Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 135 priced lines covering 3,855 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,294 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 610 head. replacement cattle receipts at 61 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,294Last week 4,124Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 610Last week 671Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 70Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to as much as 20.00 lower. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	732	91.00–104.00	93.83
10	—	337	121.00–131.00	126.40
12	—	434	116.00–124.00	118.93
40	—	618	99.00–110.00	105.06
8	—	375	122.00–134.00	126.56
36	—	475	118.00–125.00	121.95
31	—	573	102.00–112.00	108.67
7	—	225	135.00–145.00	140.03
10	—	260	130.00–141.00	136.00
11	—	535	100.00–113.00	107.34
6	—	654	102.00–104.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	707	102.75–111.00	103.82
67	—	782	105.00	105.00
60	—	610	111.00–118.00	115.84
1	—	260	148.00	148.00
24	—	426	122.00–142.00	129.33
28	—	576	112.00–119.50	116.43
29	—	390	129.50–143.00	133.94
94	—	672	110.25–117.50	114.96
101	—	486	120.00–142.00	131.32
17	—	336	138.00–154.00	144.60
70	—	814	98.00	98.00
72	—	520	113.00–128.00	119.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	470	152.50	152.50
30	—	392	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	780	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	411	146.00–151.00	150.00
2	—	838	110.00	110.00
123	—	763	97.50–111.50	104.57
147	—	733	97.00–117.50	115.33
10	—	904	99.00	99.00
2	—	338	160.00–161.00	160.50
59	—	526	119.00–136.00	126.16
56	—	469	120.00–139.00	128.80
16	—	379	138.00–153.00	143.84
76	—	620	116.00–131.50	125.56
26	—	876	92.00–99.50	95.67
16	—	650	116.00	116.00
76	—	573	120.75–132.00	125.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	737	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	497	124.00	124.00
30	—	613	111.00–119.00	116.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	471	134.00–144.00	142.14
18	—	783	73.50–85.00	76.10
5	—	850	74.00	74.00
6	—	660	107.00–115.00	111.29
6	—	733	84.00–97.00	90.57
6	—	627	105.00–112.00	107.57
5	—	835	71.00	71.00
5	—	413	137.00	137.00
6	—	523	116.00–125.00	120.67
21	—	979	65.00–66.00	65.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	470	125.00–133.00	126.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	516	125.00–136.00	131.73
7	—	423	144.00–152.00	147.90
8	—	270	150.00–155.00	152.60
21	—	653	115.00–125.50	122.90
19	—	372	130.00–171.00	159.64
12	—	460	144.00–155.00	151.39
5	—	710	114.00	114.00
5	—	877	100.00	100.00
5	—	778	105.00	105.00
11	—	337	133.00–171.00	166.61
15	—	574	120.00–135.00	128.73
5	—	235	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	827	100.00	100.00
24	—	478	142.00–160.00	153.70
20	—	384	154.00–176.00	164.52
39	—	524	131.00–145.00	138.99
24	—	627	131.00–140.00	134.81
17	—	785	106.00–113.00	111.56
36	—	565	126.00–149.00	130.17
34	—	723	112.00–114.00	113.77
76	—	698	114.00–119.75	119.52
21	—	436	145.00–162.00	153.99
5	—	348	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	431	149.50–163.00	154.94
88	—	822	105.50–107.00	106.34
103	—	672	126.00–130.00	128.00
8	—	977	98.00	98.00
182	—	783	106.50–124.50	113.50
130	—	577	127.50–141.00	135.31
266	—	732	114.50–120.50	118.86
26	—	508	135.00–149.00	144.07
50	—	628	126.00–139.50	134.98
80	—	876	100.00–107.00	105.19
14	—	474	146.00–162.00	151.04
17	—	365	153.00–159.50	156.12
2	—	325	179.00–180.00	179.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	689	115.00–125.50	116.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	744	116.50	116.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	49.00	49.00
1	—	895	38.00	38.00
3	—	693	40.00	40.00
1	—	1,015	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,433	58.00	58.00
6	—	828	45.00	45.00
1	—	970	52.00	52.00
2	—	455	59.00	59.00
8	—	312	56.00–58.00	57.73
4	—	259	32.00–54.00	48.47
1	—	1,055	58.00	58.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	42.00	42.00
5	—	440	25.00	25.00
8	—	637	30.00	30.00
8	—	502	25.00	25.00
8	—	288	50.00	50.00
34	—	806	47.00	47.00
1	—	970	40.00	40.00
1	—	465	44.00	44.00
14	—	761	38.00	38.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	80.00	80.00
10	—	1,679	71.00–91.00	82.09
10	—	1,348	71.00–84.00	78.68
1	—	2,155	84.50	84.50
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,201	44.00–65.00	52.39
88	—	1,001	36.00–50.00	40.07
16	—	1,232	58.00–67.50	59.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,047	30.00–52.00	39.28
55	—	1,129	48.50–64.00	55.34
34	—	953	20.00–40.00	27.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,417	51.25–62.50	54.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	761	20.00–27.00	22.46
5	—	779	33.00–35.00	34.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	979	54.00–60.00	57.24
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	974	83.50–84.00	83.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	70.00	70.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	1,210.00	1,210.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	683	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	710.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,024	690.00–900.00	766.35

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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