Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 208 priced lines covering 4,296 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,841 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 602 head. replacement cattle receipts at 530 head. Counted as USDA files them — 15 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,841Last week 7,765Year ago 3,001

Slaughter CattleReceipts 602Last week 706Year ago 652

Replacement CattleReceipts 530Last week 328Year ago 101

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady for the week. Sales at the beginning of the week trended 2.00 to 5.00 lower, but by the end of the week sales were reported 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	842	103.00–129.00	119.96
1	—	760	117.00	117.00
15	—	786	80.00–111.50	92.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,294	140.00–148.00	142.88
5	—	1,453	115.00–120.00	119.02
31	—	1,413	106.00–135.00	124.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	97.00	97.00
11	—	1,165	117.00–129.50	123.13
26	—	1,082	90.00–117.50	100.81
7	—	1,111	110.00–140.00	132.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	863	110.00–121.00	111.60
4	—	870	110.00–119.00	114.72
4	—	919	131.00–135.00	132.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,149	113.50–130.00	120.09
12	—	1,107	102.00–131.00	111.71
113	—	1,264	124.00–139.00	129.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,778	159.00–168.00	162.81
8	—	1,482	128.00–148.00	138.62
3	—	1,837	146.00–154.00	150.48
6	—	1,601	130.00–145.00	139.16
11	—	1,714	150.00–160.00	154.88
5	—	1,697	165.00–181.00	172.06
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	155.00–160.00	157.48
1	—	1,295	140.00	140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	287.50–315.00	303.61
7	550–600	579	257.50–265.00	261.85
1	600–650	600	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	660	160.00	160.00
3	700–750	737	216.00–238.00	223.37
1	750–800	750	243.00	243.00
1	900–950	925	190.00	190.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	188.00	188.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	165.00	165.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	168.00	168.00
1	1150–1200	1,155	175.00	175.00
1	1200–1250	1,225	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	636	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	423	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
10	600–650	638	260.00	260.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	265.00	265.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	365.00–400.00	382.86
1	250–300	250	370.00	370.00
6	300–350	326	305.00–380.00	336.14
26	350–400	374	305.00–375.00	350.27
31	400–450	427	285.00–365.00	329.88
38	450–500	477	288.00–352.00	316.64
23	500–550	527	285.00–303.00	295.84
14	550–600	574	268.00–294.00	286.13
9	600–650	621	250.00–276.00	268.60
20	650–700	675	242.00–268.00	255.19
3	700–750	710	238.00–240.00	239.33
11	750–800	768	213.00–235.00	229.40
6	800–850	836	234.00–236.00	235.33
1	850–900	850	213.00	213.00
2	950–1000	988	204.00	204.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	345.00	345.00
40	450–500	499	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	391	375.00	375.00
14	400–450	431	360.00–380.00	368.60
30	450–500	496	312.00–330.00	316.15
32	500–550	542	314.00–332.00	326.38
26	550–600	572	260.00–313.00	297.20
5	600–650	622	277.50	277.50
5	650–700	679	267.50–270.00	268.49
12	700–750	722	250.00–254.00	251.35
4	750–800	761	250.00–252.00	251.01
156	800–850	844	256.50	256.50
4	950–1000	986	230.00	230.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–150	135	490.00–525.00	508.15
8	150–200	175	430.00–530.00	499.89
4	200–250	224	475.00–520.00	496.31
16	250–300	274	400.00–480.00	429.75
54	300–350	318	400.00–470.00	430.92
63	350–400	383	385.00–460.00	413.56
45	400–450	427	367.00–465.00	400.06
52	450–500	473	323.00–380.00	336.93
132	500–550	527	305.00–350.00	336.30
87	550–600	573	295.00–336.00	313.19
147	600–650	630	285.00–321.00	304.51
197	650–700	680	270.00–299.00	283.33
82	700–750	725	265.00–287.00	276.54
140	750–800	793	263.50–272.50	270.63
155	800–850	822	229.00–273.25	267.06
43	850–900	866	215.00–257.50	253.88
20	900–950	908	254.00	254.00
4	950–1000	971	246.00	246.00
15	1000–1050	1,023	216.00–220.00	217.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	445.00	445.00
4	350–400	353	442.50	442.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	782	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	868	254.50	254.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	700–750	714	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	744	260.00	260.00
27	900–950	939	235.00	235.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	765	99.00–112.00	105.42
1	800–850	845	105.00	105.00
1	950–1000	960	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	335.00	335.00
10	450–500	470	322.00	322.00
54	550–600	573	284.00–295.00	286.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	289	360.00	360.00
10	300–350	341	350.00–360.00	354.01
6	350–400	389	352.00	352.00
8	400–450	441	280.00–327.00	309.10
29	450–500	464	292.00–300.00	292.54
27	500–550	514	254.00–308.00	291.29
41	550–600	585	270.00–285.00	276.20
10	600–650	636	241.00–261.00	256.34
8	650–700	679	240.00–257.50	248.87
15	700–750	740	235.00	235.00
5	750–800	782	226.00	226.00
4	800–850	831	217.00	217.00
2	850–900	863	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	285.00	285.00
3	300–350	325	280.00–290.00	285.10
5	350–400	376	260.00–295.00	286.94
5	400–450	410	242.00–290.00	274.65
2	450–500	488	250.00–260.00	255.03
2	500–550	525	225.00–235.00	230.19
1	550–600	585	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	625	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	158	330.00–380.00	353.81
3	200–250	218	300.00–375.00	341.79
4	250–300	289	345.00–365.00	355.09
25	300–350	322	300.00–360.00	335.65
44	350–400	375	300.00–340.00	320.96
55	400–450	428	285.00–312.00	301.41
54	450–500	478	263.00–297.00	286.72
27	500–550	530	234.00–278.00	258.71
30	550–600	581	250.00–273.00	261.14
13	600–650	622	235.00–253.00	243.41
16	650–700	670	230.00–250.00	239.99
12	700–750	713	219.00–240.00	232.55
2	800–850	800	196.00	196.00
2	850–900	883	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
36	400–450	430	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	135	405.00	405.00
1	150–200	150	520.00	520.00
5	200–250	222	380.00–530.00	427.88
9	250–300	262	370.00–410.00	395.66
12	300–350	325	365.00–430.00	372.86
62	350–400	367	310.00–377.00	355.92
79	400–450	428	315.00–347.00	327.21
69	450–500	468	298.00–332.00	314.94
75	500–550	519	280.00–320.00	292.21
119	550–600	580	275.00–297.00	286.08
72	600–650	619	260.00–287.00	276.09
72	650–700	664	253.00–259.00	258.13
34	700–750	721	247.00–256.00	253.22
57	750–800	766	220.00–245.50	241.46
21	800–850	815	220.00–238.00	233.01
69	850–900	864	195.00–230.50	229.98
1	1050–1100	1,055	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	323.00	323.00
1	600–650	615	323.00	323.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	678	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	783	227.00	227.00
4	850–900	864	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	700–750	740	257.25	257.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	678	248.00	248.00
31	900–950	905	218.00	218.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	295	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	438	172.50	172.50
2	550–600	575	185.00	185.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,187	1,775.00–1,975.00	1,863.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,067	1,625.00–1,725.00	1,654.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,124	1,700.00–1,725.00	1,710.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,086	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,868.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	955	1,700.00–2,600.00	2,113.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,099	1,325.00–2,475.00	1,955.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	923	1,825.00–2,500.00	2,122.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,113	1,750.00–2,150.00	1,914.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	97	—	1,321	1,625.00–3,400.00	2,968.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,050	1,530.00–2,500.00	2,041.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	—	1,336	2,200.00–2,650.00	2,407.76
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,296	1,925.00–2,075.00	2,004.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,225	2,225.00–2,275.00	2,255.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,251	2,375.00–2,650.00	2,518.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	824	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,160.68
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	805	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	735	1,500.00	1,500.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	860	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,908	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,448	2,320.00–4,300.00	3,232.47
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,071	137.00–148.00	142.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	955	156.00–178.00	167.87
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,069	120.00–139.00	133.47
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	989	187.50–226.00	196.13
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	978	200.00	200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	3,350.00	3,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	623	2,650.00–2,675.00	2,660.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,305	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	943	2,050.00–2,450.00	2,282.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	2,350.00	2,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,380	2,650.00–2,750.00	2,687.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,270	2,400.00	2,400.00

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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