Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

5,134 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $135.46/cwt +1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,273/hd at 940 lb · 194 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $143.41/cwt +6.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,238/hd at 864 lb · 192 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $184.34/cwt +12.31 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 475 lb · 162 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,134	6,411	3,845
Feeder cattle	4,141	5,050	3,043
Slaughter cattle	774	1,109	690
Replacement cattle	219	252	112

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Stocker calves sold with a much higher undertone on good demand. Most of the trading area received over an inch of rain to benefit local summer pastures that are suffering from the drought.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	18	220.00	$220.00	$499	—
250–296	283	34	198.00–220.00	$204.42	$579	—
305–344	332	33	202.00–214.00	$206.72	$686	+1.77
353–393	380	77	199.00–215.00	$210.53	$800	+16.78
414–435	420	41	180.00–202.00	$194.65	$818	+9.40
446	446	13	156.00	$156.00	$696	-29.25
476–499	486	55	173.00–198.00	$189.45	$921	+7.08
510–540	526	34	174.00–181.00	$177.22	$932	-3.64
568	568	18	175.00	$175.00	$994	+4.91
611–644	620	36	160.00–168.00	$161.22	$1,000	-4.63
695	695	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,001	-10.83
714	714	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,007	-13.50
712–741	715	121	152.00–157.50	$154.14	$1,102	-0.36
759–768	768	126	143.00–151.00	$150.75	$1,158	+1.75
849	849	62	142.50	$142.50	$1,210	—
854	854	100	147.00	$147.00	$1,255	+8.73
874	874	92	139.50	$139.50	$1,219	+1.23
939–940	940	194	134.00–136.00	$135.46	$1,273	+8.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	180.00	$180.00	$423	-2.77
265	265	2	188.00	$188.00	$498	+2.75
348	348	2	190.00	$190.00	$661	+2.56
364–390	382	90	182.00–189.00	$187.54	$716	+2.42
402–442	433	45	179.00–190.00	$185.73	$804	+4.86
452–495	475	162	176.00–190.00	$184.34	$876	+12.31
500–547	525	53	161.00–173.00	$166.74	$875	+4.01
555–593	570	25	153.00–167.00	$159.62	$910	-0.82
613–635	620	3	156.00–158.00	$156.68	$971	+3.19
651–684	668	74	147.00–151.00	$149.03	$996	-0.97
709	709	11	150.00	$150.00	$1,064	+3.08
752 unweaned	752	8	135.00	$135.00	$1,015	—
751–788	761	43	138.00–146.00	$143.06	$1,089	-6.44
822	822	16	133.00	$133.00	$1,093	-2.83
893	893	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,152	+3.16
916	916	7	120.00	$120.00	$1,099	—
978	978	16	119.00	$119.00	$1,164	-11.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	170.00	$170.00	$400	—
270–295	283	2	161.00–164.00	$162.57	$460	+3.57
368–395	386	7	172.00–180.00	$175.05	$676	+10.52
401–445	413	16	162.00–176.00	$168.77	$697	+8.82
459–498	484	28	166.00–177.00	$171.99	$832	+5.99
513–535	523	12	152.00–167.00	$160.14	$838	+4.18
553–583	566	13	148.00–156.00	$152.31	$862	+2.99
613–643	633	6	140.00–145.00	$143.39	$908	-0.54
670–685	679	7	143.00–144.00	$143.28	$973	-0.92
706	706	33	140.00	$140.00	$988	+5.00
758–790	776	7	139.00	$139.00	$1,079	±0.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	14	129.00	$129.00	$531	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
193	193	3	172.00	$172.00	$332	—
248	248	3	175.00	$175.00	$434	—
273	273	10	168.00	$168.00	$459	+7.50
321–348	333	25	163.00–170.00	$166.45	$554	+0.45
362–380	371	75	160.00–172.00	$168.96	$627	-7.81
401–441	422	17	145.00–162.00	$152.85	$645	-15.92
450–460	458	57	161.00–171.00	$168.78	$773	+7.22
476 thin fleshed	476	6	175.00	$175.00	$833	—
499	499	8	133.00	$133.00	$664	-28.56
501–520	504	40	150.50–156.00	$151.45	$763	-5.07
550–582	577	14	147.00–150.00	$149.59	$863	-2.56
582–597	592	44	137.00	$137.00	$811	-15.15
634	634	4	141.00	$141.00	$894	-9.62
667–668	667	97	145.50–150.00	$148.75	$992	+3.17
693	693	6	129.00	$129.00	$894	+4.00
713	713	13	142.00	$142.00	$1,012	+4.00
798	798	8	138.00	$138.00	$1,101	-0.16
811–830	811	124	130.50–138.00	$137.88	$1,118	+6.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283–297	288	9	156.00–159.00	$158.00	$455	-1.28
304–345	316	23	154.00–156.00	$155.48	$491	+5.62
355–392	386	40	155.50–170.00	$157.74	$609	+4.73
402–441	421	157	148.00–163.50	$157.90	$665	+4.93
469–499	478	84	148.00–162.00	$151.84	$726	+2.97
503–548	525	35	143.00–148.00	$144.63	$759	-1.68
550–595	565	54	135.00–149.00	$140.81	$796	+3.91
636	636	8	133.50	$133.50	$849	-9.61
660	660	2	133.00	$133.00	$878	-1.43
701–705	702	19	131.00–135.00	$133.94	$940	—
754–797	768	102	131.00–138.25	$135.82	$1,043	-2.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	139.00	$139.00	$338	-2.78
300–348	332	19	138.00–150.00	$145.10	$482	-1.02
355–398	373	13	138.00–148.00	$142.54	$532	-1.62
413–443	433	12	137.00–145.00	$140.36	$608	+1.51
450–498	474	34	138.00–147.00	$143.11	$678	+4.07
513–548	525	6	133.00–140.00	$135.94	$714	+6.45
553–595	577	7	127.00–143.00	$134.56	$776	+8.43
620–648	637	5	123.00–128.00	$124.95	$796	-1.70
668–688	671	26	124.00–134.00	$131.59	$883	+9.94
813	813	4	120.00	$120.00	$976	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	6	134.00	$134.00	$632	—
527	527	12	128.00	$128.00	$675	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
237–241	240	15	300.00–325.00	$316.76	-8.24

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	329	8	185.00–190.00	$188.29	$619	—
431	431	5	186.00	$186.00	$802	+10.64
453–471	462	23	175.00–188.00	$181.91	$840	+11.91
501–502	501	22	165.00–168.00	$167.32	$838	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
196	196	7	350.00	$350.00	—
241	241	14	385.00	$385.00	—
282	282	3	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–468	459	4	163.00–164.00	$163.49	$750	+11.98
523	523	2	144.00	$144.00	$753	+1.00
606	606	2	139.00	$139.00	$842	+7.00
688	688	2	138.00	$138.00	$949	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868–1055	944	85-90%	6	32.00–50.00	$41.16	$389	—
705–1280	965	85-90%	69	47.00–69.00	$54.32	$524	—
830–1395	1061	85-90%	177	58.00–75.00	$66.54	$706	—
1000–1196	1105	85-90%	91	70.00–78.75	$73.91	$817	+28.43
1105	1105	85-90%	1	75.00	$75.00	$829	+29.52

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1058–1199	1157	80-85%	13	70.00–75.00	$73.59	$851	—
1020–1555	1285	80-85%	68	70.00–79.00	$75.23	$967	—
1248–1415	1303	80-85%	16	65.00–72.00	$69.69	$908	-8.23
1128–1406	1314	80-85%	41	77.00–88.50	$80.54	$1,058	+2.62

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1710	1469	75-80%	16	81.00–83.00	$82.37	$1,210	—
1225–1590	1490	75-80%	32	75.00–82.00	$75.84	$1,130	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1840	1472	7	75.50–96.50	$88.71	$1,306	—
1380–2123	1703	13	85.00–106.00	$97.13	$1,654	—
1645–2290	2022	3	101.00–106.00	$103.94	$2,102	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385	1385	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,108	—
1325–1555	1453	3	77.50–80.50	$78.58	$1,142	—
1355–1865	1683	4	86.50–90.00	$89.12	$1,500	+8.61

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
808–940	852	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	98.00–106.00	$100.94	$860
802–1100	924	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	80.00–91.00	$84.07	$777
830–1370	1054	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	61.50–77.00	$69.25	$730

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
590–928 thin fleshed	874	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	40.00–56.00	$50.86	$445

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
453–858 thin fleshed	651	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	15.00–32.00	$27.87	$181

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
948–1320	1137	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	800.00–950.00	$907.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1490	1490	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
590–679	627	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	23	1,125.00–1,300.00	$1,224.26	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
509–4820	743	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	925.00–1,075.00	$1,020.55	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1500–1600	1588	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,250.00–1,475.00	$1,448.43	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	12	125.00	$125.00	$450	—
753	753	7	110.00	$110.00	$828	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	5	112.00	$112.00	$722	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	27	146.00	$146.00	$594	—

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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.