Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 29, 2023

3,063 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $221.24/cwt +18.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,518/hd at 686 lb · 150 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $222.85/cwt +12.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,600/hd at 718 lb · 137 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $277.90/cwt +44.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,170/hd at 421 lb · 122 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,063	4,446	4,445
Feeder cattle	2,247	3,705	3,116
Slaughter cattle	621	597	1,171
Replacement cattle	195	144	158

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate to good demand. Heavy rains in the Texas Panhandle hampered cattle movement and flooded some areas.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	3	227.00	$227.00	$449	—
203	203	3	307.00	$307.00	$623	+8.17
268	268	10	261.00	$261.00	$699	—
316–328	323	19	285.00–315.00	$303.22	$979	-8.14
381	381	5	312.00	$312.00	$1,189	+4.33
400–443	429	40	241.00–289.00	$278.60	$1,195	-6.22
433 value added	433	3	292.00	$292.00	$1,264	—
450–473	461	6	239.00–273.00	$259.61	$1,197	-13.62
506–520	511	14	250.00–289.00	$274.83	$1,404	+28.10
555–579	563	19	238.00–256.00	$249.67	$1,406	+6.65
615 unweaned	615	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,292	—
604–643	639	73	224.00–237.00	$233.46	$1,492	-0.36
659–688	676	10	218.00–226.00	$222.88	$1,507	+0.41
704–746	718	137	209.00–231.00	$222.85	$1,600	+12.07
763–779	778	69	205.00–210.00	$205.28	$1,597	-0.66
801–848	823	103	199.00–203.50	$202.85	$1,669	+0.01
886–895	889	30	190.00–194.25	$191.57	$1,703	+8.57
997	997	16	178.50	$178.50	$1,780	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
231	231	4	216.00	$216.00	$499	-56.00
298	298	2	265.00	$265.00	$790	-12.00
350–395	378	10	258.00–262.00	$259.34	$980	+5.74
400–432	410	13	234.00–272.00	$255.89	$1,049	-31.29
465–480	474	9	237.00–246.00	$243.42	$1,154	-6.15
503–538	527	25	185.00–242.00	$216.39	$1,140	-35.57
555–597	585	8	222.00–234.00	$228.87	$1,339	+8.87
605–648	626	15	200.00–207.00	$202.86	$1,270	+0.38
655–685	675	6	206.00–211.00	$208.99	$1,411	+6.54
708–725	718	15	189.00–213.00	$207.40	$1,489	+23.40
750–785	765	23	188.00–205.00	$200.53	$1,534	+13.53
821	821	60	185.00	$185.00	$1,519	-3.50
868	868	15	187.00	$187.00	$1,623	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218	218	2	240.00	$240.00	$523	—
320	320	2	227.00	$227.00	$726	+15.00
495	495	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,143	+40.32
535–549	543	16	190.50–210.00	$196.82	$1,069	+5.33
560–595	572	6	192.00–210.00	$202.39	$1,158	+4.39
604–605	605	8	193.00–198.00	$195.75	$1,184	+8.75
668	668	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,242	-2.58
715–735	725	4	181.00–184.00	$182.52	$1,323	+5.86
760–785	773	4	182.00–184.00	$182.98	$1,414	+15.73

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
182	182	3	219.00	$219.00	$399	—
224	224	7	212.00	$212.00	$475	-46.53
267	267	15	234.00	$234.00	$625	-32.26
313–341	330	12	240.00–278.00	$262.41	$866	-5.74
414–440	421	122	237.00–289.00	$277.90	$1,170	+44.40
459–490	464	19	228.00–250.00	$244.23	$1,133	-15.21
518–543	534	10	215.00–240.00	$222.04	$1,186	+2.53
573–586	581	33	191.00–230.00	$217.07	$1,261	-14.32
603–624	618	27	201.00–217.00	$207.64	$1,283	-4.78
675–690	686	150	195.00–222.50	$221.24	$1,518	+18.30
705–747	729	88	188.00–200.00	$195.09	$1,422	+1.48
756	756	12	191.50	$191.50	$1,448	-2.00
806	806	4	179.00	$179.00	$1,443	—
855–890	866	10	179.50–186.00	$183.99	$1,593	+18.99

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	240.00	$240.00	$792	-5.66
350–393	382	8	212.00–237.00	$217.72	$832	-29.22
402–440	414	22	215.00–234.00	$228.59	$946	-14.62
465–498	479	6	211.00–218.00	$214.93	$1,030	-23.02
520	520	2	192.00	$192.00	$998	-10.22
568–570	569	4	197.00–206.00	$201.51	$1,147	+8.46
605–643	636	31	192.00–205.00	$202.31	$1,287	+7.27
650–693	659	81	192.00–199.50	$198.71	$1,309	+7.39
701–747	731	59	180.00–192.00	$185.99	$1,360	+4.28
776–796	787	9	181.00–188.50	$185.21	$1,458	+14.21
805	805	57	180.00	$180.00	$1,449	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	4	187.00–194.00	$190.65	$797	-3.35
498	498	7	209.00	$209.00	$1,041	+11.00
510	510	2	187.00	$187.00	$954	+20.02
565–585	575	4	181.00–186.00	$183.46	$1,055	—
605–628	617	8	181.00–187.00	$183.77	$1,134	+5.35

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	218.00	$218.00	$922	—
463	463	2	209.00	$209.00	$968	—
590	590	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,109	—
655–680	663	6	178.00–186.00	$182.05	$1,207	—
810–818	815	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	10	240.00	$240.00	$1,078	—
554	554	6	213.00	$213.00	$1,180	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	80-85%	1	87.00	$87.00	$796	—
810–990	918	80-85%	15	73.00–82.00	$76.31	$701	—
1043–1283	1151	80-85%	44	70.00–75.00	$71.30	$821	-14.23
1020–1515	1221	80-85%	93	76.00–103.00	$84.94	$1,037	—
1015–1502	1268	80-85%	46	87.00–116.00	$95.44	$1,210	+2.12

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–962	872	85-90%	33	46.00–58.00	$53.62	$468	-9.19
735–985	885	85-90%	11	62.00–77.00	$66.69	$590	+8.23
870–950	923	85-90%	3	68.00–69.00	$68.69	$634	+0.91
890–980	952	85-90%	14	64.00–67.00	$65.14	$620	-1.89
855–1320	1063	85-90%	8	60.00–89.00	$75.14	$799	—
1025–1165	1095	85-90%	13	50.00–58.00	$53.79	$589	—
1045–1176	1122	85-90%	12	68.00–111.00	$75.01	$842	-13.79
965–1315	1124	85-90%	31	64.00–100.00	$78.12	$878	-10.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	75-80%	1	94.00	$94.00	$780	—
1073–1745	1259	75-80%	68	100.50–116.00	$111.20	$1,400	+19.74
1000–1498	1305	75-80%	22	96.00–110.00	$98.51	$1,286	—
1138–1421	1333	75-80%	19	90.00–94.50	$92.52	$1,233	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1219	1219	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,426	—
1395–1735	1565	2	130.00–133.00	$131.66	$2,060	—
1350–2195	1615	10	118.00–128.00	$123.01	$1,987	+31.01

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1785–1975	1848	6	110.00–123.50	$118.19	$2,184	—
1555–2140	1881	5	98.00–118.00	$110.91	$2,086	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1006–1128	1078	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	93.50–98.00	$94.76	$1,022
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,330

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
540–845 thin fleshed	681	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	35.00–69.00	$47.85	$326

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–950	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,285.00	$1,212.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1007–1287	1144	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	56	1,275.00–1,425.00	$1,388.14

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
618–702	666	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,948.78	+62.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
603	603	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	+300.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1494	1494	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	1,685.00	$1,685.00	—

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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.