Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 144 priced lines covering 5,809 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,536 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 775 head. replacement cattle receipts at 97 head. Counted as USDA files them — 15 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,536Last week 4,966Year ago 4,774

Slaughter CattleReceipts 775Last week 606Year ago 1,017

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 149Year ago 425

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	815	146.00–162.00	152.99
49	—	474	192.00–206.00	197.03
41	—	673	183.00–190.00	186.14
8	—	406	196.00	196.00
28	—	623	176.00–195.00	183.92
81	—	738	153.00–180.75	178.13
57	—	577	180.00–211.00	191.09
65	—	768	156.00–178.50	176.13
46	—	526	180.00–210.00	193.03
7	—	372	207.00–220.00	216.07
5	—	330	200.00–216.00	209.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	177.00	177.00
10	—	583	159.00–179.00	173.62
27	—	683	142.00–165.00	154.42
12	—	765	142.00–165.00	157.44
8	—	523	159.00–179.00	171.41
17	—	477	160.00–187.00	176.34
22	—	423	172.50–180.00	175.07
3	—	885	147.00	147.00
9	—	616	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	435	205.00–255.00	222.84
20	—	266	209.00–275.00	237.59
415	—	723	177.50–191.00	186.00
180	—	767	176.00–183.00	179.19
130	—	390	224.00–272.00	265.44
103	—	625	190.00–216.00	197.41
20	—	661	186.00–215.00	189.00
3	—	943	146.00	146.00
275	—	879	165.00–173.25	170.45
24	—	531	195.00–212.00	206.33
91	—	573	189.00–238.00	207.13
29	—	307	217.00–224.00	218.24
121	—	825	170.00–177.00	174.59
54	—	465	204.00–241.00	222.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	624	188.00–189.00	188.47
8	—	656	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	690	165.00	165.00
17	—	642	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	740	180.00	180.00
19	—	632	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	691	171.75	171.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	188.00	188.00
8	—	839	160.00	160.00
8	—	965	141.00	141.00
6	—	798	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	746	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	423	232.00–293.00	250.50
19	—	274	254.00–286.00	271.62
27	—	338	247.00–275.00	258.42
578	—	879	174.00–191.00	187.11
234	—	576	218.00–270.00	236.71
193	—	763	183.00–208.50	198.62
181	—	820	188.00–196.00	193.04
72	—	629	207.00–224.00	217.84
16	—	1,026	159.00	159.00
3	—	952	172.50	172.50
6	—	907	160.00	160.00
3	—	193	297.00	297.00
7	—	233	256.00–290.00	274.46
139	—	739	185.00–201.00	195.90
37	—	372	250.00–298.00	279.72
165	—	683	198.00–213.00	211.86
18	—	533	245.00–270.00	259.16
178	—	479	235.00–287.00	254.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	855	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	160.00–191.00	180.82
18	—	620	180.00–186.00	183.45
26	—	723	170.00–179.00	178.31
19	—	826	167.00–179.00	177.73
6	—	589	176.00–199.00	183.53
3	—	777	172.00	172.00
2	—	278	204.00	204.00
35	—	964	154.00–161.00	155.31
28	—	468	139.00–205.00	179.51
2	—	225	210.00	210.00
16	—	533	190.00–199.00	193.75
8	—	377	208.00–213.00	211.68
6	—	689	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	689	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	724	187.00	187.00
146	—	834	171.00–190.00	184.84
74	—	773	165.00–193.00	187.12
211	—	881	157.00–185.00	183.61
11	—	901	170.00	170.00
26	—	616	187.00–211.00	195.44
23	—	488	210.00–254.00	234.90
20	—	380	220.00–240.00	235.15
15	—	592	200.00–237.00	232.12
4	—	329	232.00–235.00	233.43
45	—	416	200.00–252.00	214.03
27	—	512	200.00–227.00	216.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	657	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	769	173.00	173.00
4	—	391	255.00	255.00
4	—	481	232.00	232.00
10	—	512	226.00–231.00	227.06
4	—	576	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	167.00	167.00
3	—	855	142.00	142.00
2	—	835	146.00	146.00
3	—	483	198.00	198.00
5	—	568	180.00–185.00	182.96
5	—	687	162.00–166.00	164.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	961	67.00–69.00	67.98
11	—	918	56.00–71.00	61.42
2	—	880	45.00–52.00	48.58
65	—	919	60.00–82.50	66.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	737	107.00–109.00	107.97
1	—	930	98.00	98.00
3	—	880	92.00–94.50	93.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,368	77.50–93.00	89.91
54	—	1,292	88.50–99.00	96.58
25	—	1,405	95.50–105.00	100.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,179	75.00–100.00	81.48
23	—	1,110	70.00–82.00	73.19
41	—	1,303	85.00–94.50	89.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,076	68.00–90.00	71.24
50	—	1,133	64.00–96.00	82.44
15	—	1,016	50.00–70.00	58.14
49	—	1,045	53.00–85.00	73.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	866	86.00–90.00	88.18
8	—	892	76.00–86.00	79.12
1	—	875	74.00	74.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	94.00	94.00
4	—	2,077	120.00–122.00	121.57
3	—	1,630	104.00–113.00	109.37
10	—	1,422	101.00–110.00	105.72
13	—	1,804	113.00–120.00	116.32
3	—	1,862	121.00–122.00	121.31
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	900	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	547	1,000.00–1,375.00	1,221.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,102.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	921	925.00–1,000.00	967.44
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	815	1,125.00	1,125.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	850	900.00–1,075.00	992.65
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	818	107.00–116.00	111.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,248	99.00–104.00	102.19
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,090	80.00–95.00	85.30
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	131.00	131.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	841	69.00–72.00	70.91
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	749	56.00–67.00	61.33

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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