Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 18, 2022

6,216 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $160.44/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,156/hd at 721 lb · 398 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.45/cwt -0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 767 lb · 326 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $157.60/cwt +2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,232/hd at 782 lb · 285 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,216	4,969	7,080
Feeder cattle	4,774	3,698	5,477
Slaughter cattle	1,017	1,030	816
Replacement cattle	425	241	787

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to instances 3.00 higher. 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
205–238	222	8	207.00	$207.00	$460	-6.00
273	273	2	210.00	$210.00	$573	-11.86
305–337	324	14	200.00–217.00	$203.71	$660	—
335 unweaned	335	3	210.00	$210.00	$704	—
375–390	385	3	205.00–216.00	$208.57	$803	—
403–430	416	28	199.00–205.00	$203.23	$845	-4.42
464–487	475	8	189.50–207.00	$199.89	$949	+2.49
510 fancy	510	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,076	—
500–546	530	50	171.00–197.00	$184.88	$980	+8.69
556 fancy	556	9	189.00	$189.00	$1,051	—
550–587	581	100	164.00–179.00	$175.60	$1,020	+34.60
603–634	613	53	170.00–179.00	$174.03	$1,067	+5.03
618 thin fleshed	618	3	177.00	$177.00	$1,094	+1.00
619 unweaned	619	4	168.00	$168.00	$1,040	—
657 thin fleshed	657	51	171.00	$171.00	$1,123	—
650–698	677	90	162.00–169.00	$165.52	$1,121	-0.66
704–730	713	247	162.00–166.50	$163.92	$1,169	+13.92
730	730	2	157.00	$157.00	$1,146	+7.00
730–748	733	149	153.00–155.00	$154.71	$1,134	+4.71
769–786	781	270	156.00–159.00	$158.16	$1,235	+3.12
796	796	15	147.50	$147.50	$1,174	-7.54
801–848	805	90	151.00–155.25	$153.62	$1,237	+4.12
874	874	24	149.25	$149.25	$1,304	+6.81
918–919	919	16	137.00–138.00	$137.31	$1,262	+2.31
951	951	27	144.75	$144.75	$1,377	+8.75
995–998	997	3	119.00–120.00	$119.33	$1,190	—
1105	1105	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,337	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–347	333	11	190.00–191.00	$190.26	$634	-4.01
356–390	379	13	181.00–206.00	$195.20	$740	+2.03
409 unweaned	409	4	184.00	$184.00	$753	—
409–432	426	29	188.00–196.00	$190.02	$809	-5.31
440 thin fleshed	440	10	200.00	$200.00	$880	—
475–477	477	27	172.50–184.00	$173.77	$829	-20.69
512–538	525	41	173.50–191.00	$184.27	$967	+10.12
554–568	560	22	159.00–179.50	$170.91	$957	+7.91
605–649	622	37	155.00–170.00	$162.95	$1,014	+6.52
641	641	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,000	-0.43
785	785	10	154.00	$154.00	$1,209	+6.91
832–842	840	92	141.00–148.00	$145.88	$1,225	+3.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	180.00	$180.00	$522	+2.00
320	320	2	180.00	$180.00	$576	—
370–373	372	4	175.00–176.00	$175.50	$653	-9.04
401–440	426	35	155.00–187.00	$173.28	$738	-6.01
457–494	480	30	155.00–188.00	$175.67	$843	+3.29
503–545	528	16	152.00–167.00	$158.52	$837	-3.81
550–578	565	17	155.00–167.00	$160.07	$904	+5.85
638–648	641	11	146.00–150.00	$147.82	$948	-2.56
654–693	672	26	145.00–151.00	$147.12	$989	+3.67
703–738	720	49	140.00–147.00	$143.69	$1,035	+3.35
760–795	774	7	137.00–143.00	$140.67	$1,089	+0.17
808	808	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,091	-6.00
858–860	859	5	139.00–144.00	$142.00	$1,220	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	4	185.00	$185.00	$453	+1.00
342	342	3	180.00	$180.00	$616	-10.00
368	368	3	161.00	$161.00	$592	-6.67
375 unweaned	375	3	179.00	$179.00	$671	—
400–428	411	21	172.00–185.00	$181.35	$745	-2.07
456–489	464	40	153.00–179.00	$169.43	$786	+1.11
505–545	513	105	148.50–176.00	$170.90	$877	+3.76
565–587	577	32	151.50–166.00	$160.20	$924	+1.30
624 unweaned	624	4	140.00	$140.00	$874	+3.79
617–647	632	80	145.00–156.00	$152.45	$963	-6.38
657 unweaned	657	7	135.50	$135.50	$890	—
693–695	695	130	149.75–150.00	$149.79	$1,041	-3.10
703–731	722	225	130.00–144.00	$142.12	$1,026	-0.09
755–783	767	326	137.25–145.50	$141.45	$1,085	-0.55
801–811	809	160	140.00–140.25	$140.20	$1,134	+7.20
834	834	69	130.00	$130.00	$1,084	-10.50
863	863	35	130.50	$130.50	$1,126	—
917	917	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,165	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–272	268	8	168.00–178.00	$171.95	$461	-5.68
313–348	327	21	163.00–179.00	$174.88	$572	+4.90
376–397	389	13	161.00–176.00	$168.25	$654	-0.28
409 thin fleshed	409	4	170.00	$170.00	$695	—
402–443	431	50	160.00–167.00	$164.31	$708	+2.78
479 thin fleshed	479	12	167.00	$167.00	$800	—
455–498	481	34	159.00–167.00	$161.44	$777	-0.57
500–540	523	40	144.00–164.50	$157.18	$822	+9.60
559–598	579	55	141.00–159.00	$149.29	$864	+1.10
600–618	613	10	140.00–143.00	$141.69	$869	-6.94
675–685	677	14	137.50–143.00	$138.86	$940	-3.74
704–747	719	26	142.50	$142.50	$1,025	+2.63
773–782	778	260	142.25–142.50	$142.38	$1,108	+7.38
860	860	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,109	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	2	166.00	$166.00	$370	+12.00
270–298	289	6	152.00–165.00	$156.79	$453	+4.79
360–395	378	4	150.00–157.00	$153.34	$580	+1.59
400–445	428	11	143.00–154.00	$148.48	$635	-2.60
473 thin fleshed	473	4	150.00	$150.00	$710	—
471–498	485	56	131.00–157.00	$138.50	$672	-14.58
541 thin fleshed	541	24	153.00	$153.00	$828	—
580–589	588	25	138.00–143.00	$141.16	$830	+2.11
635–637	636	6	132.00–134.00	$133.00	$846	+5.17
660–665	663	4	130.00–131.00	$130.50	$865	+2.26
730	730	1	132.00	$132.00	$964	+10.43
775	775	2	127.00	$127.00	$984	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	137.00	$137.00	$500	—
420	420	2	138.00	$138.00	$580	—
490–498	493	5	136.00–137.00	$136.60	$673	+2.26

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	7	127.00	$127.00	$1,022	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–483	480	5	163.00–168.00	$164.98	$792	-1.52
513	513	3	149.00	$149.00	$764	+6.94
573	573	2	150.00	$150.00	$860	—
705	705	2	125.00	$125.00	$881	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	3	166.00	$166.00	$908	—
982	982	3	90.00	$90.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	150.00	$150.00	$922	-17.00
940	940	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,034	—
950	950	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,130	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–998	939	85-90%	25	60.00–65.00	$63.53	$597	—
906–1099	987	85-90%	34	67.00–70.00	$68.29	$674	-5.66
868–1230	1015	85-90%	17	47.00–60.00	$54.10	$549	—
855–1250	1098	85-90%	115	54.00–72.00	$66.57	$731	+0.48
928–1460	1194	85-90%	83	70.00–84.00	$76.74	$916	-4.94
1009–1294	1194	85-90%	38	74.00–84.00	$80.59	$962	-1.09

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1176	1115	80-85%	47	73.00–76.50	$75.03	$837	—
1035–1581	1332	80-85%	174	72.00–89.00	$83.30	$1,110	+2.17
1145–1452	1370	80-85%	41	82.00–89.00	$85.60	$1,173	+0.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1373–1720	1481	75-80%	30	77.00–84.75	$80.36	$1,190	-2.00
1458–1715	1547	75-80%	18	86.50–89.50	$88.34	$1,367	-1.18

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1625	1503	10	84.00–96.00	$88.95	$1,337	+1.75
1630–2200	1820	11	95.00–108.50	$103.16	$1,878	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1580	1389	5	78.50–90.00	$86.86	$1,206	—
1665–1875	1770	2	105.00–107.50	$106.18	$1,879	—
1785–2360	1990	4	95.00–100.00	$96.12	$1,913	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
723–1233	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	86.50–91.00	$88.25	$719
800–1075	934	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	93.00–116.00	$105.56	$986
860–1475	1102	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	38	68.00–80.00	$74.87	$825
980–1546	1348	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	32	77.00–86.50	$80.77	$1,089

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1073 thin fleshed	858	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	37	44.00–65.00	$55.51	$476

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1082	1082	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	114.00	$114.00	$1,233
892–1228	1127	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	76.00–88.00	$85.68	$966

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
565–1060 thin fleshed	674	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	33.00–46.00	$38.57	$260

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
858–1200	981	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	800.00–1,085.00	$930.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1283	1151	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,114.93
1178	1178	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
756–896	828	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	600.00–725.00	$657.40

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
634–781	715	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	1,400.00–1,485.00	$1,427.57	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
488–564	507	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	810.00–1,000.00	$888.77	-111.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
689–708	698	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,225.00–1,325.00	$1,298.06	—

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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.