Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 134 priced lines covering 3,032 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,488 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 597 head. replacement cattle receipts at 92 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,488Last week 4,436Year ago 2,494

Slaughter CattleReceipts 597Last week 524Year ago 275

Replacement CattleReceipts 92Last week 112Year ago 167

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate to good on good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	240.00	240.00
3	—	757	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	687	190.00–193.00	192.42
10	—	484	214.00–224.00	219.09
4	—	628	192.00–208.00	200.06
5	—	820	162.00–168.00	165.56
2	—	790	168.00	168.00
2	—	723	190.00	190.00
4	—	532	193.00–200.00	196.61
12	—	413	245.00	245.00
4	—	567	210.00–212.00	211.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	682	235.50–247.00	239.92
107	—	720	234.00–235.50	234.96
6	—	963	193.00	193.00
13	—	341	269.00–294.00	289.36
38	—	617	236.00–251.00	246.41
33	—	1,102	188.50	188.50
176	—	471	245.00–284.00	271.46
3	—	438	309.00	309.00
39	—	520	230.00–264.00	254.21
17	—	370	275.00–285.00	279.33
25	—	581	227.00–256.00	249.34
295	—	829	217.50–225.50	222.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	590	238.00	238.00
8	—	483	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	527	215.00–236.00	230.45
19	—	734	182.00–226.00	207.57
18	—	394	269.00	269.00
12	—	485	237.00–257.00	247.44
2	—	668	212.00	212.00
36	—	415	232.00–274.00	263.11
11	—	259	299.00	299.00
45	—	566	220.00–249.00	231.36
82	—	615	214.00–250.00	231.90
22	—	792	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	208.00–242.00	217.97
2	—	560	200.00	200.00
5	—	663	205.00–208.00	206.82
5	—	429	203.00–224.00	211.18
2	—	543	214.00	214.00
2	—	630	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	177.50	177.50
1	—	415	268.00	268.00
1	—	605	220.00	220.00
7	—	548	244.00–270.00	251.39
12	—	476	278.00–290.00	282.93
1	—	960	166.00	166.00
3	—	807	186.00–193.00	190.66
5	—	667	215.00	215.00
1	—	390	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	494	231.00–255.00	239.06
13	—	449	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	559	266.00	266.00
15	—	644	250.00	250.00
2	—	405	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	774	232.00–252.50	251.60
81	—	535	260.00–287.00	275.27
30	—	459	280.00–290.00	282.04
25	—	558	269.00–280.50	275.60
70	—	629	249.00–268.00	258.87
32	—	670	250.00–252.00	250.60
15	—	821	230.00	230.00
21	—	439	299.00–306.00	303.96
2	—	1,185	183.00	183.00
7	—	956	224.00	224.00
29	—	314	308.00–375.00	362.78
113	—	866	244.25–244.50	244.37
244	—	738	226.00–255.50	252.30
4	—	350	306.00–311.00	308.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	417	268.00–293.00	280.24
28	—	865	209.00–215.00	212.02
6	—	659	220.00–227.00	224.01
12	—	584	238.00–240.00	238.32
35	—	622	225.00–240.00	231.48
66	—	790	205.00–236.00	234.93
5	—	479	264.00–267.00	265.82
29	—	717	204.00–235.00	222.23
24	—	827	220.00	220.00
2	—	510	238.00	238.00
4	—	385	282.50–292.00	287.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	941	179.00	179.00
19	—	682	210.00–219.00	217.57
13	—	477	234.00–250.00	243.43
2	—	383	250.00	250.00
2	—	263	260.00	260.00
4	—	636	216.00–218.00	217.00
14	—	576	223.00–233.00	227.53
11	—	527	225.00–235.00	229.79
19	—	435	240.00–260.00	249.05
2	—	723	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	252.00	252.00
3	—	773	233.00	233.00
2	—	503	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	760	255.00	255.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	444	1,085.00–1,150.00	1,111.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	675	1,875.00–1,950.00	1,912.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,103	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,178.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,080	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,175.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,425.00	1,425.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,232	93.00–110.00	104.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	974	109.00–123.00	113.97
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,066	88.00–96.00	93.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	166.00	166.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	776	40.00–62.00	53.90
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	785	65.00–73.00	68.30
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,350.00	1,350.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	167.00	167.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,632	122.00–131.00	127.43
2	—	1,098	105.00–106.00	105.40
5	—	1,588	112.00–127.00	119.49
1	—	2,045	134.00	134.00
3	—	1,682	111.00–113.00	111.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	817	68.00–69.00	68.17
7	—	911	52.00–57.00	53.83
12	—	832	63.00–92.50	70.00
7	—	823	59.00–62.00	60.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,176	70.00–90.00	74.52
56	—	1,262	76.00–110.50	97.22
46	—	1,086	85.00–93.00	88.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,381	84.00–106.00	101.30
22	—	1,160	105.50–113.00	108.42
30	—	1,263	90.00–95.00	93.35
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	913	73.00–75.00	73.13
3	—	955	88.00	88.00
12	—	950	77.00–84.00	79.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,166	50.00–82.00	54.29
14	—	1,064	83.00–94.00	89.39
37	—	1,127	64.00–105.00	94.28
10	—	1,061	67.00–110.00	84.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	90.00	90.00

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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