Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 102 priced lines covering 3,512 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,071 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 506 head. replacement cattle receipts at 27 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,071Last week 5,585Year ago 4,596

Slaughter CattleReceipts 506Last week 642Year ago 1,061

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 82Year ago 195

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	595	218.00	218.00
183	—	827	165.00–184.35	184.14
6	—	374	246.00–270.00	258.77
7	—	431	246.00–256.00	249.64
4	—	683	190.00–191.00	190.51
1	—	215	248.00	248.00
33	—	621	195.00–219.00	206.42
29	—	710	199.00–201.50	200.79
21	—	534	206.00–242.00	228.50
10	—	1,033	164.00	164.00
19	—	864	170.00–189.00	185.95
6	—	791	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	183.00	183.00
11	—	522	184.00	184.00
1	—	390	178.00	178.00
2	—	458	181.00	181.00
2	—	1,110	111.00	111.00
3	—	420	171.00–201.00	180.64
1	—	210	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	642	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	722	199.00–206.00	203.91
69	—	530	238.00–285.00	265.40
72	—	481	250.00–280.00	266.11
86	—	624	224.00–244.00	236.75
186	—	762	196.50–207.00	203.25
24	—	568	217.00–240.00	226.60
308	—	878	185.00–190.00	188.29
5	—	323	270.00–311.00	294.62
10	—	374	280.00–301.00	285.83
7	—	658	229.00–231.00	229.28
41	—	429	260.00–284.00	265.78
36	—	818	193.00–195.75	195.45
4	—	210	281.00–312.00	288.39
13	—	260	197.00–217.00	214.00
207	—	918	178.50–185.75	184.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	775	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	865	170.00–175.25	173.31
9	—	317	246.00–278.00	266.80
4	—	391	267.00	267.00
6	—	202	240.00	240.00
85	—	481	217.00–235.00	224.94
87	—	523	205.00–236.50	218.07
36	—	673	186.00–205.00	196.80
44	—	630	200.00–211.00	206.75
67	—	827	165.00–179.50	171.68
123	—	729	176.50–188.50	180.90
200	—	771	172.00–184.00	181.08
54	—	563	207.00–221.00	210.90
62	—	419	229.00–269.00	243.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	654	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	419	217.00–230.00	228.33
10	—	791	174.50	174.50
9	—	389	215.00	215.00
104	—	801	174.50	174.50
84	—	716	176.00–185.35	183.89
183	—	667	181.00–197.25	191.53
4	—	499	205.00	205.00
21	—	537	189.00–207.00	200.12
80	—	595	180.00–208.50	206.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	458	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	545	155.00	155.00
6	—	458	155.00	155.00
1	—	655	153.00	153.00
2	—	600	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	745	125.00	125.00
16	—	801	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	884	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	687	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	182.00	182.00
14	—	475	215.00–217.00	215.57
5	—	786	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	197.00	197.00
20	—	525	215.00–260.00	232.14
1	—	305	230.00	230.00
17	—	448	246.00	246.00
3	—	765	160.00–171.00	167.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,205	67.00–86.00	71.87
114	—	1,176	73.00–95.00	84.08
8	—	1,177	83.00–97.00	87.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,427	81.00–91.50	88.07
24	—	1,241	87.50–98.00	93.90
37	—	1,300	99.00–109.00	102.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,094	54.00–80.00	60.63
8	—	1,056	62.00–88.00	77.12
13	—	1,082	45.00–52.00	48.82
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	958	73.00	73.00
3	—	870	74.00–80.00	77.98
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	849	41.00–53.00	47.64
29	—	901	54.00–73.50	60.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	117.00–119.00	117.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,111	111.50–126.00	119.89
7	—	1,773	105.00–116.00	110.93
8	—	1,279	88.00–100.00	94.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,491	1,235.00–1,375.00	1,342.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,440	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,380	1,675.00	1,675.00

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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