Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 21, 2022

4,449 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $164.14/cwt +1.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,274/hd at 776 lb · 359 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $158.90/cwt -1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,305/hd at 821 lb · 359 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.07/cwt -2.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 733 lb · 254 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,449	6,711	4,918
Feeder cattle	3,642	5,864	3,849
Slaughter cattle	680	680	947
Replacement cattle	127	167	122

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. 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
350	350	1	225.00	$225.00	$788	-34.44
439	439	5	221.00	$221.00	$970	-4.25
468	468	3	190.00	$190.00	$889	-16.55
500–540	511	20	177.00–190.00	$183.73	$939	-2.59
548 fancy	548	41	207.00	$207.00	$1,134	—
582–593	592	91	175.00–177.00	$175.13	$1,037	-6.15
603–645	629	70	164.00–180.00	$167.89	$1,056	-6.89
663–692	683	42	160.00–171.00	$167.87	$1,147	-3.36
696 unweaned	696	4	155.00	$155.00	$1,079	—
703–725	706	85	164.00	$164.00	$1,158	-1.69
743	743	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,114	-15.69
770	770	99	166.75	$166.75	$1,284	-0.14
772 unweaned	772	10	145.00	$145.00	$1,119	—
765–795	779	250	163.25–164.50	$163.87	$1,277	+1.77
803–843	818	288	150.00–159.75	$157.64	$1,289	-2.38
835	835	71	164.00	$164.00	$1,369	+3.98
865	865	164	136.00	$136.00	$1,176	-17.13
876–891	880	82	141.00–150.25	$147.74	$1,300	-5.39
908–936	935	85	144.00–145.00	$144.03	$1,347	-8.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–330	315	7	197.00–202.00	$198.50	$625	+3.50
388	388	4	182.00	$182.00	$706	-8.74
443	443	5	177.00	$177.00	$784	—
457–490	478	21	159.00–190.00	$179.02	$856	-18.71
512–547	533	29	164.00–186.00	$177.21	$945	+4.34
553–592	580	71	160.00–178.00	$166.59	$966	-1.26
658–680	665	41	155.00–167.50	$163.06	$1,084	+1.30
700–718	712	13	152.50–159.00	$157.03	$1,118	-0.45
771	771	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,180	-0.41
800–821	821	69	149.75–157.00	$149.85	$1,230	-3.36
857	857	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,286	—
1031	1031	12	128.00	$128.00	$1,320	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	13	188.00	$188.00	$590	+23.00
391	391	4	183.00	$183.00	$716	+15.00
425	425	1	185.00	$185.00	$786	+8.30
462–498	475	6	165.00–182.00	$175.09	$832	+4.44
565–573	571	14	158.00–169.00	$162.42	$927	+9.04
603–615	609	4	135.00–141.00	$137.97	$840	-11.39
653–685	676	32	141.00–152.00	$150.29	$1,016	+4.44
738	738	6	139.00	$139.00	$1,026	-11.48
958	958	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,303	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	9	169.00	$169.00	$568	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	215.00	$215.00	$559	+15.00
305	305	1	200.00	$200.00	$610	+4.00
365–382	379	16	179.00–208.00	$202.76	$768	+17.39
408 fancy	408	5	180.00	$180.00	$734	—
405–448	429	20	162.00–185.00	$172.74	$741	-6.73
478 fancy	478	4	170.00	$170.00	$813	—
450–499	481	38	162.00–190.00	$166.43	$801	-3.39
504–536	528	20	152.00–160.00	$153.91	$813	-8.03
564–598	587	175	153.50–163.00	$158.96	$933	+2.53
610–621	612	44	153.50–162.00	$160.54	$983	+4.17
601–628 unweaned	618	30	145.00–152.00	$149.50	$924	—
658–680	666	63	149.00–154.00	$152.64	$1,017	-1.11
704–744	733	254	144.75–153.00	$148.07	$1,085	-2.81
753	753	66	149.25	$149.25	$1,124	+5.60
762	762	7	143.00	$143.00	$1,090	-0.65
834–848	834	62	140.00–148.00	$147.74	$1,232	-0.38
979–986	981	12	139.00–142.00	$141.00	$1,383	+31.00
1079	1079	11	135.00	$135.00	$1,457	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	3	170.00	$170.00	$617	+0.47
413–447	420	38	160.00–167.00	$165.55	$695	+0.12
455–495	469	56	154.00–160.50	$157.89	$741	+1.51
528	528	6	159.50	$159.50	$842	+2.29
555–581	574	11	140.00–158.00	$151.24	$868	+3.01
609–630	611	27	138.00–150.50	$148.16	$905	+2.98
650–694	685	30	140.00–149.00	$146.24	$1,002	+6.56
708	708	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,027	-6.00
769	769	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,077	-7.59
818	818	2	121.00	$121.00	$990	-24.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–280	259	14	142.00–157.00	$153.24	$397	-8.76
395–398	397	4	145.00–155.00	$149.98	$595	-3.99
403	403	2	134.00	$134.00	$540	-13.01
460–473	469	6	136.00–140.00	$138.69	$650	-5.11
502	502	3	139.00	$139.00	$698	—
585	585	3	142.00	$142.00	$831	+10.46
690	690	10	123.00	$123.00	$849	-6.18
703	703	3	135.00	$135.00	$949	+20.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–448	439	5	125.00–130.00	$126.94	$557	-5.29
498	498	2	130.00	$130.00	$647	+0.44

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	82.00	$82.00	$265	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	2	140.00	$140.00	$973	+0.55
741	741	7	100.00	$100.00	$741	-25.00
830	830	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,071	+7.00
857	857	3	124.00	$124.00	$1,063	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518–524	522	8	150.00–178.00	$167.58	$875	—
610	610	1	146.00	$146.00	$891	—
803	803	2	106.00	$106.00	$851	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–960	904	85-90%	12	49.50–53.00	$51.29	$464	—
745–985	947	85-90%	46	55.00–64.00	$57.07	$540	+7.77
670–1178	964	85-90%	37	40.00–57.00	$51.69	$498	—
830–1257	1025	85-90%	44	55.00–69.00	$60.86	$624	—
955–1193	1065	85-90%	42	63.00–82.00	$70.42	$750	+12.11
1060–1205	1138	85-90%	10	83.00–85.00	$83.92	$955	+4.18

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1188	1108	80-85%	20	70.00–78.00	$73.63	$816	-0.36
1109–1276	1213	80-85%	49	73.00–76.50	$75.34	$914	—
1020–1652	1231	80-85%	83	66.50–85.00	$78.10	$961	—
1135–1347	1328	80-85%	13	76.50–93.50	$86.26	$1,146	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1445	1294	75-80%	16	80.00–81.00	$80.75	$1,045	—
1238–1630	1364	75-80%	50	83.00–88.00	$84.17	$1,148	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1490	1484	65-75%	11	86.00–86.50	$86.46	$1,283	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1635	1489	6	77.00–87.00	$84.30	$1,255	—
1280–1905	1552	13	92.00–109.50	$98.91	$1,535	+13.36
1680–1775	1728	2	100.00–106.00	$102.92	$1,778	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1735–1880	1823	3	90.00–100.00	$95.34	$1,738	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1035	985	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	65.00–69.00	$67.10	$661
1033	1033	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	100.50	$100.50	$1,038
1018–1450	1311	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	75.00–83.00	$80.99	$1,062

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–1025 thin fleshed	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	15.00–39.00	$29.51	$230

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1065 thin fleshed	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	44.00	$44.00	$385

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	99.00	$99.00	$797

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1099	1099	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,660.00	$1,660.00
1195	1195	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1290	1290	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1133	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00	$850.00
1208	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1030	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	850.00–975.00	$932.55
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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.