Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 219 priced lines covering 6,175 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,585 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,131 head. replacement cattle receipts at 394 head. Counted as USDA files them — 110 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,585Last week 5,568Year ago 4,425

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,131Last week 554Year ago 692

Replacement CattleReceipts 394Last week 269Year ago 576

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher, with instances 15.00-20.00 higher on light weight stockers. Demand was very good for all classes. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	239	555.00–610.00	599.51
2	250–300	288	1,425.00	1,425.00
5	250–300	289	555.00–600.00	579.19
13	300–350	327	505.00–595.00	549.34
20	350–400	377	470.00–580.00	503.87
53	400–450	429	423.00–520.00	466.93
79	450–500	473	398.00–467.50	431.72
154	500–550	519	368.00–445.00	399.82
84	550–600	569	358.00–406.00	383.64
78	600–650	621	322.50–407.00	370.49
142	650–700	668	325.00–395.00	362.28
431	700–750	725	320.00–389.00	375.91
309	750–800	775	315.00–367.00	355.42
89	800–850	837	290.00–346.00	339.67
127	850–900	864	275.00–349.00	341.19
125	900–950	906	283.00–337.00	333.67
25	950–1000	958	268.00–298.00	296.79
11	1000–1050	1,017	313.00–314.00	313.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	760	277.50	277.50
10	800–850	819	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	502.50	502.50
23	350–400	384	484.00	484.00
4	450–500	475	497.50	497.50
25	500–550	512	495.00	495.00
52	550–600	570	398.00	398.00
5	800–850	844	337.00	337.00
7	1050–1100	1,076	312.00	312.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	290	385.00	385.00
4	350–400	378	345.00–388.00	370.78
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	565	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	538	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	450.00	450.00
2	250–300	280	455.00–490.00	471.88
4	300–350	315	445.00–500.00	474.92
15	350–400	378	390.00–475.00	438.63
53	400–450	429	332.00–420.00	377.01
61	450–500	479	315.00–393.00	371.83
19	500–550	526	306.00–365.00	343.67
45	550–600	576	300.00–357.00	342.59
47	600–650	626	300.00–343.00	332.75
26	650–700	673	290.00–330.00	319.84
16	700–750	724	285.00–318.00	307.50
4	750–800	784	250.00–295.00	279.93
2	900–950	935	237.50	237.50
1	1100–1150	1,145	218.00	218.00
1	1250–1300	1,250	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	383	507.00–540.00	516.73
15	400–450	407	510.00	510.00
25	450–500	471	458.00	458.00
38	500–550	535	409.00–430.00	412.41
23	550–600	582	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	490.00	490.00
4	350–400	383	500.00	500.00
5	400–450	424	475.00	475.00
5	500–550	517	391.00	391.00
4	550–600	594	399.00	399.00
21	600–650	613	385.00–390.00	388.30
3	650–700	693	350.00	350.00
8	700–750	739	315.00	315.00
62	750–800	778	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
24	450–500	482	368.00	368.00
27	550–600	564	361.00	361.00
2	650–700	650	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	686	355.00–360.00	356.97
400	800–850	818	319.00–321.00	320.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	510.00–545.00	523.94
2	250–300	260	495.00–500.00	497.60
31	300–350	320	450.00–512.00	500.34
24	350–400	380	445.00–495.00	455.08
92	400–450	430	390.00–490.00	434.42
91	450–500	477	378.00–460.00	401.96
77	500–550	517	350.00–427.00	377.01
90	550–600	578	340.00–400.00	366.00
84	600–650	620	325.00–377.50	350.23
136	650–700	670	320.00–355.00	342.11
279	700–750	738	305.00–356.00	344.67
215	750–800	762	310.00–334.00	332.69
138	800–850	827	270.00–334.00	332.14
9	850–900	858	240.00–270.00	246.74
78	900–950	922	258.00–303.50	293.43
7	950–1000	979	274.00–285.00	281.91
15	1000–1050	1,041	260.00–280.00	275.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	545.00	545.00
3	400–450	432	455.00–505.00	486.56
2	500–550	530	435.00–460.00	447.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	553	401.00	401.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	492.50	492.50
28	350–400	383	437.50–480.00	477.03
7	400–450	409	435.00	435.00
17	450–500	469	387.50–417.00	399.50
63	500–550	523	382.00–402.00	394.66
5	550–600	596	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	300	325.00	325.00
5	350–400	375	350.00–378.00	371.78
5	450–500	471	315.00–320.00	317.79
2	650–700	663	183.00–200.00	191.66
1	700–750	710	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	417.00	417.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	750.00	750.00
4	200–250	230	400.00–505.00	446.11
4	250–300	280	445.00–490.00	474.53
7	300–350	331	375.00–445.00	410.25
22	350–400	373	375.00–435.00	410.50
19	400–450	429	355.00–385.00	372.78
31	450–500	475	325.00–377.00	357.85
33	500–550	528	315.00–348.00	337.61
23	550–600	576	315.00–337.00	328.12
9	600–650	629	298.00–321.00	311.50
10	650–700	676	275.00–318.00	304.25
19	700–750	729	240.00–342.00	324.88
11	750–800	780	250.00–290.00	279.11
1	800–850	820	238.00	238.00
2	900–950	908	213.00–225.00	218.95
1	950–1000	950	175.00	175.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	230.00	230.00
1	1250–1300	1,275	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	494	375.00	375.00
8	500–550	508	400.00	400.00
56	550–600	575	340.00–375.00	354.11
9	650–700	668	327.00	327.00
78	750–800	778	320.00–328.00	327.19
4	950–1000	970	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	289	515.00	515.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
23	350–400	370	480.00–505.00	497.63
5	400–450	421	450.00–475.00	454.81
39	450–500	482	410.00–450.00	439.02
17	500–550	514	360.00–462.00	420.10
34	550–600	582	339.00–385.00	364.20
12	600–650	649	322.50–360.00	350.65
16	650–700	666	310.00–357.00	330.27
7	700–750	730	287.00–307.50	298.65
12	800–850	801	310.00	310.00
2	850–900	873	272.50	272.50
1	950–1000	965	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	396.00	396.00
4	600–650	635	372.50	372.50
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	760	283.00	283.00
3	800–850	830	270.00	270.00
2	900–950	928	175.00–253.00	214.53
7	950–1000	972	198.00–255.00	241.50
1	1000–1050	1,005	230.00	230.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	192.00	192.00
3	1100–1150	1,112	203.00–253.00	219.87
2	1150–1200	1,178	185.00–220.00	202.69
1	1350–1400	1,395	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	484	410.00	410.00
8	650–700	653	347.00	347.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,090	164.00	164.00
23	—	1,099	125.00–153.00	138.87
38	—	1,083	155.00–171.00	160.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	837	114.00–126.00	122.01
17	—	914	135.00–181.00	172.69
12	—	712	90.00–108.50	98.77
8	—	788	124.00–162.50	132.37
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	896	160.00–169.00	164.95
1	—	955	155.00	155.00
9	—	917	135.00–153.00	143.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,347	160.00–180.00	177.48
50	—	1,193	131.00–159.00	152.56
48	—	1,301	148.00–165.00	160.63
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,260	215.00–238.00	227.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,533	168.00–185.00	174.57
1	—	1,615	122.00	122.00
14	—	1,466	130.00–156.00	146.68
24	—	1,434	154.00–166.00	161.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,576	180.00–208.00	191.87
4	—	1,415	180.00–195.00	185.31
2	—	1,783	203.00–205.00	204.10
15	—	1,734	155.00–195.00	181.54
14	—	1,843	195.00–220.00	206.21
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,253	181.00–185.00	183.18
2	—	1,125	201.00–207.50	204.19

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,122	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,197.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,063	2,000.00–3,450.00	2,886.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	—	1,200	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,503.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,372	2,575.00–3,650.00	2,946.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,230	2,350.00–3,450.00	2,677.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,153	2,025.00–2,150.00	2,093.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,271	3,175.00–3,500.00	3,394.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,028	2,525.00	2,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,116	3,300.00	3,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	1,273	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,308.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,226	2,450.00–3,000.00	2,822.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	37	—	1,120	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,723.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,504	3,625.00	3,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	1,700.00	1,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	859	1,425.00–2,950.00	2,592.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,323	2,425.00	2,425.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,179	230.00	230.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	990	1,400.00–2,650.00	2,129.29
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,240	192.00–209.00	199.40
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,063	232.00–255.00	241.22
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	780	1,700.00–2,200.00	2,051.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	777	1,900.00–2,550.00	2,189.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,128	3,450.00–3,800.00	3,647.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,100	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,939.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	933	3,000.00–4,150.00	3,464.29
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,000	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,293	3,850.00–3,900.00	3,880.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,308	3,625.00	3,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,332	4,500.00	4,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,245	4,000.00–4,150.00	4,063.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,246	3,300.00–3,650.00	3,428.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,670	4,450.00	4,450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	918	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,286.65

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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