Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 17, 2023

7,408 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $186.94/cwt -0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,642/hd at 878 lb · 592 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $185.44/cwt +5.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,344/hd at 725 lb · 458 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $170.45/cwt +2.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,498/hd at 879 lb · 275 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,408	5,721	6,216
Feeder cattle	6,536	4,966	4,774
Slaughter cattle	775	606	1,017
Replacement cattle	97	149	425

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
193	193	3	297.00	$297.00	$573	—
221–248	233	7	256.00–290.00	$274.46	$639	—
261–295	274	19	254.00–286.00	$271.62	$744	—
303–345	338	27	247.00–275.00	$258.42	$873	-10.96
359–393	372	37	250.00–298.00	$279.72	$1,041	-16.11
415–434	423	15	232.00–293.00	$250.50	$1,060	-8.68
450–489	479	178	235.00–287.00	$254.91	$1,221	-15.53
520–549	533	18	245.00–270.00	$259.16	$1,381	+15.75
552–588	576	234	218.00–270.00	$236.71	$1,363	+8.39
600–644	629	72	207.00–224.00	$217.84	$1,370	-8.56
657 unweaned	657	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,215	—
650–695	683	165	198.00–213.00	$211.86	$1,447	-3.07
713–743	739	139	185.00–201.00	$195.90	$1,448	+0.80
750–789	763	193	183.00–208.50	$198.62	$1,515	-7.37
811–849	820	181	188.00–196.00	$193.04	$1,583	+7.04
855	855	14	180.00	$180.00	$1,539	+1.00
859–895	879	578	174.00–191.00	$187.11	$1,645	-0.96
907	907	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,451	-23.67
952	952	3	172.50	$172.50	$1,642	-0.50
1026	1026	16	159.00	$159.00	$1,631	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–345	329	4	232.00–235.00	$233.43	$768	-47.57
353–399	380	20	220.00–240.00	$235.15	$894	-29.95
405–444	416	45	200.00–252.00	$214.03	$890	-23.89
481–495	488	23	210.00–254.00	$234.90	$1,146	+3.82
502–545	512	27	200.00–227.00	$216.25	$1,107	+5.14
585–593	592	15	200.00–237.00	$232.12	$1,374	+25.62
603–643	616	26	187.00–211.00	$195.44	$1,204	+5.94
689	689	41	185.00	$185.00	$1,275	-8.43
724	724	70	187.00	$187.00	$1,354	-5.64
762–779	773	74	165.00–193.00	$187.12	$1,446	-4.76
800–838	834	146	171.00–190.00	$184.84	$1,542	-6.16
858–895	881	211	157.00–185.00	$183.61	$1,618	+8.11
901	901	11	170.00	$170.00	$1,532	-7.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	210.00	$210.00	$472	—
278	278	2	204.00	$204.00	$567	—
370–398	377	8	208.00–213.00	$211.68	$798	-3.30
433–443	440	6	160.00–191.00	$180.82	$796	—
450–491	468	28	139.00–205.00	$179.51	$840	-28.05
513–548	533	16	190.00–199.00	$193.75	$1,033	+10.27
578–594	589	6	176.00–199.00	$183.53	$1,081	-8.63
608–636	620	18	180.00–186.00	$183.45	$1,137	+1.67
689	689	6	181.00	$181.00	$1,247	+44.19
720–723	723	26	170.00–179.00	$178.31	$1,289	-6.97
777	777	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,336	—
825–833	826	19	167.00–179.00	$177.73	$1,468	+3.73
952–983	964	35	154.00–161.00	$155.31	$1,497	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
251–279	266	20	209.00–275.00	$237.59	$632	-4.41
305–316	307	29	217.00–224.00	$218.24	$670	-44.77
358–394	390	130	224.00–272.00	$265.44	$1,035	+19.37
402–448	435	66	205.00–255.00	$222.84	$969	-13.03
453–495	465	54	204.00–241.00	$222.76	$1,036	+8.28
526	526	6	188.00	$188.00	$989	-23.23
505–548	531	24	195.00–212.00	$206.33	$1,096	-4.90
554–593	573	91	189.00–238.00	$207.13	$1,187	+3.43
609–641 unweaned	624	37	188.00–189.00	$188.47	$1,176	-4.03
613–641	625	103	190.00–216.00	$197.41	$1,234	-6.19
632	632	19	186.00	$186.00	$1,176	-17.60
656 unweaned	656	8	184.00	$184.00	$1,207	-1.00
658–683	661	20	186.00–215.00	$189.00	$1,249	-2.14
702–736	723	415	177.50–191.00	$186.00	$1,345	+6.08
740	740	43	180.00	$180.00	$1,332	+0.08
753–789	767	180	176.00–183.00	$179.19	$1,374	+0.92
798	798	6	171.00	$171.00	$1,365	-7.27
802–842	825	121	170.00–177.00	$174.59	$1,440	+3.78
839	839	8	160.00	$160.00	$1,342	-10.81
860–899	879	275	165.00–173.25	$170.45	$1,498	+2.45
943	943	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,377	—
965	965	8	141.00	$141.00	$1,361	-13.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–340	330	5	200.00–216.00	$209.40	$691	—
363–393	372	7	207.00–220.00	$216.07	$804	-14.16
406	406	8	196.00	$196.00	$796	-36.00
450–495	474	49	192.00–206.00	$197.03	$934	+1.62
503–548	526	46	180.00–210.00	$193.03	$1,015	-3.07
563–590	577	57	180.00–211.00	$191.09	$1,103	+1.65
603–643	623	28	176.00–195.00	$183.92	$1,146	+0.28
642 unweaned	642	17	178.00	$178.00	$1,143	—
662–688	673	41	183.00–190.00	$186.14	$1,253	+14.49
690 unweaned	690	17	165.00	$165.00	$1,138	—
691	691	29	171.75	$171.75	$1,187	+0.10
707–740	738	81	153.00–180.75	$178.13	$1,315	+2.06
746	746	12	167.00	$167.00	$1,246	-9.07
750–772	768	65	156.00–178.50	$176.13	$1,353	+6.49
808–820	815	8	146.00–162.00	$152.99	$1,247	-15.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	2	177.00	$177.00	$563	—
402–434	423	22	172.50–180.00	$175.07	$741	-2.09
470–490	477	17	160.00–187.00	$176.34	$841	-5.25
503–545	523	8	159.00–179.00	$171.41	$896	—
578–590	583	10	159.00–179.00	$173.62	$1,012	—
616	616	9	169.00	$169.00	$1,041	+1.97
675–691	683	27	142.00–165.00	$154.42	$1,055	-11.45
753–790	765	12	142.00–165.00	$157.44	$1,204	—
885	885	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,301	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	4	255.00	$255.00	$997	—
481	481	4	232.00	$232.00	$1,116	—
504–545	512	10	226.00–231.00	$227.06	$1,163	—
576	576	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,071	-35.00
769	769	5	173.00	$173.00	$1,330	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	3	198.00	$198.00	$956	+6.00
560–580	568	5	180.00–185.00	$182.96	$1,039	-5.04
605	605	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,010	-7.00
685–688	687	5	162.00–166.00	$164.40	$1,129	—
835	835	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,219	—
855	855	3	142.00	$142.00	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
748	748	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,100	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
828–930	866	80-85%	5	86.00–90.00	$88.18	$764	—
875	875	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$648	—
705–995	892	80-85%	8	76.00–86.00	$79.12	$706	—
1000–1340	1110	80-85%	23	70.00–82.00	$73.19	$812	—
1040–1475	1179	80-85%	179	75.00–100.00	$81.48	$961	+6.51
1010–1421	1303	80-85%	41	85.00–94.50	$89.79	$1,170	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–900	880	85-90%	2	45.00–52.00	$48.58	$428	-4.35
825–995	918	85-90%	11	56.00–71.00	$61.42	$564	-0.68
838–985	919	85-90%	65	60.00–82.50	$66.48	$611	+4.38
890–990	961	85-90%	6	67.00–69.00	$67.98	$653	—
605–1390	1016	85-90%	15	50.00–70.00	$58.14	$591	-20.27
815–1413	1045	85-90%	49	53.00–85.00	$73.38	$767	-25.25
1035–1130	1076	85-90%	9	68.00–90.00	$71.24	$767	-9.43
1005–1338	1133	85-90%	50	64.00–96.00	$82.44	$934	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–760	737	75-80%	3	107.00–109.00	$107.97	$796	—
790–970	880	75-80%	3	92.00–94.50	$93.30	$821	—
930	930	75-80%	1	98.00	$98.00	$911	+6.95
1090–1610	1292	75-80%	54	88.50–99.00	$96.58	$1,248	-2.28
1087–1800	1368	75-80%	65	77.50–93.00	$89.91	$1,230	—
1167–1541	1405	75-80%	25	95.50–105.00	$100.74	$1,415	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1685	1422	10	101.00–110.00	$105.72	$1,503	—
1473–2265	1804	13	113.00–120.00	$116.32	$2,098	—
1720–1955	1862	3	121.00–122.00	$121.31	$2,259	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,050	—
1345	1345	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,264	—
1570–1730	1630	3	104.00–113.00	$109.37	$1,783	—
1790–2173	2077	4	120.00–122.00	$121.57	$2,525	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–855	818	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	107.00–116.00	$111.29	$910
1020	1020	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,336
890–1470	1090	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	80.00–95.00	$85.30	$930
1110–1325	1248	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	99.00–104.00	$102.19	$1,275

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–950 thin fleshed	841	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	69.00–72.00	$70.91	$596

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–1140 thin fleshed	749	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	56.00–67.00	$61.33	$459

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1125	921	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	925.00–1,000.00	$967.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1080–1270	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,125.00	$1,102.02

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815	815	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
800–900	850	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,075.00	$992.65

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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
440–649	547	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,221.47	—

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	3	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.