Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 170 priced lines covering 5,764 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,327 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 735 head. replacement cattle receipts at 244 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,327Last week 6,938Year ago 5,162

Slaughter CattleReceipts 735Last week 766Year ago 738

Replacement CattleReceipts 244Last week 623Year ago 250

Compared to before the holidays: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher, with instances 20.00 higher. Demand was good to start off the new year. End of the week brought a snow storm across the panhandle with reports of 5 to 9 inches of snow.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	429	390.00–402.00	393.74
9	500–550	534	345.00	345.00
78	600–650	612	299.00–309.00	305.49
30	650–700	659	298.00	298.00
161	700–750	710	285.50	285.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	150–200	179	425.00–535.00	466.07
7	200–250	223	400.00–440.00	419.09
2	200–250	248	1,160.00	1,160.00
12	250–300	279	375.00–445.00	409.59
42	300–350	322	360.00–482.50	417.19
65	350–400	386	352.00–412.00	394.18
111	400–450	429	333.00–414.00	368.59
149	450–500	483	322.00–392.00	350.81
138	500–550	531	302.00–345.00	328.73
141	550–600	572	275.00–336.00	312.80
136	600–650	621	255.00–309.00	295.72
283	650–700	684	245.00–289.00	275.05
174	700–750	723	238.00–279.00	270.33
207	750–800	783	230.00–278.00	269.72
341	800–850	823	220.00–269.25	265.91
71	850–900	880	225.00–264.00	253.27
35	900–950	910	245.00–252.50	247.96
101	950–1000	956	208.00–241.50	238.14
3	1000–1050	1,033	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	479	335.00–362.00	346.14
27	500–550	532	290.00–323.00	314.57
23	550–600	594	296.00–301.50	300.56
8	700–750	720	252.00–266.00	258.55
47	750–800	792	251.00	251.00
13	800–850	841	244.00	244.00
22	850–900	864	245.00	245.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	250.00–305.00	277.24
7	300–350	329	300.00–355.00	325.72
15	350–400	378	300.00–350.00	325.56
29	400–450	425	270.00–332.00	310.93
33	450–500	480	200.00–320.00	300.27
37	500–550	526	265.00–300.00	282.77
13	550–600	573	240.00–272.00	262.67
4	600–650	631	247.00–253.00	250.49
18	650–700	671	230.00–240.00	238.04
2	700–750	718	223.00–225.00	224.01
15	750–800	772	244.00	244.00
1	850–900	855	210.00	210.00
15	900–950	903	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,013	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	731	250.00	250.00
11	850–900	885	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	513	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	295.00	295.00
49	600–650	641	271.00–282.00	281.10
39	650–700	680	240.00–250.00	242.11
9	750–800	772	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	500–550	506	343.00	343.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	230.00	230.00
5	350–400	390	280.00	280.00
9	400–450	422	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	300.00	300.00
6	250–300	276	280.00–330.00	307.22
5	300–350	328	285.00–325.00	302.48
19	350–400	378	290.00–310.00	299.89
21	400–450	422	272.00–297.00	285.16
31	450–500	477	250.00–285.00	266.20
32	500–550	525	240.00–265.00	257.90
24	550–600	577	225.00–255.00	244.59
9	600–650	629	225.00–240.00	235.64
4	650–700	688	220.00–230.00	224.97
9	700–750	715	217.00–230.00	227.10
4	750–800	775	208.00–218.00	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	600–650	611	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	360.00	360.00
54	350–400	370	370.00–380.00	373.26
13	450–500	477	272.50–298.00	284.01
41	500–550	520	291.00	291.00
32	550–600	589	245.00–265.00	262.52
9	650–700	694	242.00	242.00
70	750–800	786	240.50	240.50
53	800–850	817	231.00–239.00	236.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	275.00–285.00	280.28
4	400–450	410	245.00–262.00	254.70
2	450–500	495	230.00–245.00	237.50
3	500–550	537	200.00–235.00	215.00
1	550–600	565	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	600	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	855	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	885	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	750–800	779	210.00–234.00	228.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	898	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	366	347.50–367.00	358.25
30	450–500	478	330.00–335.00	333.47
19	500–550	543	304.00–311.00	308.83
19	600–650	614	298.00–308.00	303.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	150–200	190	370.00–435.00	403.36
3	200–250	218	345.00–375.00	360.23
2	250–300	270	1,210.00	1,210.00
5	250–300	278	350.00–390.00	366.12
26	300–350	332	320.00–385.00	364.14
19	350–400	367	320.00–382.50	361.97
124	400–450	414	300.00–360.00	336.60
88	450–500	464	288.00–335.00	314.30
310	500–550	532	267.00–318.50	293.57
88	550–600	572	257.00–310.00	274.89
163	600–650	618	241.00–279.00	265.65
272	650–700	678	233.00–267.00	253.79
133	700–750	727	227.00–250.50	249.40
91	750–800	775	215.00–247.00	241.82
250	800–850	821	210.00–243.50	240.16
6	850–900	869	230.00	230.00
52	900–950	907	208.00–222.00	220.38
11	1000–1050	1,012	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	643	240.00–250.00	242.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	466	337.50	337.50
37	500–550	549	303.00	303.00
35	550–600	565	301.00	301.00
7	650–700	655	259.00	259.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	410	347.00	347.00
8	450–500	469	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	915	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	250.00	250.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	158.00	158.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	594	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
9	500–550	540	305.00–322.50	310.75

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	1,400.00–1,750.00	1,599.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,167	1,275.00–2,400.00	2,116.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,106	1,450.00–1,900.00	1,671.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,203	2,250.00–2,500.00	2,352.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,132	1,600.00–2,450.00	2,098.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,135	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,123.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	930.00	930.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,160	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,419.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,511	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,538.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,302	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,320.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,324	2,275.00–2,325.00	2,304.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,232	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,253.97
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,183	1,700.00–2,300.00	2,105.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,460	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	2,800.00	2,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,030	183.00	183.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,166	165.00–181.00	177.63
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	1,425.00	1,425.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	753	1,200.00–1,750.00	1,386.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	915	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,272	140.00–148.00	145.36
8	—	1,792	150.00–160.00	152.67
8	—	1,958	139.00–145.00	141.30
12	—	1,785	120.00–136.50	130.86
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,334	120.00–134.00	126.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,558	105.00–109.50	107.65
30	—	1,374	120.00–137.00	124.73
18	—	1,395	110.00–119.00	115.07
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	933	110.00–112.00	111.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,088	115.00–127.00	119.46
10	—	1,109	94.00–104.00	99.99
15	—	1,250	105.00–118.00	111.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,178	90.00–118.50	109.18
7	—	1,119	77.00–113.00	96.52
1	—	1,160	103.00	103.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	942	90.00–95.00	91.23
8	—	707	81.00–82.00	81.17
14	—	834	67.00–88.00	79.36
1	—	960	100.00	100.00

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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