Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 151 priced lines covering 4,303 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,597 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,094 head. replacement cattle receipts at 162 head. Counted as USDA files them — 86 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,597Last week 4,508Year ago 5,125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,094Last week 657Year ago 201

Replacement CattleReceipts 162Last week 159Year ago 47

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers sold mostly steady to instances 3.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The area received some much needed rain to improve drought stricken pastures.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	116.00	116.00
3	—	443	157.00	157.00
10	—	380	146.00–165.00	157.08
3	—	717	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	616	110.00–123.00	118.31
3	—	183	141.00	141.00
4	—	538	120.00–127.00	123.52
2	—	865	103.00	103.00
6	—	427	135.00–145.00	139.74
8	—	667	113.00–118.00	115.24
4	—	844	98.00	98.00
13	—	575	120.00–129.00	124.35
3	—	470	136.00	136.00
6	—	729	90.00–99.00	93.28
6	—	770	90.00–93.00	91.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	129.00	129.00
5	—	583	123.50	123.50
19	—	484	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	416	105.00	105.00
17	—	365	118.50–127.00	121.70
10	—	324	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	313	132.00–148.00	141.74
5	—	235	146.00	146.00
7	—	784	101.00–103.00	101.86
10	—	675	105.00–111.00	108.66
35	—	525	113.00–121.00	117.54
6	—	282	131.00–136.00	134.10
2	—	818	99.00	99.00
28	—	423	115.50–130.00	121.23
14	—	631	114.00–118.00	116.11
17	—	474	125.00–135.00	130.67
Heifers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	651	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	417	136.00–139.00	137.66
7	—	663	122.00	122.00
16	—	232	140.00–165.00	142.92
3	—	323	150.00	150.00
24	—	524	110.00–134.00	126.72
83	—	490	129.00–140.00	137.41
24	—	570	124.00–131.00	126.95
136	—	618	121.00–127.35	126.93
10	—	356	135.00	135.00
168	—	781	108.00–119.25	116.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,005	95.00	95.00
57	—	731	119.00–126.00	124.17
9	—	381	138.00	138.00
165	—	673	122.25–139.00	124.68
24	—	517	129.00–140.00	131.32
3	—	292	168.00	168.00
74	—	873	109.00–117.00	115.33
32	—	640	125.00–132.00	130.68
2	—	413	160.00	160.00
88	—	832	110.00–120.50	117.71
38	—	468	130.00–148.00	140.95
6	—	203	360.00	360.00
231	—	762	119.75–126.00	124.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	652	115.00	115.00
4	—	716	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	731	125.00	125.00
130	—	825	117.50–119.00	118.43
26	—	872	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	865	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,107	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	626	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	848	124.50	124.50
79	—	883	122.50–123.50	123.27
7	—	1,047	100.00	100.00
25	—	764	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	668	136.00–144.00	140.44
19	—	206	425.00	425.00
42	—	776	128.00–133.00	132.01
43	—	528	146.00–177.00	155.32
18	—	432	162.00–180.00	166.56
41	—	814	129.00	129.00
77	—	568	146.00–150.00	149.79
14	—	259	170.00	170.00
259	—	870	121.00–126.00	125.38
72	—	960	105.00–122.25	121.53
80	—	739	129.50–135.00	130.36
83	—	929	121.00–124.00	123.19
18	—	475	150.00–169.00	163.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	92.00	92.00
4	—	820	88.00	88.00
18	—	1,080	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	621	126.00–131.00	127.24
11	—	479	112.00–152.00	137.13
8	—	523	133.00–140.00	137.71
9	—	364	154.00–156.00	154.91
7	—	768	118.00–125.00	120.58
8	—	821	105.00–119.00	110.90
6	—	313	154.00–162.00	157.87
8	—	232	142.00	142.00
20	—	416	124.00–161.00	143.32
15	—	723	119.00–125.00	122.86
17	—	581	129.00–139.00	134.64
Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	324	114.00–115.00	114.62
14	—	493	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	134.00–135.00	134.32
5	—	405	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	880	120.50	120.50
24	—	532	138.00–154.00	145.52
33	—	830	120.25–122.00	120.67
14	—	383	170.00–171.00	170.07
26	—	624	136.00–141.00	137.34
293	—	746	130.50–138.00	135.09
26	—	432	149.00–169.00	154.85
2	—	313	162.50	162.50
8	—	1,102	100.00	100.00
17	—	476	130.00–156.00	149.47
21	—	572	144.00–146.00	144.29
5	—	688	129.00	129.00
3	—	770	121.00	121.00
5	—	1,087	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	694	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,634	60.00–68.50	64.95
7	—	1,444	67.00–74.00	70.52
1	—	1,770	57.25	57.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	867	36.00–40.50	38.94
56	—	927	43.50–48.50	45.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	921	41.00–58.50	49.20
203	—	1,039	47.00–75.00	59.07
1	—	1,450	70.25	70.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,321	63.00–78.00	67.56
101	—	1,309	57.50–74.50	63.99
72	—	1,242	53.00–56.50	54.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	85.00–87.50	86.29
10	—	1,622	82.00–92.00	86.30
3	—	1,735	97.00–99.00	98.02
3	—	1,857	92.00–94.00	92.69
10	—	1,375	71.00–79.00	74.64
2	—	1,383	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	86.00	86.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,445	785.00–900.00	841.90
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,312	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,330	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	921	600.00–700.00	647.62
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,120	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,410	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,084.24
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	73.00–75.00	74.02
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,208	70.00–81.00	72.94
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	892	89.00–94.00	90.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,171	62.00–69.00	66.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	71.00	71.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,113	76.00–81.00	78.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	490	810.00–1,025.00	884.27
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,000	1,110.00	1,110.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	565	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,166.34
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,324	1,010.00–1,110.00	1,082.82
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,200	985.00	985.00

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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