Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 170 priced lines covering 5,629 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,796 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 838 head. replacement cattle receipts at 267 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,796Last week 6,476Year ago 4,954

Slaughter CattleReceipts 838Last week 827Year ago 974

Replacement CattleReceipts 267Last week 208Year ago 237

Compared to sales two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to as much as 8.00 higher. Trade activity was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Drought conditions continue with no moisture in sight, and unseasonably warm temperatures.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	764	115.00–119.00	117.49
16	—	724	115.00–139.00	123.28
9	—	365	140.00–174.00	156.62
90	—	630	123.00–133.00	128.12
39	—	472	140.00–155.00	142.95
11	—	423	140.00–147.00	145.41
85	—	528	127.00–140.00	135.14
51	—	663	123.00–137.00	130.69
95	—	583	127.00–146.00	133.40
10	—	339	126.00–166.00	134.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	488	135.00–139.00	137.77
7	—	327	130.00–143.00	134.94
9	—	527	117.00–122.00	119.94
12	—	569	122.00–123.00	122.33
9	—	669	119.00	119.00
4	—	618	118.00	118.00
14	—	422	135.00–138.00	136.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	695	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	567	131.00–158.00	151.55
248	—	618	142.00–157.00	152.60
130	—	479	141.50–163.00	153.23
85	—	682	143.00–146.50	144.72
7	—	773	122.00–130.00	125.45
172	—	527	139.00–165.00	150.97
12	—	1,023	120.00	120.00
145	—	729	125.00–151.85	145.97
26	—	433	143.00–182.00	161.52
27	—	838	134.00–135.00	134.89
1	—	255	185.00	185.00
3	—	320	155.00	155.00
67	—	385	145.00–184.00	155.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	722	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	129.00	129.00
10	—	682	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	603	120.00	120.00
18	—	663	118.00–128.50	125.19
2	—	478	136.00	136.00
13	—	533	113.00–130.00	125.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	464	145.00–154.00	150.04
4	—	708	134.00	134.00
8	—	504	137.00	137.00
81	—	632	128.75–139.00	132.97
2	—	375	158.00	158.00
74	—	589	137.00–144.50	141.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	111.00	111.00
2	—	480	156.00	156.00
9	—	567	128.00–132.00	130.18
17	—	767	108.00–114.00	110.14
9	—	535	131.00–133.00	132.00
4	—	407	144.00	144.00
5	—	639	122.00	122.00
23	—	676	114.00–122.00	118.27
4	—	724	110.00–112.00	111.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	541	147.00–163.00	151.63
3	—	280	185.00	185.00
12	—	573	132.00	132.00
10	—	385	178.00	178.00
5	—	626	125.00–138.00	132.69
12	—	698	123.00	123.00
19	—	482	153.00–159.00	158.03
2	—	755	137.00	137.00
1	—	405	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	498	149.00	149.00
18	—	716	117.00–120.00	118.66
12	—	633	130.50–134.00	132.29
7	—	370	170.00	170.00
5	—	532	135.00	135.00
11	—	661	122.00–134.00	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	818	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	676	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	443	171.00–175.00	173.00
27	—	582	157.00–161.00	158.74
148	—	679	139.00–156.75	145.39
13	—	616	152.00–155.00	153.15
29	—	709	145.00	145.00
7	—	759	137.00	137.00
8	—	548	170.00	170.00
9	—	841	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	764	130.00	130.00
4	—	469	151.00	151.00
30	—	643	132.50	132.50
9	—	722	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	831	141.00–158.75	158.34
58	—	572	151.00–178.00	169.53
502	—	676	151.00–165.50	161.89
37	—	421	178.00–220.00	208.11
29	—	378	188.50–227.00	201.36
230	—	636	153.00–170.50	164.31
564	—	720	141.00–165.00	160.63
4	—	911	143.00	143.00
67	—	526	162.00–184.00	169.47
431	—	777	141.00–164.25	157.68
86	—	477	162.00–189.00	178.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	175.00	175.00
14	—	721	121.00–135.00	130.63
24	—	529	133.00–146.00	139.14
2	—	920	116.00	116.00
5	—	766	125.00	125.00
35	—	570	131.00–142.00	136.81
5	—	657	128.00	128.00
19	—	611	127.00–138.00	131.80
6	—	804	120.00–131.00	127.33
19	—	430	140.00–170.00	155.10
5	—	458	160.00–166.00	163.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	440	170.00–176.00	171.19
50	—	623	143.00–156.00	151.62
15	—	689	140.00–149.00	145.80
11	—	530	154.00–157.00	155.73
16	—	378	184.00–205.00	193.05
25	—	478	170.00–177.00	174.21
30	—	725	138.00–156.50	152.42
69	—	579	148.00–159.00	155.51
9	—	324	175.00–188.00	182.87
25	—	769	139.00–149.00	142.34
4	—	923	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	638	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	960	62.00	62.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	94.00	94.00
8	—	436	81.00	81.00
3	—	387	111.00	111.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	379	20.00	20.00
23	—	715	45.00–50.00	48.89
5	—	446	30.00	30.00
5	—	474	35.00	35.00
12	—	669	45.00–50.00	46.25
6	—	781	50.00	50.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	899	89.00	89.00
14	—	1,000	84.00	84.00
5	—	797	55.00	55.00
40	—	926	70.00–80.00	76.60
3	—	398	50.00	50.00
11	—	1,054	94.00	94.00
3	—	318	71.00	71.00
10	—	638	51.00	51.00
11	—	1,253	96.00	96.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	777	29.50	29.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	918	43.50–52.50	47.44
23	—	900	30.00–39.00	34.90
19	—	788	15.00–20.00	15.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,213	20.00–32.00	27.46
65	—	1,085	51.50–65.00	59.17
52	—	1,117	38.00–52.00	42.96
5	—	1,210	65.00–65.50	65.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,234	57.00–70.00	63.79
5	—	1,210	64.50–70.00	66.50
3	—	1,130	55.50–60.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,721	65.00–83.50	79.05
1	—	1,530	56.00	56.00
20	—	1,487	52.00–67.00	60.41
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	937	50.00	50.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	60.00	60.00
3	—	1,698	76.50–84.50	80.52
13	—	1,420	71.00–83.00	77.12
7	—	1,759	82.00–93.00	87.13
4	—	1,960	94.00–95.00	94.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,213	61.00–67.00	63.88
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,007	52.00–59.00	54.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,006	74.00–87.00	79.40
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	106.00	106.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	918	120.00–124.00	122.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,043	76.00–77.00	76.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	789	15.00–38.00	27.10
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	788	42.00–50.00	45.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	—	1,153	1,075.00–1,185.00	1,126.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,163	800.00–1,000.00	896.87
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,217	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	77	—	1,169	735.00–885.00	844.99
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	717	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,329.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	639	975.00–1,100.00	1,051.58

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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