Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 164 priced lines covering 2,971 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,215 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 614 head. replacement cattle receipts at 126 head. Counted as USDA files them — 29 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,215Last week 3,728Year ago 5,480

Slaughter CattleReceipts 614Last week 688Year ago 539

Replacement CattleReceipts 126Last week 288Year ago 108

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Thunderstorms throughout the first part of the week, dumped several inches of much needed rain, but hampered cattle movement.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	839	123.50	123.50
8	—	508	141.00–151.00	145.73
152	—	742	123.00–135.50	134.92
2	—	1,078	100.00	100.00
2	—	310	173.00	173.00
3	—	374	170.00	170.00
2	—	1,288	94.00	94.00
6	—	580	145.00–148.00	147.53
6	—	467	157.00–166.00	164.55
2	—	255	192.00	192.00
2	—	603	134.00	134.00
17	—	781	121.00–130.50	129.40
1	—	665	132.00	132.00
8	—	884	120.50	120.50
5	—	448	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	128.00	128.00
5	—	381	139.00–141.00	140.17
3	—	478	130.00	130.00
4	—	506	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	135.00–136.00	135.50
12	—	467	146.00–159.00	150.93
17	—	605	126.00–135.00	131.38
6	—	373	158.00–168.00	162.70
13	—	518	125.00–139.00	134.29
5	—	765	116.00–123.00	118.85
5	—	267	147.00–156.00	150.78
7	—	866	117.00	117.00
18	—	421	150.00–160.00	153.20
11	—	717	119.00–125.00	122.83
5	—	340	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,007	121.00	121.00
51	—	619	150.00–154.00	150.90
47	—	717	137.50–144.00	140.90
32	—	523	139.00–160.50	156.46
16	—	261	185.00–194.00	190.38
19	—	311	185.00	185.00
162	—	886	126.50–129.50	129.05
13	—	909	127.00	127.00
236	—	778	130.50–135.50	134.03
44	—	565	148.00–154.00	153.00
48	—	959	125.00	125.00
9	—	845	133.50	133.50
10	—	229	191.00	191.00
129	—	670	135.00–149.00	147.34
8	—	469	156.00	156.00
26	—	397	175.00–176.00	175.19
Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	406	74.00	74.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	761	127.50	127.50
2	—	692	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	966	116.50	116.50
23	—	1,074	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	611	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	146.00	146.00
24	—	664	136.00–142.50	140.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	438	187.25	187.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	482	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	694	124.00	124.00
12	—	516	139.00	139.00
30	—	634	128.00–130.00	128.26
12	—	598	124.00	124.00
1	—	340	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	326	157.00	157.00
24	—	423	144.00–152.00	146.83
49	—	1,016	108.25	108.25
145	—	738	125.50–127.00	125.71
30	—	665	127.00–131.00	129.98
9	—	233	169.00	169.00
8	—	753	120.00	120.00
34	—	565	132.00–139.00	137.68
10	—	832	123.00	123.00
20	—	529	131.25–141.00	136.75
6	—	964	114.50	114.50
19	—	467	140.00–160.00	147.50
5	—	603	136.00	136.00
2	—	387	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	406	156.00	156.00
10	—	471	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	930	103.25	103.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	798	115.00	115.00
6	—	725	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	582	125.50–135.00	129.26
7	—	530	129.00–132.00	131.11
2	—	270	162.00	162.00
3	—	240	167.00	167.00
16	—	434	139.00–147.00	143.85
49	—	482	136.00–144.00	138.56
23	—	676	120.00–126.00	121.27
50	—	611	122.00–130.00	125.93
4	—	708	116.00–117.00	116.50
22	—	922	92.00–116.50	104.48
18	—	805	106.50–117.00	108.85
5	—	326	149.00	149.00
70	—	763	123.75	123.75
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	726	117.00	117.00
5	—	370	130.00–139.00	133.85
5	—	533	118.00	118.00
3	—	833	104.00	104.00
2	—	560	120.00	120.00
3	—	852	105.00	105.00
15	—	431	131.00–132.00	131.20
11	—	664	109.00–113.00	110.53
12	—	481	121.00–133.00	125.50
5	—	613	110.00–120.00	115.90
6	—	241	137.00–152.00	141.99
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	582	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	766	91.00	91.00
10	—	476	92.00–116.00	106.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	593	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	574	150.00	150.00
2	—	695	119.00	119.00
5	—	769	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	456	157.00	157.00
10	—	589	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	140.00–142.00	140.99
5	—	543	128.00	128.00
5	—	685	106.00	106.00
5	—	631	106.00–126.00	118.11
5	—	553	122.00	122.00
6	—	810	100.00–105.00	102.47
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	267	117.00–120.00	118.80
5	—	334	116.00	116.00
9	—	362	132.00	132.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	101.00	101.00
3	—	463	121.00	121.00
2	—	300	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	25.00	25.00
7	—	266	56.00	56.00

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	3	—	1,147	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	603	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,217.98
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,144	850.00–935.00	859.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	685.00	685.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,248	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,058	635.00–700.00	669.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,037	875.00–950.00	904.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	663	18.00–35.00	25.36
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	77.00	77.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,210	79.00–83.50	81.17
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,126	77.00–81.00	77.89
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,061	51.00–60.00	57.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,189	58.00–69.00	63.89
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	913	77.00–93.00	80.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	805	41.50–49.50	45.72
4	—	873	53.00–60.00	57.54
2	—	690	24.00–30.00	26.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,146	46.00–70.00	58.09
19	—	904	31.00–44.00	37.57
31	—	1,308	63.00–73.00	65.29
51	—	970	41.00–57.50	46.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,299	65.00–73.00	67.88
8	—	1,162	53.50–60.00	54.77
89	—	1,251	54.00–72.00	62.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	64.50–68.00	66.66
8	—	1,503	52.00–64.75	60.42
2	—	1,545	55.00–56.50	55.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,665	86.00–91.00	90.04
8	—	1,821	93.00–97.00	94.49
1	—	1,380	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,970	95.00	95.00

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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