Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

5,934 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.05/cwt -1.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 720 lb · 494 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $152.47/cwt -4.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,194/hd at 783 lb · 272 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $148.59/cwt +0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,233/hd at 830 lb · 201 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,934	6,803	5,145
Feeder cattle	4,783	5,111	4,515
Slaughter cattle	959	1,257	553
Replacement cattle	192	435	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to instances 4.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. Some of the northern panhandle received 2 to 6 inches of snow mixed with rain that was much needed, but high winds followed that dried it out quickly.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264–297	274	15	196.00–226.00	$205.05	$562	-17.38
325–348	328	14	206.00–218.00	$207.82	$682	-22.18
355–394	387	32	193.50–218.50	$199.06	$770	-17.41
396 thin fleshed	396	4	223.00	$223.00	$883	—
403–445	429	46	193.50–210.00	$201.40	$864	-7.79
437 thin fleshed	437	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,001	+9.00
465–498	480	55	181.00–210.00	$196.92	$945	+5.82
529 thin fleshed	529	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,063	—
507–547	531	26	165.00–181.00	$170.82	$907	-16.76
552–598	570	66	166.00–186.00	$174.71	$996	-2.74
571 thin fleshed	571	18	191.00	$191.00	$1,091	—
600–645	627	59	160.00–171.00	$168.67	$1,058	+6.99
640 unweaned	640	10	155.00	$155.00	$992	+1.97
664 unweaned	664	6	145.00	$145.00	$963	—
654–692	666	62	153.00–163.00	$159.31	$1,061	-3.41
701 fancy	701	63	163.25	$163.25	$1,144	+1.25
718	718	8	154.00	$154.00	$1,106	-2.78
716–740	732	109	155.50–162.00	$157.38	$1,152	+0.60
775–786	783	272	152.00–154.00	$152.47	$1,194	-4.09
822–849	825	154	143.50–152.00	$147.86	$1,220	-0.52
845	845	47	151.00	$151.00	$1,276	+2.62
851–895	870	192	145.50–150.25	$147.64	$1,284	-0.26
911–927	914	86	139.50–145.00	$144.09	$1,317	-0.73
959–998	995	93	139.00–141.75	$139.23	$1,385	+2.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–308	305	6	184.00–195.00	$191.40	$584	-3.60
352–385	372	14	190.00–203.00	$197.01	$733	+3.01
400–428	414	23	191.00–202.00	$196.04	$812	-3.69
483–496	492	11	188.00–197.00	$191.84	$944	-2.11
498 unweaned	498	2	180.00	$180.00	$896	—
510–543	523	11	170.00–178.00	$174.13	$911	+7.33
550–588	567	9	169.00–175.00	$172.56	$978	+4.79
621 unweaned	621	8	149.00	$149.00	$925	—
605–646	629	17	154.00–167.00	$161.50	$1,016	+3.36
650–674 unweaned	663	27	140.00–149.00	$143.03	$948	—
680–681	680	61	155.00–155.50	$155.41	$1,057	+9.91
703–730	709	71	144.00–157.00	$153.49	$1,088	+2.55
795	795	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,137	-1.85
808–815	812	8	140.00–144.00	$142.51	$1,157	-8.69
844	844	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,139	-4.00
853–888	871	4	142.00–143.00	$142.49	$1,241	+10.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	3	170.00	$170.00	$481	-10.00
353–395	379	10	179.00–185.00	$181.66	$688	-5.34
415 thin fleshed	415	2	172.00	$172.00	$714	—
423–448	434	9	168.00–186.00	$181.63	$788	-0.87
457–488	478	29	166.00–188.00	$176.88	$845	-2.46
508–539	519	30	127.00–164.00	$153.38	$796	-3.24
575–599	592	33	142.00–166.00	$154.67	$916	-3.98
600–645	624	19	149.00–153.00	$150.59	$940	+3.67
651–680	662	36	140.00–150.00	$144.58	$957	-3.91
713–748	725	26	139.00–141.00	$140.00	$1,015	+4.97
760–795	780	33	135.00–141.00	$136.45	$1,064	+8.45
806	806	29	136.00	$136.00	$1,096	+4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–370	366	6	155.00–167.00	$161.07	$590	—
742	742	9	134.50	$134.50	$998	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–337	330	25	180.00–187.00	$182.53	$602	+1.25
382	382	8	178.00	$178.00	$680	-1.70
408 thin fleshed	408	2	192.00	$192.00	$783	+12.00
418–440	437	34	161.50–180.00	$166.22	$726	-8.62
455 unweaned	455	2	167.00	$167.00	$760	—
462–466 thin fleshed	466	29	179.00–186.00	$185.28	$863	—
451–498	469	60	150.00–174.00	$161.00	$755	+3.01
513–549	525	34	154.00–167.50	$162.30	$852	+2.65
538 thin fleshed	538	31	175.00	$175.00	$942	+10.00
548 unweaned	548	7	158.50	$158.50	$869	—
570 unweaned	570	3	154.00	$154.00	$878	+4.00
577–584	580	33	153.00–165.00	$155.95	$905	-1.07
611 unweaned	611	5	145.00	$145.00	$886	+5.00
610–638	619	46	148.50–152.00	$150.62	$932	+0.69
619	619	38	151.50	$151.50	$938	+1.57
661–696	688	87	135.00–150.00	$145.68	$1,002	-2.00
706 fancy	706	58	151.10	$151.10	$1,067	—
706–742	721	415	137.50–148.25	$141.38	$1,019	-1.78
739 unweaned	739	10	125.00	$125.00	$924	—
749	749	11	135.00	$135.00	$1,011	-8.16
754–795	779	147	137.50–144.00	$141.76	$1,104	+4.10
791	791	31	145.50	$145.50	$1,151	+7.84
817–820	819	174	139.00–140.00	$139.74	$1,144	+3.84
920	920	10	110.00	$110.00	$1,012	-14.50
943	943	62	135.75	$135.75	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–327	324	19	165.00–172.00	$168.31	$545	+0.09
345 thin fleshed	345	3	172.00	$172.00	$593	—
350–394	374	26	163.00–174.00	$167.15	$625	-2.11
410–443	427	37	156.00–165.00	$159.94	$683	-0.15
443 thin fleshed	443	6	177.00	$177.00	$784	—
463–498	476	28	156.00–163.00	$158.80	$756	-1.04
483 unweaned	483	2	146.00	$146.00	$705	-2.00
529 unweaned	529	5	144.00	$144.00	$762	+5.00
505–546	531	56	142.50–154.50	$148.56	$789	-7.19
551–590	575	53	141.00–150.50	$147.51	$848	+3.59
615–629	622	21	137.50–143.00	$140.48	$874	-0.52
651 unweaned	651	7	131.00	$131.00	$853	—
662	662	3	134.00	$134.00	$887	-4.00
700–723	711	12	125.00–128.00	$126.25	$898	-10.03

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	2	162.00	$162.00	$450	—
306	306	4	155.00	$155.00	$474	+12.00
353–395	388	19	148.00–160.00	$153.21	$594	+1.03
403–448	425	29	126.00–155.00	$146.70	$623	—
450–493	480	23	148.00–155.00	$151.65	$728	+6.48
494 unweaned	494	4	138.00	$138.00	$682	—
502–545	522	14	128.00–140.00	$134.18	$700	—
553–599	584	15	133.00–141.00	$138.01	$806	+0.47
603–633	618	9	131.00–135.00	$132.89	$821	+4.89
655–688	667	21	127.00–134.00	$130.95	$873	+3.13
713–740	720	8	122.00–128.00	$123.48	$889	—
753	753	2	122.00	$122.00	$919	+2.00
842–844	843	7	118.00–120.00	$119.14	$1,004	+0.13

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401–433	417	22	130.00–142.00	$136.42	$569	—
450–492	475	9	130.00–139.00	$133.24	$633	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	17	190.00	$190.00	$724	-3.00
429–437	434	15	173.00–186.00	$181.72	$789	—
534–537	535	16	160.00–170.00	$168.12	$899	—
550	550	3	165.00	$165.00	$908	—
668	668	10	140.50	$140.50	$939	-4.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	11	174.00	$174.00	$828	+5.00
537	537	14	160.00	$160.00	$859	—
624	624	10	147.00	$147.00	$917	+9.50
695	695	11	138.50	$138.50	$963	—
839	839	9	126.00	$126.00	$1,057	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	163.00	$163.00	$676	-1.74
457–498	478	20	161.00–172.00	$167.77	$802	+2.77
510–548	529	4	144.00–148.00	$145.93	$772	-1.07
570	570	3	145.00	$145.00	$826	—
687	687	3	140.00	$140.00	$962	+1.81
873	873	3	109.00	$109.00	$952	+4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	43.00	$43.00	$338	—
830–947	903	85-90%	14	53.00–57.00	$55.98	$505	+0.26
783–1057	965	85-90%	52	56.00–76.50	$72.73	$702	+6.13
973	973	85-90%	6	75.00	$75.00	$730	+8.40
750–1158	997	85-90%	29	30.00–74.50	$61.80	$616	-4.80
888–1365	1054	85-90%	63	60.00–78.00	$74.42	$784	+5.68
950–1321	1120	85-90%	185	72.00–90.00	$80.71	$904	+3.37
1149	1149	85-90%	4	98.50	$98.50	$1,132	+21.16

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1143–1196	1169	80-85%	35	79.00–84.00	$81.01	$947	—
1098–1532	1320	80-85%	60	79.50–96.00	$87.62	$1,157	+1.69
1375	1375	80-85%	10	80.00	$80.00	$1,100	-6.51
1325–1553	1386	80-85%	168	89.50–101.00	$91.43	$1,267	+4.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1650	1471	75-80%	10	75.00–90.00	$81.66	$1,201	—
1607–1875	1652	75-80%	6	93.00–94.00	$93.19	$1,539	—
1750	1750	75-80%	1	67.50	$67.50	$1,181	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1590	1319	9	83.00–95.00	$88.51	$1,167	-0.41
1440–1580	1487	3	102.00–103.00	$102.35	$1,522	—
1860–2305	2058	4	112.00–117.00	$114.96	$2,366	+0.58

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1540	1461	5	69.50–85.00	$79.09	$1,156	-10.75
1485–1595	1540	2	88.50–92.50	$90.57	$1,395	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	2	73.00	$73.00	$741	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
799–1093	879	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	87.00–107.00	$100.22	$881
715–1150	944	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	104.00–112.00	$108.37	$1,023
995–1065	1018	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	74.00	$74.00	$753
830–1263	1054	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	74.00–87.00	$78.98	$832

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
718	718	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	118.00	$118.00	$847
791–840	796	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	117.00–125.00	$117.94	$939
1013	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	75.00	$75.00	$760

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–915 thin fleshed	747	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	22.00–35.00	$26.03	$194

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–985 thin fleshed	763	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	40.00–65.00	$55.98	$427

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1123	1123	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,535.00	$1,535.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1355	991	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	800.00–925.00	$854.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015–1235	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,157.63

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
778	778	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	108.00	$108.00	$840
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	80.00	$80.00	$720

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
904	904	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
903	903	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	103.50	$103.50	$935

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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
714	714	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
555–733	660	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,210.00–1,400.00	$1,297.10	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
585–600	593	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,025.32	-0.49

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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.