Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 186 priced lines covering 4,208 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,721 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 940 head. replacement cattle receipts at 115 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,721Last week 4,425Year ago 3,103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 940Last week 692Year ago 608

Replacement CattleReceipts 115Last week 576Year ago 168

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 12.00 higher, recouping last week's declines. Demand was moderate to good. Rain forecasted into the holiday weekend, curbing triple digit temperatures. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	325.00	325.00
2	200–250	225	280.00–300.00	290.00
1	200–250	215	475.00	475.00
5	250–300	269	250.00–295.00	273.25
5	300–350	324	273.00–278.00	276.40
24	350–400	369	251.00–275.00	253.27
17	400–450	435	240.00–260.00	250.10
68	450–500	475	208.00–252.00	240.18
36	500–550	521	208.00–241.00	229.74
35	550–600	574	190.00–233.00	219.80
33	600–650	626	194.00–226.00	216.67
30	650–700	666	204.00–225.00	213.38
4	700–750	724	190.00–210.00	197.61
5	750–800	771	200.00–219.00	215.13
4	800–850	826	180.00–200.00	194.63
7	850–900	874	183.00–195.00	188.39
2	950–1000	998	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	783	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	616	234.00–239.00	237.25
11	750–800	768	202.00–206.00	204.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	375	239.00–252.00	246.82
7	400–450	405	238.00	238.00
13	450–500	488	225.00–232.00	228.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	606	218.50–223.50	219.75
37	650–700	672	218.50–219.00	218.76
5	700–750	711	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	234	302.50–325.00	309.08
1	200–250	235	750.00	750.00
2	250–300	280	310.00–325.00	317.50
2	250–300	258	775.00–860.00	817.91
24	300–350	319	285.00–312.50	297.12
73	350–400	379	270.00–305.00	279.94
61	400–450	428	259.00–293.00	268.80
118	450–500	477	244.00–278.00	258.33
152	500–550	534	233.00–268.00	247.32
40	550–600	562	233.50–255.00	239.18
41	600–650	630	228.00–244.00	234.16
160	650–700	679	223.00–239.00	231.85
52	700–750	710	215.00–237.00	231.78
13	750–800	761	208.00–226.00	220.93
59	800–850	818	210.00–220.00	218.46
1	850–900	875	203.00	203.00
1	900–950	940	200.00	200.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	809	215.00	215.00
8	850–900	897	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	340	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	410	220.00	220.00
1	450–500	475	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	292	285.00–297.50	290.35
18	300–350	325	277.00–290.00	284.79
14	350–400	382	280.00–281.00	280.51
41	400–450	420	261.00–279.00	274.49
9	450–500	464	220.00–262.00	229.21
47	500–550	529	220.00–234.00	229.50
34	550–600	572	220.00–240.00	226.13
61	600–650	619	212.00–225.00	222.22
34	650–700	676	210.00–214.50	211.42
26	700–750	727	198.00–229.00	210.21
107	750–800	753	224.50–229.00	227.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	597	218.00	218.00
3	600–650	647	222.00	222.00
3	700–750	722	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	649	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	270.00	270.00
13	250–300	263	280.00–320.00	294.14
17	300–350	320	290.00–315.00	302.37
7	350–400	377	275.00–305.00	293.64
29	400–450	430	250.00–293.00	273.31
54	450–500	473	245.00–286.00	268.87
15	500–550	524	200.00–256.00	237.25
38	550–600	570	225.00–259.00	238.61
59	600–650	638	220.00–240.00	234.22
34	650–700	682	205.00–230.00	225.16
19	700–750	732	210.00–225.00	219.17
3	750–800	790	205.00–210.00	208.33
4	800–850	826	193.00–209.00	202.70
4	850–900	884	200.00–205.00	202.53
16	950–1000	989	189.00	189.00
3	1050–1100	1,078	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	692	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	293	290.00–297.50	291.59
8	300–350	325	340.00–352.50	346.83
14	350–400	372	270.00–355.00	293.38
25	400–450	420	295.00–322.00	311.91
2	450–500	498	290.00	290.00
27	500–550	528	264.00–280.00	272.61
15	550–600	588	253.00–270.00	263.43
6	600–650	629	257.00	257.00
18	650–700	664	228.00–256.00	243.04
15	700–750	719	220.00–240.00	224.79
15	750–800	753	223.00–232.00	229.01
4	800–850	808	230.00	230.00
29	850–900	863	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	417	357.00	357.00
87	450–500	496	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	270.00	270.00
2	350–400	368	279.00	279.00
4	400–450	444	230.00–238.00	233.99
6	500–550	516	228.00–230.00	228.70
2	550–600	573	228.00	228.00
2	600–650	648	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	633	245.00–259.00	247.23
32	650–700	652	231.50–233.00	231.88
33	700–750	733	221.00–229.00	227.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	165	375.00–435.00	402.27
5	250–300	277	810.00–835.00	824.78
1	250–300	265	400.00	400.00
32	300–350	331	320.00–385.00	361.89
64	350–400	372	310.00–385.00	338.91
34	400–450	417	298.00–365.00	327.21
81	450–500	477	266.00–332.00	291.30
134	500–550	519	243.00–311.00	282.30
68	550–600	576	240.00–265.00	250.79
119	600–650	621	233.00–271.00	254.88
57	650–700	663	228.00–264.00	243.79
43	700–750	730	220.00–242.00	233.70
102	750–800	782	215.00–246.00	243.53
15	800–850	803	212.00–234.00	229.87
3	850–900	865	213.00–218.00	215.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	750–800	780	242.00	242.00
63	800–850	807	236.50	236.50
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	248.00	248.00
1	450–500	485	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	631	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	543	238.00	238.00
13	550–600	558	235.00–247.00	243.63
13	600–650	626	200.00–228.00	216.31
11	650–700	682	216.00–228.00	223.61
5	700–750	736	200.00–216.00	210.41
17	750–800	763	185.00–213.00	208.31
3	800–850	845	198.00–213.00	208.00
13	850–900	866	178.00–198.00	196.18
3	900–950	930	175.00–188.00	179.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	800.00	800.00
6	400–450	405	330.00	330.00
14	500–550	542	244.00	244.00
5	550–600	594	220.00	220.00
7	650–700	686	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	553	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	603	235.00	235.00
4	800–850	825	185.00	185.00
14	950–1000	961	180.00	180.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	823	117.00–126.00	120.89
1	850–900	855	117.00	117.00
1	1150–1200	1,160	119.00	119.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,067	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,683.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,338	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,526.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,514	1,775.00–2,025.00	1,937.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,486	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,896.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,324	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,893.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	1,850.00	1,850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,029	169.00–181.00	172.45
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,247	136.00–140.00	137.72
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	993	1,400.00–1,625.00	1,503.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,376	125.00–143.00	138.31
32	—	1,463	115.00–138.00	124.19
45	—	1,409	110.00–130.00	122.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,237	125.00–137.00	130.43
111	—	1,291	115.00–138.00	124.41
62	—	1,118	110.00–126.00	120.41
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	904	115.00–128.00	120.91
13	—	880	70.00–84.00	74.41
67	—	877	84.00–114.00	88.97
2	—	908	120.00–133.00	126.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,102	100.00–121.00	107.04
8	—	890	70.00–105.00	96.25
37	—	1,151	115.00–130.00	125.49
7	—	1,068	120.00–125.00	120.69
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	985	108.00–125.00	108.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,661	110.00–140.00	134.46
11	—	1,745	152.00–165.00	159.78
10	—	1,439	128.00–150.00	136.58
8	—	1,668	138.00–185.00	167.54
8	—	1,758	150.00–164.00	153.83
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,219	113.00–140.00	124.02

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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