Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 12, 2022

5,444 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $172.04/cwt -4.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,368/hd at 795 lb · 229 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $221.04/cwt -5.03 vs last sale · ≈ $963/hd at 436 lb · 202 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.94/cwt +0.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,243/hd at 732 lb · 164 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,444	5,217	6,731
Feeder cattle	4,378	4,187	5,717
Slaughter cattle	866	799	885
Replacement cattle	200	231	129

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238–245	240	10	206.00–235.00	$214.88	$516	—
270–296	292	20	205.00–245.00	$219.23	$640	+9.07
305–348	328	85	218.00–253.00	$240.56	$789	-11.28
356–383	376	95	210.00–252.00	$239.13	$899	+11.50
419–448 unweaned	424	18	190.00–213.00	$208.95	$886	—
421–448	436	166	185.00–234.00	$222.35	$969	-3.72
446 value added	446	18	221.00	$221.00	$986	—
450–461 unweaned	456	16	194.00–198.00	$195.98	$894	-2.02
460 value added	460	20	216.50	$216.50	$996	—
453–498	476	49	183.00–234.00	$214.37	$1,020	+3.97
501–545	511	61	193.00–207.00	$200.48	$1,024	-16.56
511 value added	511	16	215.00	$215.00	$1,099	—
506–527 unweaned	513	50	183.00–187.00	$185.83	$953	—
553–595	575	113	173.50–194.00	$183.37	$1,054	-6.70
568–593 unweaned	578	19	170.00–173.00	$172.06	$995	—
600–618	604	34	182.00–189.00	$185.63	$1,121	-0.55
625–639 unweaned	630	11	159.00–174.00	$168.47	$1,061	-11.92
653–660 unweaned	659	10	165.50–167.00	$165.80	$1,093	—
651–669	662	35	175.00–186.00	$177.46	$1,175	-6.30
704 unweaned	704	42	154.00	$154.00	$1,084	—
715	715	4	172.50	$172.50	$1,233	-6.10
793	793	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,269	-16.30
791–795	795	224	162.00–172.50	$172.31	$1,370	-3.99
825–828	827	4	161.00–173.00	$166.99	$1,381	-11.10
925	925	13	152.00	$152.00	$1,406	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–344	332	12	202.00–228.00	$214.07	$711	-7.68
350–399	382	36	188.00–220.00	$201.32	$769	-3.15
413–448	434	21	188.50–201.00	$193.65	$840	-11.13
469–484	474	18	187.00–195.00	$191.18	$906	+2.62
500–543	528	36	180.00–192.00	$184.01	$972	-3.52
571–589	578	15	179.50–182.00	$180.52	$1,043	-2.75
578	578	9	150.00	$150.00	$867	-33.27
602–633	616	54	162.00–175.00	$171.51	$1,057	+3.16
663–695	683	63	170.00–184.50	$179.95	$1,229	+4.41
718–745	729	133	161.00–175.00	$174.59	$1,273	+4.71
743	743	25	150.00	$150.00	$1,114	-19.88
743	743	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,114	-19.88
750–780	759	17	158.00–165.00	$163.58	$1,242	-9.28
884	884	18	139.50	$139.50	$1,233	—
923	923	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,228	-22.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	3	170.00	$170.00	$391	-13.53
252–268	258	8	170.00–178.00	$175.00	$452	—
303–318	312	5	182.00–185.00	$183.83	$574	-2.99
353–398	374	28	157.00–193.00	$177.74	$665	-11.24
418–448	436	18	178.00–184.00	$181.16	$790	+2.29
458–498	470	14	175.00–192.00	$181.81	$855	-3.72
504–528	508	61	158.00–173.00	$160.79	$817	-9.01
550–597	566	19	161.00–173.00	$167.92	$950	-2.18
630–633	631	6	158.00–160.00	$159.33	$1,005	—
673	673	3	147.00	$147.00	$989	-8.00
710–725	718	4	143.00–157.00	$150.07	$1,078	—
719 thin fleshed	719	41	164.00	$164.00	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–440	425	18	138.00–165.00	$154.40	$656	—
484	484	4	164.00	$164.00	$794	—
523–530	525	21	145.00–160.00	$154.77	$813	—
4498	4498	5	153.00	$153.00	$6,882	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	2	325.00	$325.00	—
150–190	175	14	340.00–410.00	$364.81	—
200–220	209	15	340.00–425.00	$380.50	—
255	255	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165	165	1	250.00	$250.00	—
225	225	1	260.00	$260.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254	254	7	217.00	$217.00	$551	—
307–343	322	76	197.00–226.00	$204.20	$658	-12.09
352–394	369	66	185.00–215.00	$202.42	$747	-0.27
370–382 unweaned	379	16	195.50–197.00	$195.87	$742	—
400 unweaned	400	2	187.00	$187.00	$748	+3.00
406–448	429	155	175.00–210.00	$187.10	$803	+7.68
460–490	466	48	150.00–191.00	$175.51	$818	-3.00
483 unweaned	483	10	162.00	$162.00	$782	-16.00
520–525 unweaned	522	6	167.00–169.00	$168.33	$879	-6.67
513–530	525	54	157.50–190.00	$175.73	$923	-9.67
550–584 unweaned	570	21	164.00–166.00	$164.80	$939	+0.30
555–598	578	90	152.00–184.00	$166.81	$964	-0.82
608–624	620	13	164.00–170.00	$166.37	$1,031	+11.37
633 unweaned	633	3	155.00	$155.00	$981	—
658–685 unweaned	660	33	140.50–155.00	$141.41	$933	—
658–684	668	10	157.00	$157.00	$1,049	-7.93
660–678	674	105	163.00–169.00	$167.46	$1,129	+2.53
702–745	742	73	146.00–165.50	$164.24	$1,219	+4.58
757	757	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,136	-13.49
758–775	760	62	143.00–165.50	$155.99	$1,186	-7.50
809	809	10	145.50	$145.50	$1,177	+5.50
826–827	826	12	149.00–152.50	$151.04	$1,248	+11.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	6	188.00	$188.00	$419	—
258–273	265	11	178.00–180.00	$178.73	$474	-1.27
300–340	322	22	176.00–188.00	$183.71	$592	+1.43
350–390	371	14	150.00–189.00	$159.08	$590	-21.22
441–446	443	13	166.00–175.00	$170.93	$757	-2.26
451–493	484	26	153.50–175.00	$162.39	$786	+3.52
508–546	524	45	153.00–173.00	$161.38	$846	+3.60
550–580	559	33	153.00–163.00	$158.62	$887	-7.10
568 unweaned	568	4	150.00	$150.00	$852	—
651	651	4	156.00	$156.00	$1,016	-3.34
707–724	715	87	141.00–163.00	$158.56	$1,134	-8.46
897	897	7	146.00	$146.00	$1,310	-0.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–275	271	10	165.00–174.00	$170.69	$463	-16.31
319–349	335	15	152.00–168.00	$161.18	$540	—
350–394	380	32	157.00–171.00	$164.56	$625	-2.92
403–447	430	33	155.00–163.00	$159.91	$688	—
458–498	476	85	145.00–164.00	$152.37	$725	-4.25
503–548	516	19	131.00–147.00	$135.73	$700	-18.71
553–568	563	8	135.00–145.00	$140.27	$790	-9.73
600–614	608	11	132.00–148.00	$143.64	$873	-8.11
663–665	664	4	138.00–148.00	$142.99	$949	—
703	703	2	122.00	$122.00	$858	-34.00
752	752	5	124.00	$124.00	$932	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–345	337	5	136.00	$136.00	$458	-13.00
360–388	377	12	130.00–142.00	$138.57	$522	—
403–440	429	13	130.00–144.00	$135.79	$583	—
461–490	477	12	130.00–135.00	$132.30	$631	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
213–215	214	4	350.00–390.00	$379.93	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
260	260	1	225.00	$225.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	207.00	$207.00	$932	+34.09
513–536	523	11	156.00–181.00	$169.36	$886	+0.36
553	553	20	176.50	$176.50	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	3	155.00	$155.00	$636	—
450	450	2	165.00	$165.00	$742	—
558–592	580	13	153.00–160.00	$156.48	$908	-2.52
613	613	3	140.00	$140.00	$858	—
708	708	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,005	—
788	788	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,095	—
806–833	818	7	140.00–141.00	$140.44	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
241	241	4	194.00	$194.00	$468	—
258	258	7	190.00	$190.00	$490	—
390	390	2	180.00	$180.00	$702	-27.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–989	850	85-90%	41	40.00–49.00	$44.27	$376	+1.28
763–997	882	85-90%	61	54.50–63.00	$59.58	$525	+16.59
941–981	962	85-90%	25	65.75–69.00	$66.75	$642	+10.29
955–984	974	85-90%	25	72.00–79.00	$75.99	$740	+19.53
750–1289	1031	85-90%	58	37.00–62.00	$50.27	$518	-16.76
810–1373	1075	85-90%	104	50.00–73.00	$63.72	$685	-11.47
900–1390	1091	85-90%	117	67.50–83.50	$75.43	$823	+0.24
1135	1135	85-90%	1	86.00	$86.00	$976	+32.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1103–1165	1126	80-85%	37	67.00–72.50	$70.59	$795	-7.57
1215–1300	1279	80-85%	4	88.50–89.00	$88.88	$1,137	+3.43
915–1520	1291	80-85%	111	75.00–87.00	$83.51	$1,078	-1.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1217–1518	1413	75-80%	21	80.00–88.50	$85.26	$1,205	—
1518	1518	75-80%	2	80.00	$80.00	$1,214	-9.26

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1760	1465	9	80.00–93.00	$88.06	$1,290	+1.05
1530–2095	1732	23	92.00–106.00	$99.70	$1,727	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1475	1259	4	69.00–80.00	$75.39	$949	—
1355–2075	1705	9	88.50–107.50	$99.64	$1,699	—
1750–2290	1956	4	100.00–109.50	$104.11	$2,036	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–804	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	24	105.00–120.00	$108.13	$860
690–975	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	88.00–90.00	$89.17	$712
720–1120	1061	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	68.00–83.00	$78.06	$828
845–1403	1219	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	78.00–85.00	$80.64	$983

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
723–950	783	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	146.00–151.00	$148.14	$1,160
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	86.00	$86.00	$864

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–875 thin fleshed	791	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	40.00–55.00	$42.61	$337

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1005 thin fleshed	861	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	22.00–40.00	$32.15	$277

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
989	989	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1012–1185	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	36	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,147.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
978	978	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	650.00	$650.00
1088	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	935.00	$935.00
855–1315	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,181.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1210	972	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	825.00–1,075.00	$940.21

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
752	752	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	500.00	$500.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

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	3	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
536	536	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+41.76

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	14	178.00	$178.00	$780	—

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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.