Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 209 priced lines covering 4,627 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,403 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 565 head. replacement cattle receipts at 118 head. Counted as USDA files them — 27 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,403Last week 4,616Year ago 4,071

Slaughter CattleReceipts 565Last week 752Year ago 506

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 340Year ago 27

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady with instances 5.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Seasonably warm temperatures across the panhandle with chance of moisture going into the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,586	135.00–150.00	143.27
7	—	1,639	110.00–144.50	131.81
3	—	1,375	133.00–140.00	137.51
3	—	1,827	150.00–159.00	154.79
1	—	1,525	163.00	163.00
15	—	1,771	150.00–160.00	154.66
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,135	125.00	125.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	914	110.00–128.00	119.73
4	—	787	81.00–85.00	82.86
18	—	897	86.00–100.00	95.21
12	—	904	103.00–127.00	109.95
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	878	115.00–116.00	115.17
1	—	870	121.00	121.00
5	—	932	105.00–110.00	108.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	130.00–137.00	133.20
55	—	1,054	92.00–117.50	108.75
9	—	987	90.00–103.00	97.00
53	—	1,070	105.00–129.50	120.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,386	133.00–143.00	138.88
58	—	1,314	98.00–136.00	124.67
9	—	1,345	110.00–118.00	114.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	125.00	125.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,262	105.00–122.00	118.61
73	—	1,307	113.00–133.00	124.86
19	—	1,174	132.00–149.00	141.42

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	4	—	904	164.00–170.00	167.30
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,082	111.00–125.00	113.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,064	130.00–135.00	132.32
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,060	191.00	191.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	948	171.00–177.00	172.87
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,237	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,969.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,245	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,114.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	1,900.00–1,950.00	1,925.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,775.00–1,800.00	1,787.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,418	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,625	2,550.00	2,550.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,210	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	610	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,204.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,335	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	2,300.00	2,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	988	2,225.00–2,350.00	2,286.71
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	558	1,475.00–1,800.00	1,611.78
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	928	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,973.05
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	1,400.00	1,400.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	236	457.00	457.00
11	300–350	320	422.00	422.00
24	500–550	532	328.00–340.00	331.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	345.00	345.00
22	350–400	371	312.00–400.00	388.08
19	400–450	441	308.00–350.00	343.28
41	450–500	482	306.00–328.00	320.80
11	500–550	527	290.00–314.00	305.76
2	550–600	580	272.00	272.00
6	600–650	629	251.00–283.00	262.24
5	650–700	659	250.00	250.00
74	700–750	736	236.50–239.00	236.63
25	750–800	767	228.00–236.00	232.68
21	800–850	810	216.00–224.00	217.55
13	850–900	867	209.50	209.50
17	900–950	925	208.00	208.00
13	1000–1050	1,019	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	400.00	400.00
1	150–200	155	395.00	395.00
6	200–250	208	360.00–385.00	364.80
7	250–300	271	352.50–400.00	383.67
20	300–350	324	355.00–437.00	394.57
23	350–400	372	330.00–400.00	371.07
34	400–450	425	290.00–367.00	322.18
54	450–500	467	282.00–352.00	316.59
52	500–550	526	273.00–333.00	298.62
76	550–600	579	255.00–312.00	289.86
81	600–650	626	248.00–293.00	271.15
78	650–700	664	238.00–286.00	265.03
64	700–750	726	225.00–255.00	250.53
143	750–800	766	220.00–252.00	248.44
199	800–850	818	198.00–244.50	233.55
257	850–900	874	216.00–228.00	224.87
528	900–950	919	185.00–224.50	220.58
1	950–1000	980	193.00	193.00
4	1000–1050	1,010	202.00	202.00
35	1050–1100	1,058	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	238.00–255.00	246.50
3	450–500	473	243.00–248.00	244.67
1	550–600	580	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	160	300.00	300.00
1	200–250	205	325.00	325.00
1	250–300	280	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	342	298.00–310.00	302.64
12	350–400	377	276.00–335.00	303.49
20	400–450	425	272.00–355.00	308.69
17	450–500	473	250.00–280.00	274.57
23	500–550	529	170.00–270.00	260.50
11	550–600	577	235.00–267.00	249.53
13	600–650	627	233.00–245.00	242.80
11	650–700	678	220.00–243.00	233.35
10	700–750	713	215.00–230.00	225.36
16	750–800	784	200.00–229.00	214.81
3	800–850	815	211.00	211.00
5	850–900	873	202.00–216.00	207.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	234.00	234.00
3	450–500	470	237.00	237.00
2	500–550	548	257.00	257.00
2	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	663	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	808	230.00	230.00
3	850–900	882	215.00	215.00
4	900–950	943	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	545	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	855	195.00	195.00
1	900–950	925	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	625	229.00	229.00
8	650–700	687	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	621	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	310.00	310.00
24	350–400	365	279.00–300.00	293.58
22	400–450	426	240.00–280.00	243.63
31	450–500	476	270.00–286.00	279.54
47	500–550	524	237.00–272.00	247.84
9	550–600	582	252.00–253.00	252.68
49	600–650	635	244.00–245.00	244.23
12	650–700	661	230.00–244.50	239.74
8	700–750	735	191.00–205.00	200.20
236	750–800	770	206.00–225.00	216.59
2	850–900	868	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	495	220.00	220.00
6	500–550	528	220.00–235.00	225.91
7	550–600	581	220.00–225.00	222.13
1	650–700	665	185.00	185.00
1	700–750	730	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	679	220.00	220.00
42	700–750	738	208.00–210.00	209.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	748	224.00	224.00
43	750–800	784	206.50–214.00	211.57
58	850–900	892	200.25	200.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	380.00	380.00
17	200–250	241	337.00	337.00
13	250–300	279	325.00–367.00	352.59
13	300–350	325	315.00–340.00	334.23
21	350–400	367	290.00–358.00	328.15
69	400–450	415	278.00–319.00	305.96
41	450–500	481	259.00–295.00	270.09
84	500–550	525	250.00–305.00	273.75
48	550–600	576	245.00–270.00	254.14
35	600–650	620	235.00–260.00	248.77
40	650–700	673	228.00–247.00	243.21
171	700–750	713	213.00–235.00	229.33
28	750–800	753	210.00–230.00	220.03
62	800–850	824	209.00–212.00	211.13
213	850–900	882	205.50–210.00	206.36
4	900–950	911	200.00	200.00
32	950–1000	963	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	315.00	315.00
9	250–300	267	271.00–310.00	276.26
5	300–350	330	295.00–305.00	299.51
8	350–400	376	252.00–288.00	266.88
11	400–450	418	258.00–275.00	266.08
17	450–500	471	233.00–271.00	248.35
11	500–550	518	235.00–264.00	250.71
43	550–600	566	218.00–243.00	230.17
31	600–650	629	212.00–225.00	217.11
20	650–700	673	210.00–225.00	218.56
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	815	175.00–185.00	180.06
1	900–950	930	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	472	227.00–242.00	237.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	497	309.00	309.00
7	600–650	621	242.00	242.00
14	700–750	738	228.00	228.00
53	750–800	762	194.00–228.00	223.58
33	950–1000	967	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	262	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	341	380.00	380.00
6	450–500	460	359.00	359.00
12	500–550	501	310.00	310.00
4	550–600	569	310.00	310.00
5	850–900	887	187.00	187.00
4	900–950	946	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	260.00–274.00	266.82
2	500–550	500	258.00	258.00
4	550–600	583	250.00–255.00	252.54
4	600–650	642	225.00–230.00	227.51
1	700–750	740	175.00	175.00
3	800–850	825	145.00–217.00	193.45
1	850–900	895	140.00	140.00
1	900–950	905	163.00	163.00
1	1100–1150	1,110	128.00	128.00
1	1200–1250	1,215	136.00	136.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	77.00	77.00
3	650–700	659	55.00–64.00	60.95
1	700–750	740	76.00	76.00
2	750–800	778	81.00	81.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	905	94.00	94.00
1	950–1000	970	107.00	107.00
1	1150–1200	1,175	99.00	99.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	731	157.00	157.00

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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