Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 202 priced lines covering 4,970 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,823 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 713 head. replacement cattle receipts at 66 head. Counted as USDA files them — 14 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,823Last week 4,631Year ago 5,371

Slaughter CattleReceipts 713Last week 690Year ago 1,326

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 60Year ago 296

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower, with instances as much as 20.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	319	280.00–302.00	290.70
23	—	672	203.00–218.00	209.37
18	—	578	240.00–250.00	245.46
25	—	486	253.00–285.00	271.24
24	—	759	171.00	171.00
2	—	248	297.00	297.00
19	—	375	181.00–297.00	273.17
31	—	419	274.00–285.00	281.17
68	—	613	214.00–231.00	217.08
25	—	527	245.00–267.00	257.01
13	—	722	199.00–215.00	207.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	171.00	171.00
52	—	580	194.00–242.00	220.19
2	—	325	257.00	257.00
11	—	630	202.00–210.00	206.33
17	—	832	173.00–181.00	175.90
35	—	381	250.00–275.00	259.14
5	—	786	177.00–178.00	177.39
23	—	475	250.00–262.00	253.85
13	—	716	180.00–190.00	185.60
11	—	425	252.00–269.00	265.49
9	—	531	230.00–240.00	236.63
2	—	210	250.00	250.00
82	—	684	191.00–206.00	193.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	216.00	216.00
14	—	484	230.00–248.00	240.20
11	—	582	202.00–220.00	208.73
2	—	418	248.00	248.00
4	—	368	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	806	202.00	202.00
8	—	547	234.00	234.00
44	—	697	215.50	215.50
6	—	774	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	724	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	738	184.00	184.00
9	—	657	210.00	210.00
3	—	427	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	712	214.00	214.00
19	—	463	280.00–285.00	283.39
84	—	677	211.00–221.50	217.68
15	—	623	224.00–230.00	226.86
2	—	430	285.00	285.00
16	—	530	245.00–247.00	246.64
6	—	356	284.00	284.00
1	—	290	285.00	285.00
3	—	597	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	909	200.00–208.00	206.87
7	—	829	219.00	219.00
4	—	785	219.00	219.00
43	—	717	233.00–235.00	234.55
4	—	568	257.00	257.00
8	—	526	283.00	283.00
27	—	663	253.00	253.00
5	—	483	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,008	174.00	174.00
86	—	761	217.50–218.00	217.60
10	—	915	190.00	190.00
86	—	633	227.00–246.00	233.68
313	—	809	214.00–216.00	215.26
55	—	516	245.00–286.00	268.30
70	—	863	205.50	205.50
3	—	293	320.00	320.00
178	—	678	222.00–240.00	225.25
7	—	972	165.00–166.00	165.57
75	—	466	261.00–290.00	274.66
16	—	330	312.00–323.00	317.60
115	—	575	232.00–261.00	248.33
25	—	430	287.00–304.00	296.23
34	—	379	304.00–317.00	310.39
104	—	733	208.00–224.00	217.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	203.00	203.00
22	—	377	180.00–245.00	236.06
4	—	275	211.00	211.00
14	—	676	176.00–186.00	178.78
11	—	550	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	353	277.00	277.00
10	—	479	235.00–250.00	245.44
4	—	599	215.00	215.00
61	—	621	185.00–200.00	193.14
10	—	542	218.00–229.00	223.50
31	—	433	225.00–257.00	241.84
39	—	674	186.00–195.50	193.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	805	213.00	213.00
7	—	430	259.00	259.00
42	—	636	225.00–235.00	233.71
14	—	565	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	523	218.00–259.00	235.60
26	—	661	205.00–228.00	213.07
78	—	805	175.00–190.00	187.45
205	—	575	200.00–241.00	222.27
2	—	930	169.00	169.00
6	—	875	176.00	176.00
194	—	773	192.00–212.00	198.84
97	—	622	208.00–211.00	208.99
91	—	481	233.00–262.00	253.27
6	—	337	276.00–301.00	283.91
44	—	384	250.00–297.50	262.80
58	—	425	238.00–275.00	251.36
98	—	729	185.00–222.00	191.51
2	—	250	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	621	190.00–204.00	194.58
14	—	373	250.00–262.50	257.65
42	—	524	202.00–222.00	208.54
66	—	564	181.00–213.00	190.02
68	—	716	183.00–204.00	203.35
47	—	420	223.00–242.00	233.68
2	—	788	175.00	175.00
35	—	670	190.00–194.00	191.42
32	—	480	214.00–242.50	230.07
34	—	323	230.00–266.00	246.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	218.00–220.00	219.08
14	—	635	177.00–187.00	181.66
4	—	521	182.00–190.00	185.94
5	—	342	222.00–230.00	226.88
4	—	654	180.00	180.00
58	—	572	178.00–202.00	190.92
20	—	492	206.00–222.00	212.08
7	—	429	212.00–228.00	217.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	230.00	230.00
12	—	715	190.00	190.00
8	—	580	198.00	198.00
5	—	699	180.00	180.00
4	—	406	226.00	226.00
6	—	503	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	684	172.00	172.00
9	—	472	191.00–200.00	195.54
2	—	393	206.00	206.00
2	—	448	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	673	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	727	193.00	193.00
22	—	605	215.00–234.00	229.65
6	—	543	220.00	220.00
5	—	490	241.00	241.00
38	—	665	190.00–211.00	205.31
5	—	867	175.00	175.00
35	—	579	204.00–237.00	224.85
7	—	380	286.00	286.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	532	212.00–220.00	214.17
2	—	760	168.00	168.00
2	—	735	165.00	165.00
5	—	654	192.00–195.00	193.19
11	—	609	191.00–205.00	196.28
15	—	572	212.00–218.00	214.25
16	—	861	140.00	140.00
14	—	488	214.00–232.00	224.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	170.00	170.00
13	—	686	171.00–182.00	177.85
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	61.00	61.00
1	—	660	46.00	46.00
1	—	725	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,030	50.00	50.00
1	—	995	66.00	66.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	76.00	76.00
2	—	905	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,050	70.00	70.00
5	—	819	70.00–72.00	70.81
4	—	978	60.00–74.00	70.60
Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	92.00	92.00
50	—	1,105	80.00–91.00	90.21
2	—	983	83.00–88.00	85.53
6	—	1,070	86.00–95.00	88.01
10	—	1,002	85.00–90.00	89.09
2	—	1,170	84.00–89.00	86.50
Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	91.00	91.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	588	1,350.00–1,585.00	1,410.69
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	618	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,723.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,060	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,453.30
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,314	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,458.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,625.00	1,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,332	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,389.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,735.00	1,735.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	1,000.00	1,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,345	89.00	89.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,127	95.00	95.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	977	134.00–157.00	139.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	895	111.00	111.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,611	90.00–104.00	96.38
2	—	1,648	105.00–111.00	107.65
5	—	1,484	88.00–99.00	93.98
12	—	1,394	100.00–107.50	103.11
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	72.00	72.00
23	—	882	85.00–88.00	86.41
3	—	885	83.00	83.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	928	48.00–55.00	53.93
4	—	913	68.00	68.00
17	—	760	58.00–79.00	61.55
16	—	880	62.00–90.00	67.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,286	85.00–105.00	88.39
68	—	1,092	70.00–80.00	73.24
181	—	1,239	76.00–100.50	86.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,087	66.00–68.00	66.63
50	—	1,070	56.00–85.00	70.31
5	—	1,083	50.00–62.00	52.82
35	—	1,099	61.00–96.00	85.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,258	82.00–93.00	90.27
3	—	1,049	106.00–109.00	107.96
28	—	1,552	80.00–95.50	88.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	91.00–94.00	91.97

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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