Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 149 priced lines covering 3,515 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,728 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 688 head. replacement cattle receipts at 288 head. Counted as USDA files them — 110 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,728Last week 4,597Year ago 4,785

Slaughter CattleReceipts 688Last week 1,094Year ago 496

Replacement CattleReceipts 288Last week 162Year ago 49

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on good demand. Soaking rain with cooler temperatures, helped local pastures that have suffered from drought conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	472	151.00–153.00	152.87
1	—	335	165.00	165.00
5	—	194	410.00	410.00
27	—	520	129.00–153.00	145.48
18	—	857	121.50	121.50
6	—	365	172.00–173.00	172.51
7	—	624	130.00–137.00	134.93
11	—	676	135.00–142.00	138.74
7	—	721	126.00–134.00	128.27
15	—	571	138.00–150.00	141.06
10	—	835	130.50	130.50
10	—	421	151.00–164.00	157.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	160.00–166.00	165.04
66	—	581	149.00–150.00	149.26
135	—	617	145.00–151.50	148.33
231	—	722	135.00–140.00	136.98
2	—	665	140.00	140.00
407	—	814	127.50–133.00	130.61
117	—	789	132.00–134.00	133.25
16	—	1,024	120.00	120.00
9	—	301	185.00	185.00
37	—	293	215.50	215.50
52	—	542	150.00–163.00	158.28
13	—	1,251	107.00	107.00
40	—	867	124.00–127.50	125.23
28	—	986	108.00–123.00	121.95
85	—	923	122.00–123.50	122.95
13	—	386	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	125.00	125.00
5	—	642	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	541	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	91.00	91.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	778	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	113.00	113.00
5	—	418	125.00–130.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	522	117.50–136.00	132.50
14	—	371	150.00–167.00	156.77
6	—	275	150.00–166.00	157.54
42	—	565	110.00–137.00	131.33
5	—	433	155.00	155.00
4	—	844	116.00	116.00
4	—	718	116.00–122.00	119.07
16	—	614	125.00–134.50	129.84
6	—	477	157.00–158.00	157.51
10	—	776	114.00–120.00	117.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	571	122.00–124.00	122.37
10	—	740	108.00–120.50	111.52
6	—	943	105.00	105.00
17	—	479	130.00–142.00	137.84
17	—	675	121.00–128.50	125.98
9	—	864	107.00–112.50	110.65
1	—	805	110.00	110.00
55	—	526	122.00–132.00	127.22
25	—	424	138.00–149.00	143.65
11	—	623	121.00–124.00	122.17
73	—	768	109.00–120.00	119.21
7	—	381	147.00–152.00	149.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	727	121.00–127.00	124.64
20	—	520	134.00–147.50	143.56
41	—	563	126.00–137.00	131.11
8	—	919	116.50	116.50
8	—	361	149.00–170.00	154.24
15	—	878	113.50–118.00	117.09
18	—	415	153.00–162.50	158.24
22	—	958	117.50	117.50
29	—	808	119.50–120.00	119.93
10	—	675	129.50	129.50
40	—	312	143.00–172.00	162.50
48	—	467	134.00–150.00	143.05
55	—	619	125.00–135.50	131.45
7	—	211	200.00	200.00
218	—	759	123.50–127.50	125.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	796	115.00	115.00
10	—	726	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	341	90.00	90.00
5	—	378	92.00	92.00
10	—	543	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	542	114.00–116.00	114.99
2	—	488	120.00	120.00
4	—	295	152.00	152.00
9	—	823	101.00–105.00	102.58
20	—	671	108.00–118.00	113.49
6	—	374	128.00	128.00
22	—	638	114.00–116.00	114.59
11	—	436	125.00–130.00	127.79
6	—	585	116.00–118.00	117.33
10	—	714	94.50	94.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	475	129.00	129.00
13	—	564	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	748	119.00	119.00
13	—	329	176.00–182.00	177.36
5	—	392	160.00	160.00
11	—	680	122.00	122.00
10	—	472	140.00	140.00
9	—	522	151.00	151.00
7	—	578	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	768	112.00	112.00
5	—	502	130.00	130.00
10	—	585	126.00–127.00	126.70
5	—	676	113.00–114.00	113.39
11	—	834	100.00–110.00	102.07
8	—	433	135.00–144.00	140.37
2	—	850	90.00	90.00
5	—	639	121.00	121.00
12	—	732	108.00–115.00	113.02
6	—	466	135.00–144.00	137.91
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	352	96.00	96.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	346	82.00	82.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	925	900.00–950.00	925.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	775.00–800.00	787.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	958	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,078	800.00–1,000.00	866.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	626	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,247.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	68	—	595	830.00–1,075.00	999.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	541	700.00–790.00	774.40
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	990	700.00–800.00	748.48
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	550.00	550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	853	675.00–780.00	724.57
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	970	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,201	825.00–910.00	871.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	876	675.00–735.00	720.22
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,099	79.00–86.00	83.94
(<2 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,004	82.00–99.00	85.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,132	60.00–64.00	62.26
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	705	27.00–36.00	30.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,463	63.00–67.00	64.72
19	—	1,163	49.50–58.75	52.63
109	—	1,287	55.00–69.00	64.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,600	60.00–61.75	61.01
3	—	1,450	52.75–58.25	54.67
12	—	1,619	64.00–68.00	66.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,248	58.00–65.00	60.39
82	—	986	40.00–58.50	46.40
35	—	924	30.00–42.50	36.80
154	—	1,095	45.00–69.50	57.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	58.00	58.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	82.50	82.50
8	—	1,471	69.00–84.00	76.16
6	—	1,743	97.00–99.00	97.51
2	—	1,518	70.00–75.00	72.49
9	—	1,614	83.00–95.00	89.24
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,285	65.00	65.00

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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