Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 135 priced lines covering 2,687 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,358 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 778 head. replacement cattle receipts at 83 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,358Last week 3,439Year ago 3,539

Slaughter CattleReceipts 778Last week 665Year ago 425

Replacement CattleReceipts 83Last week 233Year ago 311

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves for a market trend, but a lower undertone was noted. Trading activity was moderate on moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls trade mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	245.00	245.00
18	—	578	224.00–256.00	240.19
5	—	539	229.00	229.00
7	—	862	167.00–185.00	177.24
25	—	419	299.00–310.00	303.70
4	—	818	165.00	165.00
2	—	928	164.00–166.00	165.01
2	—	333	315.00	315.00
17	—	457	297.00–310.00	300.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	725	150.00–166.00	156.59
4	—	881	155.00	155.00
2	—	445	228.00	228.00
4	—	553	200.00–208.00	203.98
2	—	698	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	220.00	220.00
7	—	339	250.00	250.00
3	—	467	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	168.00	168.00
7	—	777	169.00–176.00	173.54
1	—	440	210.00	210.00
1	—	955	150.00	150.00
10	—	516	194.00–230.00	207.69
3	—	667	180.00–194.00	189.42
4	—	715	177.00	177.00
21	—	808	164.00–165.00	164.90
18	—	611	183.00–198.00	187.41
11	—	379	200.00–240.00	215.52
4	—	565	192.00–230.00	201.41
9	—	485	202.00–218.00	206.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	775	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	785	167.00	167.00
8	—	1,021	161.00	161.00
2	—	275	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	372	249.00–265.00	253.17
76	—	611	204.00–220.00	219.02
72	—	717	188.00–225.00	223.10
11	—	290	233.00	233.00
3	—	817	178.00	178.00
8	—	531	216.00–241.00	226.15
4	—	435	236.00	236.00
2	—	343	230.00	230.00
7	—	759	190.00	190.00
13	—	671	213.00–219.00	216.02
13	—	570	213.00–218.00	215.46
32	—	475	221.00–258.00	236.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	525	223.00–257.00	244.50
9	—	859	191.00	191.00
32	—	417	285.00–298.00	291.23
6	—	313	290.00	290.00
14	—	242	300.00	300.00
4	—	285	250.00	250.00
22	—	367	293.00	293.00
7	—	720	210.00–215.00	213.56
87	—	668	243.00–246.50	243.56
20	—	487	245.00–273.00	267.69
19	—	624	226.00–240.00	229.89
20	—	789	200.00–214.00	212.19
14	—	581	222.00–264.00	237.90
2	—	1,075	175.50	175.50
2	—	1,140	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	217.00	217.00
18	—	579	216.00–226.00	219.45
9	—	291	256.00	256.00
15	—	470	230.00–246.00	238.55
10	—	671	194.00–216.00	207.24
3	—	357	240.00	240.00
29	—	618	204.00–216.00	212.63
5	—	820	184.00–190.00	186.39
9	—	866	195.00	195.00
7	—	765	189.00–193.00	190.45
6	—	443	235.00	235.00
4	—	715	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	573	230.00–254.00	243.05
30	—	530	229.00–245.00	241.97
140	—	671	222.00–250.00	239.13
3	—	618	230.00	230.00
10	—	490	248.00–252.00	249.58
63	—	815	216.00–228.50	227.70
4	—	425	248.00–262.00	254.84
9	—	766	210.00–225.00	216.59
83	—	707	206.00–245.00	239.75
31	—	377	250.00–272.00	260.37
2	—	335	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	335	288.00–312.00	298.85
10	—	480	291.00–292.00	291.62
1	—	200	385.00	385.00
323	—	719	224.00–257.00	254.06
17	—	257	292.00–337.00	334.17
6	—	373	301.00–312.00	305.58
86	—	862	223.00–239.50	235.67
16	—	678	235.00–238.00	236.53
67	—	774	247.00	247.00
40	—	514	255.00–292.50	278.18
5	—	637	247.00–260.00	254.78
19	—	410	296.00–355.00	342.11
123	—	829	221.00–239.00	237.17
5	—	564	260.00–262.00	261.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	198	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	919	67.00–69.00	67.96
17	—	791	54.00–57.00	55.20
11	—	893	62.00–92.50	69.07
17	—	805	58.00–70.00	60.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,279	107.00–116.50	112.45
12	—	1,261	93.00–96.00	94.35
24	—	1,252	94.00–110.00	102.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,065	63.00–110.00	94.42
6	—	1,219	68.00–113.00	82.49
37	—	1,000	59.00–95.00	78.87
34	—	926	52.00–74.00	62.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	824	77.00–84.00	80.11
5	—	887	85.00–91.00	86.82
31	—	897	70.00–75.00	72.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,222	86.00–115.00	97.74
50	—	1,228	80.00–110.00	96.42
17	—	1,167	70.00–74.00	71.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	120.00–123.50	121.35
2	—	1,535	131.00–135.00	132.87
3	—	1,528	124.00–129.00	125.67
5	—	1,515	95.00–111.00	101.13
3	—	1,862	132.00–133.00	132.32
1	—	1,240	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	—	1,175	2,575.00–2,600.00	2,587.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	—	1,288	1,875.00–2,025.00	1,920.98
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	609	1,300.00–1,675.00	1,417.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	735	2,350.00	2,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	872	67.00–78.00	73.88
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	725	30.00–55.00	45.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	916	84.00–90.00	87.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,053	93.00–109.00	105.34
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	906	141.00–161.00	149.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	122.00	122.00

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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