Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 2, 2022

5,852 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $157.71/cwt +2.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,197/hd at 759 lb · 233 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.73/cwt +9.78 vs last sale · ≈ $984/hd at 620 lb · 207 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.53/cwt +2.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,058/hd at 722 lb · 183 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,852	5,776	5,853
Feeder cattle	4,596	4,872	4,597
Slaughter cattle	1,061	738	1,094
Replacement cattle	195	166	162

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower, except 600-700 lbs. 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00-4.00 higher. Steer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Heifer calves 6.00-10.00 higher. Many areas of Texas saw some rain this past week though with this moisture also came damaging winds and hail. This moisture did improve demand for calves. Demand moderate to good for feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219–242	231	11	192.00–204.00	$196.99	$455	-2.76
328–339	338	25	192.00–205.50	$204.45	$691	+6.07
355–395	376	13	186.00–200.00	$195.47	$735	-0.21
403–435	419	27	196.00–205.00	$199.73	$837	+22.38
455–487	470	25	182.00–188.00	$184.33	$866	+0.73
503–540	521	46	178.00–192.00	$188.03	$980	+12.84
552–593	589	70	174.50–192.00	$178.96	$1,054	-5.79
612–646	627	59	160.00–177.00	$173.21	$1,086	+4.23
663 unweaned	663	14	162.00	$162.00	$1,074	+2.00
659–695	683	36	161.00–170.00	$166.48	$1,137	+16.48
711–744	735	102	140.00–166.50	$152.78	$1,123	-11.07
749	749	27	152.50	$152.50	$1,142	+2.50
751–780	759	233	138.00–163.50	$157.71	$1,197	+2.43
825–845	828	110	136.00–149.75	$147.72	$1,223	-2.29
853–873	868	17	134.50–146.00	$143.34	$1,244	-3.13
881–887	883	49	137.50–140.00	$138.32	$1,221	-8.15
921–945	921	98	135.00–146.00	$145.88	$1,344	—
999	999	65	139.50	$139.50	$1,394	-0.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–335	315	4	186.00–187.00	$186.73	$588	-2.77
361–394	386	23	185.00–191.00	$186.80	$721	+0.67
418–433	422	10	170.00–191.00	$186.81	$788	+14.99
460	460	1	171.00	$171.00	$787	-8.46
502–543	517	27	152.00–175.00	$165.89	$858	+0.35
550–585	577	20	165.00–177.00	$171.86	$992	+2.91
602–648	620	19	154.00–170.00	$161.00	$998	-2.03
673–691	681	29	142.50–162.50	$158.90	$1,082	-0.79
725–741	739	21	147.00–155.50	$154.71	$1,143	—
824–835	825	35	137.00–141.00	$140.76	$1,161	-4.76
982	982	29	133.00	$133.00	$1,306	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	3	160.00	$160.00	$459	-14.34
323	323	3	129.00	$129.00	$417	-46.76
353–398	381	28	169.00–182.00	$176.47	$672	+12.71
413–438	428	22	164.00–179.00	$172.15	$737	+1.18
453–490	476	24	120.00–173.00	$168.38	$801	+6.25
503–533	518	25	115.00–167.00	$159.84	$828	+4.24
553–596	584	30	109.00–164.00	$134.75	$787	-24.65
618–644	636	25	125.00–156.00	$148.68	$946	-1.84
660–665	664	7	136.00–149.00	$146.58	$973	+1.73
718–725	720	3	131.00–143.00	$138.97	$1,001	-0.99
753–780	766	12	123.00–143.00	$136.51	$1,046	+0.70
897	897	25	120.00	$120.00	$1,076	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	15	156.50	$156.50	$869	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	4	86.00	$86.00	$493	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	109.00	$109.00	$373	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	71.00	$71.00	$472	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219–245	232	8	176.00–181.00	$178.64	$414	-25.36
349	349	7	165.00	$165.00	$576	-6.41
363–383	379	9	172.00–177.00	$173.07	$656	+7.16
400–440	420	52	165.00–179.00	$175.12	$736	+20.18
455–488	469	119	165.00–175.00	$170.94	$802	+6.87
502–544	539	122	164.00–174.50	$172.77	$931	+7.79
558–596	579	141	154.00–174.00	$162.35	$940	+9.09
608–634	620	204	151.00–163.25	$159.08	$986	+6.59
630 unweaned	630	3	135.00	$135.00	$850	-3.64
650–688	669	59	144.00–158.00	$150.83	$1,009	+19.83
705–742	720	171	137.00–151.00	$146.92	$1,058	+2.62
746	746	12	141.00	$141.00	$1,052	—
750–765	763	183	135.00–146.00	$143.41	$1,094	+3.77
832	832	10	128.00	$128.00	$1,065	-7.63
878	878	9	115.00	$115.00	$1,010	—
870–896	888	52	124.00–126.00	$125.35	$1,113	—
924	924	9	118.00	$118.00	$1,090	—
929–943	936	32	125.00–127.00	$125.94	$1,179	—
984	984	6	126.00	$126.00	$1,240	—
1113	1113	5	100.00	$100.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	168.00	$168.00	$487	-7.00
302–340	325	47	164.00–197.00	$187.93	$611	+28.14
353–395	375	17	146.00–170.00	$164.02	$615	-5.33
409–445	413	99	155.00–198.50	$193.64	$800	+34.74
452–483	468	55	156.00–166.00	$159.83	$748	+2.84
500–545	529	59	141.00–163.00	$151.78	$803	-0.29
550–593	587	81	141.00–158.00	$153.80	$903	+16.95
610–622	620	23	130.00–144.00	$141.38	$877	+2.88
679–692	683	25	130.00–141.00	$139.69	$954	+3.87
705–740	718	23	118.00–135.00	$133.48	$958	-5.41
775	775	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,008	+2.00
825	825	75	136.50	$136.50	$1,126	+12.97
867–887	882	12	113.00–114.50	$114.13	$1,007	-13.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–343	330	9	142.00–152.00	$145.88	$481	-5.60
363 thin fleshed	363	6	138.00	$138.00	$501	—
350–392	376	22	145.00–158.00	$151.44	$569	+0.79
423–445	436	6	148.00–155.00	$151.68	$661	+1.57
453–495	472	39	120.00–155.00	$147.65	$697	+1.00
508–543	531	11	135.00–139.00	$137.75	$731	-0.51
550–590	571	19	122.00–139.00	$133.31	$761	-6.46
600–622	618	6	127.00–140.00	$133.45	$825	-3.55
662–685	675	7	118.00–127.00	$121.78	$822	—
772–786	780	7	105.00–112.00	$107.97	$842	+2.97
815–848	845	18	85.00–114.00	$111.45	$942	-17.55
878	878	2	96.00	$96.00	$843	—
1123	1123	4	100.00	$100.00	$1,123	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	3	89.00	$89.00	$481	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	135.00	$135.00	$479	—
455–495	473	13	155.00–166.00	$160.87	$761	+2.53
500–512	508	7	140.00–150.00	$146.70	$745	+5.83
550	550	2	148.00	$148.00	$814	-4.00
600	600	2	144.00	$144.00	$864	—
717	717	3	127.00	$127.00	$911	+23.00
799	799	6	106.00	$106.00	$847	—
840	840	3	108.00	$108.00	$907	—
1025	1025	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,179	+27.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	10	196.00	$196.00	$882	—
541	541	7	170.00	$170.00	$920	—
587	587	13	164.00–169.00	$167.85	$985	—
646	646	7	157.00	$157.00	$1,014	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	6	193.00	$193.00	$753	—
455	455	2	180.00	$180.00	$819	+28.00
512	512	3	151.00	$151.00	$773	—
830–845	838	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,006	—
928	928	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,114	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
713–980	848	85-90%	30	38.00–49.00	$41.51	$352	—
664–963	856	85-90%	22	44.00–57.00	$47.43	$406	—
655–968	864	85-90%	3	59.00–62.00	$59.76	$516	—
830–1530	1020	85-90%	25	37.00–48.00	$40.58	$414	—
898–1460	1083	85-90%	88	49.00–75.50	$57.40	$622	-27.10
1100	1100	85-90%	1	84.00	$84.00	$924	—
880–1435	1156	85-90%	55	58.00–80.00	$69.04	$798	-4.35

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
642–990	751	80-85%	5	68.00–70.00	$69.36	$521	—
795–988	924	80-85%	7	73.00–77.00	$74.96	$693	—
1010–1540	1191	80-85%	63	60.00–77.50	$69.73	$830	-12.82
1005–1590	1287	80-85%	116	73.00–84.00	$80.05	$1,030	+6.67
1150–1615	1293	80-85%	13	80.00–94.00	$84.09	$1,087	+10.71

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	75-80%	1	71.00	$71.00	$856	—
1078–1735	1403	75-80%	39	69.00–85.00	$81.00	$1,136	+1.28
1315–1515	1415	75-80%	2	82.00–83.50	$82.70	$1,170	+2.98

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1055	1040	2	80.00–83.50	$81.78	$851	—
1250–1860	1551	8	84.00–91.50	$86.86	$1,347	—
1653–2050	1785	3	99.50–110.00	$105.98	$1,892	—
1375–2270	1883	8	90.00–100.00	$96.41	$1,815	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1765	1385	13	75.00–91.00	$80.92	$1,121	—
1740–1975	1850	6	95.00–105.00	$100.05	$1,851	-3.19
1945	1945	1	108.00	$108.00	$2,101	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
490–840 thin fleshed	748	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	34	22.00–46.00	$30.19	$226

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1178 thin fleshed	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	45.00–66.00	$59.39	$586

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
838–1215	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	80.00–92.00	$86.99	$881
900–1385	1166	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	70.00–80.00	$74.96	$874
988–1423	1206	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	66.00–69.00	$67.77	$817

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00	$825.00
1168	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1120–1635	1378	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,069.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1260	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	800.00–960.00	$885.47

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
791	791	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
548–713	599	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,350.00–1,375.00	$1,354.96	+54.96
1075–1200	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,221.85	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
486–533	505	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	740.00	$740.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
578–705	632	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,110.00	$952.73	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
688	688	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	18	125.00	$125.00	$446	—
422	422	10	139.00	$139.00	$587	—
558	558	4	135.00	$135.00	$753	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	18	138.00	$138.00	$469	—
396	396	6	157.00	$157.00	$622	—
591	591	21	139.25	$139.25	$823	—

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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.