Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 171 priced lines covering 4,463 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,663 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 808 head. replacement cattle receipts at 302 head. Counted as USDA files them — 75 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,663Last week 4,308Year ago 5,754

Slaughter CattleReceipts 808Last week 273Year ago 766

Replacement CattleReceipts 302Last week 64Year ago 177

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady; with cattle over 750 lbs selling steady to 4.00 lower, and under 750 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5.00 to as much as 15.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,189	119.00–125.00	121.55
26	—	1,254	125.00–145.00	134.47
35	—	1,364	100.00–137.00	126.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,180	112.00–119.00	116.09
26	—	1,238	115.00–141.00	126.58
95	—	1,354	112.00–135.00	126.76
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	861	86.00–91.00	89.41
8	—	802	76.00–83.00	80.26
10	—	983	102.00–118.00	106.96
2	—	805	102.00–104.00	102.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,428	133.00	133.00
41	—	1,163	115.00–130.00	123.80
20	—	1,080	69.00–89.00	83.63
44	—	1,171	97.50–113.00	105.87
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	883	115.00–119.00	116.99
12	—	886	110.00–121.00	113.73
2	—	843	105.00	105.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	121.00–122.00	121.48
1	—	895	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,025	128.00–144.00	136.87
3	—	978	143.00–192.00	159.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,708	144.00–159.00	150.95
4	—	1,803	160.00–163.00	160.96
4	—	1,285	125.00–135.00	131.22
13	—	1,584	129.50–148.00	138.68
17	—	1,790	145.00–164.00	153.56
7	—	1,440	120.00–132.00	127.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,515	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,106	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,976.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	56	—	636	3,250.00–3,750.00	3,533.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,455	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,490	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,285	3,550.00	3,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	526	1,725.00–1,950.00	1,862.93
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,033	150.00–166.00	160.26
(<2 yrs)	Open	36	—	968	140.00–151.00	142.70
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,215	134.00–144.00	136.78
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,154	106.00–130.00	120.46
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	837	1,500.00–1,950.00	1,797.70
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	823	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,431.46
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,143	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,126.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,340	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,131	1,300.00–2,100.00	1,885.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,179	1,725.00–1,975.00	1,817.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,198	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,700.00–2,400.00	2,087.82
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	24	—	1,312	2,075.00–2,475.00	2,349.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,915	3,500.00	3,500.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,425	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,200	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,405	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,855.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,850	3,000.00	3,000.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	1,650.00	1,650.00

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	260	330.00	330.00
2	350–400	395	357.00	357.00
10	400–450	421	300.00–340.00	308.03
18	450–500	491	307.00–332.50	309.86
20	500–550	530	303.00–312.00	308.61
2	550–600	553	298.00	298.00
14	600–650	621	250.00–294.00	268.10
7	650–700	675	255.00–269.00	259.46
35	700–750	736	234.00–246.00	244.63
13	750–800	762	244.00	244.00
46	800–850	836	223.50–234.00	226.55
45	850–900	875	222.00–225.00	224.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	538	271.00	271.00
5	600–650	643	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	375.00–415.00	396.97
4	250–300	269	355.00–420.00	382.47
10	300–350	326	375.00–420.00	407.34
30	350–400	381	340.00–403.00	376.41
49	400–450	427	320.00–394.00	354.64
55	450–500	477	293.00–365.00	331.01
157	500–550	518	280.00–350.00	327.29
24	550–600	573	265.00–309.00	280.83
30	600–650	611	250.00–308.00	281.36
74	650–700	662	240.00–283.00	271.35
156	700–750	724	242.00–265.00	253.51
25	750–800	754	230.00–250.00	242.20
567	800–850	833	228.00–241.50	238.92
235	850–900	874	202.00–241.25	236.07
175	950–1000	978	211.00–221.00	219.34
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	240.00–255.00	247.85
1	500–550	540	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	550	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	335.00	335.00
5	250–300	270	335.00	335.00
7	300–350	332	290.00–345.00	319.53
11	350–400	382	292.50–338.00	312.11
15	400–450	427	268.00–322.50	305.95
11	450–500	470	270.00–320.00	287.33
17	500–550	521	250.00–278.00	269.28
10	550–600	573	245.00–283.00	260.22
9	600–650	625	225.00–254.00	242.45
11	650–700	664	225.00–247.00	240.63
2	700–750	733	220.00	220.00
5	750–800	768	210.00–224.00	218.95
3	850–900	883	206.00	206.00
2	900–950	923	200.00	200.00
3	1000–1050	1,020	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	684	261.00	261.00
20	800–850	844	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	400.00	400.00
9	350–400	380	369.00–385.00	377.56
7	450–500	499	316.00	316.00
6	500–550	519	303.00–320.00	314.11
9	550–600	562	279.00	279.00
3	600–650	622	252.00	252.00
6	650–700	663	250.00–251.00	250.83
5	750–800	763	213.00	213.00
1	800–850	810	220.00	220.00
3	850–900	888	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	235.00	235.00
5	650–700	686	222.00–235.00	227.76
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	870	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	572	271.00	271.00
6	800–850	818	185.00–186.00	185.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	170	345.00–360.00	352.50
1	200–250	215	345.00	345.00
4	250–300	275	335.00–372.00	347.00
9	300–350	317	319.00–344.00	330.98
44	350–400	376	317.00–367.00	343.10
54	400–450	434	292.00–330.00	307.00
49	450–500	469	280.00–320.00	307.60
102	500–550	524	263.00–309.00	287.22
114	550–600	573	250.00–298.00	271.22
37	600–650	615	259.00–282.00	266.69
266	650–700	666	230.00–255.00	244.75
251	700–750	732	220.00–238.00	230.10
230	750–800	781	212.00–226.25	224.32
102	800–850	818	200.00–221.50	213.97
5	900–950	948	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	258	300.00–312.50	304.40
4	300–350	327	300.00–302.50	301.26
30	350–400	379	292.50–325.00	319.46
2	400–450	438	290.00	290.00
20	450–500	462	282.00–315.00	301.64
2	500–550	525	252.00	252.00
38	550–600	589	242.00–265.00	253.98
48	600–650	623	232.00–260.00	252.37
30	650–700	677	227.00–235.00	230.59
17	700–750	739	227.75	227.75
20	750–800	762	205.00–222.00	211.70
35	800–850	831	218.00	218.00
64	850–900	870	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	325.00	325.00
2	250–300	265	320.00–325.00	322.55
8	300–350	329	260.00–313.00	279.51
6	350–400	367	252.50–313.00	286.21
8	400–450	424	265.00–290.00	278.01
22	450–500	475	250.00–277.00	267.25
13	500–550	528	229.00–260.00	244.41
24	550–600	573	235.00–260.00	253.52
11	600–650	619	220.00–238.00	229.69
7	650–700	676	200.00–224.00	219.81
3	750–800	780	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	285.00	285.00
47	750–800	765	220.50–221.00	220.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	708	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	377	237.50–247.50	242.94
2	450–500	450	254.00	254.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	78.00	78.00
1	600–650	630	94.00	94.00
1	750–800	775	71.00	71.00

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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