Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 22, 2022

2,936 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $174.79/cwt -5.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,348/hd at 771 lb · 277 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $172.51/cwt +22.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,073/hd at 622 lb · 217 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $194.42/cwt -1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 532 lb · 143 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,936	6,039	4,706
Feeder cattle	2,494	4,916	3,817
Slaughter cattle	275	991	776
Replacement cattle	167	132	113

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Stocker calves sold 2.00 to as much as 10.00 higher. Yearlings not enough comparable sales for a market trend. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. The majority of the trading region received a good slow soaking rain over the weekend bringing anywhere between a half inch to 2 inches. Temperatures were in the 70's and 80's, which allowed pastures to begin to bounce back but a large amount of weeds are accompanying the new pasture growth.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278–298	288	4	222.00–234.00	$228.21	$657	-1.79
321–347	331	19	222.00–232.00	$226.24	$749	-4.96
358–399	389	23	211.00–237.00	$218.16	$849	-2.51
405–440	412	76	206.00–236.50	$225.87	$931	+15.37
450–474	458	26	202.00–204.00	$203.85	$934	-1.24
518–546	532	143	182.00–203.50	$194.42	$1,034	+3.08
551–555	553	50	190.00–195.00	$192.79	$1,066	+6.83
600–630	620	22	179.00–188.00	$183.76	$1,139	+3.98
708–710 unweaned	709	7	151.00–170.00	$161.84	$1,147	—
704–722	712	16	163.00–175.00	$169.55	$1,207	+0.63
758–790	771	277	172.75–176.50	$174.79	$1,348	-5.21
810 unweaned	810	2	150.50	$150.50	$1,219	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	218.00	$218.00	$632	—
309	309	5	209.00	$209.00	$646	+5.46
395	395	2	197.00	$197.00	$778	-12.41
429	429	15	190.00	$190.00	$815	-5.83
480	480	6	186.00	$186.00	$893	-8.61
507–539	528	34	175.00–190.00	$181.65	$959	-2.16
553–585	561	13	176.00–184.00	$178.68	$1,002	-0.49
608–618	614	5	165.00–174.00	$168.56	$1,035	-4.47
676 unweaned	676	5	165.00	$165.00	$1,115	+15.00
659–688	685	45	172.00–179.00	$178.09	$1,220	+13.29
876	876	9	155.00	$155.00	$1,358	-11.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	165.00	$165.00	$470	-9.78
353–361	360	18	164.00–187.00	$166.51	$599	-14.74
410–447	440	33	150.00–188.00	$154.83	$681	-26.35
453–497	478	15	178.00–186.00	$181.34	$867	+1.72
500–543	526	5	166.00–170.00	$168.48	$886	+3.12
558–592	584	8	167.00–168.00	$167.76	$980	+2.16

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	6	180.00	$180.00	$365	—
253–267	261	5	180.00–184.00	$181.55	$474	-2.45
303–345	317	17	175.00–184.00	$179.05	$568	+8.08
358–398	382	18	177.00–184.00	$179.13	$684	+9.62
435–448	444	25	158.00–172.00	$161.63	$718	-10.51
450–493	483	57	163.00–172.00	$165.33	$799	-1.40
502–538	516	41	145.00–170.00	$156.23	$806	+2.26
558–590	569	28	151.00–162.00	$154.89	$881	-0.25
619–629 thin fleshed	622	210	173.25–173.50	$173.33	$1,078	—
605–637	628	7	145.00–156.00	$148.03	$930	-2.47
711–743	713	74	134.00–163.50	$161.84	$1,154	+25.46
761	761	12	167.50	$167.50	$1,275	+20.73
863–872	866	16	130.00–141.00	$137.54	$1,191	+15.54

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	7	199.00	$199.00	$579	+16.44
343–344	343	24	193.00–196.00	$193.50	$664	-0.40
356–399	381	20	183.00–216.00	$193.34	$737	+12.30
410–447	430	73	170.00–193.00	$185.37	$797	+2.34
451–490	482	94	172.00–187.00	$181.88	$877	+3.53
500–549	535	84	164.00–176.00	$170.96	$915	+1.70
561	561	8	164.00	$164.00	$920	-15.05
659	659	8	165.00	$165.00	$1,087	-6.95
753 unweaned	753	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,017	—
756	756	20	160.50	$160.50	$1,213	+2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–283	272	4	171.00–179.00	$175.17	$476	-268.23
320–349	341	19	150.00–159.00	$156.42	$533	+6.42
373–383	380	6	152.00–159.00	$155.66	$592	-0.34
407–443	409	56	135.00–159.00	$136.37	$558	-15.63
450	450	4	146.00	$146.00	$657	—
529	529	5	148.00	$148.00	$783	+5.98
558–588	576	11	138.00–148.00	$145.69	$839	+9.69
748	748	2	123.00	$123.00	$920	-33.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684	684	21	122.00	$122.00	$834	—
817	817	8	119.00	$119.00	$972	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
249	249	9	225.00	$225.00	$560	+25.00
333	333	3	195.00	$195.00	$649	-23.00
365	365	3	181.00	$181.00	$661	-39.00
418–427	419	21	175.00–215.00	$209.18	$876	+15.18
458	458	3	186.00	$186.00	$852	—
501	501	7	189.50	$189.50	$949	+3.50
597	597	9	168.00	$168.00	$1,003	+2.00
623–642	636	11	155.00–175.00	$161.32	$1,026	—
1075	1075	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,333	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	6	188.00	$188.00	$540	-2.00
424	424	10	179.00	$179.00	$759	-6.05
560	560	7	158.00	$158.00	$885	-10.00
603	603	3	157.00	$157.00	$947	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–433	421	4	170.00–171.00	$170.49	$718	—
473–493	480	6	161.00–163.00	$162.31	$779	+2.88
500–538	515	5	153.00–162.00	$156.76	$807	+5.76
653–680	667	4	139.00–145.00	$142.06	$948	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	7	75.00	$75.00	$380	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–850	783	85-90%	3	40.00–46.00	$43.48	$340	—
915–1145	1010	85-90%	10	52.00–66.00	$61.93	$625	+14.99
920–1240	1040	85-90%	107	65.00–85.00	$77.08	$802	+30.14
1075–1170	1116	85-90%	18	80.00–91.00	$86.05	$960	+4.50

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1375	1252	80-85%	32	74.50–90.00	$83.77	$1,049	—
1070–1370	1270	80-85%	12	85.00–98.00	$90.23	$1,146	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1630	1482	75-80%	5	85.00–89.00	$86.14	$1,277	+3.28
1505–1510	1508	75-80%	2	85.00	$85.00	$1,282	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1300	1283	2	95.00–96.00	$95.51	$1,225	—
1390–2080	1721	9	91.00–108.00	$100.87	$1,736	—
1605–1895	1750	2	111.00–121.00	$116.41	$2,037	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1375	1302	3	74.50–80.00	$76.44	$995	—
1395–2025	1613	4	90.00–95.00	$92.65	$1,494	-0.38
1670	1670	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,904	+8.01

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Stock Cows

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645	645	(<2 yrs)	Open	16	50.50	$50.50	$326
831	831	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	55.00	$55.00	$457
812–1053	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	60.00–65.50	$63.88	$609

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–1280	808	(<2 yrs)	Open	20	91.00–110.00	$94.17	$761
820–1135	920	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	60.00–73.00	$63.61	$585
823–1230	931	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	83.00–91.00	$87.61	$816
850–1010	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	72.50–79.00	$76.31	$713

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–729	709	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	39.00–40.00	$39.25	$278

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1070 thin fleshed	922	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	40.00–56.50	$50.05	$461

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
450–935 thin fleshed	682	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	21.00–38.00	$28.66	$195

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
693–715	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–134.00	$111.57	$781
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	92.00	$92.00	$971

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	650.00	$650.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
493–593	543	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–900.00	$872.70	—

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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.