Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 202 priced lines covering 7,070 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,213 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 815 head. replacement cattle receipts at 551 head. Counted as USDA files them — 46 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,213Last week 7,995Year ago 9,100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 815Last week 1,048Year ago 776

Replacement CattleReceipts 551Last week 342Year ago 325

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 12.00 higher, instances 20.00 to 40.00 higher on light weight stocker calves. Demand was good with cattle coming off very short wheat due to dry conditions across the panhandle. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	115	600.00	600.00
10	150–200	170	575.00–655.00	602.60
13	200–250	236	545.00–640.00	608.57
23	250–300	275	510.00–615.00	546.52
28	300–350	322	500.00–592.50	524.02
33	350–400	375	470.00–540.00	506.84
45	400–450	416	420.00–500.00	458.44
86	450–500	477	395.00–495.00	432.91
197	500–550	522	357.00–445.00	401.86
209	550–600	582	375.00–425.00	406.74
132	600–650	624	350.00–400.00	365.89
207	650–700	682	333.00–359.00	356.02
163	700–750	716	325.00–372.00	350.46
260	750–800	779	320.00–342.00	331.88
85	800–850	816	322.00–340.00	329.65
7	850–900	873	285.00–306.00	299.21
45	900–950	916	290.00–308.00	305.57
49	950–1000	991	260.00–285.50	284.27
1	1000–1050	1,030	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	869	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	730	315.50	315.50
8	800–850	828	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	625.00	625.00
6	300–350	337	570.00	570.00
2	400–450	413	495.00	495.00
46	450–500	468	464.00	464.00
5	750–800	762	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	750	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	830	245.00	245.00
1	850–900	895	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	643	380.00–389.00	384.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	100–150	125	515.00–530.00	522.80
5	150–200	170	500.00–540.00	527.03
7	200–250	224	450.00–530.00	509.71
12	250–300	269	450.00–500.00	473.45
31	300–350	332	428.00–490.00	454.70
35	350–400	378	405.00–480.00	438.69
20	400–450	423	380.00–428.00	409.82
61	450–500	469	340.00–415.00	390.56
28	500–550	530	310.00–375.00	357.31
37	550–600	579	310.00–373.00	350.82
27	600–650	610	300.00–350.00	337.73
11	650–700	669	280.00–333.00	313.79
26	700–750	716	280.00–320.00	308.77
3	750–800	760	270.00–288.00	277.75
6	850–900	871	242.00–273.00	257.87
1	900–950	945	230.00	230.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	515.00	515.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	644	312.00–342.00	326.54
13	650–700	673	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	542.50	542.50
27	350–400	393	437.00	437.00
17	400–450	430	445.00–500.00	463.51
14	450–500	486	435.00	435.00
70	500–550	517	350.00–413.00	398.18
27	550–600	583	335.00–400.00	370.89
7	600–650	614	347.00	347.00
30	650–700	689	344.00	344.00
31	700–750	730	331.00–334.00	332.33
11	750–800	764	322.50–333.00	329.13
10	800–850	843	318.00	318.00
14	850–900	894	296.00	296.00
2	950–1000	958	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	657.00	657.00
5	400–450	416	510.00	510.00
5	450–500	469	585.00	585.00
15	550–600	561	375.00	375.00
28	600–650	625	342.50–370.00	365.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	893	292.00–293.00	292.50
2	1000–1050	1,008	220.00–250.00	234.89
2	1050–1100	1,080	185.00–228.00	206.40
1	1150–1200	1,170	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	360.00	360.00
4	800–850	818	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	821	341.00	341.00
5	1100–1150	1,117	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	145	700.00	700.00
11	150–200	168	600.00–720.00	672.64
11	200–250	231	595.00–810.00	689.56
11	250–300	280	600.00–685.00	633.72
70	300–350	320	570.00–660.00	603.96
40	350–400	376	535.00–625.00	581.34
109	400–450	425	495.00–600.00	546.83
78	450–500	471	454.00–565.00	502.93
267	500–550	523	425.00–524.00	485.90
174	550–600	578	400.00–485.00	446.26
166	600–650	618	378.00–441.00	419.43
160	650–700	670	350.00–404.00	387.42
498	700–750	736	350.00–395.00	378.85
512	750–800	775	344.00–374.00	365.69
197	800–850	830	325.00–359.00	346.62
120	850–900	871	320.00–352.00	344.72
2	900–950	923	324.00	324.00
1	950–1000	995	275.00	275.00
50	1000–1050	1,045	304.00	304.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	285.00	285.00
2	1300–1350	1,348	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	424	600.00	600.00
10	450–500	459	535.00	535.00
44	500–550	517	565.00	565.00
8	600–650	612	440.00	440.00
120	700–750	741	387.00–400.00	388.26
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	380.00	380.00
4	400–450	429	385.00–395.00	390.53
4	450–500	476	325.00–385.00	355.08
1	500–550	530	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	740	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	650–700	653	410.00–415.00	414.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	577	410.00–440.00	428.42
1	850–900	855	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	565.00–585.00	575.82
4	350–400	350	647.00	647.00
5	400–450	447	455.00	455.00
5	600–650	616	387.00	387.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	545.00	545.00
11	250–300	287	485.00–550.00	528.27
20	300–350	319	445.00–565.00	507.36
20	350–400	375	420.00–530.00	481.75
42	400–450	421	400.00–490.00	449.58
42	450–500	478	375.00–450.00	424.07
32	500–550	532	360.00–418.00	401.05
36	550–600	575	347.00–396.00	382.20
16	600–650	613	352.00–387.50	373.10
9	650–700	656	313.00–370.00	350.11
23	700–750	727	290.00–348.00	336.43
3	750–800	760	281.00–320.00	294.34
1	800–850	830	285.00	285.00
7	850–900	885	300.00	300.00
1	1650–1700	1,680	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	432	505.00–512.50	511.13
24	450–500	472	505.00–520.00	512.75
11	500–550	505	437.00–510.00	463.75
38	550–600	575	400.00–432.00	420.68
38	600–650	640	410.00–416.00	415.37
67	650–700	678	350.00–375.00	368.26
101	700–750	728	345.00–364.00	360.79
105	750–800	779	351.00–356.50	355.13
17	850–900	890	332.00	332.00
42	900–950	925	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	488	492.50	492.50
56	550–600	587	430.00	430.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	327	450.00–465.00	458.64
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	465.00	465.00
9	300–350	312	420.00–435.00	431.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,076	95.00–145.00	123.16
9	—	1,074	110.00–154.50	143.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,199	130.00–159.00	141.74
47	—	1,239	109.00–148.50	131.97
56	—	1,218	143.00–163.00	155.39
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	874	110.00–120.00	113.72
38	—	881	88.00–116.00	106.54
3	—	912	125.00–130.00	126.65
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	933	133.00–155.00	143.55
26	—	971	113.00–126.00	114.45
1	—	960	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,326	135.00–145.00	138.45
29	—	1,365	143.00–153.00	146.97
30	—	1,367	153.00–171.00	159.84
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	185.00	185.00
2	—	1,265	169.00–171.00	169.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	170.50	170.50
12	—	1,624	160.00–184.00	174.48
10	—	1,715	133.00–174.00	164.59
6	—	1,475	169.00–193.00	182.54

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)	27	—	1,104	1,850.00–2,800.00	2,334.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,034	2,700.00–3,950.00	3,531.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	—	1,113	2,200.00–3,600.00	2,958.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,216	2,400.00–3,850.00	3,087.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,237	2,400.00–3,000.00	2,851.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,321	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,687.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	991	2,350.00–3,750.00	3,220.13
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	835	2,200.00–2,250.00	2,225.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	874	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,187.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,273	3,900.00	3,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,245	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,153.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,515	3,800.00	3,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,222	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,109.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,232	2,500.00–3,075.00	2,759.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,173	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,333	3,375.00	3,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	894	2,450.00–3,100.00	2,777.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	896	1,850.00–3,250.00	2,699.85
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	892	262.00–285.00	276.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	164.00–177.00	170.64
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	969	1,800.00–2,400.00	2,180.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	928	2,250.00–2,400.00	2,321.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	—	1,396	3,800.00–5,100.00	4,430.19
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,093	3,100.00–4,200.00	3,677.41
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	942	3,405.00–3,600.00	3,504.26
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,191	2,800.00–3,700.00	3,447.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	2,300.00	2,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,125	3,500.00–4,250.00	4,054.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	920	3,300.00	3,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	3,175.00	3,175.00

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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