Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 179 priced lines covering 3,537 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,031 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 693 head. replacement cattle receipts at 215 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,031Last week 7,251Year ago 5,011

Slaughter CattleReceipts 693Last week 896Year ago 603

Replacement CattleReceipts 215Last week 145Year ago 251

Compared to last week: Steer and heifers calves sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, especially if unweaned. Yearlings were not well tested this week after early week drops in the feeder cattle index. Trade activity and demand were light to moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	209.00	209.00
4	—	527	194.00–205.00	199.64
6	—	619	180.00–207.00	192.21
4	—	777	173.00–182.00	177.38
6	—	585	194.00–206.00	201.36
4	—	667	192.00–197.00	194.48
2	—	808	179.00	179.00
4	—	957	151.00–156.00	153.48
4	—	361	237.00	237.00
2	—	723	184.00	184.00
1	—	910	150.00	150.00
13	—	467	220.00–227.00	224.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	497	197.00	197.00
11	—	514	210.00	210.00
14	—	685	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	204.00	204.00
1	—	965	160.00	160.00
11	—	522	234.00	234.00
17	—	570	200.00–244.00	210.13
11	—	354	268.00	268.00
19	—	474	236.00–245.00	239.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	409	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	202.00	202.00
26	—	693	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	531	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	413	260.00–273.00	265.57
9	—	1,016	194.00	194.00
13	—	534	226.00	226.00
99	—	770	219.00–222.50	220.32
27	—	619	210.00–224.00	214.89
142	—	725	212.00–227.00	222.88
6	—	453	259.00	259.00
20	—	330	260.00–326.00	312.61
18	—	667	216.00–221.00	220.31
12	—	885	200.00	200.00
28	—	841	215.00	215.00
18	—	353	245.00–265.00	250.54
4	—	577	213.00–214.00	213.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	385	250.00–262.00	260.11
61	—	418	230.50–255.00	240.62
26	—	482	210.00–244.00	228.56
6	—	308	285.00–312.00	301.65
96	—	517	215.00–225.00	220.64
1	—	290	275.00	275.00
26	—	572	206.00–224.00	217.77
30	—	654	200.00	200.00
65	—	618	195.00–213.00	203.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	589	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	197.00	197.00
6	—	809	172.50	172.50
3	—	712	168.00	168.00
14	—	484	198.00–218.00	208.32
2	—	338	226.00	226.00
2	—	513	190.00	190.00
21	—	631	140.00–198.00	178.89
3	—	558	192.00	192.00
16	—	384	219.00–220.00	219.87
2	—	968	140.00	140.00
12	—	430	202.00–214.00	208.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	791	216.00	216.00
10	—	522	192.00–210.00	199.21
4	—	1,113	164.00	164.00
19	—	289	293.00–295.00	293.52
14	—	915	172.00	172.00
41	—	495	200.00–249.00	223.11
7	—	616	183.00–204.00	197.91
8	—	331	267.00	267.00
55	—	431	243.00–256.00	251.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	180.00	180.00
3	—	497	201.00	201.00
5	—	431	201.00–206.00	202.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	576	196.00–206.00	200.71
9	—	380	233.00–240.00	237.08
5	—	297	275.00	275.00
39	—	477	200.00–229.00	216.33
3	—	715	180.00	180.00
3	—	313	245.00	245.00
41	—	634	174.00–191.00	185.13
21	—	411	206.00–230.00	227.73
8	—	522	200.00–208.00	204.16
Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	790	77.00	77.00
2	—	1,050	84.00	84.00
3	—	900	73.00	73.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	65.00	65.00
5	—	819	57.00–62.00	60.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	300.00	300.00
13	—	741	228.00	228.00
10	—	613	217.00–240.00	227.13
51	—	680	227.00–230.00	228.19
17	—	458	280.00	280.00
40	—	540	237.00–277.00	258.31
2	—	423	276.00	276.00
16	—	334	306.00–310.00	306.99
14	—	588	224.00–247.00	227.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	467	288.00–314.00	303.18
40	—	523	268.00–297.00	283.54
7	—	807	223.00–228.00	226.69
146	—	780	227.00–242.00	231.94
29	—	323	325.00–350.00	341.85
17	—	686	235.00–246.50	236.96
5	—	943	209.00	209.00
119	—	620	258.25–263.00	260.18
13	—	272	333.00	333.00
36	—	730	231.50–244.00	234.23
77	—	571	260.00–277.00	266.34
5	—	374	292.00–337.00	300.90
13	—	853	230.00	230.00
63	—	416	300.00–324.00	308.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	347	222.00	222.00
2	—	275	248.00	248.00
44	—	511	192.00–229.00	211.62
13	—	582	227.00–238.00	230.68
47	—	438	226.00	226.00
19	—	479	200.00–231.00	213.35
7	—	622	202.00–215.00	209.52
2	—	750	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	296	332.00–336.00	332.55
20	—	710	217.00–220.00	217.78
11	—	596	252.00	252.00
10	—	479	252.00	252.00
17	—	754	216.00	216.00
78	—	629	210.00–250.00	227.62
51	—	522	249.50–267.00	251.53
10	—	311	300.00–335.00	326.78
30	—	675	208.00–225.00	214.59
15	—	383	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	649	216.00	216.00
11	—	524	210.00–211.00	210.18
5	—	560	220.00	220.00
2	—	448	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	533	236.00–260.00	242.62
5	—	594	259.00	259.00
34	—	673	204.00	204.00
50	—	423	250.00–285.00	279.68
7	—	619	200.00–222.00	212.48
40	—	471	276.00–292.00	282.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	367	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	862	42.00–55.00	47.46
7	—	840	56.00–71.50	63.01
3	—	850	61.00–75.00	67.48
1	—	675	69.00	69.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	73.00–85.50	80.51
51	—	1,257	76.00–103.00	94.42
7	—	1,261	85.00–106.00	90.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,145	41.00–73.50	49.98
29	—	1,140	62.00–97.50	87.88
11	—	1,063	60.00–83.50	76.64
4	—	1,215	66.00–69.00	66.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,277	105.00–110.00	107.61
165	—	1,155	87.50–104.00	100.62
42	—	1,087	91.00–95.00	94.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	99.00–103.00	100.92
2	—	935	93.00–94.00	93.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	879	70.00–74.00	72.26
32	—	958	86.00–90.00	89.47
9	—	865	77.00–84.00	81.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,456	105.00–111.00	109.38
2	—	1,373	95.00–97.00	95.88
6	—	1,803	117.00–124.00	119.80
3	—	1,708	104.00–109.00	107.10
1	—	1,915	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	98.00	98.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,128	100.00–108.00	103.27
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,291	88.00–99.00	93.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	938	120.00	120.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	25	—	915	151.00–174.00	158.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	85.00	85.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	882	1,350.00–1,535.00	1,504.53
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	873	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,302	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	—	1,292	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,473.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,157	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,757.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,006	1,475.00–1,525.00	1,519.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,112	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,234	1,310.00–1,450.00	1,412.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	910	1,585.00	1,585.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,220	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,599.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,273.40

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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