Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 101 priced lines covering 2,402 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,459 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 563 head. replacement cattle receipts at 39 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,459Last week 579Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 563Last week 581Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 79Year ago 0

Compared to the last comparable sales two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 13.00 to as much as 20.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate to good on good demand. Markets rebounded throughout most of the week, regaining some heavy losses over the past couple of weeks. Pastures are in good shape with warmer spring like temperatures in the forecast.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	425	150.00–162.00	157.96
49	—	578	129.00–148.00	136.61
67	—	611	126.00–140.00	129.17
106	—	517	143.50–153.00	148.57
26	—	475	154.00–163.00	158.24
51	—	825	108.00–111.25	109.86
10	—	931	103.00	103.00
1	—	270	164.00	164.00
184	—	769	113.00–116.25	114.34
83	—	875	100.00–105.00	102.72
57	—	729	114.00–117.00	116.74
53	—	693	115.00–120.00	116.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	370	140.00–155.00	152.67
14	—	523	133.00–143.00	139.11
36	—	581	123.00–140.00	129.02
16	—	423	139.00–150.00	147.07
14	—	463	142.00–146.00	143.57
85	—	745	100.00–115.00	112.34
6	—	806	100.00	100.00
5	—	797	105.00	105.00
1	—	665	117.00	117.00
1	—	305	140.00	140.00
27	—	620	120.00–134.00	124.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	225	147.00	147.00
5	—	388	138.00	138.00
5	—	655	116.00	116.00
6	—	498	128.00–131.00	129.50
7	—	277	151.00–154.00	153.11
7	—	342	132.00–142.00	136.32
8	—	575	116.00–122.00	117.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	125.00	125.00
4	—	510	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	323	202.00–208.00	205.66
5	—	373	200.00	200.00
63	—	888	117.50–119.00	117.77
32	—	983	105.00–105.25	105.18
4	—	661	140.00	140.00
47	—	622	135.00–156.00	140.03
20	—	421	178.00–190.00	183.56
15	—	532	152.00–171.00	160.90
10	—	471	174.50–177.00	175.02
235	—	837	119.00–125.00	122.62
60	—	756	123.00–132.00	130.83
41	—	729	125.00–129.50	126.53
39	—	917	110.00–113.75	112.27
35	—	1,022	101.00–105.50	104.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	300	186.00	186.00
8	—	405	168.00–172.00	170.99
14	—	377	191.00–196.00	193.93
23	—	574	148.00–159.00	151.13
24	—	478	166.00–171.00	168.26
33	—	524	135.00–158.00	148.46
22	—	849	117.00	117.00
32	—	657	133.50–135.00	133.97
29	—	854	116.00	116.00
4	—	717	113.00–115.00	113.76
16	—	625	132.00–145.00	139.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	172.00	172.00
5	—	575	143.00–145.00	143.80
5	—	655	124.00	124.00
5	—	719	118.00–125.00	122.10
8	—	480	146.00–153.00	149.99
7	—	815	108.00–118.00	113.63
6	—	514	136.00–146.00	140.60
6	—	413	145.00–157.00	150.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	860	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	664	127.00–128.00	127.50
6	—	569	121.00–130.00	125.49
5	—	625	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	664	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	661	120.50	120.50
14	—	539	150.00	150.00
2	—	565	131.00	131.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	650.00–750.00	705.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,163	700.00–800.00	755.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,214	900.00–1,050.00	977.59
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	676	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	583	840.00–1,025.00	923.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	841	85.00	85.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,233	69.00	69.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	788	51.00	51.00
3	—	685	31.00	31.00
1	—	815	41.50	41.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,484	60.00–68.50	66.19
11	—	1,438	62.75–69.00	67.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,066	49.00–66.00	56.14
55	—	778	29.00–42.00	33.19
17	—	975	40.50–54.00	45.02
28	—	1,311	66.00–73.00	68.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,107	58.50–70.50	61.77
11	—	1,376	66.50–72.00	70.51
25	—	994	42.00–55.50	54.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	84.00–87.00	85.19
19	—	1,534	89.00–95.00	91.71
5	—	1,975	99.00–103.50	101.73
6	—	1,276	67.00–83.00	78.67

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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