Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 15, 2024

5,088 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $205.14/cwt +3.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,562/hd at 762 lb · 267 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $305.82/cwt +16.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,431/hd at 468 lb · 170 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $256.16/cwt +8.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,588/hd at 620 lb · 168 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,088	6,150	6,826
Feeder cattle	4,377	5,162	6,029
Slaughter cattle	629	738	624
Replacement cattle	82	250	173

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. A cold front moved across the area bringing a deep freeze accompanied by negative wind chills to start off the week, which caused some sales to cancel. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 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
310–340	325	28	294.00–343.00	$328.82	$1,069	+1.11
358 unweaned	358	6	316.00	$316.00	$1,131	—
373–396	389	15	327.00–340.00	$336.64	$1,310	+22.92
405–430	423	31	314.00–342.00	$332.02	$1,404	+21.51
445 unweaned	445	2	312.00	$312.00	$1,388	—
451–497	468	170	288.00–325.00	$305.82	$1,431	+16.25
500–548	538	150	270.00–305.00	$278.61	$1,499	+4.64
552–595	575	151	258.00–282.00	$266.75	$1,534	+0.87
602–636	618	157	245.00–267.00	$257.99	$1,594	+12.63
649	649	11	230.00	$230.00	$1,493	+7.50
659–681	673	78	232.00–247.00	$236.43	$1,591	-0.66
706–720	713	105	229.00–238.00	$231.19	$1,648	+47.19
714 unweaned	714	16	220.00	$220.00	$1,571	—
755–798	789	78	222.50–231.50	$228.39	$1,802	+8.07
794	794	8	208.00	$208.00	$1,652	-12.32
810–846	829	142	215.00–231.00	$222.87	$1,848	+6.35
851–859	853	111	214.50–218.00	$216.98	$1,851	+2.10
938	938	5	192.00	$192.00	$1,801	-11.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	297.50	$297.50	$654	—
325–345	333	8	273.00–315.00	$292.21	$973	-12.79
375–390	382	6	313.00–317.50	$314.81	$1,203	+9.74
433	433	2	298.00	$298.00	$1,290	+13.67
510–530	518	5	260.00–262.00	$261.18	$1,353	+7.08
552	552	8	263.00	$263.00	$1,452	—
566 thin fleshed	566	65	275.00	$275.00	$1,556	—
608–648	640	11	226.00–238.00	$235.11	$1,505	+3.08
641 unweaned	641	12	231.00	$231.00	$1,481	+14.00
646 thin fleshed	646	121	243.50	$243.50	$1,573	—
683	683	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,523	-1.04
723–728	726	4	215.00–219.00	$217.01	$1,575	+12.36
738 unweaned	738	16	211.00	$211.00	$1,557	+10.00
764–798	770	97	219.00–220.00	$219.18	$1,688	+9.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	6	200.00	$200.00	$682	-65.00
356–396	379	16	228.00–295.00	$248.68	$942	-33.56
423–445	436	8	192.50–281.00	$234.60	$1,023	-34.03
455–485	473	5	268.00–276.00	$272.92	$1,291	+8.84
519–543	520	85	196.00–250.00	$197.33	$1,026	-45.83
557–595	571	7	234.00–250.00	$241.28	$1,378	-0.61
683	683	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,489	+9.12
710	710	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,456	+10.38
900	900	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,503	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,046	—
563	563	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,092	—
743	743	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,308	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321 unweaned	321	12	252.00	$252.00	$809	—
334–349	344	22	286.00–288.00	$287.51	$989	-13.55
360–398	385	49	270.00–295.00	$281.72	$1,085	-0.59
403–429	424	83	260.00–275.00	$268.66	$1,139	+8.39
463–489	475	65	258.50–270.00	$265.09	$1,259	+13.45
480 unweaned	480	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,056	—
500 unweaned	500	30	239.00	$239.00	$1,195	—
503–547	521	122	230.00–259.00	$248.08	$1,292	+7.92
551–599	570	90	236.00–248.50	$242.03	$1,380	+14.16
579 unweaned	579	39	230.00	$230.00	$1,332	—
602–641	620	155	219.50–240.00	$229.43	$1,422	+11.83
651–690	659	148	215.00–226.50	$223.39	$1,472	+8.45
703–748	721	30	215.00–222.00	$219.31	$1,581	+7.11
751–754	752	145	190.00–212.00	$210.73	$1,585	+5.71
773	773	122	198.50	$198.50	$1,534	-6.52
809	809	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,578	-2.07
816–846	844	63	200.00–204.50	$204.15	$1,723	+39.15
868–895	882	4	183.00–190.00	$186.55	$1,645	+5.60

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,031	+10.46
422–447	439	21	200.00–267.00	$220.29	$967	-32.99
467–493	481	21	190.00–252.00	$239.61	$1,153	-7.80
513–542	528	16	220.00–245.00	$231.44	$1,222	+7.29
560–578	571	16	229.00–235.00	$233.13	$1,331	+10.12
614	614	16	193.00	$193.00	$1,185	-14.44
638	638	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,391	+10.56
642 thin fleshed	642	77	220.50	$220.50	$1,416	—
653–665	660	7	180.00–220.00	$193.12	$1,275	-10.60
685 unweaned	685	8	180.00	$180.00	$1,233	-6.00
740	740	72	210.00	$210.00	$1,554	+16.29
762	762	32	202.50	$202.50	$1,543	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	2	265.00	$265.00	$697	—
368	368	3	256.00	$256.00	$942	+15.33
431	431	20	180.00	$180.00	$776	-54.34
472–490	479	5	238.00–242.00	$240.36	$1,151	+12.31
504–523	505	51	174.50–207.00	$177.33	$896	-33.76
563	563	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,092	-14.93
743	743	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,308	-19.00
783	783	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,362	-8.48

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,046	-17.29
578–597	589	5	220.00–229.00	$223.53	$1,317	+2.23
648	648	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,270	-14.81
755–795	775	4	182.00–188.00	$184.92	$1,433	-3.70
890	890	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,411	+7.31
675	675	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,148	-48.00
716	716	5	191.00	$191.00	$1,368	-21.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,196	—
499	499	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,208	-8.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698–755	732	85-90%	5	52.00–53.00	$52.38	$383	—
700–815	770	85-90%	4	67.00–70.00	$69.05	$532	—
792–907	883	85-90%	27	59.00–62.00	$60.24	$532	—
745–975	916	85-90%	33	63.00–83.00	$65.26	$598	-17.24
775–1295	920	85-90%	11	75.00–86.00	$79.23	$729	+3.48
906–986	932	85-90%	48	65.50–68.50	$66.54	$620	-9.21
950–1198	1069	85-90%	17	89.00–104.00	$97.72	$1,045	+6.35

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$728	—
977–980	978	80-85%	11	70.00–72.00	$70.91	$693	-23.09
1019–1046	1029	80-85%	11	71.00–75.00	$72.48	$746	—
1000–1512	1157	80-85%	80	78.00–104.00	$85.70	$992	-16.70
1189–1360	1298	80-85%	34	86.00–109.50	$97.64	$1,267	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1379–1417	1408	75-80%	22	91.50–92.50	$92.00	$1,295	—
1380–1615	1498	75-80%	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,423	+5.60
1240–1850	1500	75-80%	15	86.00–97.00	$90.64	$1,360	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1700	1399	5	97.00–106.00	$102.54	$1,435	—
1315–1955	1519	8	117.00–121.00	$119.69	$1,818	—
1565	1565	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,925	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1850–2080	1965	2	110.00	$110.00	$2,162	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–930	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	135.00–149.00	$142.06	$1,311
875–1273	1020	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	84.00–99.00	$91.44	$933
1065–1240	1128	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	115.00–122.00	$117.24	$1,322

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1095	988	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,285.00–1,475.00	$1,395.02
1051	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1126	1126	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
1050–1150	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	+25.00
1100–1150	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,237.78	-37.22
1100–1300	1211	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,300.00–1,600.00	$1,472.25	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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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.