Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 145 priced lines covering 6,888 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,602 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 848 head. replacement cattle receipts at 227 head. Counted as USDA files them — 66 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,602Last week 7,379Year ago 4,294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 848Last week 859Year ago 610

Replacement CattleReceipts 227Last week 102Year ago 61

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Trade was active on good demand, with yearlings coming off of wheat this time of year. A chance of much needed rain going into the weekend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	573	143.00–145.00	144.39
5	—	313	170.00	170.00
17	—	470	165.00–172.00	167.63
18	—	718	128.00	128.00
443	—	820	125.00–130.00	127.68
7	—	790	123.00	123.00
37	—	526	145.00–161.00	153.13
10	—	385	170.00–180.00	172.52
40	—	635	132.00–150.00	140.97
35	—	682	130.00–140.00	134.07
13	—	426	174.00–180.00	178.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	235	166.00	166.00
6	—	377	160.00–164.00	162.06
1	—	345	165.00	165.00
15	—	591	129.00–144.00	133.39
5	—	1,033	88.00–98.00	93.95
10	—	524	132.00–142.00	138.26
5	—	866	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,065	98.00	98.00
10	—	476	135.00–166.00	154.12
5	—	673	125.00	125.00
7	—	819	118.00	118.00
14	—	714	120.00–122.00	121.00
11	—	414	158.00–165.00	160.82
14	—	622	120.00–132.00	125.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	405	122.00	122.00
4	—	353	121.00	121.00
10	—	256	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	590	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
270	—	724	132.50–139.00	137.40
68	—	634	142.00–154.00	144.54
21	—	966	113.00–122.00	119.80
109	—	935	122.00–126.50	124.67
74	—	581	141.50–162.50	153.58
372	—	775	127.50–138.00	136.41
1,359	—	877	122.00–133.00	127.72
15	—	366	185.00–191.00	188.86
15	—	474	159.00–185.00	174.53
76	—	513	145.00–168.00	162.00
662	—	823	128.50–134.00	131.56
100	—	666	137.00–147.00	141.93
38	—	413	160.00–200.00	175.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	491	159.00	159.00
6	—	641	135.00	135.00
4	—	425	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	633	145.00	145.00
2	—	325	179.00	179.00
16	—	536	155.00–160.00	156.51
4	—	433	172.00	172.00
5	—	662	135.00	135.00
17	—	491	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	633	150.50	150.50
11	—	510	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	459	154.00	154.00
13	—	560	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	612	126.00–126.50	126.19
7	—	512	136.25	136.25
19	—	435	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	418	138.00–164.00	152.59
134	—	622	125.00–133.00	130.30
384	—	770	119.00–125.50	123.66
4	—	909	113.00	113.00
191	—	664	125.00–129.00	128.28
11	—	1,010	96.00	96.00
20	—	361	140.00–174.00	157.39
414	—	719	120.00–128.00	125.67
53	—	857	111.00–123.00	120.59
40	—	577	125.50–136.00	132.69
12	—	214	164.00	164.00
217	—	522	129.00–145.00	139.54
10	—	459	138.00–143.00	141.53
3	—	987	102.00	102.00
3	—	330	165.00	165.00
104	—	828	118.00–126.00	119.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	424	136.00–153.00	141.06
55	—	475	130.00–140.00	137.11
4	—	375	149.00–150.00	149.49
79	—	532	124.00–135.00	128.04
25	—	811	107.00–112.00	111.05
29	—	666	120.00–127.50	125.44
25	—	777	104.00–115.00	112.19
14	—	579	123.00–127.00	125.28
19	—	635	121.00–125.00	123.00
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
2	—	283	149.00	149.00
7	—	706	110.00–114.00	111.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	268	142.00–160.50	154.82
5	—	625	118.00	118.00
10	—	321	130.00–139.00	136.14
6	—	582	119.00–121.00	119.98
16	—	430	119.00–134.00	126.07
16	—	380	133.00–142.00	137.49
17	—	479	103.00–132.00	124.03
2	—	880	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	110.00	110.00
3	—	448	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	722	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	119.00	119.00
2	—	652	117.00	117.00
18	—	549	139.00	139.00
1	—	305	181.00	181.00
14	—	575	121.00–135.00	130.85
8	—	631	126.00–139.00	129.13
3	—	448	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	120.00	120.00
3	—	772	110.00	110.00
6	—	572	122.00–125.00	123.48
7	—	423	134.00–146.00	138.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	35.00–40.50	37.76
5	—	908	42.00–50.00	46.87
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	45.00	45.00
2	—	960	52.25	52.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	44.00	44.00
17	—	1,556	54.00–60.00	57.55
2	—	1,845	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	1,153	44.00–81.00	52.28
20	—	901	25.00–39.00	31.68
115	—	933	36.00–50.00	41.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,182	40.00–49.00	47.30
81	—	1,344	50.00–65.00	57.51
10	—	1,275	56.25–67.50	59.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	62.00–66.00	64.64
8	—	1,381	52.50–78.50	66.98
14	—	1,814	80.00–90.00	85.59
7	—	1,526	70.50–85.50	75.89
1	—	1,860	84.50	84.50
14	—	1,674	75.00–82.75	79.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	913	83.00–95.00	92.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,103	60.00–65.00	63.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,115	57.00	57.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	919	25.00–39.00	33.48
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	19	—	981	41.00–48.00	45.09
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	850	635.00–710.00	681.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,098	650.00–700.00	677.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,240	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,109.62
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,196	610.00–800.00	739.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,172	775.00–960.00	861.38
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	660.00	660.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	—	670	800.00–1,100.00	959.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	—	691	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,242.90

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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