Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 183 priced lines covering 3,531 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,308 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 273 head. replacement cattle receipts at 64 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,308Last week 7,360Year ago 6,277

Slaughter CattleReceipts 273Last week 892Year ago 608

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 176Year ago 4

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher, some stocker calves 8.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	970	1,575.00–1,900.00	1,699.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,342	1,950.00–2,500.00	2,312.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,218	1,650.00–2,350.00	2,121.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,228	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,869.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,086	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,670.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,323.74
Bred Cows — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	698	750.00–975.00	863.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,267	121.00–124.00	122.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	128.00	128.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	953	155.00	155.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	149.00	149.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	405	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,850.00	2,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,238	2,050.00–2,300.00	2,176.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,105	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,717.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	750	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,168	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,031.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,785	2,900.00	2,900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	310.00	310.00
13	300–350	337	340.00–366.00	345.82
2	350–400	388	376.00	376.00
10	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	473	334.00	334.00
41	500–550	537	256.00–301.00	271.67
5	550–600	581	260.00–289.00	277.32
40	600–650	620	253.00–265.00	261.44
15	650–700	672	250.00–258.00	252.68
5	700–750	716	236.00–240.00	237.59
49	800–850	832	226.50–232.00	226.84
152	850–900	875	218.00–223.50	222.72
7	900–950	911	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	647	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	687	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	125	525.00	525.00
2	150–200	163	375.00–400.00	387.31
1	200–250	235	405.00	405.00
4	250–300	271	350.00–400.00	378.11
16	300–350	327	375.00–410.00	389.61
31	350–400	365	355.00–400.00	386.18
15	400–450	432	323.00–355.00	339.49
25	450–500	465	300.00–362.00	340.83
42	500–550	521	285.00–327.00	307.13
79	550–600	578	267.00–335.00	282.29
18	600–650	611	265.00–323.00	275.61
77	650–700	674	253.00–285.00	263.97
136	700–750	726	230.00–256.50	251.98
24	750–800	778	230.00–244.00	240.85
213	800–850	827	237.00–248.50	242.00
201	850–900	870	224.00–240.00	235.13
94	900–950	940	210.00–229.50	228.50
21	950–1000	987	214.50	214.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	275.00	275.00
6	300–350	324	305.00–350.00	330.23
19	350–400	381	308.00–350.00	330.11
26	400–450	425	290.00–335.00	313.38
41	450–500	470	270.00–317.50	301.86
31	500–550	520	258.00–287.00	275.67
27	550–600	576	243.00–277.00	265.47
19	600–650	619	240.00–268.00	253.33
14	650–700	689	230.00–249.00	245.79
17	700–750	720	200.00–226.00	218.48
20	750–800	786	190.00–228.00	221.77
7	800–850	829	178.00–217.00	203.04
8	850–900	877	198.00–215.00	202.48
1	900–950	905	185.00	185.00
5	950–1000	954	203.00	203.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	142.00	142.00
5	1050–1100	1,056	181.00	181.00
4	1150–1200	1,159	145.00	145.00
3	1250–1300	1,275	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	640	244.00	244.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	735	218.00	218.00
1	850–900	875	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	729	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	357.00	357.00
8	600–650	619	252.00	252.00
20	700–750	745	220.00–235.00	220.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	517	257.50–268.00	262.68
5	550–600	576	255.00–268.00	263.08
1	600–650	635	258.00	258.00
3	650–700	672	238.00–245.00	241.03
6	700–750	722	200.00–220.00	214.27
4	750–800	789	150.00–220.00	198.88
4	800–850	816	183.00–196.00	191.13
2	850–900	865	155.00–175.00	164.88
2	900–950	918	136.00–168.00	152.04
2	950–1000	978	153.00–187.00	169.78
1	1100–1150	1,100	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	618	250.00	250.00
6	850–900	897	172.00	172.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	350.00	350.00
4	250–300	289	330.00–390.00	352.27
23	300–350	309	325.00–399.00	368.94
22	350–400	383	325.00–365.00	334.92
34	400–450	426	290.00–329.00	306.83
29	450–500	483	282.00–321.00	293.99
38	500–550	529	270.00–305.00	284.66
67	550–600	571	250.00–280.00	271.35
46	600–650	626	245.00–280.00	250.26
3	650–700	665	243.00–245.00	244.33
69	700–750	707	220.00–235.00	221.78
164	750–800	783	212.00–227.00	222.21
276	800–850	828	209.00–224.75	221.81
11	850–900	860	213.00	213.00
26	950–1000	976	183.50	183.50
18	1050–1100	1,093	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	699	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	642	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	500–550	538	305.50	305.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	305.00	305.00
6	250–300	273	305.00–310.00	308.29
7	300–350	345	331.00	331.00
8	350–400	362	317.50–320.00	319.08
20	400–450	438	272.00–310.00	292.40
11	450–500	476	271.00–277.00	272.69
53	500–550	522	254.00–282.00	261.56
8	550–600	580	250.50	250.50
86	600–650	619	240.00–247.00	243.73
2	650–700	688	232.00	232.00
2	700–750	748	206.00	206.00
56	750–800	755	221.75	221.75
28	800–850	810	215.75	215.75
14	850–900	863	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	278.00–285.00	281.53
5	350–400	388	265.00–285.00	277.02
3	400–450	433	245.00–265.00	256.77
2	450–500	490	250.00–255.00	252.47
2	550–600	583	224.00–235.00	229.52
1	600–650	645	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	288.00	288.00
6	250–300	277	237.50–320.00	286.22
4	300–350	331	290.00–325.00	312.75
9	350–400	376	280.00–325.00	302.90
1	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
35	450–500	480	260.00–280.00	265.33
30	500–550	521	216.00–265.00	245.80
42	550–600	574	218.00–260.00	232.52
17	600–650	620	210.00–240.00	224.13
21	650–700	673	210.00–238.00	220.75
4	700–750	732	183.00–220.00	191.85
5	750–800	759	210.00	210.00
1	900–950	915	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	642	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	542	247.00	247.00
14	700–750	731	210.00	210.00
33	750–800	762	215.00	215.00
9	800–850	800	200.00	200.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	765	101.00	101.00
3	800–850	824	96.00–101.00	97.65
1	850–900	895	102.00	102.00
6	900–950	911	95.00–105.00	101.34
3	950–1000	965	103.00	103.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,774	145.00–159.00	154.40
5	—	1,808	160.00–166.00	161.89
3	—	1,718	129.00–130.00	129.64
5	—	1,565	132.00–141.00	136.47
6	—	1,256	125.00–139.00	130.77
11	—	1,917	141.00–159.00	149.14
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	933	100.00	100.00
1	—	970	114.00	114.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	125.00	125.00
1	—	980	137.00	137.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,278	126.00–145.00	133.60
26	—	1,336	112.00–129.00	121.82
4	—	1,293	110.00–116.00	112.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	100.00	100.00
3	—	887	85.50–100.00	91.44
6	—	753	85.00–90.00	87.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,145	130.00–133.00	131.20
3	—	859	85.00–89.00	87.52
22	—	1,122	107.00–128.00	118.24
7	—	1,020	96.00–110.00	103.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,157	103.00–110.00	106.91
41	—	1,252	107.00–131.00	120.68
17	—	1,297	115.00–137.00	127.17

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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