Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 175 priced lines covering 4,193 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,876 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 674 head. replacement cattle receipts at 345 head. Counted as USDA files them — 57 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,876Last week 2,772Year ago 5,403

Slaughter CattleReceipts 674Last week 443Year ago 565

Replacement CattleReceipts 345Last week 111Year ago 118

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were lightly tested last week due to the rain in the area, however a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good especially on stockers going back on pastures that have benefitted from recent rains. More rain and cooler temperatures in the forecast.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	415.00	415.00
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	326	380.00–420.00	399.69
28	350–400	380	345.00–390.00	375.78
27	400–450	432	328.00–360.00	352.05
21	450–500	481	300.00–345.00	335.91
34	500–550	530	300.00–335.00	322.66
25	550–600	578	275.00–313.00	304.03
27	600–650	625	215.00–300.00	285.69
34	650–700	675	260.00–300.00	287.98
5	700–750	718	230.00–273.00	252.22
9	750–800	753	225.00–255.00	238.02
10	850–900	876	225.00–240.00	236.56
6	900–950	934	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	290.00	290.00
2	850–900	898	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	350.00	350.00
7	450–500	481	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–150	140	500.00	500.00
13	150–200	173	475.00–515.00	500.87
17	200–250	221	475.00–520.00	504.24
8	250–300	271	445.00–550.00	493.76
1	250–300	270	1,235.00	1,235.00
23	300–350	317	430.00–525.00	486.13
30	350–400	378	395.00–460.00	423.14
83	400–450	419	365.00–460.00	396.35
53	450–500	467	348.00–450.00	386.53
103	500–550	521	327.00–390.00	353.16
70	550–600	574	315.00–387.50	360.42
47	600–650	616	305.00–355.00	326.95
17	650–700	666	303.00–358.00	311.30
52	700–750	728	278.00–304.00	293.46
112	750–800	778	260.00–301.00	277.39
12	800–850	816	270.00–288.00	275.34
139	850–900	868	262.50–301.00	278.41
145	900–950	933	190.00–270.00	267.10
105	950–1000	956	258.00–264.00	263.66
18	1000–1050	1,029	255.50	255.50
11	1050–1100	1,088	248.00	248.00
50	1200–1250	1,208	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	480.00	480.00
7	400–450	418	460.00	460.00
15	450–500	486	392.50–395.00	394.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	360	325.00–440.00	379.59
36	450–500	483	400.00–415.00	403.14
4	550–600	561	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	680	245.00	245.00
5	750–800	788	257.00	257.00
7	800–850	831	257.00	257.00
7	850–900	856	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	950–1000	966	248.50	248.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	800	265.00	265.00
40	850–900	865	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	400.00	400.00
4	200–250	223	355.00–400.00	384.78
4	250–300	271	370.00–395.00	377.93
6	300–350	323	350.00–383.00	369.16
7	350–400	385	300.00–340.00	325.93
2	400–450	423	315.00–333.00	324.48
14	450–500	478	280.00–325.00	299.88
25	500–550	519	260.00–303.00	293.88
21	550–600	571	264.00–295.00	284.19
13	600–650	631	242.50–273.00	264.50
20	650–700	668	228.00–265.00	254.19
8	700–750	719	223.00–255.00	241.80
1	750–800	770	230.00	230.00
7	800–850	840	200.00–232.00	225.85
7	850–900	886	205.00–225.00	213.51
1	900–950	930	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	120	515.00	515.00
6	150–200	173	450.00–500.00	468.96
2	200–250	225	405.00–410.00	407.44
1	200–250	215	1,050.00	1,050.00
15	250–300	291	415.00–480.00	469.61
2	250–300	263	1,175.00	1,175.00
9	300–350	326	385.00–470.00	420.70
21	350–400	376	350.00–410.00	385.78
74	400–450	429	335.00–420.00	383.07
49	450–500	472	320.00–385.00	350.00
76	500–550	522	305.00–365.00	331.07
141	550–600	558	300.00–370.00	333.27
67	600–650	625	275.00–337.50	299.67
262	650–700	664	267.00–300.00	296.98
36	700–750	729	250.00–275.00	263.03
320	750–800	780	238.00–271.00	265.22
73	800–850	828	238.00–262.00	247.86
66	850–900	874	241.00–261.75	260.82
264	900–950	917	235.00–242.50	241.68
81	950–1000	955	234.00–239.50	234.97
1	1050–1100	1,085	200.00	200.00
1	1100–1150	1,105	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	605	370.00	370.00
58	850–900	859	277.00	277.00
42	900–950	910	251.50	251.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	430.00	430.00
8	350–400	391	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	450	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	1,050.00	1,050.00
5	300–350	318	400.00	400.00
31	400–450	445	367.00–380.00	368.27
13	450–500	491	330.00–362.00	354.08
48	500–550	518	330.00–342.00	337.90
15	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
5	650–700	662	242.50–282.00	265.83
5	700–750	702	240.00–259.00	251.37
10	750–800	770	259.00	259.00
2	800–850	808	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	390	288.00	288.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	938	218.00	218.00
10	1100–1150	1,100	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	868	242.50	242.50
3	900–950	900	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	504	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	636	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	307.50	307.50
2	700–750	720	170.00–245.00	207.76
1	750–800	780	250.00	250.00
1	900–950	920	185.00	185.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	190.00	190.00
2	1100–1150	1,138	163.00–175.00	169.04
2	1200–1250	1,220	160.00–175.00	167.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	328.00–360.00	337.39
3	550–600	568	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	425	405.00–430.00	425.88
13	450–500	467	370.00–415.00	377.83
11	600–650	617	327.00–340.00	329.02
2	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
6	700–750	718	267.50–286.00	277.24
2	900–950	938	236.00	236.00
1	950–1000	980	238.00	238.00
3	1050–1100	1,075	175.00–186.00	179.65
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	322.50	322.50
2	650–700	665	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,395	2,350.00	2,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	912	2,700.00	2,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,078	174.00–228.00	190.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,032	212.00	212.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,080	1,600.00–2,900.00	2,656.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,172	2,150.00–3,200.00	2,760.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,338	3,550.00–3,600.00	3,572.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,109	3,600.00–4,150.00	4,097.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,318	138.00–160.00	150.58
29	—	1,462	130.00–141.00	136.96
41	—	1,413	130.00–146.00	142.94
3	—	1,648	102.00–106.00	104.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,197	129.00–147.00	138.20
38	—	1,196	138.00–158.00	148.47
41	—	1,037	110.00–130.00	119.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,049	105.00–140.00	127.92
10	—	998	90.00–125.00	93.78
1	—	960	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	803	105.00–111.00	107.05
19	—	852	85.00–115.00	95.12
3	—	833	113.00–115.00	114.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	875	142.00–146.00	143.77
10	—	934	130.00–135.00	132.57
23	—	875	108.00–126.00	116.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,047	151.00–184.00	178.29
2	—	1,333	160.00–168.00	163.80
17	—	1,614	147.00–177.50	164.31
6	—	1,414	142.00–161.00	151.39
25	—	1,743	165.00–196.00	182.68
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	165.00–168.00	166.55
4	—	1,260	140.00–153.00	146.82

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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