Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 11, 2022

4,969 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $154.83/cwt -0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,216/hd at 786 lb · 221 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.64/cwt +3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,066/hd at 727 lb · 214 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.44/cwt +1.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,036/hd at 680 lb · 133 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,969	6,821	8,116
Feeder cattle	3,698	5,334	6,671
Slaughter cattle	1,030	1,116	804
Replacement cattle	241	371	641

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The drought continues with no relief in the forecast.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
202	202	3	213.00	$213.00	$430	—
270–295	289	16	205.00–227.00	$221.86	$641	—
413–438	420	29	169.00–219.00	$207.65	$872	-22.52
463–499	496	63	181.00–199.00	$197.40	$979	-9.63
526 thin fleshed	526	7	215.00	$215.00	$1,131	+8.48
509–547	530	41	160.00–185.00	$176.19	$934	-8.79
584	584	16	141.00	$141.00	$823	-34.95
553–598	588	96	172.50–189.00	$175.10	$1,030	-0.85
605	605	44	169.00	$169.00	$1,022	-3.03
628 thin fleshed	628	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,105	—
676–683	681	34	166.00–166.50	$166.18	$1,132	+5.68
728	728	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,092	—
744	744	47	163.50	$163.50	$1,216	—
754	754	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,131	-5.11
755–798	787	212	147.50–155.75	$155.04	$1,220	-0.07
814	814	7	149.50	$149.50	$1,217	-3.93
865–887	871	26	141.00–143.50	$142.44	$1,241	-3.16
930	930	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,256	-6.44
959	959	23	136.00	$136.00	$1,304	—
1063	1063	6	110.00	$110.00	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–283	267	5	194.00–195.00	$194.42	$519	-29.58
280 unweaned	280	3	185.00	$185.00	$518	—
300–340	324	17	190.00–198.00	$194.27	$629	-17.19
363–397	376	9	191.00–196.00	$193.17	$726	+2.48
415–438	428	19	184.00–203.00	$195.33	$836	+7.57
458–487	483	14	191.00–195.00	$194.46	$939	+4.14
500–523	516	22	165.00–195.00	$174.15	$899	-5.88
552–596	573	37	155.00–177.00	$163.00	$934	-10.43
628	628	14	156.00–158.00	$156.43	$982	-7.87
655–673	661	6	154.00–158.00	$155.66	$1,029	+1.38
703–738	720	39	142.00–160.00	$153.22	$1,103	+3.32
761–783	772	33	145.00–152.00	$147.09	$1,136	-4.91
814–848	828	35	135.00–146.00	$142.20	$1,177	-1.49
870	870	16	139.50	$139.50	$1,214	±0.00
908	908	48	145.50	$145.50	$1,321	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	170.00	$170.00	$416	-15.00
275	275	2	178.00	$178.00	$490	-6.00
358–397	379	9	174.00–189.00	$184.54	$699	+11.54
410–447	428	19	170.00–185.00	$179.29	$767	+2.07
450–485	473	18	160.00–181.00	$172.38	$815	-2.94
513–530	519	6	160.00–165.00	$162.33	$842	-1.36
552–595	565	15	149.00–158.00	$154.22	$871	-9.87
600–648	629	13	149.00–152.00	$150.38	$946	+1.03
663–693	678	7	140.00–146.00	$143.45	$973	-4.85
715–735	725	6	139.00–141.00	$140.34	$1,017	-3.17
778–780	779	4	139.00–142.00	$140.50	$1,094	+6.17
823	823	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,160	+3.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–440	426	10	156.00–162.00	$159.18	$678	—
548	548	2	144.00	$144.00	$789	—
587	587	3	142.00	$142.00	$834	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	11	130.00	$130.00	$1,098	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
748	748	6	50.00	$50.00	$374	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	184.00	$184.00	$442	—
329	329	23	190.00	$190.00	$625	+13.53
358–369	363	23	160.00–191.00	$167.67	$609	-6.76
405–448	434	40	171.00–187.50	$183.42	$796	+14.33
453–499	477	60	145.00–173.00	$168.32	$803	+1.32
523–548	527	75	156.00–176.00	$167.14	$881	+11.60
561–573	565	22	156.50–163.00	$158.90	$898	+4.93
600–638	606	38	158.00–159.00	$158.83	$963	+5.18
613–631 unweaned	622	29	122.00–151.00	$136.21	$847	+10.21
655–697	679	127	147.00–157.50	$152.89	$1,038	+0.61
693 unweaned	693	6	143.00	$143.00	$991	+8.00
718 thin fleshed	718	130	149.50	$149.50	$1,073	—
708–749	741	84	142.00–144.00	$142.21	$1,054	-0.67
775	775	21	142.00	$142.00	$1,100	+1.32
813	813	12	133.00	$133.00	$1,081	-1.50
830	830	65	140.50	$140.50	$1,166	+4.86
956	956	31	131.00	$131.00	$1,252	+16.00
1069	1069	31	120.00	$120.00	$1,283	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271–295 unweaned	278	7	173.00–175.00	$173.61	$483	—
275–293	286	11	169.00–185.00	$177.63	$508	+4.68
318–348	329	23	166.00–176.00	$169.98	$559	-15.39
350–395	374	30	160.00–175.00	$168.53	$630	-4.62
400–448	432	52	157.00–167.00	$161.53	$698	+0.08
455–495	468	31	155.00–170.00	$162.01	$758	+1.38
502–538	523	13	143.00–150.00	$147.58	$772	+0.27
550–592	572	49	140.00–158.00	$148.19	$848	+0.35
603–640	631	32	143.00–164.00	$148.63	$938	+3.42
668–680	674	20	142.00–145.00	$142.60	$961	+1.23
707–740	726	68	128.00–142.50	$139.87	$1,015	+3.73
750–783	769	36	135.00	$135.00	$1,038	+7.44
832–834	833	58	137.25	$137.25	$1,143	+7.25
1042	1042	9	115.00	$115.00	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	2	154.00	$154.00	$343	—
273	273	2	152.00	$152.00	$415	-14.00
313–333	325	10	140.00–158.00	$149.31	$485	-4.60
350–397	366	21	140.00–161.00	$151.75	$555	+1.58
400–438	424	21	145.00–155.00	$151.08	$641	+0.82
446 unweaned	446	4	145.00	$145.00	$647	—
456–493	471	19	145.00–156.00	$153.08	$721	+4.19
510–523	515	7	133.00–141.00	$136.73	$704	+3.19
569–593	581	20	128.00–150.00	$139.05	$808	+8.92
620–645	629	9	122.00–132.00	$127.83	$804	-7.01
652–690	674	16	120.00–138.00	$128.24	$864	-2.62
738–744	741	7	121.00–122.00	$121.57	$901	—
878	878	4	121.00	$121.00	$1,062	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
94 unweaned	94	5	200.00	$200.00	—
181–188 unweaned	183	19	375.00–460.00	$398.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–481	472	10	130.00–138.00	$134.34	$634	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	4	179.00	$179.00	$634	—
602	602	19	167.00	$167.00	$1,005	—
673	673	11	146.50	$146.50	$986	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
122 unweaned	122	—	—	9	250.00	$250.00	—
183 unweaned	183	—	—	11	425.00	$425.00	—
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461–495	472	6	160.00	$160.00	$755	—
555	555	2	158.00	$158.00	$877	—
744	744	5	132.00	$132.00	$982	—
772	772	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,065	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–470	468	4	166.00–167.00	$166.50	$779	+4.41
513–543	528	4	140.00–144.00	$142.06	$750	-4.27
668–680	674	4	145.00	$145.00	$977	+6.66

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1060	973	85-90%	34	44.50–67.00	$64.26	$625	+2.25
893–1029	976	85-90%	27	73.00–75.50	$73.95	$722	+11.94
935–1230	1052	85-90%	29	42.00–71.00	$63.03	$663	—
900–1213	1087	85-90%	89	50.00–76.00	$66.09	$718	-1.11
1005–1372	1133	85-90%	152	69.00–85.00	$77.92	$883	-1.01
1048–1515	1188	85-90%	31	75.00–92.00	$81.68	$970	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
867–974	942	80-85%	10	62.00–67.00	$65.62	$618	—
910–1080	1006	80-85%	19	73.50–76.50	$74.43	$749	—
1172	1172	80-85%	3	77.00	$77.00	$902	—
1165–1555	1302	80-85%	153	74.00–90.00	$81.13	$1,056	-2.17
1200–1475	1379	80-85%	59	80.00–92.00	$85.17	$1,174	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1238–1790	1479	75-80%	25	75.00–86.00	$82.36	$1,218	—
1415–1645	1546	75-80%	13	86.50–90.00	$89.52	$1,384	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1825	1523	15	79.00–94.00	$87.20	$1,328	—
1450–1990	1709	12	95.00–114.00	$103.65	$1,771	—
1605–2255	1883	5	111.00–118.00	$113.02	$2,128	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1920	1521	4	80.00–94.00	$86.39	$1,314	—
1710–1980	1884	4	103.50–109.50	$105.67	$1,991	—
2185–2285	2235	2	92.50	$92.50	$2,067	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
515–1035 thin fleshed	684	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	45	15.00–38.00	$29.97	$205

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
857–1230	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	102.00–116.00	$110.38	$1,021
1080–1410	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	73.00–82.00	$79.04	$975

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–990 thin fleshed	873	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	45.00–51.00	$48.15	$420

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1054	1054	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	735.00	$735.00
1112	1112	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1134–1307	1247	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	950.00–1,010.00	$974.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1135	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	850.00–1,025.00	$941.38

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
782–935	836	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	625.00–725.00	$683.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1625	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,140.47

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	78.00	$78.00	$948

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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
1150–1275	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	1,600.00–1,750.00	$1,721.69	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
510–671	614	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,220.00–1,400.00	$1,313.01	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
614–633	620	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	785.00–885.00	$819.01	—
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
500	500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	9	135.00	$135.00	$455	—
505	505	1	115.00	$115.00	$581	—
608	608	11	100.00	$100.00	$608	—
710	710	15	119.00	$119.00	$845	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	11	160.00	$160.00	$558	—
400	400	11	159.50	$159.50	$638	—

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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.