Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 126 priced lines covering 2,781 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,821 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 719 head. replacement cattle receipts at 47 head. Counted as USDA files them — 11 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,821Last week 6,011Year ago 5,077

Slaughter CattleReceipts 719Last week 660Year ago 930

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 207Year ago 412

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers lightly tested and unevenly steady. Steer calves sold mostly steady. Heifer calves 2.00-4.00 higher. Trade activity and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	743	128.00–144.00	141.71
2	—	280	172.00	172.00
6	—	781	124.00–125.00	124.16
4	—	811	132.00	132.00
25	—	438	159.00–162.00	159.73
3	—	350	169.00	169.00
15	—	605	144.00–153.00	148.34
58	—	526	146.00–161.00	150.90
76	—	588	135.00–150.00	146.90
3	—	660	129.00–135.00	130.98
22	—	462	153.00–164.50	161.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	387	166.00	166.00
26	—	726	115.00–128.50	125.70
9	—	681	135.00	135.00
7	—	319	160.00–169.00	163.71
8	—	631	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	669	123.50	123.50
5	—	616	142.00	142.00
6	—	537	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	361	156.00–168.00	159.40
22	—	626	117.00–138.50	129.76
1	—	680	116.00	116.00
3	—	722	121.00–125.00	123.64
8	—	321	160.00–161.00	160.12
9	—	789	120.00–134.00	130.91
14	—	584	120.00–136.00	132.78
27	—	515	130.00–145.00	141.00
17	—	475	141.50–148.00	146.47
8	—	429	145.00–157.00	149.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	138.00	138.00
18	—	666	116.00–125.00	122.79
2	—	305	150.00	150.00
2	—	438	143.00	143.00
2	—	285	158.00	158.00
2	—	398	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	705	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	885	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	743	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	637	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	755	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	134.00–165.00	155.36
2	—	298	170.00	170.00
6	—	753	125.00–130.00	127.51
19	—	516	116.00–149.00	125.07
33	—	679	137.00–146.00	140.94
7	—	813	125.00–127.00	125.85
7	—	581	142.00–147.00	143.95
5	—	646	136.00–140.00	138.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	634	156.00–168.00	163.34
108	—	769	153.00–157.00	155.58
7	—	321	187.00–204.00	196.60
46	—	518	166.00–180.00	172.49
9	—	366	195.00–201.00	199.07
33	—	868	150.00	150.00
38	—	470	172.50–186.00	179.12
45	—	586	158.00–167.00	161.95
130	—	673	155.00–166.25	162.51
27	—	1,011	136.50	136.50
5	—	440	176.00–177.00	176.40
35	—	842	150.00	150.00
202	—	724	150.00–161.00	157.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	823	141.00–147.00	142.27
125	—	682	144.00–154.50	146.27
105	—	877	130.00–143.00	142.51
235	—	732	137.00–159.00	154.98
5	—	1,010	121.00	121.00
22	—	389	178.00–190.00	186.12
20	—	573	135.00–158.00	145.89
31	—	535	142.00–162.00	156.21
3	—	280	202.00	202.00
127	—	774	145.00–153.00	148.75
5	—	1,070	114.00	114.00
11	—	618	146.00–148.00	146.89
7	—	309	192.00–196.00	193.70
6	—	443	159.00–174.00	164.05
11	—	489	160.00–176.00	166.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	628	145.00–154.50	150.60
8	—	739	135.00–145.50	138.89
19	—	784	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	133.00	133.00
4	—	720	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	514	144.00–158.00	147.93
1	—	625	126.00	126.00
1	—	305	185.00	185.00
5	—	480	179.00	179.00
4	—	690	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	458	176.00	176.00
8	—	369	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	663	109.00–126.00	118.91
1	—	905	111.00	111.00
1	—	630	121.50	121.50
1	—	745	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	136.00	136.00
2	—	568	134.00	134.00
3	—	438	149.00	149.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,100	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	540	875.00–1,125.00	1,006.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	925.00–1,000.00	961.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,280	910.00–1,025.00	965.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,182	810.00–885.00	839.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,273	900.00	900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	81.00–82.00	81.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	74.00	74.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	780	103.00–110.00	105.36
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	86.00	86.00
1	—	1,270	76.50	76.50
2	—	1,970	99.00–100.00	99.47
5	—	1,736	93.00–98.00	95.67
1	—	1,425	88.00	88.00
2	—	1,900	95.00–105.00	100.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	63.00	63.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	72.50	72.50
37	—	1,098	35.00–49.50	43.95
61	—	1,170	60.00–66.00	61.98
112	—	1,097	50.50–60.00	55.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	906	33.00–45.00	39.82
13	—	947	44.00–53.50	50.58
2	—	965	61.00–61.50	61.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,375	64.50–76.50	71.90
26	—	1,292	58.50–67.00	64.92
22	—	1,314	78.00–90.50	85.06

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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