Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 9, 2023

6,800 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $254.02/cwt +10.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,820/hd at 717 lb · 351 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $246.67/cwt -3.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,921/hd at 779 lb · 330 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $242.85/cwt -0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,001/hd at 824 lb · 263 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,800	5,274	5,720
Feeder cattle	5,594	4,233	4,452
Slaughter cattle	1,023	766	1,080
Replacement cattle	183	275	188

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Being weaned and a vaccination program continues to be important to buyers this time of year as we head into cooler Fall temperatures.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–348	339	9	329.00–330.00	$329.46	$1,117	—
353–394	384	8	321.00–329.00	$322.84	$1,240	+22.84
368–396 unweaned	387	15	308.00–339.00	$333.97	$1,292	+40.64
405–443	419	8	270.00–293.00	$282.12	$1,182	-11.45
465–477 unweaned	470	25	276.00–301.00	$282.02	$1,325	-20.98
450–498	472	80	278.00–317.00	$300.46	$1,418	+16.55
505–510 unweaned	510	16	260.00–270.00	$269.38	$1,374	+0.38
520–549	524	98	270.00–291.00	$275.41	$1,443	+0.74
565–592 unweaned	585	70	241.00–262.00	$247.80	$1,450	—
562–596	588	73	258.00–277.00	$272.26	$1,601	+3.86
601–649 unweaned	626	221	224.00–253.00	$246.82	$1,545	—
653–678 unweaned	666	116	221.00–239.00	$226.93	$1,511	-5.38
657–689	677	86	252.00–261.00	$258.27	$1,748	-10.28
708–730	715	322	245.00–260.00	$256.96	$1,837	+13.58
734–736 unweaned	735	29	220.00–222.00	$221.38	$1,627	—
752	752	7	225.00	$225.00	$1,692	-26.46
766 fancy	766	72	257.00	$257.00	$1,969	—
756–795	783	231	240.00–253.25	$247.71	$1,940	-3.75
786 unweaned	786	20	205.00	$205.00	$1,611	-22.00
810–840	824	263	234.00–249.50	$242.85	$2,001	-0.08
862	862	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,896	-16.44
1002	1002	13	219.00	$219.00	$2,194	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	4	280.00–288.00	$283.97	$974	—
363	363	2	276.00	$276.00	$1,002	-5.96
405–433	420	13	260.00–285.00	$273.79	$1,150	-2.17
465–499	487	9	256.00–280.00	$265.79	$1,294	+10.86
480–492 unweaned	489	16	270.00–274.00	$270.98	$1,325	+20.98
503–528	522	12	236.00–266.00	$251.70	$1,314	+4.07
579–597	582	29	255.00–266.00	$264.05	$1,537	+11.54
618 unweaned	618	68	240.00	$240.00	$1,483	—
640–645	641	8	222.00–230.00	$227.99	$1,461	-9.57
656–674	664	17	226.00–244.00	$234.59	$1,558	+11.68
722–739 unweaned	731	22	215.00–220.00	$217.76	$1,592	—
739	739	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,559	-35.38
755–790	777	11	234.00–241.00	$235.65	$1,831	+1.03
805–820	813	4	217.00–235.00	$225.92	$1,837	+11.68
890–897	892	253	223.00–232.50	$231.52	$2,065	—
915	915	6	217.00	$217.00	$1,986	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	252.00	$252.00	$630	—
330	330	2	272.00	$272.00	$898	—
365–398	382	9	251.00–271.00	$262.74	$1,004	+10.74
396 unweaned	396	5	259.00	$259.00	$1,026	—
435–445	440	4	244.00–248.00	$246.02	$1,082	-6.66
465–496	482	15	233.00–250.00	$239.71	$1,155	-22.91
530–545	537	7	220.00–232.00	$225.78	$1,212	-2.76
550–588	572	8	222.00–228.00	$225.47	$1,290	+5.17
595 unweaned	595	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,303	—
607–649	632	20	200.00–217.00	$209.71	$1,325	-7.60
670–693	679	7	200.00–210.00	$204.97	$1,392	-33.78
712–733	728	13	200.00–206.00	$204.65	$1,490	-31.85
750–798	785	29	194.00–235.00	$224.00	$1,758	-0.40

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–345	338	6	214.00–228.00	$223.23	$755	—
388–395	392	4	214.00–230.00	$222.07	$871	+16.05
525	525	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,102	+20.00
663–668	664	12	181.00–182.00	$181.17	$1,203	—
735	735	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,389	—
843	843	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,442	—
865	865	3	178.00	$178.00	$1,540	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–348 unweaned	335	6	252.00–270.00	$263.76	$884	—
345	345	4	282.00	$282.00	$973	+12.00
375–380 unweaned	378	4	242.00–270.00	$255.99	$968	—
382	382	9	240.00	$240.00	$917	-29.33
385–388	387	22	279.00–280.00	$279.23	$1,081	+9.90
407–430	412	10	254.00–265.00	$262.70	$1,082	+2.10
465–469	466	22	252.00–277.00	$260.00	$1,212	+4.00
473–485 unweaned	478	50	225.00–255.00	$242.22	$1,158	-15.63
504–528	515	198	219.00–261.00	$250.74	$1,291	-8.04
513–541 unweaned	528	23	221.00–240.00	$230.27	$1,216	-23.73
550–557	553	25	238.00–257.00	$252.90	$1,399	+5.98
552–588 unweaned	579	70	215.50–227.00	$219.30	$1,270	-16.66
588	588	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,294	-26.92
602–606	604	82	246.00–265.00	$253.38	$1,530	—
603–648 unweaned	630	104	206.50–225.50	$219.43	$1,382	-17.57
659 unweaned	659	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,423	—
658–681	670	152	234.25–260.00	$236.16	$1,582	-5.41
701 unweaned	701	18	187.00	$187.00	$1,311	—
715–749	719	199	198.00–237.00	$228.29	$1,641	+7.95
765–788	780	147	219.00–223.50	$221.09	$1,725	-1.43
807	807	8	186.00	$186.00	$1,501	-34.78
864	864	17	219.00	$219.00	$1,892	+7.72
1088	1088	22	175.00	$175.00	$1,904	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319 unweaned	319	6	247.00	$247.00	$788	—
380–395	388	10	241.00–270.00	$255.22	$990	—
415–442	432	18	200.00–230.00	$216.89	$937	-16.19
433 unweaned	433	4	230.00	$230.00	$996	—
467 unweaned	467	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,027	—
458–497	474	52	220.00–249.00	$241.72	$1,146	+13.07
520–544	538	34	208.00–231.00	$221.45	$1,191	+4.89
537–539 unweaned	538	16	200.00–213.00	$207.30	$1,115	—
583–589	588	33	239.00–247.00	$239.72	$1,410	+13.63
609–616 unweaned	615	73	195.00–200.00	$199.32	$1,226	—
617–649	623	40	225.00–239.00	$234.95	$1,464	+22.48
665–695	675	15	207.00–221.00	$216.48	$1,461	-7.00
679 unweaned	679	5	193.00	$193.00	$1,310	-26.00
709–744	723	181	222.00–225.00	$223.19	$1,614	+22.15
724 unweaned	724	17	180.00	$180.00	$1,303	—
848	848	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,577	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–370	364	4	232.00–236.00	$234.03	$852	+2.59
420	420	2	216.00	$216.00	$907	-3.19
460–495	479	12	200.00–212.00	$207.33	$993	-2.35
520	520	27	185.00	$185.00	$962	-7.12
585	585	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,228	+5.34
634–638	636	13	198.00–202.00	$201.07	$1,279	+1.18
691–695	692	6	174.00–195.00	$181.03	$1,253	-18.97
748	748	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,272	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	15	190.00	$190.00	$773	—
554	554	16	180.00	$180.00	$997	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	12	157.00	$157.00	$645	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	171.00	$171.00	$698	—
480	480	2	163.00	$163.00	$782	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	2	345.00	$345.00	$804	—
265	265	2	337.00	$337.00	$893	—
307	307	3	325.00	$325.00	$998	—
396	396	6	302.00	$302.00	$1,196	—
457	457	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,211	—
502–515 unweaned	505	4	228.00–242.00	$238.43	$1,204	—
532–544	539	21	258.00–272.00	$263.92	$1,423	+18.92
584–598	589	17	213.00–257.00	$246.08	$1,449	—
628	628	15	239.00	$239.00	$1,501	—
751 unweaned	751	8	193.00	$193.00	$1,449	—
978	978	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,663	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	12	225.00	$225.00	$932	—
593	593	23	173.00	$173.00	$1,026	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–495	483	6	202.00–213.00	$207.36	$1,002	-14.64
568–588	576	7	204.00–206.00	$205.01	$1,181	+2.06
628–633	630	6	194.00–200.00	$197.33	$1,243	-3.78
658	658	3	192.00	$192.00	$1,263	-35.13
735	735	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,389	+13.25
758	758	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,410	+21.75
840	840	2	172.00	$172.00	$1,445	-40.40
850–885	868	4	152.00–172.00	$162.20	$1,408	-3.80
945	945	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,228	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,228	—
700	700	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,456	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–995	928	80-85%	5	81.00–85.00	$82.53	$766	-2.47
950–998	969	80-85%	5	90.00–95.00	$92.06	$892	+10.06
1003–1543	1167	80-85%	114	88.00–107.00	$92.97	$1,085	+21.80
1028–1400	1195	80-85%	11	70.00–87.00	$77.26	$923	-9.67
1015–1760	1341	80-85%	87	77.00–106.00	$97.50	$1,307	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
917	917	75-80%	5	99.00	$99.00	$908	—
1042–1745	1277	75-80%	71	90.00–107.00	$102.79	$1,313	+10.63
1075–1487	1295	75-80%	51	88.00–99.00	$96.86	$1,254	+4.70
1230–1575	1374	75-80%	61	108.00–116.00	$110.20	$1,514	+12.03
1965	1965	75-80%	1	81.50	$81.50	$1,601	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–880	776	85-90%	6	60.00	$60.00	$466	—
620–993	842	85-90%	21	48.00–55.00	$51.58	$434	—
805–949	912	85-90%	8	57.00–80.00	$60.30	$550	+10.87
905–1215	1085	85-90%	14	50.00–75.00	$57.10	$620	-24.02
915–1255	1145	85-90%	22	57.00–88.00	$71.56	$819	+3.56
975–1405	1160	85-90%	27	63.00–95.00	$78.65	$912	—
1060–1298	1212	85-90%	4	67.00–68.00	$67.54	$819	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1925	1641	4	100.00–115.00	$108.85	$1,786	-0.77
1455–2190	1731	8	116.00–124.00	$119.67	$2,071	—
1090–2275	1857	3	94.00–105.00	$102.85	$1,910	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1725	1572	7	100.00–114.00	$107.34	$1,687	—
1585–2010	1775	6	117.00–125.00	$121.50	$2,157	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–938	852	(<2 yrs)	Open	55	135.00–170.00	$167.34	$1,426
750–1009	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	124.00–139.00	$136.31	$1,314
875–1305	1095	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	93.00–94.00	$93.74	$1,026
875–1328	1224	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	101.00–110.00	$105.78	$1,295

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–930 thin fleshed	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	50.00–62.00	$54.56	$453

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1060 thin fleshed	871	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	60.00–68.00	$65.40	$570
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,094

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1113	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	152.00	$152.00	$1,692

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
990–1105	1028	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,146.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1220	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,420.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1470	1470	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1035	951	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,425.00–1,500.00	$1,455.62

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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
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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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.