Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 165 priced lines covering 2,658 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,053 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 680 head. replacement cattle receipts at 207 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,053Last week 5,907Year ago 4,925

Slaughter CattleReceipts 680Last week 908Year ago 725

Replacement CattleReceipts 207Last week 379Year ago 317

Compared to last week: Stocker calves sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearlings not well tested. Demand was moderate to good after the panhandle received some much needed rain and cooler temperatures last weekend. The Fall calf run has begun as more calves hitting the markets instead of yearlings. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	270.00	270.00
5	350–400	392	284.00–300.00	290.25
13	400–450	424	250.00–276.00	258.37
5	450–500	459	250.00–260.00	254.08
11	500–550	534	237.00–239.00	238.30
10	550–600	560	240.00–251.00	247.61
24	600–650	629	216.00–231.00	224.42
10	650–700	691	200.00–226.00	207.59
9	700–750	744	185.00–217.00	202.20
4	750–800	762	205.00–208.00	206.52
11	800–850	831	174.00–214.00	187.41
19	850–900	862	190.00–205.00	199.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	758	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	396	310.00	310.00
33	450–500	469	240.00	240.00
26	600–650	637	227.00–239.00	236.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	260	327.50	327.50
7	300–350	301	315.00	315.00
16	400–450	438	294.00–308.00	303.21
10	450–500	494	275.00	275.00
53	500–550	516	262.00–270.00	268.45
4	550–600	578	230.00	230.00
43	600–650	620	246.00–249.00	248.28
5	650–700	660	225.00	225.00
7	700–750	727	224.00	224.00
7	750–800	764	229.00–230.00	229.42
48	900–950	910	205.00–210.50	209.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	352.50–370.00	364.27
37	350–400	369	335.00–372.50	345.45
12	400–450	422	336.00–350.00	338.26
44	450–500	486	292.00–325.00	303.45
54	500–550	521	276.00–299.00	291.34
45	550–600	581	249.00–264.00	258.69
32	600–650	620	253.00–272.00	262.64
34	650–700	677	244.00–262.00	252.52
60	700–750	701	257.50	257.50
124	750–800	774	251.00–254.50	252.74
20	800–850	801	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	754	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	761	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	669	221.50	221.50
12	750–800	760	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	311.00	311.00
32	600–650	618	252.00–253.00	252.10
6	650–700	662	228.00–238.00	231.40
2	700–750	733	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	537	228.00–234.00	232.00
4	550–600	584	220.00–224.00	222.01
2	650–700	685	206.00	206.00
11	700–750	724	192.00–210.00	202.80
4	750–800	771	191.00–205.00	197.84
8	800–850	829	193.00–202.00	197.14
14	850–900	878	187.00–193.00	190.09
6	900–950	925	181.00–183.00	182.35
2	950–1000	990	174.00	174.00
10	1100–1150	1,148	133.50	133.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	285.00	285.00
9	350–400	395	270.00–314.00	279.47
10	500–550	537	220.00	220.00
15	550–600	567	220.00–238.00	225.99
2	600–650	618	230.00	230.00
12	700–750	734	200.00	200.00
9	750–800	796	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	360.00	360.00
7	300–350	326	312.00–342.00	329.89
15	450–500	463	260.00–307.00	288.84
3	500–550	535	257.00	257.00
14	600–650	629	227.50	227.50
6	700–750	727	215.00	215.00
2	900–950	918	189.00	189.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	290	150.00	150.00
3	450–500	458	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	262.00	262.00
15	300–350	329	255.00–281.00	265.43
14	400–450	419	210.00–238.00	227.34
10	450–500	474	231.00–245.00	237.56
4	500–550	537	208.00–212.00	210.04
14	550–600	587	197.00–213.00	208.98
5	600–650	635	190.00–198.00	194.81
9	700–750	739	187.00–201.00	191.54
2	750–800	753	140.00	140.00
4	800–850	838	187.00	187.00
2	850–900	898	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	345	210.00	210.00
15	400–450	429	228.00	228.00
10	600–650	602	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	290.00–306.00	299.38
2	300–350	313	282.50	282.50
19	350–400	384	247.50–290.00	264.56
10	400–450	421	239.00–250.00	245.32
14	450–500	470	250.00–269.00	264.31
32	500–550	532	226.00–231.50	229.15
30	550–600	568	216.00–228.00	222.50
10	600–650	608	208.00–221.00	216.42
2	650–700	678	210.00	210.00
77	700–750	736	192.00–228.50	225.37
38	800–850	836	200.00	200.00
4	850–900	891	191.00–192.00	191.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
13	350–400	359	293.00–316.00	301.79
23	400–450	417	270.00–305.00	289.06
45	450–500	469	273.00–280.00	277.37
150	500–550	530	230.50–264.50	249.88
26	550–600	578	244.50–255.50	253.43
8	600–650	608	230.00	230.00
6	700–750	713	204.00–208.00	205.32
3	750–800	767	205.00	205.00
32	900–950	933	201.00–207.50	205.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	221.00	221.00
5	600–650	640	200.00	200.00
2	700–750	745	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	668	213.00	213.00
4	800–850	806	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	251.00	251.00
41	600–650	628	245.00–247.00	245.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	233.00	233.00
8	450–500	482	225.00–226.00	225.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	260.00	260.00
54	450–500	483	239.00–257.00	243.48
6	500–550	521	236.00	236.00
24	600–650	616	208.00–228.25	223.17
10	650–700	676	205.00	205.00
3	700–750	702	208.00	208.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	800–850	824	97.50–112.00	106.74
13	850–900	864	114.50–115.00	114.58
2	950–1000	995	110.00	110.00
13	1000–1050	1,006	100.00–110.00	101.56
12	1050–1100	1,087	100.00–109.00	103.83
4	1100–1150	1,124	109.00	109.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	684	66.00–77.00	70.36
4	750–800	763	79.00–81.00	79.52
1	950–1000	990	69.00	69.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	172.50	172.50
3	350–400	367	185.00	185.00
4	400–450	441	170.00	170.00

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	44	—	818	172.00–189.00	183.31
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	32	—	1,213	119.00–134.00	125.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	142.00	142.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	179.00	179.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,018	116.00–129.00	120.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	815	140.00	140.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	545	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	873	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	—	1,287	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,425.00	1,425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,028	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,590	160.00	160.00
6	—	1,651	142.00–153.00	149.37
13	—	1,362	128.00–139.00	136.91
2	—	1,433	130.00–135.00	132.73
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	981	104.50–105.00	104.60
18	—	962	95.00–115.00	100.16
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	878	75.00–95.00	83.32
18	—	954	104.00–109.00	106.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	121.00	121.00
6	—	1,287	102.00–110.00	104.18
6	—	1,439	110.00–117.00	112.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	985	90.00–100.00	97.69
35	—	1,143	110.00–125.00	116.17
43	—	1,048	74.00–109.00	86.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,251	111.00–118.00	116.25
23	—	1,208	95.00–110.00	99.61
17	—	1,110	116.00–125.00	121.16

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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