Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 140 priced lines covering 2,731 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,374 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 444 head. replacement cattle receipts at 59 head. Counted as USDA files them — 9 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,374Last week 4,133Year ago 4,940

Slaughter CattleReceipts 444Last week 822Year ago 642

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 294Year ago 23

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Trades early in the week saw the declines following the CME cattle boards, the boards rebounded late week and saw an increased trend. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	200.00–266.00	252.35
2	550–600	593	258.00	258.00
8	600–650	608	226.00–270.00	250.58
4	650–700	662	230.00–238.00	233.96
2	750–800	788	188.00	188.00
5	850–900	895	183.00–190.00	185.78
1	900–950	900	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	287.00	287.00
9	600–650	642	250.00	250.00
7	650–700	672	236.00	236.00
1	700–750	720	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	375.00	375.00
7	400–450	423	336.00–340.00	338.82
4	550–600	596	250.00	250.00
6	600–650	646	260.00	260.00
2	700–750	735	218.00	218.00
1	750–800	770	216.00	216.00
1	850–900	870	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	765	216.00	216.00
56	850–900	886	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	367.50	367.50
2	350–400	350	337.50	337.50
16	400–450	434	330.00–342.00	338.93
9	450–500	476	300.00–335.00	322.50
28	500–550	521	280.00–323.00	312.08
2	550–600	598	282.00	282.00
31	600–650	624	242.50–283.00	273.61
37	650–700	664	230.00–265.00	260.94
21	700–750	709	240.00–245.00	241.66
12	750–800	760	209.00–248.00	232.84
12	850–900	867	210.00–219.00	216.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	731	230.00	230.00
5	1000–1050	1,028	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	604	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	666	257.00–260.00	259.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	285	320.00–322.50	321.01
2	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
4	350–400	356	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	443	322.00	322.00
6	450–500	471	298.00–308.00	301.47
7	500–550	520	266.00–276.00	271.98
6	550–600	558	270.00–272.00	271.34
4	600–650	617	248.00	248.00
9	650–700	668	206.00–247.00	231.84
21	700–750	738	228.00–232.00	228.74
2	750–800	755	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	250–300	296	405.00–409.00	405.34
21	300–350	326	385.00–421.00	394.64
47	350–400	388	377.00–414.00	386.46
42	400–450	433	349.00–380.00	368.37
59	450–500	476	320.00–365.00	353.35
92	500–550	536	310.00–350.00	338.11
10	550–600	570	292.00–313.00	310.81
70	600–650	616	280.00–305.00	301.28
30	650–700	681	247.00–267.00	259.92
68	700–750	736	241.00–257.50	248.93
91	750–800	764	235.00–252.50	246.67
68	800–850	844	227.50–241.00	229.85
201	850–900	878	216.00–228.00	226.58
8	950–1000	953	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	295.00	295.00
6	300–350	334	320.00–322.50	321.72
24	350–400	393	300.00–324.00	310.67
1	400–450	445	243.00	243.00
7	450–500	484	288.00–298.00	295.35
34	500–550	533	245.00–263.00	254.17
32	550–600	568	210.00–265.00	249.87
30	600–650	613	222.00–250.00	237.49
39	700–750	728	210.00–214.00	211.60
13	750–800	767	200.00	200.00
4	800–850	810	197.00	197.00
22	900–950	912	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	791	204.00	204.00
10	850–900	892	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	265.00	265.00
3	350–400	382	302.50	302.50
4	400–450	400	220.00	220.00
9	450–500	490	260.00–266.00	262.64
5	500–550	533	230.00–236.00	233.69
11	550–600	571	222.00–240.00	231.52
9	600–650	624	220.00–231.00	226.38
5	650–700	675	214.00–231.00	224.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
51	650–700	698	209.50	209.50
9	700–750	745	207.00	207.00
23	800–850	823	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	332	342.50–361.00	360.21
9	350–400	361	319.00	319.00
62	400–450	421	281.00–332.00	316.12
26	450–500	464	270.00–308.00	286.54
45	500–550	511	270.00–300.00	286.74
64	550–600	579	245.00–272.50	257.92
21	600–650	626	233.00–246.00	238.53
76	650–700	674	220.00–231.00	228.81
12	700–750	720	215.00–220.00	216.96
238	750–800	773	210.00–223.00	213.26
102	800–850	828	207.00–215.00	211.15
38	850–900	871	199.00–205.00	202.42
19	900–950	929	205.00	205.00
1	950–1000	970	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	566	230.00	230.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	720	93.00	93.00
1	950–1000	985	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	696	113.00	113.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,873.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,035	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,115	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,280	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,972.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,237	1,775.00	1,775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	675	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	582	1,575.00	1,575.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	900	2,800.00	2,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,408	113.00–117.00	114.89
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	932	173.00–197.00	189.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	135.00	135.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	953	171.00–183.00	181.94
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	953	187.00–190.00	188.57
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,459	136.00	136.00
1	—	1,700	143.50	143.50
6	—	1,411	123.00–143.00	132.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,232	115.00–121.00	119.02
46	—	1,413	126.00–138.00	133.51
5	—	1,291	139.00–140.00	139.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,116	117.00–130.00	123.05
12	—	910	90.00–100.00	93.71
52	—	1,086	100.00–118.00	110.61
11	—	1,113	132.00–139.00	135.88
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	961	109.00–131.00	115.27
3	—	917	98.00	98.00
51	—	920	93.00–114.00	103.02
4	—	957	126.00–129.00	128.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,845	150.00–163.00	157.07
1	—	1,705	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,765	162.00–166.00	163.34
1	—	1,925	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,520	115.00–147.00	133.21
1	—	1,990	161.50	161.50
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,101	138.00–173.00	164.79

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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