Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 27, 2023

4,863 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.61/cwt +7.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,351/hd at 778 lb · 306 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $184.52/cwt +5.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,526/hd at 827 lb · 270 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.42/cwt -1.83 vs last sale · ≈ $971/hd at 416 lb · 197 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,863	6,697	7,009
Feeder cattle	4,104	5,754	5,690
Slaughter cattle	576	766	895
Replacement cattle	183	177	424

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	276.00	$276.00	$676	+21.05
253–287	274	8	240.00–299.00	$260.41	$714	-1.59
312–323	316	8	258.00–270.00	$265.40	$839	-8.10
376–396	392	23	271.00–283.50	$280.89	$1,101	-8.11
402–447	422	42	234.00–275.00	$248.59	$1,049	-15.98
453–499	476	32	232.00–254.00	$243.32	$1,158	-1.74
500–541	529	92	221.00–246.00	$228.86	$1,211	-13.44
555–599	583	27	201.00–238.00	$208.63	$1,216	-16.17
603–635	618	48	203.00–217.00	$214.87	$1,328	+4.53
639 unweaned	639	10	190.00	$190.00	$1,214	—
650–677 unweaned	664	28	185.00–194.00	$189.67	$1,259	—
650–687	664	138	190.00–208.00	$198.39	$1,317	+7.93
710–718	714	17	183.00–203.00	$196.88	$1,406	+8.88
751–794	780	156	189.00–202.00	$191.64	$1,495	—
803–845	827	270	175.00–188.00	$184.52	$1,526	+5.33
850–887	860	61	166.00–181.25	$174.11	$1,497	-6.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–395	377	11	229.00–236.00	$231.37	$872	+21.37
403–437	418	7	218.00–228.00	$224.14	$937	-2.56
455–496	479	12	210.00–232.00	$216.28	$1,036	-4.76
514–540	523	13	204.00–215.00	$207.58	$1,086	-7.70
558–587	568	9	200.00–201.00	$200.56	$1,139	-8.72
601	601	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,142	—
614–633	618	10	192.00–196.00	$195.18	$1,206	-0.11
628 unweaned	628	6	188.00	$188.00	$1,181	+8.00
661–698	669	12	184.00–190.00	$188.12	$1,259	+6.28
670 unweaned	670	4	178.00	$178.00	$1,193	-10.00
685	685	52	174.00	$174.00	$1,192	-7.84
713	713	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,248	-6.03
750–781	766	54	165.00–188.00	$185.17	$1,418	+14.17
827	827	14	175.50	$175.50	$1,451	+5.41
854–888	859	98	173.00–181.50	$175.40	$1,507	+12.40
924	924	7	131.00	$131.00	$1,210	-41.71
978	978	36	165.00	$165.00	$1,614	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	200.00	$200.00	$726	+26.78
448	448	2	194.00	$194.00	$869	—
460–480	473	11	147.00–203.00	$171.11	$809	-23.15
517–545	533	7	190.00–195.00	$192.92	$1,028	+3.07
552–589	564	21	185.00–199.00	$191.87	$1,082	+1.23
692–698	694	5	176.00–178.00	$177.20	$1,230	—
712	712	14	182.50	$182.50	$1,299	—
806–826	817	37	162.00–170.00	$166.54	$1,361	-8.46

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	3	242.00	$242.00	$598	—
296	296	6	239.00	$239.00	$707	+6.25
308–327	323	10	224.00–260.00	$242.63	$784	+0.34
358–391	379	24	222.00–231.00	$223.74	$848	-26.57
400–448	416	197	204.00–241.00	$233.42	$971	-1.83
452–492	477	106	192.00–234.00	$216.98	$1,035	+6.48
500–546	527	70	193.00–205.00	$201.33	$1,061	-0.21
550–597	582	186	187.00–215.00	$200.09	$1,165	+5.60
601–635 unweaned	612	21	177.00–186.00	$182.89	$1,119	—
603–636	619	144	190.00–199.00	$192.52	$1,192	+2.63
628	628	6	178.00	$178.00	$1,118	-11.89
657 unweaned	657	7	174.00	$174.00	$1,143	—
674–679	677	52	170.00–192.00	$188.63	$1,277	+10.40
721–748	737	99	168.00–180.75	$176.69	$1,302	+1.14
771	771	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,257	-3.26
762–795	778	302	170.00–177.50	$173.75	$1,352	+7.49
810–843	828	82	166.00–174.25	$172.09	$1,425	+3.32
879	879	17	155.00	$155.00	$1,362	-20.00
896–899	897	15	157.50–160.00	$158.83	$1,425	-16.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–325	323	8	192.00–220.00	$212.95	$688	+10.34
370	370	4	202.00	$202.00	$747	-3.10
413–448	420	10	194.00–227.00	$219.96	$924	+20.79
460–480	471	7	195.00–198.00	$196.59	$926	-4.06
509–515	511	7	179.00	$179.00	$915	+2.87
555–597	580	29	178.00–189.00	$184.64	$1,071	+3.16
615 unweaned	615	6	175.00	$175.00	$1,076	—
603–645	632	12	172.00–181.00	$178.64	$1,129	+8.18
653	653	18	160.00	$160.00	$1,045	-6.34
698	698	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,201	+5.66
700	700	7	179.00	$179.00	$1,253	+39.00
763–786	770	48	170.00	$170.00	$1,309	+7.83
836	836	9	161.00	$161.00	$1,346	+16.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–385	379	6	173.00–178.00	$174.69	$662	—
403	403	2	172.00	$172.00	$693	—
543	543	2	169.00	$169.00	$918	-2.09
560–595	578	4	155.00–164.00	$159.64	$923	+0.64
612	612	3	163.00	$163.00	$998	-2.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	217.00	$217.00	$955	—
463	463	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,097	—
567–596	583	22	179.00–216.00	$196.62	$1,146	—
643	643	6	176.00	$176.00	$1,132	-12.00
655	655	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,127	—
782	782	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,173	-10.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–949	848	(<2 yrs)	N/A	12	1,500.00–2,000.00	$1,621.97	—
1045–1765 fancy	1479	(<2 yrs)	N/A	28	3,700.00–5,200.00	$4,295.17	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468–495	483	13	154.00–185.00	$174.47	$843	—
622	622	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,051	+4.94

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–975	911	80-85%	8	81.00–84.00	$82.15	$748	-6.89
930	930	80-85%	2	91.00	$91.00	$846	+1.96
952–960	954	80-85%	10	78.00	$78.00	$744	—
1046–1295	1111	80-85%	23	74.00–82.00	$78.39	$871	—
1020–1525	1157	80-85%	67	82.00–100.00	$89.62	$1,037	+2.33
1119–1570	1318	80-85%	48	90.00–104.00	$94.60	$1,247	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1106–1620	1305	75-80%	91	107.00–112.50	$109.27	$1,426	—
1131–1665	1318	75-80%	20	92.00–106.00	$103.78	$1,368	—
1198–1710	1425	75-80%	43	80.00–102.00	$95.70	$1,364	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–900	795	85-90%	6	43.00–50.00	$45.76	$364	—
765–934	866	85-90%	31	66.00–82.00	$68.99	$597	+4.77
810–925	889	85-90%	10	54.00–63.00	$60.76	$540	-6.62
860–985	911	85-90%	19	70.00–73.00	$71.49	$651	—
745–1260	915	85-90%	4	43.00–67.00	$57.84	$529	—
785–1190	1022	85-90%	25	56.00–88.00	$72.87	$745	—
1001–1180	1061	85-90%	6	70.00–73.00	$71.11	$754	-21.30
990–1270	1106	85-90%	35	66.00–101.00	$83.34	$922	-20.54

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1520	1270	2	102.00–104.00	$102.80	$1,306	—
1200–1853	1724	12	101.50–115.00	$112.36	$1,937	—
1585–1850	1739	6	111.00–124.00	$118.90	$2,068	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088–1670	1307	10	90.00–109.00	$96.68	$1,264	—
1825–1850	1838	2	117.00–119.00	$117.99	$2,169	-7.40

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1070	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–106.00	$102.58	$1,013
855–1185	997	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	82.00–93.00	$87.91	$876
725–1052	1022	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	105.50–116.00	$106.36	$1,087
935–1580	1242	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	103.00–108.00	$105.13	$1,306

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
743–765 thin fleshed	749	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	52.00–54.00	$53.49	$401

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1290 thin fleshed	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	67.00–79.00	$72.06	$735

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1238	1238	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	1,575.00	$1,575.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1140	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,075.33
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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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
465–623	497	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,451.47	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
491–499	496	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,074.19	—

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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.