Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

6,821 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $155.11/cwt -2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,187/hd at 765 lb · 272 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.88/cwt -4.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,044/hd at 731 lb · 266 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.70/cwt +5.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,099/hd at 667 lb · 238 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,821	7,009	8,750
Feeder cattle	5,334	5,690	7,777
Slaughter cattle	1,116	895	607
Replacement cattle	371	424	366

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	22	250.00	$250.00	$815	+29.24
377	377	3	191.00	$191.00	$720	-27.58
403–440	412	196	212.50–240.50	$230.17	$948	+18.41
457–494	475	169	190.00–213.00	$207.03	$983	-0.41
494 thin fleshed	494	11	207.00	$207.00	$1,023	—
502–510 thin fleshed	509	16	200.00–208.00	$206.52	$1,051	—
500–535	524	107	171.00–196.00	$184.98	$969	-4.83
554–568	561	12	172.00–180.00	$175.95	$987	-1.85
576 thin fleshed	576	28	185.00	$185.00	$1,066	—
617 unweaned	617	10	151.00	$151.00	$932	±0.00
620–641	632	44	163.00–176.00	$172.03	$1,087	+2.85
639 fancy	639	22	173.00	$173.00	$1,105	-19.00
654–676	657	160	164.00–172.50	$167.12	$1,098	+4.83
687	687	70	160.50	$160.50	$1,103	-1.79
694 unweaned	694	8	153.00	$153.00	$1,062	-2.00
706–725 thin fleshed	714	28	165.00	$165.00	$1,178	—
754–775	765	272	153.00–157.25	$155.11	$1,187	-2.13
805–815	809	60	152.00–154.00	$153.43	$1,241	+1.43
879–893	884	124	144.25–146.25	$145.60	$1,287	-2.24
894	894	64	140.00	$140.00	$1,252	-7.84
906–912	912	106	140.50–141.50	$141.44	$1,290	-6.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271	271	5	224.00	$224.00	$607	+23.55
310–337	314	21	193.00–220.00	$211.46	$664	+21.46
353–388	372	27	180.00–200.00	$190.69	$709	-15.17
397 thin fleshed	397	9	207.00	$207.00	$822	—
415 thin fleshed	415	4	209.00	$209.00	$867	—
425–435	428	4	187.00–190.00	$187.76	$804	-9.60
451–490	465	71	150.00–198.00	$190.32	$885	+31.74
515 thin fleshed	515	14	198.50	$198.50	$1,022	—
510–545	529	24	168.00–191.00	$180.03	$952	+5.57
531 unweaned	531	6	159.00	$159.00	$844	—
555–580	570	16	171.00–176.00	$173.43	$989	-0.16
604 thin fleshed	604	16	170.50	$170.50	$1,030	—
605–648	624	39	155.00–168.00	$164.30	$1,025	+3.98
650–691	682	40	150.00–166.00	$154.28	$1,052	-7.67
717–725	718	11	145.00–151.00	$149.90	$1,076	—
794	794	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,207	+1.30
815–838	835	68	143.00–147.00	$143.69	$1,200	+1.31
872	872	34	139.50	$139.50	$1,216	+4.50
1013	1013	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,155	-16.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	4	185.00	$185.00	$440	—
272	272	3	184.00	$184.00	$500	+2.00
305–345	331	14	184.00–190.00	$187.61	$621	—
358	358	2	173.00	$173.00	$619	—
400–435	421	22	168.00–185.00	$177.22	$746	+2.02
465–493	481	23	169.00–183.00	$175.32	$843	+2.37
505–547	529	18	160.00–167.00	$163.69	$866	+0.96
550–598	582	18	155.00–166.00	$164.09	$955	-0.82
600–643	620	25	144.00–156.00	$149.35	$926	+6.02
683–698	688	7	147.00–150.00	$148.30	$1,020	+3.25
702–748	716	27	134.00–147.50	$143.51	$1,028	+2.77
750–773	765	3	134.00–135.00	$134.33	$1,028	-4.31
842	842	5	137.50	$137.50	$1,158	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	5	140.00	$140.00	$664	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	204.00	$204.00	$608	+33.00
304–328	309	9	176.00–178.00	$176.47	$545	-19.04
356–390	376	28	157.00–187.00	$174.43	$656	-12.76
400–443	425	118	160.00–180.00	$169.09	$719	-2.63
464–494	481	60	155.50–176.00	$167.00	$803	+0.22
500–547	527	144	147.00–172.00	$155.54	$820	-7.08
553–590	580	71	149.00–168.00	$153.97	$893	-7.32
593 unweaned	593	17	156.00–158.00	$157.65	$935	—
606–647	629	144	149.00–156.50	$153.65	$966	-0.56
634 unweaned	634	4	126.00	$126.00	$799	-24.68
664 unweaned	664	5	135.00	$135.00	$896	-10.00
660–675	667	54	147.00–155.75	$152.28	$1,016	+3.28
727–735	731	266	142.00–144.75	$142.88	$1,044	-4.30
751–794	765	135	137.50–144.00	$140.68	$1,076	-5.52
804	804	7	134.50	$134.50	$1,081	-0.50
818–844	824	98	134.00–140.00	$135.64	$1,118	-3.28
855–856	855	39	134.50	$134.50	$1,150	-4.00
965	965	21	115.00	$115.00	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281–298	295	22	170.00–187.00	$172.95	$510	—
305–338	319	15	163.00–199.00	$185.37	$591	+20.37
355–398	374	24	161.00–180.00	$173.15	$648	-0.21
403 thin fleshed	403	2	175.00	$175.00	$705	—
410–448	433	54	153.00–169.00	$161.45	$699	—
450–493	470	43	149.00–166.00	$160.63	$755	-5.00
500–545	519	67	140.00–155.00	$147.31	$765	-4.37
552–588	570	29	140.00–156.00	$147.84	$843	+0.82
574 unweaned	574	4	148.00	$148.00	$850	—
603 unweaned	603	8	131.00	$131.00	$790	—
605–647	629	30	141.00–148.00	$145.21	$913	-1.19
653–698	687	125	139.50–146.00	$141.37	$971	+6.37
702–745	713	27	132.50–137.00	$136.14	$971	+2.52
765–771	770	7	126.00–137.00	$127.56	$982	-8.13
818–824	823	82	130.00	$130.00	$1,070	-0.33
851–857	854	57	125.00–133.75	$130.36	$1,113	+0.87
905–909	908	7	122.00–123.00	$122.86	$1,116	-8.14
1095	1095	11	110.00	$110.00	$1,204	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	166.00	$166.00	$445	+11.78
328–343	336	4	150.00–158.00	$153.91	$517	—
350–387	371	12	141.00–157.00	$150.17	$557	+5.17
408–444	432	28	143.00–155.00	$150.26	$649	-1.71
456–499	479	50	134.00–155.00	$148.89	$713	-8.31
528–545	537	4	131.00–136.00	$133.54	$717	+5.54
559–598	565	35	120.00–139.00	$130.13	$735	—
608–628	617	14	131.00–138.00	$134.84	$832	-0.44
650–680	668	15	129.00–134.00	$130.86	$874	+8.89
813–819	818	8	116.00–119.00	$118.25	$967	-2.47

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–448	420	5	156.00–165.00	$161.16	$677	+9.16
470–493	486	9	157.00–165.00	$162.09	$788	+12.75
509–545	526	8	143.00–154.00	$146.33	$770	-9.67
560–593	572	9	148.00–153.00	$149.35	$854	—
610–628	618	9	141.00–144.00	$142.66	$882	+4.66
655–685	667	6	138.00–139.00	$138.34	$923	-3.66
753–775	766	5	111.00–116.00	$114.03	$873	—
813–828	824	10	102.00–114.00	$110.99	$915	—
858–860	859	4	100.00–114.00	$106.99	$919	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	5	200.00	$200.00	$472	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85	85	1	225.00	$225.00	—
150	150	2	360.00	$360.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875	875	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,068	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1161	1129	80-85%	8	77.00–79.00	$77.47	$875	—
1170–1372	1221	80-85%	50	88.00–93.00	$89.37	$1,091	—
1123–1391	1257	80-85%	83	75.00–80.50	$77.95	$980	—
1050–1675	1304	80-85%	170	75.00–89.00	$83.30	$1,086	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
642–893	759	85-90%	7	38.00–50.50	$45.80	$348	+1.33
845–1039	968	85-90%	47	57.50–64.00	$62.01	$600	-0.48
820–1080	1001	85-90%	35	64.00–72.00	$68.33	$684	-1.79
805–1365	1095	85-90%	41	57.00–72.00	$67.20	$736	—
840–1164	1097	85-90%	36	44.00–70.00	$65.91	$723	—
1113	1113	85-90%	12	87.50	$87.50	$974	+14.81
915–1370	1115	85-90%	104	70.50–86.00	$78.93	$880	+6.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1343–1695	1420	75-80%	7	73.00–82.50	$80.76	$1,147	—
1410–1730	1570	75-80%	2	90.00–91.00	$90.55	$1,422	—
1770	1770	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,345	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1865	1433	20	78.00–98.00	$92.35	$1,323	—
1360–1940	1616	19	92.00–107.00	$99.59	$1,609	—
1530–1888	1799	4	112.00	$112.00	$2,015	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–805	785	3	55.50–61.00	$57.24	$449	—
955	955	1	71.50	$71.50	$683	—
1525–1905	1692	3	82.00–95.00	$88.66	$1,500	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
575–1135 thin fleshed	879	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	46	50.00–65.00	$56.07	$493

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–945	930	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	107.00–113.00	$109.95	$1,023
990–1030	1006	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	88.00–96.00	$91.95	$925
870–1445	1198	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	72.00–75.00	$73.68	$883
1088–1360	1214	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	77.00–84.00	$80.74	$980

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
565–975 thin fleshed	721	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	24.00–45.00	$39.60	$286

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,068

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–900	758	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	650.00–750.00	$699.88
1090–1319	1207	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	86	885.00–1,060.00	$968.69

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1007–1055	1021	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,350.00–1,580.00	$1,563.02
1114	1114	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–1245	992	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	800.00–1,025.00	$908.24

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1270	1044	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,126.68

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1003	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	78.00	$78.00	$782

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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
486–737	569	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	1,400.00–1,525.00	$1,473.40	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
337–733	546	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,269.59	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
428–540	456	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	825.00–875.00	$839.80	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
518–683	622	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,147.79	—

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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.