Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 175 priced lines covering 5,120 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,477 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 816 head. replacement cattle receipts at 787 head. Counted as USDA files them — 185 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,477Last week 6,671Year ago 5,832

Slaughter CattleReceipts 816Last week 804Year ago 462

Replacement CattleReceipts 787Last week 641Year ago 210

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Cattle futures dropped throughout most of the week, and corn futures rose above 6.00. Unseasonably below freezing temperatures at night throughout the week as well.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,662	84.50–94.00	90.35
11	—	1,288	73.00–82.00	77.76
6	—	1,860	95.00–99.00	95.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,303	57.50–72.00	67.12
56	—	1,276	64.50–78.00	70.11
39	—	1,158	55.00–59.50	57.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,129	62.00–73.00	68.92
103	—	948	40.00–56.50	48.23
16	—	895	31.00–40.00	36.19
96	—	1,047	48.00–70.00	59.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,531	59.00–67.00	63.01
1	—	1,715	58.00	58.00
12	—	1,460	67.50–72.50	69.18
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	20.00–30.00	24.72
6	—	912	35.00–44.00	38.43
7	—	933	45.00–50.00	47.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	585.00	585.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	670	600.00–685.00	616.49
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	688	525.00–600.00	564.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	638	585.00–700.00	643.63
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	738	550.00–650.00	598.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	700	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	531	985.00	985.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	499	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	550	860.00–950.00	905.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	488	1,275.00–1,325.00	1,305.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	488	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	757	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,239.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	—	789	1,325.00–1,460.00	1,379.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	104	—	579	1,475.00–1,525.00	1,496.79
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	700	585.00	585.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	696	385.00–425.00	401.13
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	675	425.00	425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	775	585.00	585.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,005	685.00–775.00	739.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,138	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	—	1,093	800.00–900.00	839.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,079	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,340	950.00–1,075.00	1,042.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,382	900.00–975.00	939.24
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,277	975.00	975.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	—	982	70.00–81.00	73.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	80	—	883	840.00–885.00	867.79
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	—	963	50.00–59.50	56.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,105	60.00–69.00	63.83
(<2 yrs)	Open	10	—	874	87.00–95.00	89.84
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	23	—	587	26.00–39.00	33.56
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,178	1,035.00	1,035.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,420	1,425.00–1,750.00	1,592.65
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,075	1,500.00	1,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	473	76.00	76.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
320	—	719	135.00–142.25	139.36
36	—	465	158.00–189.00	172.09
19	—	430	171.00–189.00	178.97
55	—	541	147.00–183.00	160.57
136	—	632	145.00–148.00	146.46
393	—	828	125.00–136.00	133.46
49	—	756	132.50–134.50	133.69
47	—	860	123.00–130.00	128.92
25	—	953	117.00–119.50	118.60
318	—	676	139.50–151.50	146.14
1	—	1,105	105.00	105.00
1	—	335	194.00	194.00
24	—	169	400.00	400.00
171	—	585	148.00–156.50	152.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	990	115.00	115.00
73	—	581	141.00–149.00	142.41
6	—	373	180.00	180.00
22	—	878	111.00–123.50	122.53
7	—	429	175.00–178.00	175.43
12	—	688	135.00–139.00	135.31
24	—	610	141.00–145.00	141.85
4	—	466	148.50–169.00	158.95
2	—	215	170.00	170.00
46	—	310	176.50	176.50
206	—	723	132.50–137.00	136.49
33	—	918	117.00–123.00	119.14
17	—	1,252	100.50	100.50
24	—	529	149.00–165.00	151.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	275	158.00–163.00	161.00
5	—	438	167.00	167.00
11	—	816	91.00–124.00	116.25
10	—	584	136.00–147.00	141.06
6	—	379	160.00–169.00	163.11
17	—	465	148.00–162.00	158.36
14	—	673	114.00–135.00	129.26
4	—	888	115.00	115.00
9	—	787	107.00–126.00	112.05
15	—	906	88.00–95.00	94.06
16	—	616	130.00–138.00	134.30
6	—	528	137.00–145.00	139.57
Steers — Medium 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,147	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	447	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	640	133.00	133.00
8	—	673	123.00	123.00
13	—	782	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	698	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	429	156.00	156.00
1	—	310	151.00	151.00
8	—	661	118.50–120.50	119.51
3	—	360	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	200	400.00	400.00
19	—	724	123.00–125.50	124.04
11	—	127	370.00	370.00
8	—	332	145.00–161.00	152.81
13	—	829	120.00	120.00
100	—	560	123.00–140.00	133.43
2	—	290	172.00	172.00
66	—	524	134.50–163.00	137.43
17	—	396	145.00–148.00	146.77
19	—	867	112.50–115.00	113.80
34	—	1,189	92.00	92.00
1	—	220	182.00	182.00
124	—	790	117.00–122.75	121.44
158	—	689	124.50–132.00	127.42
16	—	483	136.50–146.00	139.77
36	—	608	127.00–140.00	130.27
44	—	428	138.50–151.00	144.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	577	122.00–136.00	129.78
38	—	659	120.00	120.00
30	—	311	146.00–167.00	156.79
34	—	726	111.00–122.00	118.96
45	—	475	133.50–150.00	138.33
72	—	825	110.00–116.00	114.87
57	—	512	128.00–150.00	133.23
5	—	292	150.00	150.00
27	—	377	147.00–164.00	148.90
167	—	754	112.50–121.00	119.12
3	—	965	94.00–95.00	94.34
166	—	622	120.00–131.00	124.61
8	—	100	100.00	100.00
15	—	429	138.00–146.00	141.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	114.00–116.00	115.00
22	—	578	110.00–128.50	122.61
4	—	363	130.00–140.50	135.29
2	—	718	110.00–111.00	110.51
12	—	476	124.00–139.00	132.76
27	—	229	136.00–145.00	137.86
8	—	956	82.00	82.00
48	—	280	130.00–155.00	132.71
2	—	332	138.00	138.00
8	—	538	110.00–125.00	115.88
20	—	668	114.00–122.00	118.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	321	120.00	120.00
5	—	231	120.00	120.00
5	—	394	120.00	120.00
14	—	786	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	461	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	123.00	123.00
3	—	1,243	74.50	74.50
14	—	737	115.00–115.50	115.36
4	—	889	107.00	107.00
3	—	616	117.50	117.50
7	—	836	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	595	115.00	115.00
7	—	723	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	662	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	722	114.00–116.00	114.94
16	—	468	125.50–148.50	143.36
20	—	619	123.00–134.00	131.24
3	—	793	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	129.00	129.00
20	—	668	111.00–125.00	117.99
7	—	586	128.00–130.00	128.99
2	—	868	99.00	99.00
7	—	820	92.00–106.00	101.56
7	—	518	134.00–135.00	134.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	80	120.00	120.00
3	—	363	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	601	133.50	133.50
7	—	462	149.00–154.00	149.72
21	—	548	143.00	143.00
1	—	320	181.00	181.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	44.00	44.00

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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