Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 132 priced lines covering 6,889 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,079 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 883 head. replacement cattle receipts at 77 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,079Last week 6,596Year ago 4,276

Slaughter CattleReceipts 883Last week 1,261Year ago 1,035

Replacement CattleReceipts 77Last week 148Year ago 154

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 4.00 higher at sales at the beginning of the week, but traded steady to 5.00 lower at the end of the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	182.00	182.00
2	—	355	169.00	169.00
2	—	583	170.00	170.00
6	—	483	183.00–188.00	186.33
4	—	338	170.00–182.00	176.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	396	167.00–190.00	178.57
4	—	800	162.00	162.00
2	—	793	170.00	170.00
7	—	722	168.00–170.00	169.42
18	—	572	178.00–184.00	180.36
15	—	683	176.00–178.00	176.52
5	—	522	182.00	182.00
6	—	447	179.00	179.00
17	—	620	170.00–179.00	177.65
2	—	318	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	382	232.00–292.00	258.33
6	—	1,128	126.00	126.00
24	—	336	225.00–290.00	248.51
405	—	866	174.00–179.00	176.70
235	—	924	170.50–178.00	173.08
704	—	826	178.00–186.00	181.02
179	—	772	182.00–192.00	188.65
112	—	979	154.50–171.25	163.11
178	—	478	226.00–256.00	238.03
242	—	571	202.00–237.00	222.23
173	—	627	198.00–215.00	211.61
105	—	678	195.00–208.00	201.64
357	—	736	186.00–195.00	190.97
148	—	531	203.00–254.00	229.96
93	—	429	229.00–272.00	247.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	779	179.00–181.00	180.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	445	226.00–228.00	226.86
5	—	267	232.00–236.00	234.40
68	—	740	171.00–184.50	176.44
52	—	482	202.00–236.00	217.82
61	—	873	169.50	169.50
61	—	536	195.00–217.00	208.14
30	—	789	180.00	180.00
46	—	569	195.00–216.00	202.57
11	—	319	210.00–230.00	221.34
8	—	375	218.00–240.00	227.06
35	—	907	158.00–169.00	166.23
2	—	228	244.00	244.00
11	—	672	180.00	180.00
35	—	621	180.00–191.00	189.43
194	—	815	155.00–178.00	176.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	659	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	431	199.00–233.00	213.80
64	—	384	205.00–266.00	224.83
10	—	309	206.00–212.00	209.36
261	—	777	159.00–175.75	173.30
13	—	998	140.00	140.00
230	—	731	171.00–184.00	176.08
54	—	860	165.50–167.00	166.50
100	—	833	164.50–166.75	166.59
62	—	473	189.00–222.00	205.68
62	—	620	184.50–190.00	187.14
340	—	517	180.00–225.00	204.31
95	—	573	181.00–200.00	190.01
94	—	910	155.50–167.50	157.29
192	—	686	175.00–185.50	183.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	682	170.00–172.00	170.59
41	—	561	171.00–184.50	180.77
38	—	518	187.00–206.00	196.85
57	—	847	158.50–163.00	161.50
2	—	990	130.00	130.00
3	—	783	160.00	160.00
4	—	910	149.00	149.00
2	—	295	218.00	218.00
6	—	341	202.00–230.00	220.48
10	—	374	185.00–206.00	194.14
26	—	721	173.50	173.50
33	—	880	150.50	150.50
13	—	442	186.00–204.00	200.14
18	—	471	180.00–192.00	183.79
29	—	623	160.00–179.00	171.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	672	173.00–175.50	175.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	709	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	737	167.00	167.00
12	—	910	139.00	139.00
9	—	772	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	340	170.00–190.00	173.42
4	—	285	178.00–179.00	178.48
4	—	467	168.00	168.00
12	—	568	150.00–162.00	153.15
45	—	521	150.00–170.00	165.50
49	—	371	165.00–190.00	179.19
7	—	735	122.00–161.00	144.25
4	—	619	140.00–144.00	141.97
161	—	441	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	459	146.00–154.00	148.78
2	—	618	168.00	168.00
4	—	385	170.00–176.00	172.92
3	—	403	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	182.00	182.00
4	—	486	173.00–180.00	176.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	356	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	392	253.00–264.00	255.12
2	—	583	170.00	170.00
3	—	438	247.00	247.00
9	—	533	204.00	204.00
2	—	723	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,240	80.00–95.00	82.10
124	—	1,186	73.50–97.00	77.01
75	—	1,084	68.00–85.50	70.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	991	75.00	75.00
21	—	951	80.00–83.50	83.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	835	46.00–54.50	50.55
5	—	972	68.00	68.00
21	—	935	63.00–66.00	64.06
43	—	919	57.00–76.00	59.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,283	87.50–93.00	89.29
21	—	1,401	93.00–109.00	104.01
19	—	1,448	87.50–101.00	95.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,214	67.00–100.00	71.45
49	—	1,059	60.00–98.00	81.96
26	—	948	55.00–80.00	66.65
11	—	1,164	45.00–51.00	45.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,829	113.00–120.00	116.46
6	—	1,420	88.00–109.00	95.87
9	—	1,865	108.00–119.00	115.06
4	—	1,830	97.00–105.00	100.86
2	—	1,965	123.00–124.00	123.49

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,091	82.00–91.00	84.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,101	90.00–104.00	98.46
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	98.00	98.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,206	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,230.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,275	1,025.00–1,185.00	1,128.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,267	1,175.00–1,235.00	1,191.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,510	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,249	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	455	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,149.89

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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