Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 132 priced lines covering 2,724 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,246 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 315 head. replacement cattle receipts at 51 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 6, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, San Angelo, TX (LS-SA)

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,246Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 315Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade activity was light to moderate on

moderate demand. Heavy rainfall across the trading area and declining CME futures hampered cattle movement.

Supply included: 30% Feeder Cattle (61% Steers, 36% Heifers, 3% Bulls); 3% Slaughter Cattle (89% Cows, 11% Bulls);

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	529	169.00	169.00
11	—	970	114.00	114.00
41	—	891	117.50	117.50
4	—	375	171.00	171.00
15	—	312	197.00	197.00
60	—	638	133.00–145.50	142.42
33	—	753	127.00–132.25	131.93
24	—	496	157.00	157.00
6	—	690	132.00	132.00
11	—	567	145.00–155.00	149.94
8	—	423	175.00–176.00	175.88
28	—	718	126.00	126.00
112	—	819	121.75–127.50	124.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	323	158.00–168.00	164.28
5	—	285	157.00	157.00
6	—	392	156.00–170.00	161.99
8	—	491	146.00–156.00	149.63
5	—	630	129.00	129.00
12	—	756	120.00–131.00	122.74
7	—	966	112.00–114.50	112.73
9	—	889	117.00	117.00
5	—	943	110.00	110.00
11	—	732	120.00–124.00	122.34
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	527	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	666	129.50	129.50
5	—	579	159.00	159.00
5	—	627	135.00	135.00
6	—	544	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	302	197.00	197.00
16	—	827	127.50	127.50
4	—	444	163.00	163.00
297	—	906	118.25–128.00	124.58
355	—	867	118.50–128.25	126.90
158	—	779	140.75	140.75
111	—	461	191.00–195.00	194.74
22	—	522	150.00–156.00	152.48
6	—	654	142.00	142.00
8	—	571	139.50–147.00	144.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	964	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	661	133.50	133.50
13	—	702	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	160.00–163.00	160.61
19	—	573	119.00–132.00	123.35
63	—	534	130.50–143.00	137.86
2	—	675	127.00	127.00
30	—	427	143.00–160.00	146.25
23	—	630	121.00–132.00	126.91
2	—	285	169.00	169.00
27	—	318	154.00–170.00	156.91
46	—	788	111.50–115.50	112.78
5	—	830	113.00	113.00
7	—	450	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	614	115.00–126.00	118.25
4	—	320	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	110.00	110.00
5	—	390	152.00	152.00
5	—	850	108.00	108.00
14	—	672	110.00–114.00	111.78
18	—	525	114.00–130.00	120.50
5	—	730	104.00–109.00	105.93
5	—	435	137.00	137.00
12	—	598	110.00–125.50	122.95
19	—	769	102.00–110.00	107.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	701	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	790	95.00	95.00
5	—	899	95.00	95.00
7	—	714	109.00	109.00
7	—	540	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	962	95.00	95.00
13	—	943	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	534	129.00–145.00	134.58
3	—	622	129.00	129.00
4	—	341	164.00	164.00
19	—	460	137.00–160.00	145.37
189	—	742	117.50–124.00	122.46
38	—	858	105.00–109.50	108.29
103	—	831	113.00–115.75	114.09
15	—	675	125.50–126.50	125.84
9	—	557	130.00–143.00	134.32
3	—	418	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	137.00–138.00	137.74
25	—	611	120.00–130.00	121.21
3	—	513	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	635	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	790	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	596	115.00	115.00
3	—	713	121.00	121.00
14	—	769	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	815	110.00	110.00
5	—	868	91.00	91.00
5	—	772	111.00	111.00
6	—	725	114.00–115.00	114.51
5	—	578	132.00	132.00
5	—	670	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	123.00	123.00
3	—	488	164.00	164.00
1	—	500	155.00	155.00
15	—	569	133.50–155.00	145.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	935	885.00–950.00	918.72
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	968	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,322	1,060.00–1,085.00	1,069.33
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,223	875.00–1,075.00	991.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,188	810.00–825.00	814.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	770	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	69.00	69.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	858	91.00–98.00	94.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	60.00	60.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	915	60.00–87.00	77.73
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,267	55.00–67.50	60.62
4	—	1,210	66.00–69.50	67.76
1	—	1,105	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	985	50.00–61.56	55.72
4	—	1,229	62.50–65.00	63.78
18	—	1,114	46.00–53.00	50.26
2	—	880	30.00	30.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,260	52.00–66.00	62.95
2	—	1,593	69.50	69.50
33	—	1,197	50.00–60.00	56.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,840	76.00–80.00	78.70
5	—	1,644	77.50–85.00	81.56
2	—	2,230	85.00	85.00
6	—	1,732	85.00–91.00	86.46
5	—	1,242	67.50–74.50	71.62
4	—	1,518	70.00–72.50	71.85

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Texas barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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