Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

6,826 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $178.50/cwt +0.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,315/hd at 737 lb · 552 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $185.79/cwt -2.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,166/hd at 628 lb · 413 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $171.74/cwt -2.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,427/hd at 831 lb · 350 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,826	9,051	6,747
Feeder cattle	6,029	8,161	6,013
Slaughter cattle	624	772	608
Replacement cattle	173	118	126

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Cattle coming off short wheat early due to extreme drought conditions.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–282	279	16	222.00–310.00	$294.17	$821	+79.17
303–345	319	9	215.00–220.00	$218.59	$697	-38.77
358–396	385	53	213.00–289.00	$254.44	$980	+4.19
401–448	418	73	211.00–275.00	$242.82	$1,015	-0.30
453–493	481	139	208.00–240.00	$226.83	$1,091	-1.20
500–543	530	180	196.00–234.00	$215.67	$1,143	-7.23
565–594	578	52	190.00–211.00	$200.86	$1,161	-2.37
583	583	6	183.00	$183.00	$1,067	+6.00
601–616 unweaned	613	30	169.00–172.50	$171.91	$1,054	-7.74
600–649	629	383	174.00–200.00	$186.88	$1,175	-2.93
652–698	670	186	175.00–189.00	$182.71	$1,224	-2.61
680	680	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,156	-15.32
705 unweaned	705	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,163	-3.34
711–743	723	40	165.00–172.00	$168.86	$1,221	-6.45
720–748	738	506	174.00–181.00	$179.42	$1,324	+4.11
769–795	783	242	168.00–179.00	$176.83	$1,385	-5.38
817–847	831	350	160.00–175.50	$171.74	$1,427	-3.45
860–880	863	63	160.00–170.00	$169.28	$1,461	+3.93
870–881	877	6	162.50–163.00	$162.83	$1,428	-2.52
900–923	913	31	160.00–169.00	$164.72	$1,504	+0.71
968–983	981	15	155.00–160.00	$155.66	$1,527	-9.34
1013–1014	1013	33	157.00–159.00	$157.91	$1,600	-1.10
1051	1051	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,682	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	4	195.00	$195.00	$468	—
270–294	287	7	195.00–203.00	$200.85	$576	+3.03
300	300	2	237.00	$237.00	$711	—
350–390	367	15	199.00–225.00	$206.24	$757	-3.31
410–442	426	19	195.00–201.00	$198.27	$845	-0.10
450–490	472	22	186.00–200.00	$195.64	$923	-1.09
500–515	509	20	187.00–193.00	$189.85	$966	+4.96
572–579	576	31	179.00–183.50	$181.63	$1,046	+9.83
605–645	630	23	150.00–186.00	$169.06	$1,065	+4.94
668–683 unweaned	679	50	159.00–165.00	$160.42	$1,089	-9.58
660–698	686	32	160.00–171.50	$168.49	$1,156	+9.48
715–740	730	8	161.00–165.00	$162.72	$1,188	+1.37
770–789	786	23	165.00–172.00	$166.05	$1,305	+3.56
815	815	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,019	-32.00
863	863	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,182	-29.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	3	180.00	$180.00	$445	—
338	338	3	168.00	$168.00	$568	-23.00
360–383	378	13	188.00–194.00	$191.52	$724	+1.52
410–445	433	17	163.00–192.00	$177.15	$767	-9.71
453–497	474	15	176.00–191.00	$186.93	$886	+8.89
525–548	538	25	171.00–180.00	$175.09	$942	+0.50
553–588	571	4	173.00–178.00	$175.58	$1,003	+1.94
608 unweaned	608	6	157.00	$157.00	$955	—
600–623	612	4	150.00–160.00	$154.91	$948	-9.55
650–687	676	9	130.00–159.00	$145.35	$983	-13.65
715	715	3	144.00	$144.00	$1,030	-20.41
781	781	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,226	±0.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	8	171.00	$171.00	$643	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 unweaned	305	3	203.00	$203.00	$619	+50.00
330	330	12	227.00	$227.00	$749	+20.56
354–386	363	28	192.00–228.00	$209.34	$760	+3.89
403–440	422	76	185.00–220.00	$204.18	$862	+5.41
454–495	470	57	175.00–195.00	$184.31	$866	-8.16
518–538	526	28	175.00–195.50	$188.60	$992	+3.75
558–594	580	226	167.00–185.00	$174.11	$1,010	-2.21
625 unweaned	625	45	163.00	$163.00	$1,019	±0.00
601–649	628	102	157.00–178.00	$166.23	$1,044	-5.12
650–687 unweaned	669	6	155.00–161.00	$157.92	$1,056	-3.08
655–695	675	184	164.00–173.25	$169.23	$1,142	+4.23
690	690	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,097	-6.00
705–747	716	183	137.00–168.50	$165.44	$1,185	+10.44
722–737	727	10	158.00–161.50	$160.43	$1,166	-7.42
765–777	769	10	150.00–162.00	$158.36	$1,218	+5.47
753–793	785	32	145.00–166.00	$163.08	$1,280	+10.19
812–820	816	53	155.00–162.50	$159.82	$1,304	+1.01
879	879	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,345	-8.99
983	983	6	149.50	$149.50	$1,470	+11.50
1001	1001	4	134.00	$134.00	$1,341	+8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–298	283	12	195.00–209.00	$201.89	$571	+10.89
307 unweaned	307	7	150.00	$150.00	$460	—
315–348	337	8	178.00–187.00	$181.57	$612	-5.23
358–396	372	29	160.00–192.00	$182.22	$678	-5.89
403	403	5	171.00	$171.00	$689	-0.98
460–497	482	70	166.50–180.00	$171.26	$825	+4.62
508–536	527	27	150.00–185.00	$166.41	$877	+5.93
550–598	569	66	153.00–167.00	$161.13	$917	+0.88
602–635 unweaned	619	17	160.00–162.00	$160.91	$996	+9.41
607–640	620	17	153.00–169.00	$157.70	$978	-1.13
652–663	654	13	152.00–155.00	$153.84	$1,006	-1.46
720–737	732	101	134.00–167.50	$166.12	$1,216	-4.98
758–790	779	6	125.00–154.00	$144.60	$1,126	+20.92
802	802	20	163.50	$163.50	$1,311	—
928	928	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,336	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	3	180.00	$180.00	$536	—
328–342	336	5	161.00–169.00	$164.12	$551	-1.61
378	378	2	165.00	$165.00	$624	-6.60
416–448	431	19	154.00–167.00	$157.86	$680	-5.16
465–485	475	24	155.00–167.00	$159.39	$757	-2.47
510–535	525	10	130.00–147.00	$140.39	$737	+10.02
550	550	3	140.00	$140.00	$770	-2.57
603–608	604	8	146.00–151.00	$147.26	$889	+6.02
660	660	2	139.00	$139.00	$917	+1.00
775–776	775	70	136.00–153.50	$152.50	$1,182	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	7	160.00	$160.00	$582	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365 unweaned	365	3	196.00	$196.00	$715	—
459–496	484	6	205.00–219.00	$214.57	$1,039	+21.33
502–545	524	31	178.00–201.00	$188.67	$989	+11.19
620	620	9	162.00	$162.00	$1,004	+2.61
659–665	660	11	157.00–160.00	$159.73	$1,054	—
734	734	34	153.00	$153.00	$1,123	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	19	186.00	$186.00	$917	—
558–591	569	12	159.00–163.00	$160.38	$913	-5.62
618	618	8	155.00	$155.00	$958	-0.74
725	725	6	141.00	$141.00	$1,022	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508–547	532	8	156.00–167.00	$162.50	$864	-0.50
562–585	577	9	163.00–164.00	$163.55	$944	+9.55
668–675	671	6	140.00–146.00	$142.99	$959	-0.49
733	733	2	127.00	$127.00	$931	-7.30
758	758	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,038	+10.00
818–843	833	5	110.00–115.00	$111.96	$933	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778–980	885	85-90%	10	37.00–43.00	$39.42	$349	-0.12
853–968	905	85-90%	19	44.00–62.00	$52.53	$475	-15.32
880–990	946	85-90%	8	60.00–66.00	$63.61	$602	+14.42
770–1335	990	85-90%	14	40.00–48.00	$45.45	$450	—
587–1420	1012	85-90%	73	50.00–65.00	$57.71	$584	—
935–1351	1134	85-90%	150	60.00–78.00	$65.88	$747	+22.94

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$742	-4.50
1133–1480	1261	80-85%	8	80.00–87.00	$83.95	$1,059	—
1023–1730	1357	80-85%	68	70.00–81.50	$75.66	$1,027	+5.17
1115–1820	1414	80-85%	37	65.00–73.00	$71.01	$1,004	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1853	1587	75-80%	5	70.00–77.50	$74.62	$1,184	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1818	1524	9	79.50–88.00	$83.73	$1,276	-2.33
1365–1830	1613	12	91.00–103.00	$95.84	$1,546	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430–1695	1563	2	85.00	$85.00	$1,329	—
1746	1746	13	107.50	$107.50	$1,877	—
1725–1930	1859	4	90.00–100.50	$96.03	$1,785	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
858–943	901	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	100.00–106.00	$103.14	$929
865–1200	909	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	65.00–70.00	$67.29	$612
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	86.00	$86.00	$920
1040–1555	1228	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	70.00–81.00	$75.42	$926

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
475–870 thin fleshed	687	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	15.00–36.00	$31.04	$213

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
510–1003 thin fleshed	848	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	42.00–55.00	$47.97	$407

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1095	989	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	110.00–132.00	$122.25	$1,209
1020–1070	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–78.00	$76.46	$799

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
880–1285	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,225.00	$1,143.71
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1140–1530	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	810.00–1,050.00	$848.76
1055–1505	1247	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,125.00	$1,004.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
911	911	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	760.00	$760.00
835–1145	1061	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	725.00–785.00	$761.17
1022–1255	1091	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,156.92
1060–1168	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	760.00–800.00	$782.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845–1220	996	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	800.00–1,110.00	$920.75

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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
535	535	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,335.00	$1,335.00	-240.14

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
563	563	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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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.