Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 140 priced lines covering 4,010 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,064 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 625 head. replacement cattle receipts at 181 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,064Last week 6,825Year ago 4,243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 625Last week 912Year ago 835

Replacement CattleReceipts 181Last week 125Year ago 147

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady; conditioned light weight calves sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, with instances up to 15.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The panhandle received some much needed moisture with several inches of snow that benefitted wheat pastures.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
332	—	564	128.00–150.00	144.08
97	—	780	120.00–129.25	127.42
3	—	928	106.00–110.00	107.31
78	—	471	141.50–147.50	145.05
4	—	823	116.00–122.50	119.26
31	—	335	156.00–157.00	156.74
16	—	872	105.00–117.00	112.57
1	—	980	96.00	96.00
6	—	240	165.00	165.00
29	—	433	145.00–165.00	160.23
43	—	534	141.50–149.50	144.89
75	—	690	125.50–129.75	129.49
13	—	371	168.00–178.00	172.36
30	—	724	111.00–128.50	122.73
77	—	620	124.00–134.00	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	815	105.00	105.00
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
4	—	389	153.00	153.00
24	—	469	140.00–143.00	141.59
7	—	629	108.00–123.00	116.76
7	—	652	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	858	100.00	100.00
3	—	678	105.00	105.00
10	—	477	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	379	134.00–155.00	142.51
13	—	713	100.00–118.00	110.60
36	—	568	113.00–128.00	116.89
54	—	524	115.00–135.00	121.76
5	—	349	144.00	144.00
13	—	483	126.00–127.00	126.46
54	—	610	112.00–131.00	121.33
18	—	681	112.00–114.00	113.56
6	—	419	127.00–135.00	129.66
78	—	766	101.00–128.50	126.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	388	116.00–128.00	124.56
11	—	429	116.00–119.50	118.04
13	—	333	121.00–138.00	125.55
17	—	506	110.00–112.00	111.12
38	—	479	105.00–124.00	117.94
14	—	576	110.00–113.00	111.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	100.00–110.00	102.77
5	—	460	107.00	107.00
5	—	307	105.00	105.00
9	—	366	110.00–115.00	113.30
Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	62.00	62.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	883	115.00	115.00
2	—	692	121.00	121.00
10	—	822	111.00–120.00	113.67
9	—	768	117.00–118.50	118.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	778	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	519	146.00–169.00	157.13
392	—	613	137.50–158.50	154.66
52	—	575	137.00–161.00	149.69
13	—	367	174.00–204.00	187.24
40	—	658	135.00–142.50	139.97
11	—	321	195.00	195.00
137	—	751	135.00–136.00	135.05
130	—	861	125.00–131.00	130.62
116	—	738	130.00–133.50	130.32
42	—	821	134.50–137.75	137.15
48	—	425	165.00–202.00	178.08
4	—	1,016	110.00	110.00
75	—	965	128.00–129.50	129.06
10	—	904	130.50–132.00	130.95
113	—	473	151.00–182.00	164.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	487	120.00–124.00	121.37
6	—	683	106.00–107.00	106.49
5	—	381	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	817	111.00–114.00	113.19
10	—	422	145.00–152.00	147.29
6	—	330	164.00–168.00	165.91
7	—	695	111.00–115.00	113.28
17	—	707	106.00–115.00	110.50
13	—	525	125.00–132.00	129.40
5	—	750	114.00	114.00
9	—	486	142.00–154.00	145.98
36	—	575	125.00–135.00	130.36
7	—	367	151.00–162.00	157.27
26	—	623	110.00–123.00	116.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	438	156.00	156.00
19	—	624	123.00–133.50	127.41
17	—	561	130.00–140.00	135.60
23	—	671	123.00–133.00	129.50
9	—	870	117.50–122.00	118.52
19	—	778	118.00–126.00	123.53
2	—	398	150.00	150.00
12	—	819	115.00–128.00	119.06
11	—	482	153.00–172.00	163.13
16	—	519	127.00–158.00	136.67
37	—	732	117.00–131.00	126.97
Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	82.00	82.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	661	129.00–132.00	131.85
2	—	533	157.00	157.00
64	—	826	135.50	135.50
68	—	619	128.50–139.00	131.95
1	—	765	128.00	128.00
12	—	736	125.00–127.00	126.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	628	127.00	127.00
5	—	537	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	450	140.00	140.00
9	—	511	114.00	114.00
10	—	588	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	619	101.00–108.00	104.53
5	—	770	95.00–108.00	102.80
5	—	658	105.00	105.00
5	—	575	122.00	122.00
5	—	540	121.00	121.00
5	—	708	91.00	91.00
12	—	468	120.00–126.00	121.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	125.00–133.00	130.69
1	—	680	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,064	15.00–30.00	20.93
141	—	1,044	30.00–42.50	34.42
124	—	1,242	42.00–55.00	46.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,499	62.00–69.50	64.35
56	—	1,620	45.00–55.50	52.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,415	45.00–56.00	52.64
31	—	1,345	39.25–47.00	41.15
18	—	1,406	58.50	58.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	59.00	59.00
4	—	1,816	74.00–77.00	74.73
5	—	1,362	71.00–74.00	72.68
7	—	1,879	77.00–86.50	81.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	50.00–61.00	55.02
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,033	79.00–99.00	85.61
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	916	91.00–96.00	93.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,120	50.00–63.00	55.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	68.00	68.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,081	36.00–51.00	44.49
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	35	—	793	15.00–37.00	27.78
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,426	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,037.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,155	600.00–1,000.00	821.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,180	500.00–700.00	605.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	75.00	75.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,193	700.00–840.00	754.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	850.00	850.00

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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