Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 121 priced lines covering 1,818 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,166 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 387 head. replacement cattle receipts at 160 head. Counted as USDA files them — 21 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,166Last week 4,841Year ago 8,503

Slaughter CattleReceipts 387Last week 602Year ago 977

Replacement CattleReceipts 160Last week 530Year ago 196

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady to firm on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good. Receipts were heavily curbed and some sales cancelled due to ice and below freezing temperatures. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	134.00	134.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,118	1,700.00–2,450.00	2,134.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	29	—	1,173	1,400.00–2,450.00	2,037.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,037	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,281.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,146	1,750.00–2,350.00	1,992.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,123	155.00	155.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,117	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	930	1,875.00	1,875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,175	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,785	3,000.00	3,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,200.00	2,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,090	195.00–210.00	199.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	2,050.00–2,350.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,167	2,550.00–3,150.00	2,757.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,188	2,250.00–3,000.00	2,629.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	923	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,044	2,150.00–2,450.00	2,312.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	2,400.00	2,400.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	329.00	329.00
2	650–700	688	272.00	272.00
74	750–800	761	261.75	261.75
122	850–900	863	247.00–252.50	249.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–150	130	440.00–550.00	497.12
4	150–200	186	450.00–500.00	479.40
8	200–250	218	450.00–540.00	488.48
16	250–300	278	400.00–500.00	445.26
11	300–350	328	400.00–490.00	434.83
18	350–400	376	390.00–440.00	409.94
37	400–450	431	365.00–425.00	380.52
25	450–500	479	335.00–390.00	353.48
42	500–550	513	320.00–378.00	338.73
32	550–600	568	310.00–343.00	324.30
14	600–650	628	285.00–323.00	307.23
38	650–700	679	275.00–318.00	296.40
21	700–750	716	265.00–288.00	274.44
237	750–800	775	260.00–293.00	273.11
9	800–850	833	240.00–259.00	256.88
1	900–950	930	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	239	350.00–380.00	370.00
3	250–300	273	350.00–375.00	358.84
13	300–350	331	350.00–395.00	380.52
17	350–400	370	300.00–380.00	363.22
7	400–450	426	310.00–360.00	340.68
13	450–500	468	295.00–333.00	325.89
10	500–550	526	265.00–313.00	302.12
6	550–600	568	275.00–308.00	294.34
2	600–650	620	268.00–270.00	269.02
4	650–700	685	255.00–270.00	262.45
3	700–750	710	240.00–250.00	246.37
4	750–800	769	249.00–258.00	254.29
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	291.00	291.00
6	700–750	727	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
127	800–850	826	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–150	120	400.00–415.00	407.19
3	150–200	182	410.00–480.00	434.59
2	200–250	238	1,010.00	1,010.00
4	200–250	215	400.00–500.00	423.26
7	250–300	278	350.00–385.00	368.62
10	300–350	325	370.00–375.00	372.79
33	350–400	380	330.00–365.00	350.11
50	400–450	433	320.00–343.00	335.83
44	450–500	470	300.00–330.00	315.98
31	500–550	512	285.00–322.00	298.05
20	550–600	567	275.00–303.00	287.83
20	600–650	612	263.00–285.00	280.60
3	650–700	687	250.00–265.00	260.05
2	700–750	723	250.00–255.00	252.56
5	750–800	762	240.00	240.00
1	950–1000	960	200.00	200.00
1	1200–1250	1,200	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	785.00	785.00
9	400–450	439	281.00	281.00
8	500–550	544	284.00–295.00	286.75
3	550–600	590	264.00	264.00
2	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
5	750–800	791	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	160	300.00–375.00	337.50
2	200–250	228	315.00–320.00	317.42
6	250–300	274	310.00–345.00	330.96
10	300–350	329	290.00–360.00	333.70
14	350–400	381	285.00–328.00	317.31
14	400–450	429	278.00–310.00	296.85
14	450–500	478	250.00–299.00	284.98
10	500–550	528	250.00–280.00	270.95
22	550–600	574	235.00–270.00	253.72
8	600–650	629	235.00–262.00	242.87
2	650–700	690	237.00–238.00	237.50
9	700–750	717	198.00–240.00	215.56
3	750–800	782	175.00–210.00	195.18
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	230.00–255.00	246.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	800–850	842	197.50–215.00	204.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	614	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	750–800	783	257.50	257.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	192.50	192.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	885	205.00–210.00	207.51
1	900–950	900	200.00	200.00
1	1200–1250	1,205	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	903	105.00–116.00	110.52
2	—	933	130.00–131.00	130.52
3	—	877	123.00–125.00	123.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,335	125.00–140.00	135.22
18	—	1,366	141.00–153.00	146.00
1	—	1,265	116.00	116.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	934	105.00–117.00	111.60
7	—	819	90.00–103.50	96.42
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	987	100.00–118.00	108.07
49	—	1,308	128.00–140.00	136.52
43	—	1,156	115.00–126.00	121.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,049	86.00–100.00	91.17
6	—	1,108	104.00–127.50	113.31
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	175.00	175.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	130.00–145.00	137.24
8	—	1,806	170.00–175.00	173.78
4	—	1,558	150.00–165.00	160.17

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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