unweaned	585	6	123.00	$123.00	$720	-7.00
608	608	6	130.00	$130.00	$790	-9.53
618–642	632	35	122.00–137.00	$129.40	$818	-10.13
644 unweaned	644	12	116.00–119.00	$117.75	$758	—
657–694 unweaned	670	17	114.00–115.00	$114.37	$766	-7.83
656–698	674	23	120.00–130.00	$124.19	$837	+2.84
713–733	725	14	110.00–121.00	$115.99	$841	-8.01
752–764	763	75	118.00–138.50	$137.15	$1,046	+4.04
806	806	9	110.00	$110.00	$887	—
821	821	67	137.00	$137.00	$1,125	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–338	328	8	125.00–135.00	$131.59	$432	—
370 unweaned	370	2	130.00	$130.00	$481	—
377	377	3	129.00	$129.00	$486	+0.34
413–429 unweaned	427	16	110.00–118.00	$117.03	$500	—
420–448	437	9	116.00–131.00	$122.86	$537	-1.11
458–495	476	11	120.00–128.00	$124.33	$592	-1.55
515–535	523	6	115.00–118.00	$115.98	$607	-3.33
540 unweaned	540	8	119.00	$119.00	$643	—
550–588 unweaned	560	11	95.00–119.00	$112.13	$628	—
573–592	590	71	111.00–119.00	$111.64	$659	-9.18
600–638	619	10	110.00–117.00	$114.95	$712	-3.40
664–684	673	13	114.00–119.00	$115.82	$779	-1.42
693 unweaned	693	5	110.00	$110.00	$762	-7.00
749	749	4	106.00	$106.00	$794	-10.73
753–780	767	4	104.00–110.00	$107.05	$821	+2.81
808	808	3	100.00	$100.00	$808	-2.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	15	75.00	$75.00	$420	—
718	718	25	70.00	$70.00	$503	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	5	115.00	$115.00	$503	—
804	804	12	80.00	$80.00	$643	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	12	40.00	$40.00	$171	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393 unweaned	393	3	145.00	$145.00	$570	—
445	445	2	156.00	$156.00	$694	-4.00
450	450	2	160.00	$160.00	$720	—
506	506	4	131.00	$131.00	$663	-11.18
525–543 unweaned	535	11	136.50–141.00	$138.51	$741	—
552	552	13	136.50	$136.50	$753	-1.39
632	632	5	126.00	$126.00	$796	-2.00
651 unweaned	651	13	130.50	$130.50	$850	—
650–685	657	15	120.00–121.00	$120.79	$794	—
715	715	2	124.00	$124.00	$887	—
720 unweaned	720	4	124.00	$124.00	$893	—
801–811	809	22	117.00–130.00	$127.66	$1,033	+5.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	3	142.00	$142.00	$585	—
453–487	468	8	132.00–142.50	$137.49	$643	-2.51
520–538	526	6	115.00–117.00	$116.32	$612	-8.83
550–598	580	13	110.00–126.00	$118.25	$686	-3.46
600–643	627	29	110.00–124.00	$116.72	$732	-4.25
650–674	669	13	119.00–120.00	$119.69	$801	-0.24
726	726	4	115.00	$115.00	$835	—
753	753	2	111.00	$111.00	$836	—
838	838	4	97.00	$97.00	$813	-5.00
858	858	2	80.00	$80.00	$686	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	12	129.00	$129.00	$602	-6.00
514	514	11	132.00	$132.00	$678	—
798	798	6	100.00	$100.00	$798	—
853	853	6	105.00	$105.00	$896	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
843–1093	959	85-90%	40	32.00–48.50	$36.15	$347	-19.35
970	970	85-90%	1	52.00	$52.00	$504	-3.50
932–1320	1026	85-90%	26	35.00–49.00	$41.07	$421	—
895–1360	1148	85-90%	62	43.00–60.00	$51.22	$588	—
925–1465	1162	85-90%	101	52.00–67.00	$58.74	$683	+1.95
1120–1246	1183	85-90%	20	65.00–70.00	$67.96	$804	+11.17

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1670	1280	80-85%	108	60.00–69.00	$64.54	$826	—
1175–1493	1306	80-85%	78	65.00–74.50	$72.42	$946	+4.98
1065–1580	1396	80-85%	8	55.00–63.00	$58.84	$821	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1835	1454	75-80%	23	70.00–80.00	$77.72	$1,130	—
1380–1683	1584	75-80%	6	55.00–65.00	$59.30	$939	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1750	1583	65-75%	3	82.00–83.50	$82.55	$1,307	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1950	1547	7	70.00–80.00	$75.23	$1,164	—
1655–1660	1658	2	94.00–95.00	$94.50	$1,567	—
1548–2000	1772	10	83.50–93.00	$87.79	$1,556	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1850	1620	7	70.00–80.00	$74.72	$1,210	—
1250–1900	1635	6	80.00–90.00	$85.49	$1,398	—
2300	2300	1	95.00	$95.00	$2,185	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–1085	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	76.00–87.00	$81.10	$737
705–1018	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	25	87.00–98.00	$90.29	$833
913–1245	1060	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	52.00–58.00	$54.94	$582
1130–1260	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	60.00–68.00	$62.96	$776

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1177 thin fleshed	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	42.00–50.50	$48.17	$513

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
903–1053	978	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	98.00–107.00	$102.15	$999
1111	1111	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	80.00	$80.00	$889

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–1070	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	12.00–36.00	$28.28	$232

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1063	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1177–1252	1229	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	675.00–785.00	$737.33
1150–1323	1237	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	600.00–785.00	$698.97
1285	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	785.00	$785.00
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	810.00	$810.00
1160–1413	1316	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	79	850.00–1,000.00	$891.39
1318	1318	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–960	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,000.00	$987.83
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	815.00–850.00	$832.50
1025–1150	1094	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	780.00–880.00	$845.49
1075–1175	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	810.00–910.00	$890.49
1100–1175	1147	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	960.00–1,180.00	$1,041.19
1085–1250	1208	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	900.00–1,190.00	$1,086.81
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	890.00–940.00	$910.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,045.00	$1,045.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–897	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	600.00–730.00	$690.58

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–922	909	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	925.00–950.00	$930.98

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
653–658	656	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,245.14	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
473–720	570	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,125.00	$924.16	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–600	350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–750.00	$664.29	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	11	108.00	$108.00	$554	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
564	564	11	112.00	$112.00	$632	—
732	732	41	94.00	$94.00	$688	—

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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.