Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 25, 2022

5,776 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.30/cwt +2.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 709 lb · 372 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.64/cwt -1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,078/hd at 772 lb · 252 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $170.21/cwt -3.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,054/hd at 619 lb · 195 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,776	6,216	5,324
Feeder cattle	4,872	4,774	4,508
Slaughter cattle	738	1,017	657
Replacement cattle	166	425	159

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242–244	243	8	199.00–201.00	$199.75	$485	-7.25
270 thin fleshed	270	10	222.00	$222.00	$599	—
280	280	2	212.00	$212.00	$594	+2.00
317–323	319	5	196.00–200.00	$198.38	$633	-5.33
360 thin fleshed	360	1	218.00	$218.00	$785	—
350–397	373	26	188.00–209.00	$195.68	$730	-12.89
435 thin fleshed	435	6	217.00	$217.00	$944	—
407–448	436	20	170.00–200.00	$177.35	$773	-25.88
460–464 thin fleshed	464	8	210.00–213.00	$212.63	$987	—
450–488	468	29	172.00–189.00	$183.60	$859	-16.29
501–545	540	161	171.75–196.00	$175.19	$946	-9.69
550–565	554	19	166.00–193.50	$184.75	$1,024	+9.15
598 unweaned	598	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,052	—
609–614 thin fleshed	612	20	180.00–181.50	$180.98	$1,108	+3.98
602–645	620	175	160.00–175.00	$168.98	$1,048	-5.05
653–679 thin fleshed	660	100	170.50–174.75	$173.69	$1,146	+2.69
664–681	667	23	165.00	$165.00	$1,101	-0.52
673 unweaned	673	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,077	—
687	687	9	150.00	$150.00	$1,030	-15.52
727–746	734	44	150.00–166.50	$163.85	$1,203	+9.14
745	745	18	150.00	$150.00	$1,118	-4.71
753 thin fleshed	753	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,227	—
750–796	761	144	148.00–160.00	$155.28	$1,182	-2.88
762	762	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,105	-13.16
802–838	822	105	140.00–156.50	$150.01	$1,233	-3.61
851–882	864	49	143.25–149.25	$146.47	$1,266	-2.78
956–999	967	140	132.00–142.25	$139.95	$1,353	-4.80

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–278	269	8	184.00–191.00	$187.72	$505	—
311–314	313	8	189.00–190.00	$189.50	$593	-0.76
358–395	368	22	185.00–192.00	$186.13	$685	-9.07
411–439	427	52	164.00–187.00	$171.82	$734	-18.20
458–489	473	45	167.00–186.50	$179.46	$849	+5.69
503–548	537	35	159.00–189.00	$165.54	$889	-18.73
550–585	563	71	164.50–177.00	$168.95	$951	-1.96
600–638	611	18	156.00–168.00	$163.03	$996	+0.08
653–684	673	41	154.00–167.50	$159.69	$1,075	—
691	691	9	142.00	$142.00	$981	—
700	700	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,085	—
763	763	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,144	-4.00
829–849	835	20	144.50–147.00	$145.52	$1,215	-0.36
866	866	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,126	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–243	232	8	170.00–181.00	$174.75	$405	—
253–298	271	9	170.00–180.00	$174.34	$472	-5.66
328–345	339	10	174.00–180.00	$175.76	$596	-4.24
370–388	380	22	141.00–178.00	$163.76	$622	-11.74
405–438	418	17	159.00–175.00	$170.97	$715	-2.31
456–494	480	21	149.00–178.00	$162.13	$778	-13.54
500–547	530	32	110.00–164.00	$155.60	$825	-2.92
560–598	580	32	154.00–165.00	$159.40	$925	-0.67
588 unweaned	588	2	152.00	$152.00	$894	—
600–643	622	4	150.00–151.00	$150.52	$936	+2.70
653–692	672	15	140.00–152.00	$144.85	$973	-2.27
709–735	721	12	133.00–143.00	$139.96	$1,009	-3.73
758–799	789	26	110.00–144.00	$135.81	$1,072	-4.86
813–840	837	21	138.00–139.00	$138.91	$1,163	+3.91
858	858	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,115	-12.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	4	148.00	$148.00	$527	—
400–445	425	26	145.00–158.00	$150.09	$638	—
465	465	4	152.00	$152.00	$707	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
201	201	5	204.00	$204.00	$410	—
269–297	281	19	168.00–210.00	$191.29	$538	—
320–345	330	17	162.00–177.00	$171.41	$566	-8.59
357–381	367	10	163.00–170.00	$165.91	$609	+4.91
400–436 thin fleshed	424	9	180.00	$180.00	$763	—
415–441	434	14	150.00–167.00	$154.94	$672	-26.41
445 unweaned	445	2	169.00	$169.00	$752	—
455–483	467	32	151.00–174.00	$164.07	$766	-5.36
510 unweaned	510	3	164.00	$164.00	$836	—
525 thin fleshed	525	14	174.00	$174.00	$914	—
500–547	539	121	145.00–170.00	$164.98	$889	-5.92
559 unweaned	559	7	162.00	$162.00	$906	—
569 thin fleshed	569	7	168.00	$168.00	$956	—
565–588	585	63	149.00–164.50	$153.26	$897	-6.94
605–619 unweaned	613	12	137.00–141.00	$138.64	$850	-1.36
612–647	635	35	145.00–160.50	$152.49	$968	+0.04
661	661	15	131.00	$131.00	$866	-18.79
651–689	686	99	147.50–155.00	$149.08	$1,023	-0.71
703–742	709	372	135.00–152.00	$144.30	$1,023	+2.18
757–792	772	252	130.00–147.00	$139.64	$1,078	-1.81
809–835	832	70	135.25–138.00	$135.63	$1,128	+5.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	224	14	168.00–178.00	$173.01	$388	—
273	273	3	175.00	$175.00	$478	+3.05
316–345	327	20	150.00–174.00	$159.79	$523	-15.09
372–394	387	16	166.00–172.00	$169.35	$655	+1.10
411–448	423	61	155.00–165.00	$158.90	$672	-5.41
450–492	461	62	152.50–163.00	$156.99	$724	-4.45
501–549	534	119	140.00–160.00	$152.07	$812	-5.11
553–594	579	41	131.00–145.00	$136.85	$792	-12.44
608–648	628	47	130.00–144.00	$138.50	$870	-3.19
653–668	657	22	134.00–142.00	$135.82	$892	-3.04
700–747	731	20	126.00–145.00	$138.89	$1,015	-3.61
768	768	2	128.00	$128.00	$983	-14.38
815–828	822	8	120.00–127.00	$123.53	$1,015	—
875	875	30	128.00	$128.00	$1,120	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–340	328	8	148.00–158.00	$151.48	$497	—
363–395	377	8	149.00–158.00	$150.65	$568	-2.69
418–445	436	10	141.00–156.00	$150.11	$654	+1.63
450–498	477	23	135.00–156.00	$146.65	$700	+8.15
515–541	532	8	137.00–139.00	$138.26	$736	—
554–598	573	23	130.00–149.00	$139.77	$801	-1.39
629	629	5	137.00	$137.00	$862	+4.00
730–748	738	23	108.00–133.50	$125.30	$925	-6.70
793	793	2	105.00	$105.00	$833	-22.00
813	813	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,049	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	138.00	$138.00	$455	—
353–384	378	10	140.00–143.00	$142.44	$538	+5.44
430–441	440	17	136.00–138.00	$137.77	$606	-0.23
452–487	470	13	110.00–139.00	$130.80	$615	-5.80
583–598	591	6	121.00–128.00	$124.54	$736	—
607–642	621	12	122.00–128.00	$124.07	$770	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	431	11	156.00–166.00	$162.28	$699	—
468–492	483	14	156.00–163.00	$158.34	$765	-6.64
510–540	519	7	138.00–142.00	$140.87	$731	-8.13
555	555	3	152.00	$152.00	$844	+2.00
645	645	3	142.00	$142.00	$916	—
718	718	2	104.00	$104.00	$747	-21.00
755	755	3	106.00	$106.00	$800	—
1005	1005	1	88.00	$88.00	$884	—
1075	1075	1	82.50	$82.50	$887	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–440	405	22	169.00	$169.00	$684	—
503	503	6	162.00	$162.00	$815	—
601–628	610	12	160.00–164.00	$162.63	$992	+12.63
655	655	1	145.00	$145.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	7	184.00	$184.00	$539	—
477	477	6	152.00	$152.00	$725	—
581	581	9	150.00	$150.00	$872	—
605	605	6	153.00	$153.00	$926	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1010	937	85-90%	40	50.00–64.00	$60.21	$564	-3.32
863–1007	939	85-90%	35	53.00–57.00	$55.47	$521	-8.06
660–1205	991	85-90%	29	41.00–60.00	$49.27	$488	-19.02
805–1200	1051	85-90%	71	50.00–70.00	$61.95	$651	—
1085	1085	85-90%	1	84.50	$84.50	$917	+17.93
915–1310	1153	85-90%	131	66.00–82.00	$73.39	$846	—
940–1182	1160	85-90%	11	68.00–70.00	$68.15	$791	-8.59

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1323	1194	80-85%	8	81.50–85.00	$82.55	$986	—
1005–1705	1276	80-85%	47	75.00–89.50	$79.20	$1,011	—
1205–1431	1295	80-85%	18	72.00–75.00	$73.38	$950	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1725	1418	75-80%	18	74.00–86.50	$79.72	$1,130	—
1560	1560	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,092	—
1670	1670	75-80%	2	89.00	$89.00	$1,486	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1765	1469	4	74.00–90.00	$82.48	$1,212	—
1425–2135	1861	11	93.00–110.00	$103.24	$1,921	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1935	1665	3	88.00–95.00	$92.96	$1,548	—
1420–2225	1710	9	82.50–90.00	$87.08	$1,489	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1043	861	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	97.00–100.00	$98.45	$848
860–1118	1007	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	84.00–91.00	$85.60	$862
795–1395	1119	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	65.00–75.00	$70.78	$792
985–1275	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	75.00–83.00	$81.66	$982

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1020	818	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	31.00–50.00	$40.34	$330

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1225 thin fleshed	1067	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	53.00–66.00	$58.65	$626

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1050	1001	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	835.00–975.00	$951.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1280	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
490–693	594	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	875.00–1,085.00	$1,051.62	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
578	578	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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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.