Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 124 priced lines covering 5,529 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,838 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 263 head. replacement cattle receipts at 67 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,838Last week 5,480Year ago 2,742

Slaughter CattleReceipts 263Last week 539Year ago 536

Replacement CattleReceipts 67Last week 108Year ago 58

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold firm to 5.00 higher, instances of up to 8.00 to 10.00 higher by the end of the week. Higher prices in the auctions were supported by the CME Feeder Cattle contract, which was limit up on Tuesday and continued positive gains throughout the week. Quality was very attractive, with the majority of the supply consisting of large groups and load lots of cattle straight off the wheat and grass.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	686	98.50	98.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	595	115.00	115.00
5	—	764	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	125.00	125.00
8	—	273	149.00	149.00
22	—	733	101.00–118.00	108.40
61	—	682	114.00–120.00	114.68
40	—	576	120.00–129.50	124.93
38	—	527	120.00–129.50	128.01
29	—	967	80.00–101.50	92.39
23	—	814	98.00–107.00	102.60
22	—	616	118.00–122.00	120.68
11	—	486	125.00–135.00	126.96
4	—	439	138.00–140.00	139.53
5	—	916	97.00	97.00
10	—	1,007	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	126.00	126.00
27	—	582	104.00–118.50	116.91
5	—	675	80.00–107.00	90.52
5	—	722	91.00–104.00	99.39
1	—	775	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,014	91.00	91.00
231	—	674	119.00–128.50	123.71
206	—	780	107.00–118.50	114.48
167	—	859	105.00–114.75	107.81
159	—	726	113.00–125.00	120.38
158	—	821	100.00–112.75	110.01
96	—	927	98.00–104.50	99.29
77	—	588	123.50–137.00	125.43
58	—	626	125.00–128.00	126.06
50	—	530	127.50–140.00	135.10
26	—	266	150.00–162.00	160.16
23	—	983	89.00–105.00	93.10
23	—	484	130.00–144.00	134.58
22	—	382	142.00–150.00	145.73
9	—	401	163.00	163.00
17	—	307	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	746	100.00	100.00
4	—	885	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,068	95.50	95.50
12	—	213	188.00	188.00
571	—	830	118.00–126.50	122.42
390	—	774	122.00–129.00	126.16
14	—	283	156.00–203.00	165.92
17	—	412	154.00–171.00	164.33
40	—	476	150.00–155.00	153.99
1	—	320	180.00	180.00
1	—	380	169.00	169.00
52	—	519	147.00–159.00	153.24
56	—	576	131.00–148.00	140.54
56	—	1,039	98.00–103.00	99.14
92	—	616	133.00–145.50	138.73
115	—	731	124.00–131.00	128.17
132	—	960	108.00–111.00	110.03
317	—	878	111.50–121.00	117.95
332	—	914	109.00–115.60	115.14
378	—	672	126.75–141.50	134.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	725	117.50	117.50
54	—	676	120.00–125.00	124.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	957	106.00	106.00
16	—	288	165.00	165.00
60	—	760	128.50	128.50
5	—	411	154.00–155.00	154.59
3	—	840	112.00	112.00
210	—	722	117.00–128.25	126.88
55	—	682	118.00–139.00	124.72
43	—	576	135.00–142.00	136.69
14	—	523	136.00–148.00	138.21
12	—	466	144.50–156.00	148.11
9	—	605	128.00–136.00	129.69
42	—	877	108.00–115.00	113.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	111.00	111.00
3	—	477	145.00	145.00
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	763	131.00	131.00
68	—	625	144.00	144.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	550	110.00	110.00
2	—	605	109.00	109.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	817	49.00–56.00	51.67
18	—	1,072	56.00	56.00
18	—	624	40.00–47.00	43.01
12	—	870	43.00	43.00
8	—	661	46.00–60.00	56.40
6	—	729	47.00–57.00	55.02
6	—	418	40.00–42.00	41.36
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	550	133.00	133.00
6	—	627	111.00–116.00	113.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	676	117.50	117.50
11	—	550	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	125.00–137.50	130.63
8	—	435	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	145.00	145.00
23	—	275	198.00	198.00
30	—	345	183.00	183.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,374	60.50–65.75	63.68
3	—	1,828	67.50	67.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,019	41.00–55.00	47.39
29	—	1,099	55.00–66.00	60.28
6	—	1,105	68.00–70.00	69.52
12	—	859	32.00–39.00	36.14
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	860	41.00–50.00	46.94
2	—	915	50.50–55.00	52.66
1	—	765	31.00	31.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,282	59.00–66.50	62.79
6	—	1,036	52.00–57.00	55.87
5	—	1,267	71.00–74.00	72.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,542	87.00–93.00	91.05
3	—	1,652	95.50–102.00	99.13
2	—	1,265	60.00–71.00	65.30
1	—	1,690	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,540	82.50–90.00	87.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	985.00	985.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,060.00	1,060.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	510.00	510.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	90.00	90.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,013	89.00	89.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,172	65.00–68.50	66.70

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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