Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 159 priced lines covering 4,916 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,371 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,326 head. replacement cattle receipts at 296 head. Counted as USDA files them — 15 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,371Last week 5,463Year ago 7,986

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,326Last week 886Year ago 1,026

Replacement CattleReceipts 296Last week 148Year ago 148

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Trade activity was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 5.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,070	610.00–810.00	753.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,239	785.00–950.00	839.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,234	875.00–935.00	895.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,265	950.00–975.00	967.62
Bred Cows — Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	804	435.00–550.00	508.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,116	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,245.83
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	30	—	905	91.00–115.00	106.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,164	71.00–81.00	75.60
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,035	59.00–71.00	64.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,001	81.00–91.00	87.36
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	955	110.00–130.00	122.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	938	70.00–84.00	79.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	707	15.00–31.00	23.57
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,004	885.00	885.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	506	1,125.00	1,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	600	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,340	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	799	775.00–1,000.00	864.62
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	884	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,196.77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	628	136.00–140.00	137.62
16	—	579	146.00–155.00	148.59
5	—	750	114.00	114.00
6	—	465	157.00–163.00	160.94
6	—	738	117.00–124.00	119.30
4	—	533	148.00	148.00
16	—	666	130.00–140.00	134.65
2	—	443	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	138.00	138.00
4	—	644	150.00	150.00
4	—	687	138.00–145.00	141.56
16	—	491	160.00–180.00	162.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	178.00	178.00
22	—	571	160.00–169.00	164.78
4	—	471	185.00	185.00
27	—	625	155.00–156.00	155.11
4	—	711	157.00	157.00
5	—	379	205.00–236.00	223.74
5	—	418	189.00–209.00	201.10
5	—	696	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	687	160.00	160.00
2	—	375	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	635	155.00	155.00
13	—	934	118.00–150.00	145.10
19	—	437	145.00–148.00	146.16
7	—	289	173.00–176.00	173.82
5	—	851	132.00	132.00
22	—	724	132.00	132.00
12	—	391	151.00–167.00	159.38
18	—	477	151.00–155.00	152.56
3	—	248	172.00	172.00
48	—	531	139.00–144.00	140.39
15	—	344	155.00–167.00	164.61
2	—	595	149.00	149.00
8	—	671	131.00–143.00	137.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	839	136.00–153.00	142.38
33	—	474	159.00–171.00	164.71
27	—	622	149.00–161.00	156.66
62	—	705	123.00–166.50	161.16
57	—	406	150.00–163.00	151.43
75	—	527	140.00–170.50	159.73
46	—	590	149.00–174.00	160.88
24	—	763	125.00–160.00	147.58
17	—	327	175.00–190.00	183.62
4	—	273	186.00	186.00
43	—	371	170.00–183.00	176.81
6	—	666	144.00–155.00	149.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	726	162.50–172.25	169.21
2	—	305	192.00	192.00
116	—	417	160.00–190.00	178.46
24	—	856	150.00–155.00	154.36
37	—	379	170.00–200.00	188.46
69	—	811	155.00–165.50	164.89
5	—	758	162.00	162.00
36	—	683	166.50–168.00	167.62
126	—	620	167.25–186.00	169.67
190	—	523	154.00–190.00	169.67
158	—	476	155.00–189.00	180.23
161	—	573	161.00–187.00	174.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	729	160.00	160.00
3	—	852	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	592	154.00	154.00
35	—	669	143.00–145.00	144.41
61	—	616	155.00–167.00	159.23
3	—	315	183.00	183.00
7	—	489	160.00–170.00	162.81
7	—	710	142.00	142.00
4	—	542	168.50	168.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	710	159.50–160.50	159.99
4	—	789	165.00	165.00
14	—	585	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	842	139.00	139.00
21	—	688	131.00–150.00	143.17
21	—	527	158.00–172.50	165.46
15	—	620	146.00–159.00	153.28
13	—	423	175.00–189.00	183.53
4	—	379	180.00–181.00	180.48
17	—	569	156.00–169.00	160.84
10	—	993	134.00	134.00
11	—	471	170.00–182.00	177.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	324	223.00–258.00	236.19
168	—	778	169.00–173.00	171.13
25	—	274	250.00–257.00	253.54
30	—	827	166.00–175.50	170.12
336	—	573	185.00–201.00	192.06
4	—	1,005	150.00	150.00
32	—	374	216.00–229.00	218.63
12	—	851	170.00	170.00
271	—	672	169.00–187.00	181.76
83	—	421	199.00–227.00	209.41
68	—	472	184.00–210.00	193.44
65	—	993	160.00–168.00	167.50
129	—	627	170.00–189.00	184.86
29	—	915	166.00	166.00
34	—	716	172.00–175.00	174.25
221	—	514	187.00–209.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	698	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	170.00	170.00
47	—	570	163.00–183.00	178.00
86	—	617	160.00–178.00	173.98
3	—	227	200.00	200.00
45	—	431	165.00–205.00	184.34
20	—	370	191.00–210.00	199.85
7	—	347	195.00	195.00
22	—	475	168.00–203.00	193.10
10	—	731	155.00–166.00	161.64
4	—	881	163.00	163.00
4	—	296	190.00–224.00	206.86
73	—	753	152.00–166.50	165.72
17	—	524	173.00–189.00	180.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	178.50	178.50
78	—	632	160.50–175.00	172.72
10	—	512	170.00–183.00	173.96
7	—	735	159.00	159.00
68	—	677	157.50–165.00	161.78
4	—	434	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	661	155.50	155.50
11	—	605	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	147.50	147.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,181	59.00–73.00	68.15
62	—	1,034	26.00–48.00	38.40
47	—	1,083	50.00–62.50	57.80
1	—	1,130	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,260	57.00–69.00	64.14
4	—	1,223	70.00–80.00	75.11
109	—	1,372	65.00–78.00	73.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	65.00	65.00
32	—	1,528	65.00–77.00	74.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	906	40.00–49.00	46.72
44	—	860	22.00–39.00	27.39
21	—	937	49.00–71.50	62.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,920	88.00–99.00	92.17
10	—	1,592	77.50–89.00	84.44
8	—	1,683	70.00–82.00	74.00
8	—	1,832	80.00–91.00	86.41

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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