Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 13, 2023

6,889 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $179.88/cwt -1.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,479/hd at 822 lb · 802 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $174.68/cwt -0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,264/hd at 724 lb · 478 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $177.91/cwt -3.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,197/hd at 673 lb · 380 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,889	9,039	5,465
Feeder cattle	6,277	8,079	4,276
Slaughter cattle	608	883	1,035
Replacement cattle	4	77	154

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Rain was a much needed sight at the end of the week, but bringing along colder temperatures and chance of snow in parts of the panhandle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	5	280.00	$280.00	$815	—
310–325	317	10	225.00–272.00	$261.01	$827	+12.50
359–378	370	16	251.00–277.00	$262.05	$970	+3.72
414–427	421	38	235.00–277.00	$250.27	$1,054	+2.76
454–493	468	34	226.00–258.00	$241.30	$1,129	+3.27
510–546	536	84	204.00–240.00	$229.19	$1,228	-0.77
555–591	577	147	202.00–238.00	$209.99	$1,212	-12.24
602–647	631	169	197.00–226.00	$210.44	$1,328	-1.17
651–689	657	180	188.00–216.00	$209.40	$1,376	+7.76
728	728	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,310	-10.97
700–741	730	171	185.00–202.00	$193.20	$1,410	+2.23
750–792	768	243	182.50–197.50	$188.60	$1,448	-0.05
805–848	822	802	177.00–183.00	$179.88	$1,479	-1.14
852–899	885	134	169.00–177.75	$175.32	$1,552	-1.38
916–920	917	76	171.00–172.50	$172.30	$1,580	-0.78
984	984	4	160.50	$160.50	$1,579	-2.61
1037	1037	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,556	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	5	220.00	$220.00	$625	-14.40
364	364	6	206.00	$206.00	$750	-21.06
439	439	4	215.00	$215.00	$944	-11.86
521–538	531	16	184.00–200.00	$190.87	$1,014	-17.27
562–598	581	40	185.00–195.00	$190.23	$1,105	-12.34
608–619	618	49	194.00–196.00	$195.88	$1,211	+6.45
654–690	657	76	182.00–192.50	$186.01	$1,222	+6.01
718	718	10	175.00	$175.00	$1,256	-1.44
716–744	734	101	176.00–191.50	$185.10	$1,359	+8.66
777	777	36	170.00	$170.00	$1,321	-10.00
784	784	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,176	-30.00
824–828	826	8	158.00–162.00	$160.50	$1,326	-16.05
942	942	7	139.00	$139.00	$1,309	-27.23
990	990	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	18	155.00	$155.00	$654	-24.00
465	465	6	176.00	$176.00	$818	—
645	645	2	150.00	$150.00	$968	-27.65
675	675	2	138.00	$138.00	$932	-38.52

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	6	179.00	$179.00	$1,117	—
670	670	6	172.50	$172.50	$1,156	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	323	6	240.00–250.00	$245.09	$792	+35.73
357–398	376	30	198.00–253.00	$235.03	$884	+10.20
408–440	424	45	189.50–242.00	$217.85	$924	+4.05
450–498	479	80	185.00–230.00	$210.16	$1,007	+4.48
514–542	527	50	184.00–210.00	$196.76	$1,037	-7.55
550–580	570	205	179.00–197.50	$184.63	$1,052	-5.38
601–649	634	94	178.50–184.00	$180.60	$1,145	-6.54
648 unweaned	648	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,140	—
672	672	7	168.00	$168.00	$1,129	-15.05
652–695	673	363	172.00–182.00	$178.32	$1,200	-4.73
666–681 unweaned	674	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,146	-5.37
702–747	723	458	166.00–178.00	$174.98	$1,265	-1.10
743	743	8	168.00	$168.00	$1,248	+1.00
745	745	12	167.50	$167.50	$1,248	+0.50
753–799	770	234	158.00–177.00	$171.02	$1,317	+11.02
813	813	68	160.00	$160.00	$1,301	-6.59
809–835	821	205	155.00–172.50	$166.59	$1,368	±0.00
851–898	865	20	135.00–161.00	$152.90	$1,323	-13.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	190.00	$190.00	$627	-30.48
368	368	3	190.00	$190.00	$699	-4.14
414–445	422	18	178.00–199.00	$192.59	$813	-7.55
468–498	479	8	172.00–191.00	$178.40	$855	-5.39
500–541	525	55	170.00–194.00	$179.45	$942	-17.40
555–573	566	59	160.00–190.00	$172.16	$974	-8.61
631–649	637	17	166.00–177.00	$173.30	$1,104	+1.46
650–699	680	34	150.00–174.00	$166.33	$1,131	-4.26
705–748	717	205	145.00–171.50	$169.77	$1,217	-3.73
796	796	4	151.00	$151.00	$1,202	-9.00
846	846	60	159.50	$159.50	$1,349	-2.00
861	861	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,076	-25.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	18	135.00	$135.00	$497	-44.19
445–449	448	11	149.00–162.00	$157.30	$705	-12.70
459	459	9	135.00	$135.00	$620	-33.00
501	501	9	128.00	$128.00	$641	-37.50
582	582	3	145.00	$145.00	$844	-8.15
633–643	639	7	130.00–133.00	$131.27	$839	-10.70

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–479	475	21	195.00–245.00	$209.55	$995	—
593	593	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,127	+20.00
600	600	13	195.00	$195.00	$1,170	—
715–724	723	38	172.00–175.00	$174.61	$1,262	+24.61
827–836	830	35	156.00–161.25	$159.74	$1,326	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–875	816	80-85%	4	74.00–80.00	$75.97	$620	—
840–975	908	80-85%	2	70.00	$70.00	$636	—
875–929	918	80-85%	5	72.00–77.00	$76.05	$698	—
1012–1165	1101	80-85%	9	68.00–70.00	$69.54	$766	—
1010–1680	1186	80-85%	141	77.00–86.00	$81.04	$961	+4.03
1048–1505	1280	80-85%	32	75.00–79.50	$76.28	$976	—
1120–1355	1319	80-85%	9	86.00–88.00	$86.87	$1,146	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
749–980	858	85-90%	27	42.00–59.00	$52.13	$447	—
768–966	880	85-90%	35	60.00–65.00	$62.35	$549	—
859–993	942	85-90%	15	66.00–69.00	$67.05	$632	+0.40
1079–1195	1116	85-90%	8	53.00–55.00	$53.65	$599	—
905–1620	1119	85-90%	43	60.00–73.50	$62.93	$704	—
930–1382	1228	85-90%	28	66.00–80.00	$68.77	$844	-2.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1083–1525	1271	75-80%	7	90.00–100.00	$95.95	$1,220	+6.66
1155–1640	1383	75-80%	57	88.00–92.00	$90.43	$1,251	—
1230–1765	1493	75-80%	42	85.00–95.00	$93.56	$1,397	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–2245	1607	6	80.00–98.00	$91.47	$1,470	—
1455–1965	1711	11	95.50–111.00	$103.79	$1,776	—
1870	1870	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,169	+0.94

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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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
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,335.00	$1,335.00	—

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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.