Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 204 priced lines covering 3,663 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,133 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 822 head. replacement cattle receipts at 294 head. Counted as USDA files them — 73 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,133Last week 5,663Year ago 4,104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 822Last week 808Year ago 576

Replacement CattleReceipts 294Last week 302Year ago 183

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower, with some light weight stocker calves trading steady to 3.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 5.00 higher.

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	920	155.00	155.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	40	—	1,071	113.00–132.00	128.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	949	139.00–143.00	140.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	9	—	1,635	2,050.00–4,300.00	3,532.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,800	2,900.00–4,600.00	4,098.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	—	1,473	3,500.00–3,900.00	3,699.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	833	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,452.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,080	1,220.00–1,240.00	1,227.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,167	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,781.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	860	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,385	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,851.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,066	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,922.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,056	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,568.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,022	1,850.00–2,300.00	2,044.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	607	1,275.00–1,975.00	1,543.73
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,131	1,900.00–2,650.00	2,377.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,318	2,100.00–2,900.00	2,502.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,230	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,393.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,043	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,862.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,418	3,200.00–3,600.00	3,408.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,175	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,171	1,850.00–2,350.00	2,082.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	623	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,359.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,273	2,550.00–2,750.00	2,654.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	2,850.00	2,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	965	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,673.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	1,800.00	1,800.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	624	210.00–225.00	219.99
8	650–700	678	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	410.00	410.00
2	200–250	220	400.00	400.00
4	250–300	270	327.50–370.00	344.35
23	300–350	330	310.00–332.00	321.54
19	350–400	377	298.00–338.00	319.97
55	400–450	428	260.00–336.00	298.57
109	450–500	474	286.00–330.00	301.41
92	500–550	532	268.00–310.00	276.68
44	550–600	570	227.00–275.00	264.20
82	600–650	623	244.00–265.00	249.82
68	650–700	665	238.00–270.00	242.18
82	700–750	727	218.00–255.00	223.78
124	750–800	782	213.00–248.00	215.04
26	800–850	810	204.00–230.00	212.34
50	850–900	856	189.00–209.00	206.99
52	900–950	910	194.00–204.00	203.60
12	950–1000	967	194.00–202.00	196.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	140	295.00	295.00
1	150–200	170	285.00	285.00
1	200–250	245	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	250	270.00	270.00
13	300–350	320	253.00–345.00	282.29
19	350–400	382	250.00–290.00	269.77
9	400–450	434	255.00–285.00	272.13
10	450–500	476	245.00–273.00	262.71
12	500–550	527	202.00–265.00	231.30
11	550–600	566	175.00–250.00	221.41
6	600–650	624	175.00–245.00	213.04
45	650–700	686	195.00–245.00	200.65
8	750–800	766	181.00–198.00	185.23
5	850–900	896	195.00	195.00
7	1050–1100	1,052	170.00	170.00
14	1150–1200	1,163	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	282.50	282.50
16	300–350	316	302.50–320.00	308.76
20	350–400	373	285.00–317.50	303.50
36	400–450	431	280.00–298.00	280.95
16	450–500	461	260.00	260.00
13	500–550	534	254.00–279.00	269.37
2	550–600	558	252.00	252.00
19	600–650	644	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	650	240.00	240.00
8	700–750	741	213.00	213.00
48	750–800	796	212.00	212.00
71	800–850	811	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	528	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	634	220.00	220.00
3	700–750	735	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	597	214.00	214.00
6	700–750	724	205.00	205.00
6	800–850	813	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	238.00	238.00
3	250–300	278	200.00–233.00	221.54
1	300–350	305	233.00	233.00
1	350–400	355	228.00	228.00
2	450–500	458	225.00–233.00	229.07
2	500–550	515	165.00–240.00	203.23
1	550–600	585	160.00	160.00
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	653	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	790	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	423	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	240	370.00–435.00	408.02
5	250–300	280	410.00–450.00	419.68
12	300–350	327	375.00–420.00	399.62
37	350–400	372	343.00–410.00	369.71
61	400–450	418	325.00–400.00	367.04
69	450–500	467	308.00–369.00	346.95
42	500–550	532	298.00–345.00	325.03
63	550–600	577	295.00–315.00	306.01
48	600–650	616	279.00–325.00	296.56
76	650–700	675	260.00–330.00	283.29
87	700–750	740	245.00–265.00	254.94
23	750–800	750	240.00–252.50	251.41
81	800–850	822	220.00–238.00	230.18
90	850–900	885	215.00–226.00	222.18
100	900–950	913	217.00–228.75	224.13
54	950–1000	951	213.50–220.00	213.77
12	1050–1100	1,088	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	231	307.50–310.00	308.79
6	250–300	280	245.00–345.00	306.64
23	300–350	328	240.00–345.00	305.75
20	350–400	382	258.00–335.00	305.64
19	400–450	419	240.00–320.00	294.08
27	450–500	472	255.00–320.00	298.76
21	500–550	518	245.00–300.00	260.33
4	550–600	569	175.00–278.00	250.80
34	600–650	646	256.00–285.00	257.10
8	650–700	693	214.00–258.00	219.44
6	700–750	727	220.00–228.00	223.34
28	750–800	769	213.00–228.00	220.79
3	800–850	832	211.00–230.00	217.24
3	900–950	918	210.00	210.00
7	950–1000	984	195.00–213.00	202.72
8	1050–1100	1,089	179.00	179.00
2	1150–1200	1,150	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	288	370.00–372.50	371.65
9	300–350	305	355.00–365.00	361.62
6	350–400	376	334.00–369.00	351.27
8	400–450	420	334.00–357.00	348.34
36	450–500	479	320.00–337.00	327.31
8	500–550	537	312.00–315.00	313.91
15	550–600	578	257.00–290.00	272.77
38	600–650	618	243.00–272.00	257.62
15	650–700	670	244.00–268.00	253.66
32	700–750	736	240.00–245.00	241.87
27	750–800	775	233.00–239.00	237.17
79	850–900	872	217.00–229.75	225.99
9	950–1000	965	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	272.50	272.50
2	350–400	385	288.00	288.00
7	450–500	473	280.00–287.00	282.38
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	270.00–275.00	272.75
3	300–350	323	185.00–250.00	222.19
7	350–400	366	248.00–255.00	250.41
1	400–450	445	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	478	225.00–250.00	241.64
3	500–550	530	185.00–235.00	219.12
3	550–600	583	135.00–163.00	144.44
2	600–650	608	145.00–158.00	151.53
1	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	687	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	230.00	230.00
4	500–550	510	200.00–250.00	236.89
13	550–600	577	145.00–240.00	205.51
5	600–650	614	145.00–220.00	177.02
6	750–800	783	218.00	218.00
2	800–850	808	186.00	186.00
2	850–900	878	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	493	326.00–332.00	326.73
4	500–550	530	293.00	293.00
13	650–700	661	238.00–250.00	245.27
12	700–750	738	235.00–240.00	237.05
12	800–850	815	196.00–214.00	203.59
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
1	550–600	585	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	266.00	266.00
4	750–800	785	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	237.00	237.00
7	500–550	509	236.00	236.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	456	247.00	247.00
6	500–550	508	240.00	240.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	730	93.00	93.00
1	750–800	795	104.00	104.00
24	850–900	853	100.00	100.00
22	950–1000	962	104.00–106.00	105.54
1	1000–1050	1,020	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	114.00–116.00	115.00
11	—	935	87.00–103.00	96.11
26	—	945	95.00–114.00	108.02
3	—	762	88.00	88.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,054	101.00–115.00	110.15
15	—	1,059	81.00–97.00	94.02
9	—	1,193	134.00–140.00	138.31
115	—	1,178	106.00–130.00	122.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	798	120.00–125.00	123.32
3	—	875	114.00–117.00	115.63
2	—	710	110.00–111.00	110.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,100	115.00–117.00	116.09
91	—	1,313	115.00–136.00	129.03
20	—	1,141	119.00–141.00	128.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	907	127.00–133.00	129.69
1	—	845	124.00	124.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,134	120.00–126.00	124.85
62	—	1,277	120.00–142.00	131.08
9	—	1,238	139.00–146.00	142.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,826	155.00–164.00	158.63
8	—	1,721	138.00–154.00	148.01
1	—	1,950	144.00	144.00
1	—	1,300	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,750	161.00–165.00	163.11
3	—	1,808	135.00–143.00	139.20

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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