Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 173 priced lines covering 6,942 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,777 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 607 head. replacement cattle receipts at 366 head. Counted as USDA files them — 153 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,777Last week 6,236Year ago 3,864

Slaughter CattleReceipts 607Last week 643Year ago 317

Replacement CattleReceipts 366Last week 108Year ago 62

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Most of the cattle were coming off of wheat pastures. The area remains dry, and in much need of rain.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	91.00	91.00
14	—	420	155.00–169.00	162.45
19	—	629	120.00–139.00	134.98
7	—	659	138.00–139.00	138.72
17	—	373	168.00–173.00	169.28
6	—	282	157.00–161.00	158.94
11	—	323	159.00–173.00	166.68
89	—	795	95.00–130.00	128.87
16	—	528	125.00–150.00	138.97
13	—	931	106.00	106.00
12	—	860	124.00–125.00	124.75
15	—	485	141.00–167.00	162.26
18	—	583	120.00–150.00	142.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	371	160.00–181.00	173.03
26	—	826	129.50–134.50	133.00
25	—	616	131.00–151.00	147.75
50	—	526	155.00–176.00	162.25
6	—	319	180.00–183.00	182.47
148	—	491	145.00–179.00	152.15
12	—	583	152.00–165.00	156.24
2	—	730	134.00	134.00
17	—	432	172.00–180.00	175.00
13	—	768	133.00–138.00	134.79
13	—	279	173.00–184.00	176.46
139	—	672	136.00–150.00	139.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	254	134.00	134.00
13	—	630	105.00	105.00
5	—	500	138.00	138.00
5	—	368	148.00–150.00	149.22
10	—	566	129.00–136.00	133.43
5	—	321	137.00	137.00
13	—	1,175	90.00	90.00
36	—	765	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	110.00	110.00
15	—	630	88.00–105.00	102.73
20	—	377	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
351	—	720	142.00–145.00	144.51
680	—	863	134.50–139.25	137.81
365	—	775	136.00–145.00	141.82
78	—	901	132.50–134.85	134.52
16	—	455	192.00–202.00	199.56
18	—	579	164.00–170.00	167.13
69	—	610	152.00–164.00	159.42
85	—	532	162.00–185.00	176.15
493	—	821	136.00–141.00	138.42
9	—	953	123.75	123.75
7	—	415	200.00	200.00
3	—	314	192.50–194.00	193.02
214	—	671	146.00–155.00	150.86
1	—	290	198.00	198.00
1	—	215	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	932	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	767	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	721	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	416	152.00	152.00
18	—	351	161.00	161.00
3	—	522	156.00–164.00	158.66
3	—	633	118.50	118.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	734	144.75	144.75
13	—	528	163.00	163.00
36	—	682	147.00–148.00	147.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	185.00	185.00
2	—	358	186.00	186.00
5	—	631	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	214.00	214.00
8	—	447	206.00	206.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	517	158.50	158.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	144.00	144.00
4	—	373	141.00	141.00
18	—	604	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	607	129.00–135.00	133.71
2	—	415	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	687	134.25–142.50	135.01
20	—	324	160.00–183.00	167.34
66	—	572	136.50–147.00	140.66
14	—	375	163.00–173.00	167.13
236	—	760	120.00–132.00	129.84
91	—	864	119.00–127.50	126.29
1	—	255	171.00	171.00
65	—	428	148.00–180.00	162.36
160	—	809	120.00–128.50	127.42
103	—	528	138.00–153.00	145.75
590	—	731	120.00–136.50	132.72
88	—	625	132.00–144.00	139.23
77	—	481	146.00–165.00	155.01
2	—	205	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	582	149.00–151.00	149.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	528	133.00–140.00	137.74
112	—	689	124.00–134.00	130.13
8	—	336	154.00–159.00	155.22
128	—	473	139.50–148.00	141.26
64	—	628	125.00–135.00	133.77
4	—	770	110.00–112.00	111.51
144	—	574	127.00–141.00	137.07
7	—	904	109.00	109.00
18	—	378	150.00–152.00	151.00
24	—	434	148.00–164.00	151.70
5	—	262	160.00–161.00	160.42
5	—	822	114.00–115.00	114.39
81	—	709	122.50–126.00	123.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	766	113.50–115.00	114.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	478	132.00–140.00	136.33
2	—	863	106.00	106.00
8	—	424	133.00–150.00	137.91
5	—	233	145.00	145.00
39	—	569	120.00–126.00	121.83
12	—	616	113.00–125.00	121.54
8	—	743	102.00–116.00	112.57
46	—	801	109.00	109.00
8	—	500	119.50	119.50
11	—	680	120.00–127.00	122.83
1	—	790	104.00	104.00
6	—	274	140.00–157.50	150.77
9	—	375	131.00–141.00	138.47
6	—	306	138.00–142.00	140.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	414	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	640	129.50	129.50
6	—	599	120.50	120.50
6	—	744	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	832	106.00	106.00
10	—	735	127.50	127.50
2	—	563	160.00	160.00
7	—	347	172.00	172.00
13	—	539	149.00–151.00	150.38
14	—	629	143.00–145.00	143.86
Bulls — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	236	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	771	116.00	116.00
4	—	460	156.00	156.00
3	—	330	170.00	170.00
11	—	645	130.50	130.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	127.00	127.00
6	—	478	148.00	148.00
5	—	783	104.00	104.00
6	—	573	126.00–137.00	131.28
6	—	427	140.00–148.00	143.94
6	—	534	133.00–136.00	134.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,345	1,325.00–1,410.00	1,366.11
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,419	1,335.00	1,335.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,450	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,192.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	49	—	706	1,150.00–1,335.00	1,276.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	564	875.00–975.00	930.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,370	810.00–950.00	872.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,280	860.00–1,035.00	966.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	930	535.00–775.00	667.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,215	860.00–975.00	922.41
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	754	17.00–41.00	31.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,005	74.00–88.00	78.84
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	—	898	50.00–59.00	54.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,091	61.00–69.00	64.54
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	943	92.00–97.00	94.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	50.00–55.00	52.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,460	74.00–83.00	78.33
8	—	1,673	84.50–95.00	87.50
3	—	1,500	81.00–86.50	84.27
4	—	1,341	60.00–78.50	66.25
4	—	1,770	93.50–98.00	95.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	909	33.00–43.00	39.13
120	—	1,136	53.00–69.00	59.66
39	—	1,208	62.00–70.00	66.14
60	—	983	45.00–57.50	49.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	53.50	53.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,413	59.00–62.50	60.85
15	—	1,563	70.00–73.00	71.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,358	58.00–72.50	65.54
63	—	1,269	66.50–73.50	70.25
45	—	1,139	54.00–59.00	54.72

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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