Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 141 priced lines covering 6,681 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,379 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 859 head. replacement cattle receipts at 102 head. Counted as USDA files them — 28 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,379Last week 3,849Year ago 4,124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 859Last week 947Year ago 671

Replacement CattleReceipts 102Last week 122Year ago 70

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady, with increases at the beginning of the week and sales at the end of the week seeing the decreases. Trade was active on moderate to good demand. Spring-like temperatures were in the area, but moisture continues to be much needed with winds drying out the soil.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
288	—	664	138.00–149.50	142.11
156	—	634	137.25–156.50	147.34
52	—	385	177.50–210.00	190.23
5	—	1,029	107.00	107.00
15	—	1,175	96.50	96.50
275	—	813	127.50–132.75	131.15
184	—	866	127.00–131.50	128.80
231	—	582	143.00–158.50	155.66
243	—	923	119.00–127.25	125.87
176	—	523	145.00–176.00	167.42
3	—	329	192.00–210.00	198.02
314	—	716	131.00–139.50	136.66
368	—	778	127.00–135.50	131.36
57	—	968	119.00–121.00	120.24
68	—	429	174.00–200.00	189.95
134	—	473	163.00–189.00	172.38
1	—	295	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	305	180.00–190.00	185.63
20	—	733	126.50–129.00	126.79
103	—	529	138.00–161.00	151.81
29	—	582	132.00–160.00	148.99
17	—	471	169.00–179.00	175.14
46	—	683	128.00–135.00	131.90
22	—	769	125.00–128.00	126.79
5	—	863	120.00	120.00
8	—	357	176.00–186.00	182.27
30	—	426	168.00–173.00	168.62
2	—	288	172.00	172.00
38	—	632	131.00–143.00	136.89
65	—	819	128.50	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	959	110.00	110.00
10	—	469	148.00–164.00	155.42
3	—	732	118.00	118.00
15	—	528	125.00–140.50	134.83
6	—	322	152.00–160.00	155.92
38	—	621	123.00–130.00	127.00
4	—	860	110.00	110.00
8	—	676	120.00–127.00	121.68
17	—	773	116.00–124.00	120.45
8	—	421	130.00–160.00	147.75
5	—	378	154.00	154.00
20	—	577	119.00–140.00	130.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	131.00	131.00
6	—	477	132.00–136.00	134.05
5	—	585	124.00–125.00	124.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	167.00	167.00
19	—	687	131.00–136.00	134.51
3	—	578	146.00	146.00
4	—	411	190.00–191.00	190.75
5	—	371	176.00	176.00
12	—	540	155.00–161.00	156.00
7	—	635	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	840	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	681	135.75	135.75
75	—	776	131.75	131.75
72	—	711	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	998	113.00	113.00
4	—	815	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	659	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	475	159.50	159.50
51	—	413	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	863	114.50–119.50	118.22
7	—	309	172.00–178.00	175.40
580	—	778	116.00–126.00	123.26
229	—	727	114.00–128.00	125.71
102	—	484	131.00–155.00	144.67
311	—	611	126.00–136.50	130.92
234	—	812	120.00–124.25	122.40
195	—	671	122.00–130.00	127.48
145	—	575	123.00–139.00	132.98
80	—	516	125.00–144.00	138.04
2	—	275	158.00	158.00
43	—	377	156.00–174.50	166.07
74	—	426	148.00–170.00	156.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	336	131.00–140.00	136.11
2	—	298	135.00	135.00
24	—	475	118.00–135.00	131.17
7	—	669	115.00–118.00	116.11
3	—	527	118.00–120.00	119.31
13	—	557	115.00–117.00	116.84
6	—	242	131.00	131.00
5	—	376	125.00–140.00	131.14
9	—	780	103.00–105.00	103.65
10	—	636	109.00–117.00	111.73
19	—	428	120.00–135.00	131.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	438	130.00–151.00	137.84
22	—	324	139.00–160.00	148.30
110	—	476	132.00–141.00	135.33
102	—	576	120.00–130.00	127.98
38	—	381	144.50–153.00	149.59
16	—	658	118.00–126.50	123.34
19	—	534	124.00–133.00	126.08
2	—	860	105.00	105.00
91	—	746	110.00–121.25	120.75
8	—	836	116.00	116.00
48	—	616	120.00–129.00	123.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	828	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	107.00	107.00
2	—	802	85.00	85.00
21	—	450	143.00	143.00
15	—	365	143.50	143.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	698	115.00	115.00
2	—	595	130.00	130.00
2	—	468	146.00	146.00
1	—	400	158.00	158.00
6	—	534	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	135.00	135.00
2	—	623	112.00	112.00
2	—	438	130.00	130.00
2	—	678	118.00	118.00
3	—	268	131.00	131.00
2	—	785	92.00	92.00
4	—	743	96.00–112.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	959	38.00–53.00	41.93
8	—	1,140	54.00–66.50	58.62
46	—	832	22.00–45.00	33.92
134	—	1,085	44.00–64.00	51.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,157	61.00–66.00	62.84
14	—	1,230	47.00–51.00	47.51
62	—	1,278	50.00–66.50	55.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,629	53.00–58.00	55.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	78.75	78.75
1	—	2,050	89.00	89.00
7	—	1,409	80.00–87.00	84.14
8	—	1,769	84.00–96.50	91.11
2	—	1,570	67.00–72.50	69.67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,263	750.00–785.00	772.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	700.00–760.00	727.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,017	900.00–1,025.00	975.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,038	810.00–910.00	861.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	695	1,235.00–1,300.00	1,282.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	566	950.00–1,075.00	995.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,531	61.00–66.00	64.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,139	52.00–61.00	56.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,018	70.00–78.00	73.04
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	905	89.00–99.00	94.01
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	679	14.00–36.00	22.53
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,071	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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