Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 124 priced lines covering 4,483 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,940 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 642 head. replacement cattle receipts at 23 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,940Last week 4,104Year ago 5,334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 642Last week 576Year ago 1,116

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 183Year ago 371

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand. High winds and fire warnings started off the week for the drought stricken area. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	76.00	76.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	818	58.00–63.00	60.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	915	132.00	132.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	101.00	101.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	111.00–118.00	114.66
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	972	83.00–91.00	87.48
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	883	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,092.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	443	1,000.00	1,000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	182.00–186.00	183.34
3	—	700	137.00	137.00
8	—	662	161.00–170.00	164.58
6	—	582	154.00–172.00	160.14
10	—	427	170.00–186.00	175.83
8	—	533	159.00–172.00	164.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	591	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	799	165.00	165.00
7	—	626	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	220.00	220.00
50	—	416	199.00–212.50	209.18
26	—	579	179.00–196.00	187.29
49	—	677	163.00–186.00	179.07
87	—	719	160.00–169.25	168.81
4	—	829	165.00	165.00
5	—	366	216.00–218.00	217.21
10	—	780	169.00	169.00
11	—	474	194.00–202.00	198.22
47	—	532	170.00–190.00	184.18
3	—	855	162.50	162.50
19	—	310	210.00–231.00	219.35
13	—	977	148.00	148.00
29	—	628	171.00–187.00	181.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	660	189.00–204.00	196.17
70	—	824	174.50	174.50
215	—	876	169.00–180.00	176.43
13	—	911	155.00	155.00
2	—	173	188.00	188.00
161	—	732	168.00–184.00	176.90
11	—	273	224.00–230.00	226.87
95	—	526	190.00–222.00	209.01
33	—	346	232.00–264.00	234.59
34	—	427	196.00–229.00	206.22
101	—	474	200.50–210.00	204.29
70	—	768	170.50–178.00	172.41
26	—	365	222.00–237.00	233.75
147	—	624	196.00–210.00	200.74
197	—	582	191.00–208.00	203.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	677	183.50	183.50
28	—	638	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	571	180.00–183.00	181.89
3	—	523	185.00–187.00	186.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	583	204.00	204.00
2	—	460	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	455	210.00–225.00	222.11
2	—	423	245.00	245.00
6	—	538	214.00	214.00
29	—	369	257.00–262.00	260.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	886	181.50–185.00	183.17
12	—	291	232.00	232.00
4	—	318	242.50–279.00	260.03
284	—	812	184.00–197.50	194.08
227	—	757	192.50–206.00	199.56
66	—	586	205.00–225.00	218.65
8	—	1,068	156.00	156.00
61	—	675	205.00–208.00	205.69
112	—	617	195.00–228.00	215.47
109	—	519	215.00–243.00	231.50
132	—	935	177.00–184.00	178.26
196	—	721	186.00–209.00	202.10
155	—	478	234.00–257.00	246.70
106	—	417	238.00–281.00	267.68
16	—	380	256.00–278.00	262.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	682	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	858	179.00	179.00
24	—	416	213.00–234.00	223.02
5	—	680	192.00–195.00	193.20
5	—	917	159.00–167.00	162.25
3	—	379	226.00–232.00	230.15
7	—	274	262.00	262.00
9	—	606	182.00–194.00	186.86
32	—	578	200.00–214.00	203.73
129	—	787	183.50	183.50
18	—	533	195.00–214.00	199.54
7	—	321	238.00–242.00	239.38
31	—	727	150.00–190.00	168.60
12	—	467	216.00–231.00	226.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	167.00–197.00	182.04
5	—	537	190.00–197.00	193.82
10	—	486	190.00–208.00	195.19
2	—	765	168.00	168.00
3	—	263	194.00	194.00
3	—	575	190.00–196.00	194.09
2	—	610	178.00	178.00
2	—	660	178.00	178.00
6	—	819	169.00–170.00	169.66
15	—	439	193.00–208.00	198.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	846	175.00	175.00
4	—	658	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	678	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	700	216.00	216.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,605	102.00–110.00	105.63
6	—	1,813	112.50–122.50	117.27
2	—	1,503	79.00–95.00	87.95
4	—	1,906	113.00–120.00	117.62
4	—	1,938	122.00–124.00	122.78
6	—	1,301	90.00–103.00	99.58
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	934	80.00–87.00	82.55
7	—	936	70.00–75.00	72.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	973	104.00	104.00
3	—	837	91.00–96.00	93.12
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	906	62.00–68.00	66.09
12	—	902	56.00–63.00	60.24
18	—	846	44.00–56.50	51.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,184	119.00	119.00
39	—	1,351	90.00–109.00	102.75
49	—	1,163	86.00–99.00	94.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	60.00	60.00
54	—	1,067	65.00–101.00	83.33
1	—	1,205	98.00	98.00
63	—	1,026	57.00–87.00	76.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,124	70.00–86.00	74.57
111	—	1,228	79.00–101.00	84.65
35	—	1,292	88.00–106.00	92.22

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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