Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 141 priced lines covering 5,031 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,480 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 539 head. replacement cattle receipts at 108 head. Counted as USDA files them — 44 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,480Last week 4,785Year ago 3,761

Slaughter CattleReceipts 539Last week 496Year ago 438

Replacement CattleReceipts 108Last week 49Year ago 72

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady with instances 2.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Thunderstorms moved across the area bringing much needed moisture for those fortunate enough to get it.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	144.00–167.00	157.74
13	—	726	121.00–123.00	121.78
15	—	623	125.00–129.00	127.12
16	—	754	118.00–120.00	119.38
41	—	588	128.00–141.00	135.00
39	—	502	132.50–136.00	132.95
32	—	663	126.00–132.00	131.01
12	—	481	129.00–145.00	135.58
171	—	820	114.00–117.00	115.77
18	—	383	147.00–157.00	151.61
6	—	311	155.00	155.00
5	—	867	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,138	85.00	85.00
9	—	431	159.00–169.00	165.70
9	—	661	135.00	135.00
407	—	874	109.00–118.00	113.32
278	—	1,020	99.00–105.25	104.56
122	—	926	108.00–112.75	111.33
118	—	520	133.50–157.00	146.11
110	—	572	136.00–149.75	145.88
99	—	781	117.00–120.25	118.74
71	—	475	139.50–162.00	155.61
52	—	978	107.00–108.00	107.67
39	—	627	134.50–140.00	136.70
25	—	1,050	87.50–100.00	88.00
363	—	837	114.50–119.50	118.01
105	—	718	124.00–129.00	126.14
14	—	378	170.00–190.00	182.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	686	125.00–127.00	125.71
20	—	753	105.00	105.00
2	—	615	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	673	124.00	124.00
9	—	638	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	782	100.00–112.00	100.68
44	—	572	120.00–129.00	124.44
24	—	737	107.00–115.00	110.15
13	—	834	98.00–106.00	102.33
11	—	443	133.00–142.00	137.45
6	—	914	95.00–98.00	96.99
5	—	981	96.00	96.00
5	—	869	99.00–100.00	99.60
5	—	308	140.00	140.00
12	—	482	132.00–141.00	135.68
30	—	686	110.00–126.00	114.23
22	—	623	108.00–123.50	117.68
10	—	509	122.00–135.00	126.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	629	121.00	121.00
10	—	472	115.00–128.50	120.21
2	—	425	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	115.00–122.00	119.14
5	—	676	113.00	113.00
5	—	733	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	635	133.00	133.00
7	—	544	122.00–139.00	134.18
5	—	594	124.00	124.00
4	—	693	111.50	111.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	930	80.00	80.00
17	—	891	90.50	90.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	993	88.00	88.00
84	—	479	129.00–140.00	135.76
101	—	557	120.00–129.00	126.81
67	—	878	95.00–106.00	102.68
26	—	374	140.00–148.00	145.39
19	—	907	92.00–100.00	99.13
9	—	444	138.00–140.00	139.57
4	—	316	145.00–147.00	145.52
28	—	623	119.00–125.00	121.98
12	—	1,040	95.00	95.00
118	—	531	119.50–137.00	132.67
468	—	777	101.00–114.00	110.58
227	—	728	107.50–116.00	113.35
138	—	826	106.50–109.50	108.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	682	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	892	96.50	96.50
20	—	630	110.00–116.00	112.59
86	—	727	108.00–114.00	113.21
127	—	793	100.00–105.00	104.45
46	—	516	110.00–130.00	120.30
5	—	819	90.00	90.00
19	—	590	116.00–124.00	119.03
17	—	473	122.00–126.00	123.48
17	—	440	122.00–130.00	123.91
10	—	685	110.00–112.00	111.30
10	—	392	140.00	140.00
3	—	315	130.00	130.00
3	—	246	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	503	112.00	112.00
38	—	730	91.00–100.00	97.91
14	—	666	100.00–106.00	104.65
30	—	765	90.00–92.00	90.41
17	—	639	102.00–109.00	103.93
3	—	830	90.00	90.00
2	—	400	102.00	102.00
9	—	485	115.00–120.00	118.28
7	—	579	107.00–111.00	108.56
6	—	378	125.00	125.00
4	—	886	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	631	108.50	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	690	100.50	100.50
4	—	848	92.00	92.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	855	49.00	49.00
8	—	961	57.00	57.00
7	—	694	48.00	48.00
7	—	577	42.00–48.00	46.33
1	—	835	50.00	50.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	51.00	51.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,456	950.00–1,100.00	1,087.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	628	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,243.23
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	860.00	860.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	622	875.00–1,050.00	964.95
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	800	560.00	560.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	784	535.00–725.00	657.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	937	975.00–1,000.00	982.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	970	700.00–775.00	722.72
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	916	61.00–68.00	63.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,120	55.00	55.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	990	70.00–81.00	73.36
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	836	82.00–93.00	88.08
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	775	625.00–725.00	676.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,830	77.50–90.00	84.89
11	—	1,346	72.00–88.00	76.93
13	—	1,812	94.50–101.00	95.61
20	—	1,639	84.00–95.00	90.74
3	—	1,547	61.00–71.00	65.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	52.50	52.50
50	—	1,412	66.50–69.00	66.94
31	—	1,482	55.00–64.50	63.01
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	849	38.00–48.00	43.42
6	—	900	47.50–48.00	47.93
10	—	743	37.00–48.00	42.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,196	35.00	35.00
29	—	1,106	60.00–65.00	62.77
75	—	1,103	47.00–66.00	56.75
46	—	942	39.00–55.00	46.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	56.00	56.00
12	—	1,393	65.00–70.50	69.08
55	—	1,197	54.00–66.50	60.30

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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