Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 151 priced lines covering 3,501 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,619 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 915 head. replacement cattle receipts at 239 head. Counted as USDA files them — 63 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,619Last week 2,504Year ago 1,689

Slaughter CattleReceipts 915Last week 459Year ago 725

Replacement CattleReceipts 239Last week 120Year ago 481

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Temperatures remain summer-like despite it being September. Pastures are in good shape from recent rain last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	770	136.50–150.00	147.13
37	—	608	148.75–156.00	150.13
78	—	671	150.00–154.50	151.56
4	—	925	127.50	127.50
50	—	464	168.50–178.00	169.27
18	—	430	171.00–180.00	173.73
21	—	861	141.00–146.00	143.71
43	—	708	135.00–154.50	148.56
8	—	383	184.00	184.00
67	—	560	151.00–165.00	164.17
2	—	545	152.00	152.00
204	—	838	131.00–150.00	148.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	513	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	928	120.00	120.00
4	—	978	116.00–119.00	117.53
14	—	780	128.00–135.00	132.53
2	—	555	147.00	147.00
22	—	479	153.00–167.00	161.38
6	—	534	132.50–142.00	138.78
2	—	420	163.00	163.00
24	—	685	125.50–139.00	132.25
12	—	636	134.00–140.00	137.01
29	—	724	122.00–132.00	124.78
3	—	1,017	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	433	182.00–189.00	186.47
4	—	370	199.00	199.00
9	—	567	163.00	163.00
30	—	516	167.00–171.00	170.14
15	—	808	149.00	149.00
31	—	626	155.00–164.00	160.98
51	—	912	140.50–148.00	146.24
20	—	730	155.00	155.00
39	—	994	134.00	134.00
13	—	498	174.75	174.75
240	—	872	151.00–154.25	152.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	133.00–136.00	134.19
2	—	528	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	745	135.00	135.00
29	—	898	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	724	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	761	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	135.00	135.00
5	—	696	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	640	149.50	149.50
3	—	378	186.00	186.00
10	—	781	139.00	139.00
18	—	430	184.00–188.00	185.90
70	—	678	140.00–145.00	142.27
52	—	562	159.00–160.50	159.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	666	128.00	128.00
7	—	502	140.00	140.00
3	—	579	133.00	133.00
11	—	487	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	166.00	166.00
5	—	431	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	334	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	609	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	880	130.00–135.50	131.20
105	—	580	137.00–147.00	144.03
18	—	1,059	121.00	121.00
21	—	619	135.50–145.00	138.68
13	—	734	132.00–133.00	132.78
15	—	516	143.00–149.00	143.88
11	—	358	166.00–169.00	167.61
8	—	466	157.00	157.00
130	—	809	131.00–141.50	141.03
28	—	421	153.00–163.00	161.01
14	—	689	139.00	139.00
224	—	781	129.50–142.50	140.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	626	133.00–140.00	138.11
5	—	482	144.00–150.00	145.23
49	—	426	141.00–150.00	145.19
46	—	582	136.00–139.00	137.30
27	—	724	119.00–139.50	131.94
5	—	328	150.00–154.00	152.39
109	—	677	130.00–149.50	144.15
28	—	781	116.00–125.50	121.56
73	—	514	140.00–147.00	146.13
4	—	825	117.00–130.00	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	674	121.00–130.00	125.15
2	—	630	130.00	130.00
9	—	782	117.00–120.00	118.69
2	—	835	105.00	105.00
3	—	723	126.00	126.00
4	—	301	138.00	138.00
2	—	443	133.00	133.00
11	—	554	130.00–131.00	130.64
5	—	481	133.00–142.00	136.65
Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	511	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	469	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	820	129.50	129.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	21.00	21.00
5	—	408	26.00	26.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	130.00	130.00
5	—	487	144.00–147.00	145.81
2	—	660	132.00	132.00
4	—	586	132.00–135.00	133.53
2	—	533	138.00	138.00
2	—	785	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	649	123.00	123.00
4	—	583	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	802	121.00	121.00
2	—	595	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	193.00	193.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,050	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	658	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	652	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,192.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	572	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,225.04
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	764	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	750	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,287.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	480	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	495	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,090.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	544	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	791	1,385.00–1,400.00	1,393.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	538	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,422.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,096	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,238	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,197	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,158	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,063.07
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,183	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	982	800.00–875.00	847.51
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,055	76.00–78.00	77.28
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,142	59.00–69.00	65.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,203	67.00–72.00	68.76
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	960	90.00–94.00	90.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	945	120.00	120.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	948	41.00–55.00	50.40
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	738	22.00–37.00	30.45
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	892	925.00–1,125.00	982.49
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	775.00	775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	64.25	64.25
37	—	902	38.50–58.00	44.12
11	—	899	20.00–22.00	20.39
37	—	906	29.00–50.50	33.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,136	62.50–70.00	65.85
33	—	1,094	49.50–57.00	52.28
17	—	1,032	30.00–46.00	32.85
123	—	1,141	53.00–71.00	59.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,491	70.50–72.00	71.17
1	—	1,490	63.50	63.50
9	—	1,757	78.00–83.00	80.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,276	60.00–73.50	66.87
55	—	1,180	57.50–65.00	61.35
85	—	1,414	64.50–78.00	73.95
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	62.00–64.00	63.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,434	75.00–86.00	81.17
5	—	1,699	85.00–94.00	89.97
3	—	1,115	60.00–68.00	65.23
2	—	1,883	89.50–90.00	89.75
3	—	2,310	96.00–99.00	97.37

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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