Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 132 priced lines covering 3,805 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,436 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 524 head. replacement cattle receipts at 112 head. Counted as USDA files them — 5 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,436Last week 2,843Year ago 4,916

Slaughter CattleReceipts 524Last week 612Year ago 991

Replacement CattleReceipts 112Last week 84Year ago 132

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady with instances 5.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Triple digit heat continued to dry out the area. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	487	238.00	238.00
13	—	318	270.00–277.00	273.61
4	—	946	201.00	201.00
1	—	265	235.00	235.00
96	—	563	225.00–245.00	233.89
5	—	820	219.00	219.00
113	—	787	200.00–224.00	218.47
1	—	230	239.00	239.00
59	—	673	233.00–245.00	240.13
28	—	871	204.00–215.00	211.00
22	—	371	280.00–304.00	300.76
78	—	739	216.00–225.00	222.82
81	—	425	254.00–289.00	284.73
89	—	533	226.00–267.00	239.67
108	—	634	218.00–234.00	221.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	422	246.00–260.00	257.23
75	—	581	200.00–237.00	228.49
99	—	766	191.00–223.00	218.37
18	—	906	214.50	214.50
11	—	709	190.00–214.00	202.53
45	—	624	216.00–241.00	222.56
44	—	467	227.00–259.00	241.31
19	—	684	199.00–221.00	210.36
6	—	325	262.00–272.00	266.10
5	—	823	189.00	189.00
137	—	517	215.00–246.00	219.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	661	180.00–196.00	183.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	883	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	771	219.50	219.50
3	—	960	175.00	175.00
8	—	719	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	224.00	224.00
2	—	363	238.00	238.00
2	—	573	210.00	210.00
2	—	278	260.00	260.00
7	—	627	190.00–211.00	198.89
5	—	526	206.00–210.00	207.56
46	—	710	185.00–191.00	185.39
18	—	472	220.00–234.00	225.36
9	—	867	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	765	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	592	215.00–230.00	216.84
2	—	785	189.00	189.00
4	—	433	238.00–246.00	241.86
2	—	278	260.00	260.00
18	—	629	212.00–224.00	217.29
2	—	715	192.00	192.00
16	—	476	234.00–256.00	247.26
9	—	329	240.00–272.00	264.07
7	—	528	232.00	232.00
17	—	675	203.00–222.00	212.44
2	—	850	187.00	187.00
1	—	385	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	828	234.00–241.00	236.99
134	—	619	242.00–266.00	259.00
77	—	686	243.00–257.00	247.00
17	—	427	287.00–319.00	302.69
135	—	764	234.00–246.25	242.44
2	—	933	220.00	220.00
42	—	380	300.00–315.00	312.44
13	—	320	320.00–328.00	322.12
79	—	557	240.00–270.00	261.00
31	—	524	258.00–304.00	275.89
277	—	734	231.00–254.00	250.00
131	—	878	227.00–241.25	239.97
21	—	1,032	197.50	197.50
41	—	482	280.00–312.00	297.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	681	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	525	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	630	225.00–246.00	238.02
11	—	441	271.00–290.00	286.49
8	—	317	284.00–310.00	296.55
12	—	390	284.00–310.00	296.89
11	—	827	200.00–214.00	211.46
42	—	687	226.00–235.00	227.94
28	—	533	242.00–250.00	246.50
15	—	486	262.00–292.00	278.03
2	—	240	294.00	294.00
108	—	587	229.00–252.00	235.05
9	—	922	204.00	204.00
20	—	860	210.00–231.00	216.36
146	—	707	208.00–239.00	233.60
78	—	788	205.00–225.50	222.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	678	236.00	236.00
8	—	633	229.00–230.00	229.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	911	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	216.00	216.00
17	—	676	204.00–205.00	204.35
13	—	550	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	172.00	172.00
2	—	688	236.00	236.00
26	—	514	240.00–276.00	248.60
3	—	415	281.00	281.00
18	—	485	267.00–275.00	272.39
10	—	830	194.00	194.00
3	—	565	221.00	221.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,218	109.00–110.00	109.36
11	—	1,068	54.00–79.00	67.59
71	—	1,097	90.00–105.00	101.16
28	—	1,075	60.00–95.00	88.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	761	50.00–70.50	55.33
6	—	865	58.00–77.00	62.96
7	—	875	64.00–99.00	76.95
4	—	869	67.00–69.00	68.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	828	98.00	98.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	873	87.00–93.00	90.26
15	—	902	77.00–96.00	82.73
14	—	870	70.00–74.00	72.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,262	80.00–110.00	96.68
41	—	1,194	70.00–95.00	75.95
42	—	1,136	86.50–112.50	90.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,398	106.00–116.00	109.11
10	—	1,126	93.00–97.00	94.80
24	—	1,338	84.00–106.50	99.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,755	124.00–126.00	125.02
8	—	1,571	114.00–128.00	123.14
1	—	1,610	125.00	125.00
2	—	2,010	110.00–114.00	111.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,003	118.00–122.00	119.71
(<2 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,145	140.00–163.00	142.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,079	92.00–111.00	101.57
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,039	86.00–95.00	90.37
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,285	112.00	112.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	940	65.00–84.00	74.02
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	694	60.00–64.00	61.18
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	827	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,048.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,056	1,750.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	720	2,075.00	2,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,160.00	1,160.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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