Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 201 priced lines covering 4,530 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,391 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 646 head. replacement cattle receipts at 205 head. Counted as USDA files them — 33 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,391Last week 6,387Year ago 3,374

Slaughter CattleReceipts 646Last week 624Year ago 444

Replacement CattleReceipts 205Last week 220Year ago 59

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher at sales beginning of the week; Sales after Wednesday were 2.00 to 7.00 lower following large declines in the CME feeder and live cattle board. Demand was moderate to good. Colder temperatures and rain/snow expected into the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,140	142.00–147.00	143.90
14	—	1,169	94.00–127.50	110.59
9	—	988	80.00–95.00	85.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,411	120.00–143.00	137.25
38	—	1,310	144.00–155.00	148.49
6	—	1,575	125.00–129.50	128.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	769	75.00–100.00	90.28
2	—	808	111.00–121.00	115.83
2	—	903	105.00–129.50	117.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	134.00	134.00
6	—	943	125.00–130.00	128.51
3	—	852	120.00–124.00	122.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,468	130.00–163.00	138.06
92	—	1,166	107.00–147.00	123.91
6	—	1,099	110.00–130.00	119.26
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,308	145.00–153.50	149.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	142.00–146.50	144.54
5	—	1,786	171.00–177.00	174.28
10	—	1,851	156.00–170.00	163.10
6	—	1,768	175.00–180.00	178.23
2	—	1,520	149.00–150.00	149.41
2	—	1,958	185.00–190.00	187.57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
8	800–850	821	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	172	900.00–950.00	916.02
2	150–200	170	452.00–500.00	478.12
12	200–250	223	450.00–520.00	477.97
15	250–300	273	425.00–490.00	462.61
3	250–300	288	1,225.00	1,225.00
27	300–350	325	425.00–485.00	449.41
37	350–400	372	395.00–485.00	421.45
61	400–450	415	370.00–475.00	419.18
94	450–500	475	350.00–465.00	389.48
74	500–550	527	327.00–387.50	354.18
24	550–600	575	315.00–367.50	330.78
46	600–650	631	300.00–339.00	324.97
65	650–700	674	280.00–335.00	317.04
235	700–750	726	282.50–311.00	299.16
97	750–800	777	279.00–302.00	292.03
8	800–850	824	273.00	273.00
389	850–900	883	262.00–275.00	266.22
185	900–950	919	252.50–273.50	264.16
171	950–1000	960	244.00–270.50	258.16
61	1000–1050	1,005	257.00	257.00
34	1050–1100	1,062	229.00–256.00	240.04
1	1150–1200	1,190	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
13	350–400	394	327.00	327.00
12	400–450	439	302.50	302.50
10	450–500	484	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	668	291.00	291.00
11	700–750	700	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	714	292.00–307.00	304.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	503	395.00	395.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	278.00	278.00
1	750–800	770	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	360.00	360.00
3	200–250	230	415.00–445.00	425.00
4	250–300	289	405.00–420.00	410.04
18	300–350	334	330.00–410.00	382.81
23	350–400	378	327.50–390.00	361.96
22	400–450	427	330.00–397.50	361.69
24	450–500	477	300.00–375.00	334.88
20	500–550	521	285.00–325.00	308.66
31	550–600	579	275.00–317.00	298.41
22	600–650	624	285.00–307.50	293.42
15	650–700	671	235.00–295.00	276.62
8	700–750	723	259.00–275.00	265.02
5	800–850	821	235.00–255.00	241.94
1	1000–1050	1,035	193.00	193.00
1	1200–1250	1,225	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	370.00	370.00
4	400–450	445	417.50	417.50
5	450–500	492	384.00	384.00
4	550–600	555	337.50	337.50
9	650–700	687	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	437.50	437.50
10	350–400	385	415.00–420.00	418.97
13	400–450	446	407.50–410.00	407.87
13	450–500	474	359.00–412.50	390.81
21	500–550	533	287.00–340.00	310.93
61	550–600	567	322.50–347.00	332.36
49	600–650	633	302.50–320.00	316.34
23	650–700	658	323.00	323.00
21	700–750	729	299.00	299.00
14	750–800	768	273.00–277.50	273.63
4	800–850	818	267.00–276.00	271.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	990	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	659	270.00	270.00
4	700–750	713	260.00	260.00
4	800–850	848	214.00	214.00
7	850–900	851	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	219	400.00–440.00	417.03
7	250–300	281	385.00–405.00	397.91
63	300–350	324	380.00–440.00	423.17
50	350–400	375	350.00–425.00	378.27
70	400–450	422	333.00–447.50	376.88
81	450–500	468	320.00–382.00	352.42
85	500–550	520	303.00–355.00	329.35
138	550–600	581	285.00–340.00	311.43
75	600–650	615	270.00–345.00	288.68
42	650–700	690	263.00–278.00	271.84
119	700–750	726	240.00–265.00	257.26
113	750–800	788	242.00–256.00	253.30
277	800–850	815	250.00–264.00	254.62
67	850–900	878	246.00–248.00	247.77
27	900–950	943	232.00–242.50	237.86
15	950–1000	977	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	362.50	362.50
4	400–450	430	387.50	387.50
4	500–550	529	310.00	310.00
17	600–650	602	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	284	385.00	385.00
16	350–400	370	365.00–395.00	383.98
5	400–450	435	316.00–330.00	324.36
9	450–500	468	315.00–320.00	316.15
3	500–550	517	302.50	302.50
23	550–600	586	260.00–294.00	279.13
34	600–650	641	271.00–290.00	287.08
10	650–700	660	272.00	272.00
2	700–750	713	245.00	245.00
4	750–800	754	225.00	225.00
15	800–850	840	238.00–246.00	244.96
18	850–900	867	240.50–242.00	241.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	384	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	700–750	725	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	225.00–285.00	265.48
1	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
6	600–650	600	185.00	185.00
1	650–700	650	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	730	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	185	400.00	400.00
2	200–250	228	375.00–380.00	377.36
12	250–300	270	350.00–375.00	361.10
21	300–350	331	340.00–370.00	361.51
12	350–400	390	318.00–340.00	330.69
16	400–450	425	302.00–330.00	310.40
29	450–500	469	240.00–318.00	299.75
22	500–550	525	260.00–300.00	285.47
17	550–600	571	265.00–280.00	273.76
6	600–650	631	242.00–260.00	247.56
13	650–700	669	235.00–268.00	257.36
7	700–750	725	227.50–230.00	229.27
2	750–800	768	230.00–235.00	232.52
2	800–850	815	222.00	222.00
1	950–1000	980	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	421	370.00–426.00	397.83
10	500–550	510	372.00	372.00
2	750–800	788	240.00	240.00
3	1000–1050	1,015	206.00	206.00
1	1200–1250	1,215	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	602	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	881	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	305.00	305.00
3	500–550	545	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	573	272.00	272.00
2	650–700	698	253.00	253.00
1	750–800	785	210.00	210.00
2	800–850	840	240.00	240.00
23	850–900	874	220.00–240.00	220.85
1	1000–1050	1,020	175.00	175.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	243.00	243.00
1	1250–1300	1,275	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,135	156.00	156.00
Cows — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	684	80.00–92.00	88.17
1	750–800	755	97.00	97.00
10	850–900	865	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,425	3,600.00	3,600.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,335	3,400.00	3,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	938	1,850.00–2,350.00	2,122.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	902	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,616.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,063	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,183.66
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,003	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,528.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,073	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,051.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,053	1,700.00–2,050.00	1,893.59
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,008	2,050.00–2,900.00	2,564.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,189	1,700.00–2,400.00	2,055.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,330	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	930	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,010	1,850.00–2,200.00	2,082.79
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,116	115.00–143.00	126.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,086	142.00–150.00	145.88
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,025	184.00–200.00	187.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,205	170.00–201.50	191.98
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,081	210.00–223.50	215.61
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	4,000.00	4,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,088	2,200.00–3,650.00	2,967.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,284	2,600.00–3,650.00	3,117.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,118	2,550.00–3,050.00	2,846.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,038	1,950.00–2,600.00	2,417.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	464	1,900.00–2,350.00	2,120.05

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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