Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 134 priced lines covering 3,189 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,399 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 666 head. replacement cattle receipts at 118 head. Counted as USDA files them — 31 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,399Last week 3,864Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 666Last week 317Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 62Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. A rough start to the week with snow and freezing temperatures, as well as a struggling CME cattle futures board. By the end of the week, the sun came out and temperatures warmed up as well as the cattle futures regained some footing.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	249	163.00	163.00
7	—	724	100.00–112.00	108.96
14	—	567	110.00–127.00	123.50
5	—	353	142.00	142.00
31	—	627	100.00–122.00	110.73
31	—	654	110.50	110.50
16	—	426	132.00–135.00	132.54
22	—	466	130.00–139.00	133.85
24	—	522	118.00–128.50	125.10
70	—	751	96.25	96.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	879	90.00–96.75	95.93
1	—	290	160.00	160.00
11	—	364	137.00–157.00	153.38
31	—	588	120.00–124.00	121.76
100	—	514	119.50–141.50	136.81
27	—	332	178.00	178.00
106	—	770	94.50–107.50	99.41
31	—	481	128.00–146.00	136.23
147	—	839	90.00–100.50	99.24
36	—	937	95.00–96.00	95.11
23	—	621	106.00–115.50	112.74
60	—	414	141.00–154.00	151.08
50	—	663	99.00–115.50	111.57
61	—	734	104.50–110.25	109.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	409	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	907	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	254	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	431	110.00–129.00	121.50
28	—	634	98.00–112.00	102.70
5	—	393	130.00	130.00
14	—	227	130.00–139.00	133.54
11	—	541	102.00–107.00	104.29
9	—	869	78.00	78.00
5	—	290	146.00	146.00
10	—	685	92.50–97.00	94.31
14	—	580	105.00–110.00	106.76
14	—	465	112.00–127.00	119.27
11	—	319	135.00–142.00	138.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	778	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	665	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	668	121.50–129.00	125.46
2	—	490	132.00	132.00
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
237	—	764	108.00–117.50	113.72
25	—	719	107.00–127.00	120.79
76	—	529	154.00–158.00	156.74
26	—	573	134.00–151.00	140.97
63	—	963	93.00–99.00	96.15
66	—	894	104.00–107.35	107.05
3	—	230	190.00–200.00	196.52
31	—	623	127.00–139.50	136.97
39	—	833	100.00–111.75	110.27
5	—	1,001	96.00	96.00
63	—	468	155.00–172.75	169.80
39	—	334	162.00–198.00	192.77
55	—	389	180.00–186.00	184.27
1	—	295	193.00	193.00
18	—	420	163.00–180.00	175.31
7	—	694	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	736	105.00–112.00	107.46
5	—	350	148.00	148.00
7	—	786	95.00–116.00	109.93
25	—	673	108.00–120.00	116.10
33	—	539	115.00–136.00	119.31
4	—	224	161.00	161.00
7	—	267	150.00–151.00	150.41
7	—	615	114.00–122.00	116.37
7	—	424	132.00–145.00	135.87
20	—	577	120.00–140.00	125.95
3	—	473	133.00–139.00	135.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	155.00	155.00
27	—	422	141.00–164.00	148.52
32	—	614	118.00–139.00	128.65
18	—	831	99.00	99.00
5	—	940	85.00	85.00
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
97	—	663	118.00–136.00	124.96
20	—	863	102.00–104.50	103.88
8	—	959	89.00	89.00
11	—	461	145.00–167.00	163.10
28	—	529	135.00–148.00	137.30
43	—	725	105.00–110.00	108.11
27	—	557	120.00–156.00	136.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	550	153.00	153.00
18	—	255	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	717	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	346	41.00	41.00
18	—	452	29.00	29.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	690	96.00	96.00
5	—	813	86.00	86.00
6	—	788	92.00–93.00	92.50
6	—	488	135.00–136.00	135.33
5	—	500	126.00	126.00
6	—	574	116.00–120.00	118.62
6	—	734	88.00–89.00	88.49
5	—	638	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	505	139.00	139.00
5	—	771	85.00	85.00
18	—	448	174.00	174.00
1	—	640	105.00	105.00
5	—	583	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	200.00–220.00	209.79
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	31.00	31.00
1	—	900	64.00	64.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	603	124.00	124.00
6	—	650	109.00	109.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	1,342	59.75–66.50	61.97
59	—	1,274	50.00–64.50	57.43
18	—	1,183	45.00–49.00	48.41
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	856	38.00–41.00	39.26
6	—	701	30.00–31.00	30.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,353	54.50–60.75	59.47
92	—	1,161	43.00–62.00	49.57
67	—	968	37.50–49.50	44.14
10	—	794	29.00–42.00	36.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,560	60.50–63.50	61.69
24	—	1,475	52.50–60.00	56.96
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	858	48.50	48.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,920	80.00–82.00	80.96
2	—	1,353	60.00–63.50	61.60
6	—	1,461	65.00–79.00	74.25
5	—	1,699	93.00–97.00	95.03
8	—	1,788	80.00–90.00	84.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	869	73.00–84.00	80.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,037	58.00–62.00	60.26
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	881	41.00–54.00	47.84
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	432	235.00	235.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	531	400.00	400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	568	250.00	250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,125	910.00–1,125.00	981.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	885	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	576	825.00–1,050.00	975.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	664	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,234.64

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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