Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 133 priced lines covering 3,136 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,305 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 912 head. replacement cattle receipts at 42 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,305Last week 2,781Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 912Last week 926Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 66Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The momentum continued this week as the cattle markets continued to regain the big losses from two weeks ago. Temperatures have cooled off from the triple digit mark and some areas have been fortunate to receive rainfall.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,113	50.50–63.00	57.08
82	—	1,007	23.00–42.00	35.00
1	—	1,145	60.00	60.00
51	—	1,144	41.00–52.50	47.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,280	62.75–64.50	63.02
84	—	1,251	55.00–66.50	59.56
18	—	1,246	45.00–55.00	52.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	799	44.50–49.00	47.86
29	—	829	23.00–39.00	27.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,504	54.00–62.00	57.73
16	—	1,523	50.00–54.00	52.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,322	71.00–83.00	76.65
4	—	1,503	74.00–77.50	75.36
3	—	1,873	80.00–82.50	80.84
1	—	1,765	85.00	85.00
10	—	1,674	85.00–90.50	88.65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	149.00	149.00
12	—	628	114.00–121.00	116.46
4	—	290	130.00	130.00
2	—	815	114.00–116.00	115.00
10	—	885	115.00	115.00
77	—	760	122.00–126.75	126.38
32	—	471	112.00–138.00	123.66
31	—	575	116.00–131.00	124.11
27	—	682	115.00–129.00	123.04
15	—	522	115.00–130.00	120.36
14	—	728	107.00–120.00	111.09
14	—	421	115.00–148.00	130.94
11	—	370	140.00–152.00	145.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,016	95.00	95.00
4	—	390	159.50	159.50
2	—	938	107.00	107.00
2	—	773	123.50	123.50
1	—	295	150.00	150.00
40	—	859	116.00	116.00
29	—	684	127.00–129.00	127.88
3	—	338	141.00	141.00
11	—	583	125.00–136.00	128.71
14	—	630	129.00–131.50	129.35
22	—	515	127.00–143.00	131.29
29	—	473	129.00–146.00	136.81
53	—	431	128.00–155.00	134.13
24	—	728	112.00–131.00	121.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
313	—	767	124.50–129.50	126.76
102	—	744	128.50–130.25	129.70
22	—	667	136.75	136.75
18	—	615	132.00–134.25	133.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	428	106.00–127.00	119.86
10	—	359	110.00–143.00	126.34
8	—	467	120.00–124.00	122.02
32	—	563	110.00–117.50	115.59
12	—	663	108.00–113.00	109.74
11	—	621	107.00–115.00	109.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	604	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	645	115.00–117.00	116.36
4	—	650	118.00	118.00
10	—	540	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	683	111.00–122.00	116.31
17	—	585	129.00–133.00	132.08
9	—	623	114.00	114.00
7	—	375	147.00–160.00	156.36
5	—	828	116.00–120.00	118.61
21	—	511	132.00–138.00	133.17
9	—	787	110.00–119.00	115.69
7	—	728	114.00–123.00	120.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	683	124.00–132.00	128.41
5	—	756	122.00	122.00
5	—	426	153.00	153.00
1	—	965	115.00	115.00
2	—	283	140.00–152.00	145.95
2	—	378	165.00	165.00
5	—	609	129.00–136.00	131.64
61	—	727	120.00–138.00	129.02
20	—	488	140.00–162.00	147.82
11	—	512	137.00–149.00	146.60
9	—	338	164.00–180.00	173.03
12	—	559	135.00–142.00	137.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	754	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	723	123.50–125.50	125.25
12	—	779	127.50	127.50
11	—	540	126.00	126.00
4	—	596	139.00	139.00
5	—	696	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	348	160.00	160.00
1	—	255	188.00	188.00
2	—	355	175.00	175.00
350	—	780	133.50–137.50	136.06
346	—	817	128.00–136.50	133.80
111	—	666	141.50–145.50	145.17
40	—	726	136.00–143.25	140.26
40	—	509	142.00–154.00	144.39
27	—	578	136.00–154.50	144.02
24	—	417	145.00–171.00	155.85
20	—	485	149.50–158.50	153.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	607	126.00–130.50	130.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	109.00–118.00	113.35
6	—	576	110.00–114.00	111.99
5	—	795	99.00	99.00
5	—	683	101.00	101.00
5	—	450	123.00	123.00
8	—	438	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	798	105.00	105.00
5	—	596	123.00	123.00
12	—	488	116.00–121.00	118.11
8	—	383	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	583	126.00–128.00	126.42
7	—	528	134.00	134.00
5	—	724	100.00–110.00	105.99
7	—	603	114.00	114.00
7	—	477	151.00	151.00
7	—	410	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	50.00	50.00
1	—	550	53.00	53.00
1	—	1,305	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,122	62.00	62.00
4	—	634	58.00	58.00
9	—	833	64.00	64.00
21	—	1,173	68.50	68.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	626	46.00	46.00
7	—	692	44.00–47.00	45.72
10	—	759	49.50	49.50
12	—	709	48.75	48.75
20	—	1,091	52.00	52.00
20	—	1,105	58.00	58.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,207	54.00–58.00	55.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	883	84.00	84.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,063	60.00–71.00	62.64
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,140	850.00–940.00	902.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,219	685.00–700.00	696.31
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,225	950.00–1,020.00	996.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	1,025.00	1,025.00

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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