Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

6,242 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $153.85/cwt +4.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,194/hd at 776 lb · 283 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.48/cwt +1.94 vs last sale · ≈ $969/hd at 685 lb · 258 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $154.86/cwt +4.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,094/hd at 706 lb · 233 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,242	6,547	7,046
Feeder cattle	4,775	5,404	4,883
Slaughter cattle	1,169	775	1,428
Replacement cattle	298	368	735

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade activity was moderate 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
328 unweaned	328	2	185.00	$185.00	$607	-4.00
332–346	339	35	173.00–206.00	$182.01	$617	—
366–391	381	24	188.00–194.00	$190.33	$725	+15.33
390–395 unweaned	395	11	181.00–185.00	$184.64	$729	+4.62
418–444	423	57	180.00–192.50	$184.62	$781	+0.91
432 fancy	432	7	195.00	$195.00	$842	—
441–448 unweaned	443	20	173.00–176.00	$174.35	$772	+0.35
472–497	485	52	168.00–180.50	$178.81	$867	+2.81
505 fancy	505	2	180.00	$180.00	$909	—
508 unweaned	508	2	162.00	$162.00	$823	-0.18
500–535	532	34	155.00–174.00	$169.46	$902	+1.49
551–583	562	167	154.50–166.00	$161.79	$909	+3.29
557–587 unweaned	569	35	140.00–155.00	$149.11	$848	-2.15
603–637 unweaned	623	70	142.50–152.00	$147.08	$916	+0.02
620–648	632	9	142.00–146.00	$143.98	$910	-7.73
636 fancy	636	75	162.50	$162.50	$1,034	—
650–679	668	34	141.00–155.50	$152.54	$1,019	-3.35
670 unweaned	670	17	144.50	$144.50	$968	-0.05
701–744	706	213	137.00–157.50	$156.82	$1,107	-2.18
710 unweaned	710	20	134.00	$134.00	$951	+1.28
750–769 unweaned	759	38	128.00–139.00	$134.17	$1,018	—
750–787	778	202	138.00–158.50	$157.09	$1,222	+7.47
782 fancy	782	43	156.00	$156.00	$1,220	—
816	816	190	159.75	$159.75	$1,304	+5.71
873 unweaned	873	18	123.50	$123.50	$1,078	—
865–895	893	146	143.00–151.50	$150.94	$1,348	+18.94
952	952	27	135.00	$135.00	$1,285	-1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	175.00	$175.00	$578	—
360–365	362	6	173.00–178.00	$174.68	$632	-0.01
423–448	437	7	160.00–165.00	$161.86	$707	+5.63
453	453	4	176.00	$176.00	$797	—
487 unweaned	487	3	156.00	$156.00	$760	—
511–535 unweaned	516	7	150.00–156.00	$155.11	$800	+5.11
500–545	522	17	145.00–154.00	$150.17	$784	+5.76
555 unweaned	555	1	150.00	$150.00	$832	+17.37
558–592	577	33	143.00–150.00	$147.78	$853	+7.78
610–639	626	22	131.00–139.00	$138.20	$865	-1.07
615–644 unweaned	638	5	139.00–140.00	$139.81	$892	+0.14
653–679 unweaned	666	20	131.00–135.00	$132.38	$882	-1.30
653–695	679	100	132.00–158.00	$153.55	$1,043	+2.99
725 unweaned	725	3	135.00	$135.00	$979	—
731–745	733	58	134.00–156.25	$151.59	$1,111	+23.86
764	764	200	153.00	$153.00	$1,169	+7.12
811	811	23	139.00	$139.00	$1,127	-6.72
855	855	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,197	+18.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–298	278	4	159.00–165.00	$161.78	$450	—
360	360	3	169.00	$169.00	$608	+19.00
405	405	2	154.00	$154.00	$624	+2.19
458–488	478	22	152.00–159.00	$155.82	$745	+9.16
503 unweaned	503	4	127.00	$127.00	$639	+4.00
511–540	518	8	134.00–138.00	$135.04	$700	+1.04
550–593	583	16	130.00–140.00	$134.47	$784	+2.20
606–649	626	13	125.00–128.00	$125.75	$787	-0.31
655–688	679	5	126.00–135.00	$130.17	$884	-1.89
713–743	720	104	122.00–133.00	$126.82	$913	+4.13
783	783	4	119.00	$119.00	$932	-2.90
800–815	806	5	117.00–122.00	$119.98	$967	-6.98
858–862	860	12	115.00–120.00	$117.09	$1,007	-1.91
915	915	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,052	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–371 unweaned	368	6	120.00–132.00	$123.94	$456	—
405–419 unweaned	415	11	118.00	$118.00	$490	—
455–483 unweaned	460	17	121.00–124.00	$121.56	$559	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	10	38.00	$38.00	$243	—
730	730	6	39.50	$39.50	$288	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	2	179.00	$179.00	$399	—
290 unweaned	290	2	152.00	$152.00	$441	-3.00
336 unweaned	336	6	160.00	$160.00	$538	+10.00
344	344	20	165.00	$165.00	$568	—
358–372	366	40	158.00–163.00	$160.19	$586	+11.08
411–420 unweaned	413	5	145.00–150.00	$148.98	$615	+2.64
404–438	426	16	144.00–158.00	$147.90	$630	-0.91
446 fancy	446	10	161.00	$161.00	$718	—
458–477	464	79	143.00–154.50	$150.77	$700	+8.19
463–468 unweaned	467	14	145.00–149.00	$148.15	$692	+1.15
502–542	517	33	134.00–151.50	$143.61	$742	+6.15
500–541 unweaned	526	55	144.25–150.00	$145.09	$763	+10.27
540 fancy	540	11	158.00	$158.00	$853	—
555–575	570	17	130.00–140.50	$137.88	$786	-8.69
553–578 unweaned	573	10	133.75–140.00	$134.96	$773	-0.44
603 unweaned	603	35	131.50	$131.50	$793	-5.34
602–649	622	50	130.00–146.00	$138.21	$860	+9.21
668 fancy	668	17	146.50	$146.50	$979	—
667–683 unweaned	678	18	123.50–129.50	$125.47	$851	-4.45
684	684	7	128.00	$128.00	$876	-16.87
653–688	687	216	136.00–143.00	$142.85	$981	-2.02
705 unweaned	705	7	130.00	$130.00	$916	+9.00
705–734	722	37	120.00–140.00	$136.38	$985	-6.62
775 fancy	775	19	145.75	$145.75	$1,130	—
759–796	784	86	135.00–139.75	$138.28	$1,084	+8.58
785	785	39	115.00	$115.00	$903	-14.70
790	790	8	122.00	$122.00	$964	-7.70
792 unweaned	792	12	117.00	$117.00	$927	—
828	828	17	136.00	$136.00	$1,126	+26.00
974	974	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,120	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–393	376	7	145.00–146.00	$145.30	$546	+1.28
400–433	423	10	135.00–143.00	$137.13	$580	-8.05
440 unweaned	440	5	140.00	$140.00	$616	+18.94
457–498	477	28	130.00–144.00	$137.05	$654	+7.61
483–489 unweaned	487	50	136.00–138.25	$137.54	$670	—
503–545	527	51	123.00–139.50	$135.44	$714	+10.66
531 unweaned	531	5	127.00	$127.00	$674	—
550–595	566	62	123.00–137.00	$127.94	$724	+3.62
601–639	619	45	121.00–135.50	$126.22	$781	-3.78
638 unweaned	638	2	122.00	$122.00	$778	+4.25
653–686	670	29	121.00–134.00	$125.10	$838	+0.91
656–695 unweaned	679	11	117.00–120.00	$118.61	$805	+4.24
719–725	721	6	109.00–113.00	$111.66	$805	-4.33
755–790	764	8	123.00–134.00	$131.16	$1,002	-5.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–348	333	10	125.00–137.00	$130.72	$435	-0.87
398	398	6	139.00	$139.00	$553	+10.00
404–408	406	14	122.00–131.00	$126.27	$513	+3.41
460–498	482	18	125.00–132.00	$128.71	$620	+4.38
505–545	536	11	115.00–122.00	$119.06	$638	+3.08
553–573	560	15	113.00–122.00	$117.31	$657	+5.67
577 unweaned	577	7	120.00	$120.00	$692	+7.87
602 unweaned	602	8	115.00	$115.00	$692	—
673–680	677	5	114.00–118.00	$115.59	$783	-0.23
700–735	725	5	108.00–120.00	$114.75	$832	+8.75

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	113.00	$113.00	$452	—
408–449 unweaned	427	17	100.00	$100.00	$427	—
478	478	2	116.00	$116.00	$554	—
493 unweaned	493	2	105.00	$105.00	$518	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406	406	4	131.00	$131.00	$532	-11.00
476–483	479	8	129.00–132.00	$130.14	$623	-7.35
535–545	541	11	117.00–125.00	$119.81	$648	+3.49
580	580	2	127.00	$127.00	$737	+8.75
668–683	676	6	118.00–122.00	$119.98	$811	+0.29
733	733	2	102.50	$102.50	$751	-12.50
768	768	2	106.00	$106.00	$814	-5.00
848	848	3	96.00	$96.00	$814	-1.00
863–882	874	5	96.00–104.00	$99.16	$867	+19.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420 unweaned	420	1	175.00	$175.00	$735	—
595	595	6	140.00	$140.00	$833	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	6	115.00	$115.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250–1495	1335	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,050.00–2,000.00	$1,601.25	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
858–962	891	85-90%	23	33.00–35.50	$34.76	$310	—
810–970	896	85-90%	32	21.00–38.00	$28.02	$251	—
780–963	913	85-90%	8	45.00–52.00	$49.95	$456	—
545–1278	1054	85-90%	91	31.00–41.00	$39.27	$414	—
685–1378	1083	85-90%	97	41.50–57.50	$44.58	$483	—
1029–1210	1084	85-90%	63	61.00–66.50	$63.35	$687	—
815–1485	1136	85-90%	65	52.00–62.00	$57.90	$658	+6.68

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1163–1350	1225	80-85%	3	70.00–70.50	$70.18	$860	—
1000–1490	1243	80-85%	67	58.00–68.50	$63.25	$786	—
1160–1405	1332	80-85%	33	50.00–58.50	$54.41	$725	-18.01
1325–1380	1347	80-85%	13	45.00–48.50	$47.57	$641	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1850	1546	75-80%	15	55.00–71.00	$62.06	$959	—
1640–1815	1677	75-80%	6	77.00–79.00	$77.76	$1,304	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1795	1441	10	64.00–83.00	$75.39	$1,086	—
1565–2090	1836	17	82.00–92.50	$87.69	$1,610	—
1610–2250	1878	3	93.50–97.50	$94.90	$1,782	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1715	1504	4	70.00–76.50	$72.91	$1,097	—
1930	1930	1	77.50	$77.50	$1,496	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1215	1183	3	50.50–55.00	$52.87	$625	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
713–1040	996	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	90.00–96.50	$96.05	$957
910–1054	1002	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	81.00–87.00	$83.95	$841
818–1295	1035	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	14	54.00–60.00	$55.85	$578
743–1310	1086	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	60.00–72.00	$63.85	$693

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
609–943 thin fleshed	745	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	14.00–36.00	$24.06	$179

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
580–915 thin fleshed	743	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	40.00–47.00	$43.47	$323

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1107–1130	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	750.00–1,010.00	$972.20
1112	1112	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	925.00	$925.00
1182	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00
1183	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1280	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
828–1316	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	700.00–950.00	$865.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1298	1219	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,028.99

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	86.00	$86.00	$937

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1082	1082	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	1,335.00	$1,335.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
615–654	644	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,280.97	—
702	702	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,385.00	$1,385.00	—
1000–1100	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
540–655	616	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	875.00–1,075.00	$998.12	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
538	538	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
619–645	622	17	78.00–100.00	$94.84	$590	—
800	800	2	90.00	$90.00	$720	—

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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.