Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 122 priced lines covering 2,598 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,316 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 623 head. replacement cattle receipts at 165 head. Counted as USDA files them — 32 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 29, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,316Last week 2,096Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 623Last week 1,038Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 165Last week 142Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle lightly tested this week. Limited numbers of feeder steers and heifer sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Trade activity and demand moderate. 100 degree weather moved back in this past week limiting movement of livestock. Hot drying winds out of the south and southwest prevailed making it feeling like a blow dryer.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	903	30.50–35.00	31.89
51	—	867	24.00–30.00	26.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,130	65.50–66.50	65.69
144	—	1,111	40.00–63.00	48.11
116	—	970	33.00–53.00	39.77
15	—	981	23.00–36.00	26.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,419	64.50–66.00	65.64
14	—	1,496	52.00–63.00	59.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,139	47.00–55.50	48.14
52	—	1,270	52.00–64.00	59.31
18	—	1,150	64.50–69.00	66.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,501	70.00–89.00	80.61
1	—	1,640	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,790	80.00	80.00
8	—	1,264	71.00–81.00	77.17
3	—	2,090	85.00–97.00	89.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	136.00–141.00	140.15
83	—	692	130.00–137.50	135.98
9	—	891	128.25	128.25
4	—	378	167.00	167.00
3	—	478	146.00	146.00
1	—	315	150.00	150.00
52	—	725	120.00–127.00	123.47
6	—	767	127.00–133.00	128.01
7	—	439	140.00–173.00	164.12
19	—	635	130.00–134.00	130.51
10	—	818	124.00–128.00	125.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
220	—	778	129.00–144.50	136.54
85	—	738	136.00–145.00	142.02
66	—	837	137.00–139.50	137.11
32	—	659	137.50–145.00	138.53
22	—	609	152.00–155.00	153.46
15	—	487	160.00–165.00	162.00
14	—	510	153.00–158.00	157.65
14	—	349	176.00	176.00
10	—	560	158.00	158.00
7	—	1,076	115.50	115.50
2	—	223	179.00	179.00
1	—	285	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	678	118.00	118.00
5	—	643	115.00–119.00	116.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	688	122.00–130.00	127.04
24	—	531	131.00–140.00	136.07
9	—	773	117.00	117.00
6	—	583	130.00–132.00	130.66
6	—	457	146.00–147.00	146.50
5	—	1,090	100.00	100.00
5	—	438	150.00	150.00
5	—	390	168.00	168.00
7	—	959	108.00–115.00	109.99
11	—	716	118.00–120.00	118.64
21	—	809	116.00–120.00	116.38
27	—	631	125.00–129.00	126.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	762	130.00	130.00
38	—	849	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	242	217.00	217.00
5	—	323	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	800	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	579	112.00–120.00	116.08
21	—	623	106.00–119.00	113.17
24	—	478	128.00–136.00	131.14
6	—	882	119.00	119.00
17	—	731	90.00–115.50	107.97
1	—	770	110.00	110.00
5	—	535	110.00	110.00
5	—	695	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	271	180.00	180.00
7	—	338	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	773	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	603	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	585	105.00–115.00	109.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	575	132.00–144.00	137.18
184	—	719	120.00–134.25	132.61
1	—	905	109.00	109.00
2	—	258	155.00	155.00
6	—	334	162.00	162.00
7	—	951	110.50	110.50
8	—	543	144.00	144.00
12	—	434	149.50–157.00	151.90
16	—	624	130.50–134.00	130.71
22	—	674	131.00–135.00	133.76
40	—	826	119.00–122.50	120.91
139	—	771	124.00–128.50	127.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	725	111.50–129.00	122.87
63	—	576	120.00–131.00	124.47
82	—	760	104.00–129.00	123.62
5	—	806	104.00	104.00
11	—	662	118.00–122.00	119.98
18	—	852	106.00–111.00	110.44
22	—	525	124.00–130.00	127.35
26	—	621	118.00–126.00	123.30
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	62.00	62.00
7	—	1,258	67.00	67.00
8	—	853	54.00	54.00
24	—	710	52.00–62.00	52.41
72	—	757	54.00–54.50	54.26
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	40.00	40.00
2	—	750	30.00	30.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	676	109.00–110.00	109.39
5	—	723	112.00	112.00
5	—	815	99.00	99.00
5	—	854	86.00	86.00
6	—	638	112.00–119.00	115.33
6	—	780	111.00–115.00	113.00
8	—	522	122.00–128.00	123.94
17	—	581	120.00–128.00	125.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	448	113.00	113.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,288	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,118	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	850.00–910.00	884.62
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,066	59.00–69.00	63.83
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	950	98.00–100.00	98.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	869	80.00–87.00	84.26
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,148	53.00–60.00	57.55
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	927	550.00–785.00	627.73
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,206	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,140.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,300	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,146	850.00–1,050.00	922.14
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	861	800.00–825.00	821.26
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	43	—	887	860.00–1,090.00	1,016.84

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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