Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 22, 2023

4,446 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $202.84/cwt +2.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,669/hd at 823 lb · 230 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $193.02/cwt +3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,402/hd at 726 lb · 178 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $193.05/cwt +11.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,465/hd at 759 lb · 178 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,446	3,822	5,134
Feeder cattle	3,705	3,433	4,141
Slaughter cattle	597	341	774
Replacement cattle	144	48	219

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand. Rain in the area made for muddy conditions but benefitted local pastures. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	3	276.00–310.00	$298.83	$711	—
313–329	322	17	302.00–315.00	$311.36	$1,003	—
365–380	375	8	300.00–316.00	$307.67	$1,154	—
403–445	429	27	271.00–290.00	$284.82	$1,222	+11.11
459–497	481	61	246.00–299.00	$273.23	$1,314	+0.60
500–545	528	56	230.00–272.00	$246.73	$1,303	-20.27
558–598	586	67	228.00–277.00	$243.02	$1,424	-1.51
605–646	630	96	211.00–250.00	$233.82	$1,473	+17.01
655	655	5	209.00	$209.00	$1,369	+1.65
657 unweaned	657	21	201.00	$201.00	$1,321	—
650–688	680	83	214.00–237.50	$222.47	$1,513	+15.12
705–748	739	83	198.00–212.00	$210.78	$1,558	+10.63
750–789	765	127	199.00–208.50	$205.94	$1,575	+2.52
805–848	823	230	189.00–204.00	$202.84	$1,669	+2.78
868	868	4	183.00	$183.00	$1,588	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	272.00	$272.00	$653	—
270	270	4	277.00	$277.00	$748	—
355–385	373	8	248.00–256.00	$253.60	$946	—
418–430	419	91	265.00–290.00	$287.18	$1,203	—
465–483	477	18	232.00–264.00	$249.57	$1,190	+24.57
516–532	517	80	226.00–253.00	$251.96	$1,303	—
598	598	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,316	—
610–647	628	13	194.00–208.00	$202.48	$1,272	-1.22
630 unweaned	630	11	209.00	$209.00	$1,317	—
663–690	674	11	197.00–209.00	$202.45	$1,365	+12.45
705	705	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,297	—
790	790	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,477	—
837	837	120	188.50	$188.50	$1,578	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	212.00	$212.00	$731	—
388–390	389	4	227.00–230.00	$228.50	$889	—
403–423	418	8	167.00–198.00	$180.29	$754	—
463–478	475	10	186.00–210.00	$190.68	$906	—
534–548	537	11	190.00–198.00	$191.49	$1,028	—
595	595	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,178	—
625	625	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,169	—
650–695	676	14	184.00–194.00	$188.58	$1,275	—
715–720	717	3	172.00–179.00	$176.66	$1,267	—
750	750	4	150.00–175.00	$167.25	$1,254	—
1000	1000	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,250	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223–248	236	6	258.00–259.00	$258.53	$610	—
272–290	281	6	259.00–274.00	$266.26	$748	—
301–333	321	20	238.00–298.00	$268.15	$861	—
360–390	381	21	270.00–333.00	$289.38	$1,103	+44.38
425–444	437	51	220.00–252.00	$233.50	$1,020	-32.39
453–488	478	81	223.00–271.00	$259.44	$1,240	-2.29
502–549	530	71	208.00–241.00	$219.51	$1,163	-17.34
555–599	564	146	205.00–247.50	$231.39	$1,305	-18.38
616 unweaned	616	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,078	—
604–647	632	152	200.00–235.00	$212.42	$1,342	+16.12
652–680	667	29	196.00–209.00	$202.94	$1,354	+13.05
715	715	11	184.00	$184.00	$1,316	-5.32
704–744	727	167	189.00–196.00	$193.61	$1,408	+4.29
752–794	758	170	185.00–194.75	$193.50	$1,467	+11.42
776	776	8	183.50	$183.50	$1,424	+1.42
850	850	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,402	+11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–333	319	17	237.00–254.00	$245.66	$784	—
372–393	376	39	218.00–249.00	$246.94	$928	—
422–428	424	5	242.00–245.00	$243.21	$1,031	—
453–495	459	88	211.00–246.00	$237.95	$1,092	—
533–548	541	10	192.00–208.00	$202.22	$1,094	—
558–595	575	8	187.00–197.00	$193.05	$1,110	-11.95
610–646	632	26	193.00–198.00	$195.04	$1,233	-7.96
668–680	673	10	187.00–196.00	$191.32	$1,288	—
705–725	716	7	179.00–184.00	$181.71	$1,301	-0.70
767	767	45	171.00	$171.00	$1,312	-5.12

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	197.00	$197.00	$723	—
422	422	6	194.00	$194.00	$819	—
476	476	9	198.00	$198.00	$942	+14.00
525–528	528	7	163.00–191.00	$166.98	$882	—
625–635	631	5	176.00–180.00	$178.42	$1,126	—
665–695	680	4	173.00–184.00	$178.62	$1,215	—
725–729	728	8	144.00–186.00	$159.70	$1,163	+16.70
758	758	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,145	—
832	832	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,331	+31.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	8	292.00	$292.00	$864	—
437	437	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,289	+8.00
518	518	35	276.00	$276.00	$1,430	—
580	580	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,293	—
616	616	71	249.00	$249.00	$1,534	+58.00
661–682	670	7	195.00–200.00	$197.82	$1,325	+2.82
748	748	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,421	—
760	760	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,292	+16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	10	253.00	$253.00	$1,199	—
505	505	9	229.00	$229.00	$1,156	—
662	662	11	181.00	$181.00	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
743	743	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,189	—
753	753	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,227	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701–950	812	85-90%	19	43.00–56.50	$52.64	$427	—
710–891	861	85-90%	21	62.00–65.00	$62.81	$541	-3.14
815–949	896	85-90%	12	57.00–61.00	$58.46	$524	-3.61
852–965	920	85-90%	12	65.00–69.00	$67.78	$624	—
853–990	963	85-90%	29	66.00–68.00	$67.03	$645	—
620–1200	987	85-90%	16	60.00–86.50	$73.38	$724	—
860–1215	1026	85-90%	130	64.00–98.00	$89.45	$918	—
1099–1128	1110	85-90%	8	69.00–101.00	$88.80	$986	+35.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–905	853	80-85%	2	72.00–74.00	$72.94	$622	-15.06
815–943	867	80-85%	5	79.00–82.00	$80.32	$696	-7.68
770–931	899	80-85%	5	87.00–88.00	$87.83	$790	—
1009–1255	1092	80-85%	19	69.00–75.00	$71.84	$784	-1.67
1006–1390	1186	80-85%	60	78.00–98.00	$85.53	$1,014	—
1205–1381	1271	80-85%	49	87.00–107.00	$93.32	$1,186	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–936	889	75-80%	5	91.00–96.00	$95.21	$846	+1.21
965–993	984	75-80%	3	100.00–105.00	$103.36	$1,017	+14.36
1010–1615	1243	75-80%	25	105.00–116.00	$108.63	$1,350	—
1015–1655	1256	75-80%	21	78.00–94.00	$91.46	$1,149	—
1035–1605	1421	75-80%	35	90.00–104.50	$97.60	$1,387	-0.63

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480	1480	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,406	—
1315–1995	1509	7	109.50–118.00	$113.68	$1,715	—
1665–1880	1779	4	125.00–128.00	$125.79	$2,238	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1605	1605	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,477	—
1690–1725	1708	2	127.00–128.00	$127.49	$2,178	—
2825	2825	1	107.00	$107.00	$3,023	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–905	851	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	119.00–147.00	$131.11	$1,116
910–1150	971	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	92.00–100.00	$97.01	$942
780–1236	1072	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	100.00–113.00	$107.97	$1,157
957–1175	1097	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	21	82.00–96.00	$91.04	$999

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–825 thin fleshed	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	40.00–64.00	$57.23	$446

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
632–845 thin fleshed	717	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	70.00–79.00	$74.44	$534

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1175	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,365.10

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00

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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
625	625	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
548–662	636	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,685.00–1,775.00	$1,719.70	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
674–675	675	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,875.00–1,900.00	$1,886.53	—

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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.