Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 114 priced lines covering 3,049 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,600 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 441 head. replacement cattle receipts at 195 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,600Last week 9,100Year ago 6,919

Slaughter CattleReceipts 441Last week 776Year ago 1,003

Replacement CattleReceipts 195Last week 325Year ago 382

Compared to last week: Sales in the beginning of the week were steady to 2.00 lower, but by mid week feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. CME cattle futures saw gains mid week, with live cattle futures hitting over the 200.00 mark. Giddings Livestock Auction did not hold a sale due to inclement weather conditions.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	370.00	370.00
2	250–300	295	365.00	365.00
2	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
9	350–400	350	347.50	347.50
9	400–450	431	282.00–317.50	293.76
23	450–500	476	279.00–310.00	295.86
9	500–550	544	261.00–266.00	263.78
7	550–600	577	257.00–270.00	265.67
13	600–650	613	252.50–266.00	259.95
5	700–750	737	245.00	245.00
70	750–800	758	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	407	284.00	284.00
2	450–500	455	277.50	277.50
7	600–650	634	242.00–248.00	244.57
2	650–700	673	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	579	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	1,055.00	1,055.00
21	300–350	306	405.00–409.00	407.49
14	350–400	383	345.00–371.00	356.44
82	400–450	416	325.00–345.00	336.56
50	450–500	475	307.00–325.00	320.23
108	500–550	526	282.50–313.00	302.47
78	550–600	573	270.00–306.00	294.39
63	600–650	626	261.00–288.00	274.02
83	650–700	661	255.00–277.00	264.20
34	700–750	704	237.00–255.00	252.98
84	750–800	787	230.00–255.00	250.34
8	800–850	835	210.00–235.00	228.94
13	850–900	897	215.00–240.00	236.15
3	900–950	933	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	380.00	380.00
7	250–300	284	370.00–385.00	376.59
2	300–350	345	372.50	372.50
12	350–400	376	340.00–380.00	358.52
32	400–450	420	349.00–360.00	351.01
5	450–500	469	350.00–362.50	354.88
3	500–550	522	302.00	302.00
31	550–600	568	291.00–317.50	304.69
7	650–700	691	266.00–269.00	267.29
27	700–750	725	246.00–269.00	263.49
82	750–800	796	251.00–265.00	252.66
55	800–850	814	237.00–268.00	265.76
20	900–950	927	185.00–241.00	227.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	362	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
58	450–500	492	317.50–341.00	327.50
37	550–600	573	271.00–282.50	277.03
2	600–650	630	258.00	258.00
6	650–700	674	254.00–264.00	257.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	405.00	405.00
18	450–500	470	362.50–375.00	366.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	395.00	395.00
21	300–350	345	395.00–430.00	418.57
32	350–400	364	372.50–425.00	409.79
59	400–450	433	360.00–397.50	388.83
23	450–500	484	320.00–371.00	346.46
25	500–550	539	322.50–344.00	334.31
136	550–600	570	300.00–337.50	317.49
114	600–650	621	290.00–315.00	305.97
120	650–700	678	270.00–292.00	276.71
204	700–750	725	263.00–288.00	279.92
311	750–800	786	265.00–281.00	276.07
150	800–850	810	264.00–279.00	277.24
74	850–900	853	254.00–260.50	258.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	400.00	400.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	804	93.00	93.00
6	950–1000	981	105.00	105.00
3	1000–1050	1,022	92.00	92.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	729	60.00–79.00	74.24
2	750–800	773	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	623	245.00	245.00
7	650–700	691	237.00–246.00	243.41
3	800–850	845	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	377.00	377.00
10	450–500	482	324.00	324.00
2	500–550	540	315.00	315.00
15	550–600	585	285.00	285.00
27	600–650	628	294.00	294.00
17	700–750	718	264.00	264.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	139.00	139.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	757	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,750.00	2,750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,258	130.00–145.00	135.64
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	992	155.00–163.00	159.39
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	872	115.00	115.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	192.00	192.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,178	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,187	1,975.00–2,175.00	2,047.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,311	2,575.00	2,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,068	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	994	1,725.00–1,825.00	1,766.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,019	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,187	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,486.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,199	1,975.00	1,975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	—	1,268	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,076.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,058	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,186	110.00–131.00	117.23
57	—	1,367	120.00–137.00	125.24
30	—	996	92.00–106.00	102.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,139	114.00–130.00	125.91
1	—	1,050	92.00	92.00
7	—	1,144	134.00–137.00	135.39
7	—	1,177	74.00–118.00	89.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	133.00–136.50	134.74
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	889	106.00	106.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	858	90.00–116.00	96.10
8	—	782	88.00–90.00	89.56
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	143.00	143.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,590	144.00–155.00	147.99
4	—	1,516	136.00–142.00	140.62
1	—	2,040	164.00	164.00
3	—	1,445	139.50–141.00	140.48

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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