Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 6, 2021

9,160 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $155.62/cwt -1.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,217/hd at 782 lb · 775 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.70/cwt +5.45 vs last sale · ≈ $987/hd at 673 lb · 436 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.90/cwt +4.41 vs last sale · ≈ $951/hd at 626 lb · 415 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,160	7,901	7,862
Feeder cattle	7,986	6,796	6,825
Slaughter cattle	1,026	838	912
Replacement cattle	148	267	125

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The area remains dry with high winds causing fire warnings.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	7	199.00	$199.00	$589	—
329 unweaned	329	6	211.00	$211.00	$694	—
348	348	5	228.00	$228.00	$793	—
350–384	370	55	196.00–227.00	$215.25	$796	+13.89
403 fancy	403	22	218.00	$218.00	$879	—
413–440	428	53	189.00–216.50	$203.97	$873	-4.14
445 unweaned	445	9	193.00	$193.00	$859	+20.00
451 fancy	451	6	212.00	$212.00	$956	—
454–490 unweaned	459	20	177.00–180.00	$177.48	$815	—
455–499	481	206	168.00–192.00	$180.66	$869	+2.26
509–536 fancy	516	111	184.00–191.00	$188.37	$972	—
505–549	531	267	164.00–182.00	$174.25	$925	+4.78
543 unweaned	543	2	169.00	$169.00	$918	-1.00
552 thin fleshed	552	13	181.00	$181.00	$999	—
558–598	587	126	151.50–176.00	$164.10	$963	-5.43
588 fancy	588	10	172.00	$172.00	$1,011	—
592 unweaned	592	9	160.00	$160.00	$947	+1.26
602–649	620	353	155.00–168.00	$164.46	$1,020	+0.15
618–648 unweaned	632	35	159.00–162.00	$160.69	$1,016	+7.54
658 fancy	658	13	166.50	$166.50	$1,096	—
664	664	11	137.00	$137.00	$910	-24.89
654–688	667	107	154.00–165.00	$158.53	$1,057	-3.36
673–697 unweaned	688	35	144.00–150.00	$146.50	$1,008	+1.11
704–740 unweaned	710	46	135.00–146.00	$136.42	$969	-8.58
705–743	725	131	147.00–164.50	$159.08	$1,153	-1.55
768–780 unweaned	775	10	140.00–149.00	$145.43	$1,127	+8.43
750–796	782	765	148.00–160.25	$155.75	$1,218	-1.93
827	827	38	152.00–155.00	$154.37	$1,277	-3.97
831	831	30	142.75	$142.75	$1,186	-15.59
860–884	861	116	151.00–152.50	$152.43	$1,312	—
870	870	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,253	—
930	930	4	136.50	$136.50	$1,269	-6.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	26	191.00	$191.00	$638	+8.13
388–395	392	4	181.00–188.00	$184.53	$723	-8.52
396 unweaned	396	14	178.00	$178.00	$705	—
435–446	442	12	173.00–181.00	$176.65	$781	+5.46
468 unweaned	468	5	150.00	$150.00	$702	-1.00
465–493	480	26	171.00–179.00	$174.31	$837	+0.10
500–542	531	14	148.00–168.00	$154.73	$822	-1.00
536 unweaned	536	6	158.00	$158.00	$847	—
561 unweaned	561	8	155.00	$155.00	$870	—
555–595	578	79	149.00–161.00	$156.19	$903	+0.68
611–620 unweaned	612	32	145.50–149.00	$148.45	$909	+15.95
603–648	626	43	142.00–157.50	$150.58	$943	-1.04
668–696	680	69	144.00–159.00	$151.14	$1,028	+5.34
710–732	726	29	135.00–156.00	$150.45	$1,092	-1.97
763 unweaned	763	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,045	+7.00
763–788	777	56	133.00–147.50	$142.43	$1,107	+0.09
801 unweaned	801	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,081	—
822	822	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,101	—
885 unweaned	885	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,212	—
989	989	14	133.00	$133.00	$1,315	—
1187	1187	11	112.00	$112.00	$1,329	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–340	329	4	168.00–172.50	$170.17	$560	—
363–395	384	12	169.00–177.00	$174.29	$669	—
428–438	434	6	160.00–166.00	$163.02	$708	+7.92
450–499	476	15	156.00–170.00	$164.73	$784	+1.14
504–544	518	42	134.00–148.00	$140.04	$725	+0.90
555–596	573	46	134.00–148.00	$139.92	$802	+3.11
611–648	631	44	133.00–141.00	$138.22	$872	+6.42
615–634 unweaned	632	9	130.00–133.00	$130.32	$824	—
653–685	671	51	134.00–140.00	$139.19	$934	+11.19
721 unweaned	721	5	120.00	$120.00	$865	—
703–747	724	19	120.00–133.00	$126.45	$915	-4.18
751–783	759	8	121.00–130.00	$123.32	$936	-1.68
821	821	18	136.00	$136.00	$1,117	+8.67
1025	1025	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,168	—
1145	1145	4	109.00	$109.00	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	7	142.50	$142.50	$449	—
356	356	5	143.00	$143.00	$509	—
440	440	12	145.00	$145.00	$638	—
492	492	3	144.00	$144.00	$708	—
535	535	2	130.00	$130.00	$696	—
593	593	2	132.00	$132.00	$783	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302 thin fleshed	302	5	192.00	$192.00	$580	—
346–348	347	13	165.00–178.00	$170.02	$590	+15.02
349 unweaned	349	6	170.00	$170.00	$593	—
364 fancy	364	5	193.00	$193.00	$703	—
350–393	373	31	150.00–177.00	$165.36	$617	+10.16
391 unweaned	391	32	160.00	$160.00	$626	+2.00
419 fancy	419	30	168.00–177.00	$171.00	$716	—
407–445	430	192	156.00–168.00	$164.44	$707	+2.92
464–481 fancy	471	25	167.00–172.00	$169.76	$800	—
451–495	472	199	145.00–166.00	$159.10	$751	+5.87
500–549	524	164	140.00–159.50	$152.43	$799	+1.46
509–530 fancy	524	66	160.00–166.00	$160.71	$842	—
532 unweaned	532	6	147.00	$147.00	$782	+10.00
565	565	11	133.00	$133.00	$751	-18.55
553–596	572	181	140.00–155.25	$147.12	$842	-4.43
581–585 thin fleshed	581	117	155.50–156.00	$155.56	$904	—
582 unweaned	582	40	141.75	$141.75	$825	-0.06
604–635 fancy	612	110	156.75–160.00	$158.06	$967	—
615–640 unweaned	627	31	138.00–141.00	$139.42	$874	+6.45
600–649	632	274	137.00–154.25	$150.84	$953	+21.84
651–698 unweaned	664	104	128.00–144.00	$135.30	$898	—
650–696	675	320	137.00–154.00	$150.06	$1,013	+5.34
699 thin fleshed	699	12	156.00	$156.00	$1,090	—
710	710	13	140.00	$140.00	$994	-5.97
712 unweaned	712	13	137.50	$137.50	$979	+3.50
701–744	713	208	144.00–152.00	$149.49	$1,066	+3.52
753–788	773	51	131.00–148.25	$145.99	$1,129	+20.54
810–832	820	49	138.00–147.00	$142.18	$1,166	+7.29
845	845	14	121.50	$121.50	$1,027	-13.39
851–864	856	11	128.50–143.00	$133.82	$1,145	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325 unweaned	323	6	140.00–142.00	$141.17	$456	—
337	337	3	155.00	$155.00	$522	+20.98
353–394	374	8	150.00–157.00	$153.69	$575	-2.93
401–418 unweaned	406	7	140.00–145.00	$143.53	$583	—
400–430	412	11	146.00–152.00	$149.27	$615	+3.86
450–492	475	23	142.00–152.00	$146.50	$696	+3.55
476–491 unweaned	481	11	135.00–141.00	$138.77	$667	+2.77
506–547	526	56	130.00–144.00	$136.53	$718	+1.39
523–542 unweaned	526	22	135.00–139.00	$135.56	$713	+9.78
550–591	568	60	129.00–146.00	$135.81	$771	+2.41
555–581 unweaned	569	13	137.00–139.00	$137.90	$785	—
606 unweaned	606	6	115.00	$115.00	$697	-5.00
603–645	629	42	128.00–135.00	$131.65	$828	+3.53
665–690	668	56	124.00–148.50	$144.04	$962	+13.35
683–688 unweaned	686	6	121.00–123.00	$122.00	$837	-3.19
703–747	727	13	117.00–122.00	$119.66	$870	-3.62
758–799	776	9	124.00–133.00	$128.12	$994	+10.63

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–334	323	9	129.00–138.00	$132.84	$429	-2.10
360–394	381	19	130.00–134.00	$130.58	$498	—
405–449	440	16	128.00–133.00	$130.46	$574	-5.96
464–491	482	31	131.00–140.00	$135.07	$651	-2.70
515	515	3	125.00	$125.00	$644	+5.06
584 unweaned	584	5	121.00	$121.00	$707	—
586–598	592	11	126.00–137.00	$127.45	$755	+5.12
615 unweaned	615	4	120.00	$120.00	$738	—
613–648	635	7	118.00–125.00	$120.87	$768	+2.87
655–686	678	16	124.00–126.00	$124.94	$847	+5.94
711	711	6	135.00	$135.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	8	122.00	$122.00	$478	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	480	8	149.00–150.00	$149.75	$719	-6.25
521–543	529	8	130.00–131.00	$130.62	$691	-1.38
569–583	574	6	127.00–134.00	$131.63	$756	+1.45
618–643	638	17	122.00–128.00	$126.40	$806	+4.40
675	675	3	115.00	$115.00	$776	-3.27
713–733	722	16	108.50–118.00	$111.71	$807	+0.70
785–793	790	5	110.00–117.00	$114.22	$902	+4.08
802–828	818	19	90.00–117.00	$102.18	$836	-8.82
858	858	3	117.00	$117.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	5	160.00	$160.00	$768	+1.97
540	540	4	160.00	$160.00	$864	+8.37
638	638	8	137.00	$137.00	$874	+4.31
680–697	684	14	120.00–135.00	$131.72	$901	+8.72
712	712	6	134.00	$134.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	130.00	$130.00	$482	—
446	446	8	132.00	$132.00	$589	—
463	463	2	130.00	$130.00	$602	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
888–1001	932	85-90%	77	28.00–35.00	$31.21	$291	-16.23
735–1098	1031	85-90%	102	34.00–41.00	$38.42	$396	—
1001–1092	1035	85-90%	8	28.00–30.00	$28.79	$298	—
1000–1150	1084	85-90%	129	40.00–55.00	$45.09	$489	-14.08
950–1345	1160	85-90%	85	49.50–62.00	$53.23	$617	—
1120–1440	1179	85-90%	11	65.00–67.50	$65.23	$769	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1260	1218	80-85%	19	52.00–58.00	$55.75	$679	-10.75
1100–1520	1242	80-85%	136	57.00–65.00	$60.85	$756	-2.94
1159–1435	1275	80-85%	42	65.00–70.00	$66.46	$847	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–2170	1552	75-80%	16	65.00–73.50	$70.06	$1,087	—
1465–1799	1666	75-80%	14	53.00–61.00	$58.20	$970	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1589	1572	65-75%	16	80.00–81.00	$80.76	$1,270	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1650	1460	3	71.00–72.00	$71.33	$1,041	—
1415–1830	1687	9	82.00–89.00	$84.71	$1,429	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1575	1553	2	92.00	$92.00	$1,429	—
1605	1605	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,204	+15.00
1710–2110	1883	3	82.50–85.00	$84.04	$1,582	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	99.00	$99.00	$945
925–1570	1119	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	47.00–61.00	$54.59	$611
885–1475	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	60.00–73.00	$66.12	$813
1200–1260	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–79.00	$76.95	$946

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
490–1050 thin fleshed	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	10.00–36.00	$30.53	$243

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1198 thin fleshed	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	40.00–48.00	$45.94	$439

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1520	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,125.00–1,375.00	$1,264.59
1240–1448	1356	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	910.00–950.00	$933.74
1265–1630	1403	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	725.00–950.00	$878.78
1500	1500	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1470–1580	1525	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,062.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1410	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
828	828	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00	$900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
538–733	636	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,075.00	$1,022.09	-29.49

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Dairy Heifers

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673	673	7	38.00	$38.00	$256	—

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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.