Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 179 priced lines covering 7,690 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,635 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,594 head. replacement cattle receipts at 155 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,635Last week 4,064Year ago 7,724

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,594Last week 625Year ago 825

Replacement CattleReceipts 155Last week 181Year ago 377

Compared to the markets before the holidays: Yearling steers and heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Calves were 2.00 to 8.00 higher, with instances 14.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Chance of moisture going into the weekend with several inches of snow predicted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	684	108.50	108.50
14	—	537	125.00	125.00
6	—	490	136.00	136.00
3	—	620	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	117.00	117.00
13	—	584	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	111.00	111.00
5	—	543	116.00	116.00
5	—	761	100.00	100.00
5	—	583	121.00	121.00
5	—	818	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	140.00	140.00
1	—	150	400.00	400.00
2	—	602	117.00	117.00
6	—	693	116.00–121.00	118.84
4	—	516	141.00–150.00	143.18
32	—	445	151.50	151.50
1	—	335	156.00	156.00
8	—	577	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	405	191.00	191.00
5	—	576	134.00	134.00
14	—	319	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,040	95.00–100.00	99.19
7	—	1,087	102.00	102.00
8	—	755	118.00	118.00
52	—	803	114.75	114.75
20	—	702	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	170	335.00	335.00
1	—	250	375.00	375.00
69	—	632	125.00–132.00	127.56
81	—	765	117.50–126.00	123.80
254	—	861	121.50–123.00	122.28
126	—	808	120.60–128.00	122.69
25	—	339	138.00–180.00	150.17
170	—	525	125.00–144.00	138.65
57	—	417	128.00–167.00	146.45
15	—	291	151.00–180.00	156.91
266	—	671	119.00–132.50	127.39
111	—	476	130.00–160.00	141.29
41	—	385	135.00–155.00	151.37
174	—	578	115.00–141.00	129.50
309	—	726	115.50–127.75	125.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	741	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	654	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	336	48.00	48.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	675	101.00–112.00	107.07
23	—	564	103.00–113.00	109.11
15	—	378	125.00–144.00	136.59
8	—	754	95.00–97.00	96.25
43	—	514	104.00–116.00	113.65
9	—	741	90.00–99.00	93.34
7	—	426	119.00–121.00	120.15
62	—	476	101.00–123.50	117.93
36	—	619	92.00–113.00	105.01
5	—	347	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	725	119.50	119.50
42	—	416	119.00–140.00	130.85
80	—	485	126.00–134.00	126.34
37	—	621	113.00–118.50	116.83
38	—	577	113.00–120.00	116.74
38	—	369	134.00–154.00	145.79
66	—	680	117.00–127.00	124.51
7	—	339	159.50–169.00	164.45
2	—	255	170.00	170.00
126	—	524	109.00–134.50	125.67
139	—	759	108.00–125.50	123.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	776	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	125.00	125.00
11	—	495	134.00–136.00	135.00
17	—	321	161.50	161.50
97	—	623	119.00–126.00	121.31
47	—	392	158.00	158.00
5	—	657	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	105.00–111.00	107.99
12	—	588	113.00–117.00	116.34
1	—	445	126.00	126.00
8	—	522	119.00–120.00	119.12
2	—	458	124.00	124.00
10	—	631	110.00–112.00	111.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	600	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	720	111.00–115.00	113.16
6	—	476	142.00–150.00	145.70
7	—	314	167.00–174.00	170.23
39	—	576	124.00–134.00	126.03
5	—	832	112.00–114.00	112.80
18	—	391	131.00–162.00	138.94
40	—	622	115.00–128.00	122.49
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
10	—	511	125.00–130.00	127.89
13	—	673	116.00–122.00	119.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	313	170.00	170.00
30	—	643	123.00–134.00	129.00
5	—	370	190.00	190.00
40	—	442	159.00–168.00	160.98
6	—	927	120.00	120.00
97	—	873	125.60	125.60
36	—	681	121.50–134.00	128.12
65	—	565	137.00–152.50	151.19
43	—	468	128.00–170.00	158.42
9	—	815	118.50–127.00	122.26
111	—	525	140.00–151.00	145.64
21	—	737	120.00–125.00	120.79
203	—	781	124.00–131.00	126.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	879	129.00–132.75	131.92
19	—	1,026	111.00	111.00
554	—	784	127.75–136.50	133.42
179	—	613	136.00–155.00	144.43
24	—	295	187.00–225.00	223.50
50	—	480	167.00–177.00	172.52
49	—	422	159.00–202.50	178.80
195	—	526	146.00–176.00	162.49
188	—	573	135.00–169.00	156.27
154	—	678	129.00–143.00	138.13
89	—	375	182.00–209.00	204.35
13	—	308	185.00–220.00	211.20
2	—	950	123.00	123.00
288	—	834	127.00–137.50	131.39
3	—	242	192.00–208.00	197.41
280	—	712	126.00–139.25	136.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	535	152.00	152.00
53	—	471	160.00–164.00	161.07
76	—	684	120.00–129.50	126.24
19	—	626	130.00–136.00	132.49
21	—	731	123.25–126.00	124.26
12	—	763	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	120.00	120.00
2	—	873	91.00	91.00
3	—	512	140.00	140.00
9	—	660	118.00	118.00
9	—	557	133.00	133.00
7	—	619	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	121.00	121.00
3	—	720	106.50–111.00	108.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	638	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	833	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	988	107.00	107.00
37	—	774	124.00–127.50	126.09
78	—	820	105.00–124.00	120.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	800	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	439	129.00–135.00	130.99
8	—	467	129.00–136.00	132.37
15	—	562	115.00–122.00	119.06
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	324	70.00	70.00
8	—	442	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,175	42.00–54.50	49.34
19	—	925	23.00–35.00	32.00
129	—	1,015	31.00–45.00	34.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,503	48.00–55.00	51.61
23	—	1,586	54.00–55.00	54.05
1	—	1,960	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,232	36.00–49.00	43.22
7	—	1,227	56.00–61.00	59.04
155	—	1,345	44.00–57.00	49.93
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	33.00–39.50	36.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,040	90.00	90.00
3	—	1,712	66.00–74.00	70.32
9	—	1,912	75.00–88.50	81.14
1	—	1,460	65.00	65.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,110	1,335.00	1,335.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,258	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,369	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	810.00	810.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,218	710.00–850.00	764.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,238	960.00	960.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,091	660.00–750.00	726.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,180	950.00–1,000.00	977.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	948	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,019	700.00–850.00	793.18
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	895	88.00–96.00	92.33
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	928	46.00–51.00	48.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	984	54.00–59.00	56.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,023	71.00–82.00	76.72
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	—	827	14.00–38.00	24.84
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	818	800.00	800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,005	875.00–900.00	891.38
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	577	925.00–970.00	957.44

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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