Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 29, 2022

4,382 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $165.35/cwt ≈ $1,488/hd at 900 lb · 360 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $186.18/cwt ≈ $1,234/hd at 663 lb · 343 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $178.39/cwt +3.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,404/hd at 787 lb · 253 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,382	2,936	3,083
Feeder cattle	3,538	2,494	2,504
Slaughter cattle	707	275	459
Replacement cattle	137	167	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady; calves were steady to instances 4.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. Fall is in the air after rains brought cooler temperatures. Farmers are getting busy planting winter wheat pastures.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	14	247.00	$247.00	$588	—
273–285	280	9	202.00–237.00	$220.02	$616	-8.19
309–346	338	62	217.00–255.00	$248.70	$841	+22.46
387–392	390	6	210.00–225.00	$217.45	$848	-0.71
400–445	413	70	210.00–239.00	$225.51	$931	-0.36
474–483	476	44	210.00	$210.00	$1,000	+6.15
518	518	18	200.00	$200.00	$1,036	+5.58
520 unweaned	520	10	195.00	$195.00	$1,014	—
553–581	577	22	189.00–194.00	$189.69	$1,095	-3.10
602–644	625	46	181.00–186.00	$183.45	$1,147	-0.31
633–634 unweaned	634	31	170.00–178.00	$171.03	$1,084	—
656–675	663	343	175.50–189.00	$186.18	$1,234	—
704	704	72	180.50	$180.50	$1,271	+10.95
730 unweaned	730	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,204	+3.16
778–791	787	253	176.50–180.50	$178.39	$1,404	+3.60
811	811	64	180.25	$180.25	$1,462	—
854	854	21	170.00	$170.00	$1,452	—
900	900	360	165.35	$165.35	$1,488	—
1008	1008	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–330	323	8	206.00–207.00	$206.62	$667	-2.38
360–375	366	8	198.00–208.00	$201.85	$739	+4.85
403–404	404	34	190.00–192.00	$190.12	$768	+0.12
479	479	6	198.00	$198.00	$948	+12.00
502–542	524	21	172.00–189.00	$176.98	$927	-4.67
563–594	587	14	164.00–187.00	$171.90	$1,009	-6.78
637–645	638	18	184.00–185.00	$184.89	$1,180	+16.33
653–680	676	58	173.00–180.00	$175.75	$1,188	-2.34
705–748	732	155	159.00–178.50	$176.88	$1,295	—
850–853	852	46	158.00–158.25	$158.14	$1,347	+3.14
970	970	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,504	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–282	272	5	180.00–188.00	$184.97	$503	+19.97
302–303	302	8	183.00–192.00	$186.38	$563	—
400–443	418	15	174.00–187.00	$179.07	$749	+24.24
518–543	528	5	163.00–171.00	$166.29	$878	-2.19
570–583	577	6	167.00–172.00	$169.53	$978	+1.77
605–613	612	17	154.00–159.00	$157.41	$963	—
670	670	3	154.00	$154.00	$1,032	—
705	705	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,058	—
815–838	830	19	130.00–144.50	$139.25	$1,156	—
946	946	7	133.00	$133.00	$1,258	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–498	464	10	158.00–171.00	$162.96	$756	—
553–593	576	14	150.00–160.00	$155.97	$898	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
214–228	217	9	210.00–222.00	$212.80	$462	—
271–288	280	9	200.00–203.00	$201.71	$565	+2.71
303–340	317	59	193.50–211.00	$204.88	$649	+11.38
351 unweaned	351	4	201.00	$201.00	$706	—
352–395	374	60	185.00–195.00	$190.22	$711	-3.12
410–432	415	46	187.00–195.00	$188.13	$781	+2.76
420 thin fleshed	420	30	211.00	$211.00	$886	—
458–480	465	16	174.00–199.00	$180.23	$838	-1.65
493 unweaned	493	9	176.00	$176.00	$868	—
506–540	518	38	170.00–185.00	$177.67	$920	+6.71
562–596	579	62	148.00–184.50	$161.48	$935	-2.52
603–620	605	60	169.00–173.00	$169.34	$1,025	—
600–637 unweaned	621	9	155.00–165.00	$159.30	$989	—
663–680	676	65	160.00–169.50	$165.08	$1,116	+0.08
882	882	32	156.00	$156.00	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	2	177.00	$177.00	$404	-3.00
260	260	4	190.00	$190.00	$494	+8.45
313–347	331	14	170.00–180.00	$172.23	$570	-6.82
355–395	369	7	176.00–180.00	$177.50	$655	-1.63
453–485	466	20	165.00–174.00	$170.89	$796	+5.56
510–548	520	27	150.00–163.00	$158.02	$822	+1.79
565–593	583	39	150.00–175.00	$168.55	$983	+13.66
603–624	617	32	151.00–159.00	$154.78	$955	+6.75
653–690	686	83	155.00–166.00	$162.86	$1,117	—
778	778	49	160.00	$160.00	$1,245	-7.50
781–784	782	13	131.00–140.00	$136.53	$1,068	-30.97
782	782	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,103	-26.50
810–815	814	9	130.00–135.00	$131.11	$1,067	—
860	860	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,109	-8.54
989	989	27	138.00	$138.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–343	339	5	162.00–163.00	$162.40	$551	+5.98
350–371	364	18	159.00–165.00	$162.22	$590	+6.56
422–448	436	18	152.00–155.00	$153.49	$669	+17.12
450–478	459	14	148.00–161.00	$155.03	$712	+9.03
538–542	539	12	138.00–149.00	$146.67	$791	-1.33
600–637	626	7	140.00–148.00	$145.81	$913	—
673	673	4	142.00–146.00	$144.00	$969	—
870	870	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	6	120.00	$120.00	$613	—

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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	4	217.00	$217.00	$540	-8.00
253	253	2	217.00	$217.00	$549	—
330–347	340	5	210.00–215.00	$211.94	$721	+16.94
403–443	424	9	185.00–225.00	$200.83	$852	-8.35
508–510	509	4	187.00–195.00	$190.99	$972	+1.49
565–566	566	14	171.00–185.00	$177.99	$1,007	+9.99
614	614	17	172.00	$172.00	$1,056	+10.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–324	318	11	157.00–179.00	$162.70	$517	—
475	475	2	162.00	$162.00	$770	-0.31
555	555	3	160.00	$160.00	$888	—
752	752	5	119.00	$119.00	$895	—
870	870	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	15	185.00	$185.00	$744	+6.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609–972	827	85-90%	32	36.00–48.50	$44.32	$367	—
783–974	859	85-90%	48	53.00–63.00	$56.88	$489	—
900–995	957	85-90%	7	70.00–74.50	$72.24	$691	—
790–1324	1073	85-90%	53	53.00–71.00	$66.98	$719	—
910–1132	1089	85-90%	37	45.00–59.00	$52.97	$577	—
1085–1150	1098	85-90%	5	82.50–88.00	$86.85	$954	—
923–1415	1128	85-90%	96	66.00–84.00	$75.30	$849	-10.75

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1289	1119	80-85%	49	66.50–79.00	$73.69	$825	—
1103–1670	1334	80-85%	67	80.00–89.00	$85.14	$1,136	—
1260–1602	1406	80-85%	31	85.00–91.50	$90.75	$1,276	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1212–1465	1236	75-80%	17	85.00–95.50	$90.88	$1,123	—
1490	1490	75-80%	1	75.50	$75.50	$1,125	-10.64
1361–1765	1502	75-80%	51	80.50–90.00	$86.68	$1,302	+1.68

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1895	1555	2	81.50–85.00	$83.63	$1,300	—
1305–1870	1578	5	89.00–111.00	$95.66	$1,510	—
1840–1890	1860	3	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$2,158	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1745	1745	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,762	+0.13
1600–2070	1845	3	112.00–120.00	$114.98	$2,121	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
717–1090	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	80.00–95.00	$87.42	$752
805–945	926	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	105.00–113.00	$109.75	$1,016
860–1428	1151	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	65.00–73.00	$67.26	$774
1135–1403	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	77.00–85.00	$81.77	$1,079

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
493–705 thin fleshed	534	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	26.00–40.00	$35.79	$191

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
768–960	816	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	83.00–85.00	$83.59	$682

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1022–1061	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	1,035.00–1,100.00	$1,044.44
1161	1161	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	850.00	$850.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
723	723	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	375.00	$375.00
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	985.00	$985.00

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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
600–648	633	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,280.00–1,425.00	$1,322.88	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
551	551	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.