Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 26, 2022

5,586 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $171.15/cwt -4.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,328/hd at 776 lb · 693 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.09/cwt -4.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,172/hd at 673 lb · 323 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.74/cwt -2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,173/hd at 721 lb · 223 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,586	5,726	6,547
Feeder cattle	4,363	4,543	5,404
Slaughter cattle	975	1,009	775
Replacement cattle	248	174	368

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Unweaned and nonvaccinated calves taking a heavier discount as we move into the cooler Fall months. Slaughter cow and bulls were 1.00 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
320–345	332	11	216.00–225.00	$222.75	$740	-14.99
388	388	9	209.00	$209.00	$811	—
400–428	421	14	214.00–218.00	$216.91	$913	-1.22
452–490	475	52	186.00–205.00	$197.11	$936	-26.89
500–532	517	63	187.00–199.00	$193.53	$1,001	+4.56
565–596	572	154	178.00–183.00	$182.18	$1,042	-7.92
590 unweaned	590	14	181.00	$181.00	$1,068	+7.11
603–638	623	42	174.75–180.00	$177.88	$1,108	-4.96
608–646 unweaned	630	78	166.00–170.00	$166.68	$1,050	-3.27
650	650	7	149.00	$149.00	$968	—
660–695	674	313	171.00–176.50	$174.75	$1,178	+1.75
675 unweaned	675	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,107	-0.29
708 unweaned	708	11	166.00	$166.00	$1,175	+6.00
713–745	730	160	167.00–175.25	$172.92	$1,262	-0.03
755–790	776	693	169.00–177.00	$171.15	$1,328	-5.63
838–845	844	214	161.00–164.50	$164.14	$1,385	-11.99
856	856	13	159.50	$159.50	$1,365	—
922	922	13	145.00	$145.00	$1,337	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	3	196.00	$196.00	$680	-22.47
422–443	431	23	182.00–200.00	$193.03	$832	+11.24
476–488	481	7	186.00–192.00	$189.39	$911	+13.89
522–541	531	30	175.00–181.00	$178.15	$946	+15.01
601–638	604	35	157.00–174.00	$158.73	$959	-15.89
650	650	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,079	—
703	703	9	168.00	$168.00	$1,181	—
798	798	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,229	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
288	288	3	178.00	$178.00	—
363–398	386	19	172.00–185.00	$179.20	-7.24
405–448	426	11	172.00–184.00	$178.85	+2.37
450–473	462	9	170.00–181.00	$175.59	-3.96
522–542	535	8	167.00–168.00	$167.37	-3.80
560–588	579	32	158.50–169.00	$162.20	-5.19
617	617	3	158.00	$158.00	±0.00
653–698	665	11	152.00–157.00	$154.58	—
733	733	2	147.00	$147.00	—
753	753	2	150.00	$150.00	—
897	897	3	132.00	$132.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
368–382	377	11	160.00–165.00	$163.22	—
446	446	4	167.00	$167.00	—
465–498	482	12	156.00–166.00	$162.29	—
537–545	540	10	151.00–155.00	$153.69	—
568–570	569	6	150.00–154.00	$151.33	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
310–343	331	7	190.00–192.00	$190.87	-7.06
431–445	435	14	185.00–195.00	$191.80	-0.20
513–520	517	6	173.00–176.00	$174.51	-7.08
600–648	624	6	161.00–164.00	$162.56	-7.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	4	168.00	$168.00	$837	+1.00
526–548	535	18	153.00–158.00	$154.99	$829	—
563	563	2	170.00	$170.00	$957	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
364	364	7	211.00	$211.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–442	423	23	176.00–184.00	$181.37	$767	-0.97
454–494	476	106	162.00–181.00	$176.20	$839	-0.37
494 unweaned	494	8	170.00	$170.00	$840	-5.45
501–542	520	80	150.00–180.00	$161.62	$840	-18.58
550–599	582	104	151.00–165.50	$162.19	$944	+7.19
608–644 unweaned	619	41	150.00–167.00	$161.53	$1,000	+16.59
620	620	4	170.50	$170.50	$1,057	-2.83
628	628	3	133.00	$133.00	$835	-40.33
661–675	664	31	155.00–168.00	$162.78	$1,081	-1.64
697 unweaned	697	3	150.50	$150.50	$1,049	—
702	702	21	153.50	$153.50	$1,078	-13.69
707–725	723	202	162.50–167.00	$163.70	$1,184	-3.49
798	798	6	156.00	$156.00	$1,245	—
804–832	822	55	140.00–157.00	$147.09	$1,209	-13.07
914	914	5	139.50	$139.50	$1,275	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
293–295	294	8	155.00–160.00	$158.74	-6.26
303–344	322	18	145.00–160.00	$152.66	-4.08
353–398	373	20	143.00–158.00	$149.79	-9.43
423–448	436	33	150.00–158.00	$155.65	-3.87
460–498	477	28	147.00–156.00	$151.80	-5.12
508–537	522	10	135.00–144.00	$140.41	-0.59
550–598	572	16	131.00–144.00	$137.85	-2.55
608–645	621	12	130.00–141.00	$137.64	-4.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	2	176.00	$176.00	$480	-18.68
339–345	342	7	165.00–174.00	$170.10	$582	-10.90
355–380	360	11	166.00–179.00	$176.50	$635	+26.50
408–419	411	30	145.50–178.00	$166.24	$683	-11.36
458–488	469	16	158.00–169.00	$164.97	$774	+16.62
513	513	4	152.00	$152.00	$780	-4.55
574–580	575	11	131.00–145.00	$133.57	$768	-34.00
748	748	32	156.25	$156.25	$1,169	-10.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
353–377	371	13	161.00–179.00	$173.44	—
420	420	3	161.00	$161.00	-4.50
498	498	2	158.00	$158.00	-9.21
503–535	522	27	147.00–158.00	$155.36	-2.61
588	588	3	149.00	$149.00	-8.39
627–630	628	13	149.00	$149.00	-6.40

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	140.00	$140.00	$627	—
499	499	4	133.00	$133.00	$664	-13.76
748	748	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,070	—
810	810	5	118.00	$118.00	$956	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
403–445	424	4	143.00–145.00	$143.95	+17.95
490–493	491	7	132.00–135.00	$133.71	-4.25
738	738	2	120.00	$120.00	—
855	855	3	116.00	$116.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
418	418	3	171.00	$171.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
458–493	472	15	153.00–167.00	$161.56	-2.89
528–545	532	13	149.00–156.00	$154.59	—
553–597	579	15	145.00–155.00	$149.51	-8.83
600–638	616	7	141.00–150.00	$143.78	—
673–688	682	5	141.00–143.00	$142.21	—
702–705	703	5	126.00–137.00	$132.59	-0.41

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	178.00	$178.00	$605	+6.00
352	352	3	191.00	$191.00	$672	—
403–444	412	20	150.00–181.00	$167.95	$692	+7.45
456–458	457	6	168.00–180.00	$172.01	$786	+5.51
522	522	5	177.00	$177.00	$924	—
681	681	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,022	—
1005	1005	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,256	—
1054	1054	4	110.00	$110.00	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	182.00	$182.00	$874	+10.97
505–532	525	8	167.00–177.75	$175.17	$920	-8.83
534	534	16	170.00	$170.00	$908	-14.00
608	608	11	163.00	$163.00	$991	+2.00
618	618	6	150.00	$150.00	$927	-11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	5	138.50	$138.50	$722	—
593	593	5	125.00	$125.00	$741	—
675	675	3	132.00	$132.00	$891	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601–676	630	85-90%	15	30.00–51.00	$38.78	$244	—
766–863	821	85-90%	16	49.50–58.50	$52.94	$435	—
710–1005	942	85-90%	26	62.00–76.50	$67.87	$639	—
905–1462	1079	85-90%	64	50.00–73.00	$67.11	$724	—
870–1400	1140	85-90%	161	63.50–79.00	$73.01	$832	-2.02
765–1419	1198	85-90%	27	40.00–61.00	$57.02	$683	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1168–1455	1222	80-85%	7	70.00–76.50	$74.47	$910	-0.52
1115–1435	1234	80-85%	5	86.00–90.00	$87.64	$1,081	+12.65
1015–1590	1329	80-85%	120	72.50–83.00	$79.59	$1,058	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1825	1541	75-80%	7	67.00–84.00	$77.84	$1,200	-0.46

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585	1585	65-75%	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,347	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–2260	1531	16	73.00–94.00	$85.44	$1,308	—
1505–2025	1698	14	96.00–107.00	$100.58	$1,708	-3.86

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	86.50	$86.50	$1,090	—
1465–2205	1740	6	92.50–99.00	$96.95	$1,687	—
1900	1900	1	105.50	$105.50	$2,004	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1020	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	82.00–89.00	$86.16	$806
900–1240	996	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	96.00–106.00	$102.12	$1,017
888–1405	1002	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	59.00–75.00	$65.51	$656
743–1448	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	46	70.50–81.00	$78.79	$893

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–995 thin fleshed	919	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	39	48.00–63.50	$56.69	$521

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	95.00	$95.00	$808
983–1095	1061	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	115.00–117.00	$116.44	$1,235

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–1090 thin fleshed	822	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	22.00–38.00	$29.97	$246

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
933	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,035.00	$1,035.00
1058	1058	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1074–1520	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,085.00–1,200.00	$1,180.66
980–1250	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	860.00–980.00	$881.14
1296	1296	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
905–1060	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	685.00–710.00	$698.49
952–1125	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	950.00–1,075.00	$1,025.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	760.00	$760.00
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	770.00	$770.00

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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
648–733	667	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,304.26	—
1150–1200	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
525	525	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	16	151.00	$151.00	$729	—
565	565	15	151.00	$151.00	$853	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481–499	495	33	133.00–145.50	$142.55	$706	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	3	85.00	$85.00	$359	—
483	483	12	75.00	$75.00	$362	—
531	531	5	79.00	$79.00	$419	—
623	623	3	72.00	$72.00	$449	—
679	679	4	75.00	$75.00	$509	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	20	158.00	$158.00	$912	—

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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.