var $cell = $('table #XXX').children('tbody').children('tr').children('td:last-child')
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="tmp.css" /> --> <style type="text/css"> </style> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function () { $('table td:contains("Результат")').css('background','red'); }); </script> </head> <body> <table border='1'> <td>1</td> <td>Результат</td> <td>2</td> </table> </body> </html>