Texas cattle prices

Week of Nov 2–6, 2026, Medium and Large 1 feeder steers averaging 500–600 lb, priced per cwt. Across 5 Texas auctions and 560 head, the head-weighted average was $401.93/cwt (lot range $346.17–$432.23). That ranked 11th of 21 states in our cattle prices by state snapshot.

Texas volume in this band was light, and more than half of it sold at one Panhandle barn in Dalhart. The gap between barns was wide: the Dalhart average ran about $65/cwt above Giddings.

By weight band (same week, same grade)

Weight	Head	Avg $/cwt
400–499 lb	195	$447.11
500–600 lb	560	$401.93
601–700 lb	480	$346.61

Lighter calves bring more per cwt and less per head. Compare inside one band.

Biggest Texas barns this week (500–600 lb steers)

Auction	Head	Avg $/cwt
Cattlemen's Livestock Auction, Dalhart	307	$417.22
Lonestar Stockyards, Wildorado	84	$408.06
Giddings Livestock Auction, Giddings	68	$352.12
Producers Livestock Cattle Auction, San Angelo	56	$372.31

Worked example from a real sale

From Cattlemen's Livestock Auction (Dalhart, TX) on 2026-11-05, one lot in our API:

{ "auction_name": "Cattlemen's Livestock Auction",
  "state": "TX", "report_date": "2026-11-05",
  "category": "FEEDER CATTLE", "class_name": "STEERS",
  "grade": "Medium and Large 1", "head_count": 208,
  "weight_avg": 530, "price_avg": 432.23,
  "unit": "Per Cwt / Actual Wt", "comments": "Fancy" }

Reading it: 208 steers, about 530 lb average, at $432.23 per cwt. That is about $2,300 a head (530 ÷ 100 × 432.23), or roughly $476,500 for the lot. AMS tagged the lot “Fancy”. Source: USDA AMS; we are not affiliated with USDA.

Pull Texas lots as JSON

curl -s -H "X-API-Key: kl_free_demo_2026" \
  "https://api.kossinlabs.com/v1/prices?state=TX&class=STEERS&category=FEEDER%20CATTLE&limit=50"

Free demo key (no sign-up): kl_free_demo_2026. Docs: api.kossinlabs.com. Product page: cattle auction prices API. Starter is $29/mo for higher limits — subscribe. 30-day money-back guarantee.

This page is a dated snapshot from USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News auction reports (public); the API has current lots. Other states: cattle prices by state. For weight bands, see feeder cattle prices. For the cwt math, see cattle price per cwt.