Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

6,993 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.02/cwt -0.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,095/hd at 573 lb · 360 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $177.75/cwt +2.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,196/hd at 673 lb · 339 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $201.74/cwt +2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,037/hd at 514 lb · 231 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,993	6,497	9,160
Feeder cattle	5,371	5,463	7,986
Slaughter cattle	1,326	886	1,026
Replacement cattle	296	148	148

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Trade activity was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266–286	274	25	250.00–257.00	$253.54	$695	+17.20
303–345	324	14	223.00–258.00	$236.19	$765	+1.12
370–388	374	32	216.00–229.00	$218.63	$818	-20.60
402–443	421	83	199.00–227.00	$209.41	$882	-13.08
434 unweaned	434	4	197.00	$197.00	$855	—
457–490	472	68	184.00–210.00	$193.44	$913	-15.71
509–520 unweaned	512	10	170.00–183.00	$173.96	$891	-11.04
502–540	514	221	187.00–209.00	$203.00	$1,043	+2.86
561 unweaned	561	10	178.50	$178.50	$1,001	-0.50
550–595	573	336	185.00–201.00	$192.06	$1,101	+7.63
585	585	14	175.00	$175.00	$1,024	-9.43
610–644	627	129	170.00–189.00	$184.86	$1,159	+3.19
615–642 unweaned	632	78	160.50–175.00	$172.72	$1,092	+2.18
652–698	672	271	169.00–187.00	$181.76	$1,221	+11.26
657–695 unweaned	677	68	157.50–165.00	$161.78	$1,095	-0.76
703–718	710	29	159.50–160.50	$159.99	$1,136	-8.14
709–735	716	34	172.00–175.00	$174.25	$1,248	+6.12
735 unweaned	735	7	159.00	$159.00	$1,169	+1.45
762–793	778	168	169.00–173.00	$171.13	$1,331	-8.22
789	789	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,302	-14.35
804–845	827	30	166.00–175.50	$170.12	$1,407	-5.52
851	851	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,447	-3.09
915	915	29	166.00	$166.00	$1,519	+16.00
967	967	3	147.50	$147.50	$1,426	-21.00
993–999	993	65	160.00–168.00	$167.50	$1,663	-1.00
1005	1005	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,508	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	3	200.00	$200.00	$454	—
293–298	296	4	190.00–224.00	$206.86	$612	—
347	347	7	195.00	$195.00	$677	—
364–387	370	20	191.00–210.00	$199.85	$739	-8.68
426–448	431	45	165.00–205.00	$184.34	$795	-4.33
453–497	475	22	168.00–203.00	$193.10	$917	+4.66
500–538	524	17	173.00–189.00	$180.16	$944	+1.31
558–598	570	47	163.00–183.00	$178.00	$1,015	+11.22
605 unweaned	605	11	150.50	$150.50	$911	—
600–645	617	86	160.00–178.00	$173.98	$1,073	+6.74
661 unweaned	661	73	155.50	$155.50	$1,028	—
662	662	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,125	-2.90
698	698	9	160.00	$160.00	$1,117	-12.90
724–736	731	10	155.00–166.00	$161.64	$1,182	-7.47
750–783	753	73	152.00–166.50	$165.72	$1,248	+0.08
881	881	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–395	379	4	180.00–181.00	$180.48	$684	—
403–445	423	13	175.00–189.00	$183.53	$776	+19.97
453–495	471	11	170.00–182.00	$177.01	$834	-2.29
518–536	527	21	158.00–172.50	$165.46	$872	+6.10
550–593	569	17	156.00–169.00	$160.84	$915	+0.89
600–635	620	15	146.00–159.00	$153.28	$950	+4.34
679–693	688	21	131.00–150.00	$143.17	$985	-6.84
842	842	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,170	—
993	993	10	134.00	$134.00	$1,331	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	6	160.00	$160.00	$891	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	192.00	$192.00	$586	-24.60
315 unweaned	315	3	183.00	$183.00	$576	—
350–399	379	37	170.00–200.00	$188.46	$714	-9.03
403–445	417	116	160.00–190.00	$178.46	$744	-1.81
450–493	476	158	155.00–189.00	$180.23	$858	+6.43
480–492 unweaned	489	7	160.00–170.00	$162.81	$796	-3.69
503–548	523	190	154.00–190.00	$169.67	$887	-2.44
542 unweaned	542	4	168.50	$168.50	$913	—
553–585	573	161	161.00–187.00	$174.59	$1,000	+2.33
592 unweaned	592	14	154.00	$154.00	$912	—
607–623 unweaned	616	61	155.00–167.00	$159.23	$981	+4.86
604–638	620	126	167.25–186.00	$169.67	$1,052	-0.18
656–694 unweaned	669	35	143.00–145.00	$144.41	$966	-11.58
679–696	683	36	166.50–168.00	$167.62	$1,145	-0.06
710 unweaned	710	7	142.00	$142.00	$1,008	—
710–743	726	116	162.50–172.25	$169.21	$1,228	-0.06
729	729	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,166	-9.27
758	758	5	162.00	$162.00	$1,228	-6.78
811–815	811	69	155.00–165.50	$164.89	$1,337	+2.30
852	852	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,235	—
853–878	856	24	150.00–155.00	$154.36	$1,321	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	4	186.00	$186.00	$508	—
312–334	327	17	175.00–190.00	$183.62	$600	+12.28
353–385	371	43	170.00–183.00	$176.81	$656	+0.50
404–433	406	57	150.00–163.00	$151.43	$615	-13.95
454–498	474	33	159.00–171.00	$164.71	$781	+0.29
505–549	527	75	140.00–170.50	$159.73	$842	-6.37
560–599	590	46	149.00–174.00	$160.88	$949	-0.55
603–642	622	27	149.00–161.00	$156.66	$974	+10.29
657–675	666	6	144.00–155.00	$149.43	$995	-11.18
701–737	705	62	123.00–166.50	$161.16	$1,136	-1.70
755–796	763	24	125.00–160.00	$147.58	$1,126	+4.58
810–846	839	17	136.00–153.00	$142.38	$1,195	+2.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	3	172.00	$172.00	$427	—
278–294	289	7	173.00–176.00	$173.82	$502	—
340–348	344	15	155.00–167.00	$164.61	$566	+34.61
380–393	391	12	151.00–167.00	$159.38	$623	+11.38
432–445	437	19	145.00–148.00	$146.16	$639	-1.64
463–493	477	18	151.00–155.00	$152.56	$728	+12.34
508–535	531	48	139.00–144.00	$140.39	$745	+3.07
595	595	2	149.00	$149.00	$887	+10.61
635	635	7	155.00	$155.00	$984	+20.04
655–685	671	8	131.00–143.00	$137.47	$922	+8.00
724	724	22	132.00	$132.00	$956	-1.00
851	851	5	132.00	$132.00	$1,123	—
930–935	934	13	118.00–150.00	$145.10	$1,355	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 unweaned	375	2	218.00	$218.00	$818	—
375–382	379	5	205.00–236.00	$223.74	$848	—
413–422	418	5	189.00–209.00	$201.10	$841	-8.90
471	471	4	185.00	$185.00	$871	±0.00
524	524	7	178.00	$178.00	$933	+24.00
556–589	571	22	160.00–169.00	$164.78	$941	—
623–640	625	27	155.00–156.00	$155.11	$969	-2.89
687 unweaned	687	15	160.00	$160.00	$1,099	—
696	696	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,030	—
711	711	4	157.00	$157.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	163.00	$163.00	$722	-6.20
458–480	465	6	157.00–163.00	$160.94	$748	-2.06
533	533	4	148.00	$148.00	$789	-5.00
570–583	579	16	146.00–155.00	$148.59	$860	+0.44
623–635	628	10	136.00–140.00	$137.62	$864	-5.89
651–691	666	16	130.00–140.00	$134.65	$897	-1.02
728–743	738	6	117.00–124.00	$119.30	$880	-6.74
750	750	5	114.00	$114.00	$855	-4.01

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–494	491	16	160.00–180.00	$162.38	$797	-25.62
644	644	4	150.00	$150.00	$966	-6.88
675–698	687	4	138.00–145.00	$141.56	$973	—
750	750	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
634–998	860	85-90%	44	22.00–39.00	$27.39	$236	—
785–965	906	85-90%	22	40.00–49.00	$46.72	$423	-8.84
655–993	937	85-90%	21	49.00–71.50	$62.10	$582	-5.37
810–1515	1034	85-90%	62	26.00–48.00	$38.40	$397	—
792–1356	1083	85-90%	47	50.00–62.50	$57.80	$626	—
1130	1130	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$791	+12.42
915–1380	1181	85-90%	86	59.00–73.00	$68.15	$805	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1325	1223	80-85%	4	70.00–80.00	$75.11	$919	—
1098–1390	1260	80-85%	22	57.00–69.00	$64.14	$808	—
1050–1610	1372	80-85%	109	65.00–78.00	$73.03	$1,002	+0.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$819	—
1390–1655	1528	75-80%	32	65.00–77.00	$74.71	$1,142	+5.30

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1820	1683	8	70.00–82.00	$74.00	$1,245	—
1305–2215	1832	8	80.00–91.00	$86.41	$1,583	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1880	1592	10	77.50–89.00	$84.44	$1,344	—
1740–2145	1920	5	88.00–99.00	$92.17	$1,770	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1067	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	30	91.00–115.00	$106.51	$964
895–1050	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	81.00–91.00	$87.36	$874
909–1370	1035	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	38	59.00–71.00	$64.45	$667
925–1350	1164	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	71.00–81.00	$75.60	$880

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
593–870	707	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	15.00–31.00	$23.57	$167

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1043	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	70.00–84.00	$79.71	$748
888–1088	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	110.00–130.00	$122.40	$1,169

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1200–1265	1234	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–935.00	$895.50
1125–1380	1239	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	785.00–950.00	$839.83
1120–1375	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	950.00–975.00	$967.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–1285	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	610.00–810.00	$753.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1163	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,245.83

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
743–865	804	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	435.00–550.00	$508.31

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–896	884	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,196.77

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
752–863	799	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	775.00–1,000.00	$864.62

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
506	506	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1004	1004	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	885.00	$885.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	450.00	$450.00	—

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	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.