Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 75 priced lines covering 3,106 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,433 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 341 head. replacement cattle receipts at 48 head. Counted as USDA files them — 47 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,433Last week 4,352Year ago 5,050

Slaughter CattleReceipts 341Last week 842Year ago 1,109

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 127Year ago 252

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. Local pastures are in good shape and green after recent rain making stocker calves a highly demanded commodity. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	561	248.00–252.00	249.77
36	—	965	136.00–154.50	153.48
2	—	365	245.00	245.00
45	—	457	241.00–265.00	261.73
57	—	429	244.00–273.00	265.89
276	—	765	153.00–188.00	182.08
113	—	688	185.00–195.50	189.89
4	—	1,670	121.00	121.00
13	—	530	231.00–245.00	236.85
167	—	722	187.50–193.00	189.32
20	—	1,036	140.00	140.00
130	—	620	190.00–210.00	196.30
29	—	832	176.00	176.00
2	—	865	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	714	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	143.00	143.00
1	—	840	129.00	129.00
1	—	465	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
307	—	739	175.00–190.25	182.41
21	—	774	173.00–178.00	176.12
46	—	888	160.00–168.00	166.77
15	—	636	203.00	203.00
11	—	585	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	798	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	287.00	287.00
5	—	697	195.00	195.00
4	—	779	154.00	154.00
2	—	605	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
423	—	776	194.00–208.25	203.42
20	—	746	200.00–201.00	200.15
12	—	1,095	164.00	164.00
25	—	610	214.00–231.00	216.81
1	—	935	189.00	189.00
12	—	526	267.00	267.00
25	—	865	190.00	190.00
8	—	1,697	123.00	123.00
27	—	477	267.00–279.00	272.63
56	—	950	184.00	184.00
11	—	566	232.00–264.00	244.53
478	—	821	193.00–205.50	200.06
49	—	673	203.00–209.00	207.35
23	—	416	267.00–277.00	273.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	190.00	190.00
7	—	453	225.00	225.00
15	—	638	190.00–216.00	203.70
2	—	695	190.00	190.00
179	—	859	184.00–192.50	188.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	849	180.00	180.00
2	—	880	165.00	165.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	404	87.00	87.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	988	1,060.00–1,225.00	1,155.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	43	—	1,226	2,125.00	2,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,241	110.00–114.00	112.97
2	—	2,273	127.00–132.00	129.48
4	—	1,090	94.00–106.00	99.62
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	746	48.00–57.00	54.00
14	—	884	60.00–73.00	62.07
3	—	853	65.00–67.00	65.95
10	—	882	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	939	76.00–82.00	77.76
1	—	855	88.00	88.00
20	—	925	70.00–74.00	72.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,330	90.00–95.00	92.63
53	—	1,410	93.00–105.00	98.23
15	—	1,359	107.00–113.00	109.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,223	66.00–69.00	66.90
10	—	1,106	53.00–54.00	53.79
3	—	1,130	64.00–65.00	64.35
17	—	1,160	56.00–80.00	60.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	94.00	94.00
1	—	995	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,206	85.00–89.00	86.16
25	—	1,123	75.50–93.50	82.09
18	—	1,093	70.00–82.00	73.51

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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