Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 140 priced lines covering 4,381 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,887 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 729 head. replacement cattle receipts at 138 head. Counted as USDA files them — 23 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,887Last week 5,604Year ago 2,247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 729Last week 818Year ago 621

Replacement CattleReceipts 138Last week 286Year ago 195

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand on a shortened holiday week. Much need rain across the Panhandle for the end of the week. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	395.00–401.00	397.99
75	350–400	354	390.00–417.00	398.75
23	500–550	528	308.00–368.00	333.80
55	550–600	579	280.00–315.00	291.11
17	600–650	607	293.00–317.00	301.56
20	650–700	660	252.00–274.00	264.56
42	700–750	714	263.00–264.50	263.87
194	750–800	774	245.00–267.00	255.02
337	800–850	825	238.00–250.00	243.04
246	850–900	887	229.00–239.25	236.54
10	900–950	928	221.00–235.00	227.91
2	950–1000	965	223.00	223.00
3	1100–1150	1,148	200.00	200.00
5	1600–1650	1,626	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	329.00	329.00
8	300–350	305	234.99–355.00	310.00
9	350–400	391	357.50	357.50
30	400–450	418	284.00–315.00	289.88
18	450–500	462	315.00–338.00	322.89
31	500–550	539	318.00–322.00	321.13
76	550–600	586	257.00–289.00	270.41
40	600–650	635	264.00–278.00	272.35
158	650–700	675	262.00–272.00	264.46
27	700–750	731	238.00–252.00	244.60
192	750–800	774	237.50–252.50	244.71
160	800–850	828	227.50–239.50	232.30
10	900–950	929	216.00–221.00	218.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	291.00–371.00	339.39
10	350–400	384	305.00–380.00	331.13
26	450–500	468	293.00–350.00	322.95
4	500–550	534	275.00–276.00	275.51
27	550–600	592	234.00	234.00
2	600–650	625	249.00	249.00
6	650–700	680	246.00–250.00	247.36
20	700–750	720	235.00–237.00	235.31
10	800–850	817	215.00	215.00
10	850–900	899	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	733	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	252.00	252.00
5	450–500	481	198.00	198.00
2	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
4	650–700	693	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	506	263.00	263.00
15	700–750	705	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	700–750	701	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	297.00–328.00	308.76
15	350–400	378	291.00–322.50	317.88
21	450–500	481	249.00–278.00	264.48
28	500–550	535	243.00–283.00	250.61
14	550–600	574	252.00–280.00	274.17
83	600–650	627	219.00–263.00	241.95
48	650–700	687	229.00–239.00	233.93
83	700–750	721	213.00–234.00	225.28
225	750–800	771	206.00–232.50	225.64
108	800–850	831	215.00–217.00	216.37
9	850–900	893	200.00–213.00	202.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	248	380.00	380.00
8	250–300	271	350.00–365.00	361.35
146	300–350	342	311.00–367.00	352.73
8	400–450	407	326.00	326.00
78	450–500	477	252.00–304.00	278.16
47	500–550	519	258.00–297.00	265.82
35	550–600	576	257.00–281.00	265.30
11	600–650	642	237.00	237.00
210	700–750	722	217.00–238.00	234.45
138	800–850	830	218.25–224.50	218.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	638	264.00	264.00
17	650–700	693	238.00	238.00
6	750–800	769	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	302.50	302.50
30	400–450	432	250.00–260.00	251.63
6	450–500	475	269.00	269.00
2	550–600	598	234.00	234.00
12	600–650	627	221.00–232.00	230.17
26	650–700	672	222.00–231.00	224.53
3	850–900	865	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	536	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	800–850	842	214.25	214.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	600–650	644	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	246	462.00	462.00
23	300–350	314	417.00	417.00
3	350–400	383	373.00	373.00
13	400–450	437	332.00	332.00
3	450–500	458	371.00	371.00
26	500–550	533	267.00–300.00	280.99
5	550–600	591	230.00	230.00
38	750–800	795	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	282.00	282.00
5	550–600	589	256.00	256.00
4	650–700	673	239.00–240.00	239.49
5	750–800	757	217.00–221.00	218.60
3	850–900	885	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	665	256.00–260.00	258.19
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	673	71.00	71.00
1	900–950	935	66.00	66.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	975	120.00	120.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	466	242.00	242.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,197	1,800.00–1,825.00	1,813.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,310	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,117	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,658.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,189	185.00	185.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,049	146.00–172.00	150.04
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,249	132.00–137.00	134.76
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	190.00	190.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,152	136.00–146.00	143.68
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,250.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	591	2,025.00	2,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	692	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,850.00–2,025.00	1,937.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	733	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,825.39
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	700	2,475.00	2,475.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	760	935.00	935.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,146	137.00–142.00	140.83
33	—	1,099	106.50–120.00	114.09
7	—	1,043	94.00–98.00	97.48
44	—	1,116	120.00–136.50	129.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	944	122.00–125.00	122.81
7	—	944	95.00	95.00
5	—	966	109.00	109.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,365	118.00–123.75	122.20
21	—	1,528	143.50–146.00	145.79
22	—	1,537	120.00–138.00	125.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	976	139.00	139.00
2	—	863	122.00	122.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,432	122.00–139.00	131.34
66	—	1,199	140.00–149.50	143.36
72	—	1,257	119.00–127.00	123.58
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	100.00–109.50	104.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	155.00–160.00	157.31
4	—	1,495	140.00–145.00	142.55
4	—	1,843	161.00–169.00	165.35
5	—	1,750	130.00–143.00	137.88
5	—	1,776	151.00–156.00	153.17
2	—	1,830	160.00–169.00	164.34

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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