Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 196 priced lines covering 3,512 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,249 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 481 head. replacement cattle receipts at 262 head. Counted as USDA files them — 65 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,249Last week 5,279Year ago 6,924

Slaughter CattleReceipts 481Last week 597Year ago 693

Replacement CattleReceipts 262Last week 329Year ago 194

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to instances 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. The Texas panhandle has been warmer than normal with thunderstorms moving through the area to end the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	537.50	537.50
20	450–500	458	450.00–460.00	451.58
25	550–600	568	412.50–414.00	413.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	516	412.00–425.00	416.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	150–200	158	640.00–730.00	707.68
1	150–200	150	1,150.00	1,150.00
1	200–250	225	660.00	660.00
5	250–300	278	545.00–665.00	574.01
21	300–350	320	485.00–600.00	546.06
40	350–400	380	485.00–565.00	536.48
27	400–450	425	460.00–512.50	486.14
80	450–500	472	450.00–490.00	470.16
115	500–550	521	410.00–475.00	440.71
57	550–600	562	375.00–438.00	407.23
75	600–650	615	364.00–455.00	401.46
195	650–700	668	337.00–398.00	370.09
55	700–750	715	310.00–385.00	345.99
45	750–800	777	333.00–365.00	337.52
23	800–850	842	317.50–335.00	325.91
1	950–1000	975	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	353	490.00	490.00
2	400–450	443	445.00	445.00
6	450–500	490	424.00–452.00	438.09
8	500–550	527	402.00–420.00	408.69
25	600–650	617	375.00–403.00	386.87
21	650–700	697	348.00	348.00
70	750–800	794	307.50–332.50	331.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	503	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	627	352.00–354.00	352.87
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	490.00–515.00	502.26
156	650–700	675	390.00–420.00	399.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	150–200	186	550.00–600.00	581.40
2	200–250	225	505.00–580.00	539.17
4	250–300	276	510.00–535.00	521.63
11	300–350	326	428.00–505.00	478.39
11	350–400	380	390.00–475.00	455.46
11	400–450	423	425.00–465.00	447.90
17	450–500	474	375.00–445.00	418.70
11	500–550	522	350.00–428.00	404.68
27	550–600	568	330.00–375.00	365.83
7	600–650	627	310.00–365.00	345.71
13	650–700	678	310.00–350.00	334.18
6	700–750	715	288.00–335.00	312.96
6	750–800	764	300.00–310.00	302.51
1	850–900	870	230.00	230.00
1	900–950	905	245.00	245.00
1	1100–1150	1,125	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	539	405.00–425.00	421.17
2	550–600	568	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	690	327.00	327.00
2	800–850	838	235.00	235.00
29	900–950	908	259.00–288.50	284.27
2	950–1000	975	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	229	600.00–645.00	623.00
8	250–300	273	470.00–605.00	543.04
11	300–350	332	525.00–555.00	539.47
11	350–400	373	485.00–550.00	533.50
18	400–450	430	430.00–520.00	490.71
28	450–500	474	425.00–490.00	466.35
25	500–550	523	385.00–465.00	441.47
14	550–600	572	372.00–440.00	412.64
23	600–650	628	335.00–398.00	364.73
26	650–700	666	320.00–375.00	364.12
9	700–750	728	342.00–365.00	355.84
2	750–800	775	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	530.00–535.00	533.34
23	450–500	474	510.00–525.00	514.96
8	500–550	543	445.00–485.00	475.82
20	550–600	575	427.50–442.00	437.04
49	600–650	633	408.00–413.00	411.04
68	700–750	733	380.00	380.00
7	750–800	774	360.00	360.00
20	850–900	884	315.00	315.00
4	900–950	943	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	711	379.00	379.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	591	430.00–440.00	431.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	135	650.00	650.00
7	150–200	184	680.00–720.00	698.90
7	200–250	223	650.00–750.00	691.84
14	250–300	275	625.00–680.00	650.68
33	300–350	322	590.00–675.00	630.59
26	350–400	374	560.00–665.00	598.33
32	400–450	411	525.00–630.00	575.96
39	450–500	464	495.00–555.00	527.04
76	500–550	517	470.00–535.00	514.08
74	550–600	573	445.00–483.00	454.12
72	600–650	628	400.00–455.00	423.06
77	650–700	672	380.00–422.00	395.94
222	700–750	729	384.00–401.00	390.27
71	750–800	771	340.00–403.00	374.40
134	800–850	819	347.00–356.50	354.99
70	850–900	866	328.00–343.00	340.17
147	900–950	924	310.00–329.00	320.56
25	950–1000	957	300.00–317.00	304.78
20	1250–1300	1,285	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	575.00	575.00
16	450–500	472	505.00	505.00
2	500–550	520	477.50	477.50
2	650–700	683	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	531	475.00–510.00	487.57
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	460.00	460.00
1	450–500	495	373.00	373.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	585.00	585.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	620.00–625.00	623.80
11	400–450	435	490.00–550.00	522.19
26	450–500	481	470.00–515.00	498.54
25	500–550	517	454.00–515.00	480.25
4	550–600	569	427.50–465.00	445.29
7	600–650	629	377.00–390.00	383.43
11	650–700	674	377.50–395.00	386.57
2	700–750	705	360.00–362.00	360.99
6	750–800	770	336.00–352.50	346.94
3	800–850	837	330.00	330.00
2	900–950	925	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	475.00	475.00
5	500–550	537	440.00–445.00	442.03
3	800–850	825	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	683	250.00–258.00	254.07
2	800–850	818	225.00–228.00	226.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	695	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	770	293.00	293.00
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
2	850–900	883	270.00–283.00	276.41
3	900–950	910	218.00–250.00	235.92
1	950–1000	980	228.00	228.00
2	1050–1100	1,088	220.00–245.00	232.59
2	1100–1150	1,113	230.00–248.00	238.90
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	385.00	385.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	3,650.00	3,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,177	2,675.00–2,750.00	2,707.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,334	4,000.00–4,400.00	4,226.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	2,950.00	2,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,183	3,400.00–4,350.00	3,825.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,381	2,500.00–2,975.00	2,889.44
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	851	2,300.00–2,775.00	2,517.59
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,450	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,107	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,733.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,098	2,800.00–3,500.00	3,266.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,079	1,950.00–2,650.00	2,282.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,174	2,350.00–3,300.00	2,963.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,138	2,500.00–3,200.00	2,962.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	901	2,500.00–3,400.00	2,991.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	853	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,012	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,949.33
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	735	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,324	3,250.00–3,450.00	3,307.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,109	2,550.00–3,300.00	3,121.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	3,650.00	3,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,333	3,000.00–3,450.00	3,280.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,396	3,350.00–4,150.00	3,819.90
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,347	3,550.00	3,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,113	3,850.00–4,050.00	3,969.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,255	3,600.00	3,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	800	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,513	3,350.00–4,900.00	4,118.60
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	803	1,550.00–2,800.00	2,155.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,040	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,467.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,003	262.00–301.00	277.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,405	180.00	180.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,174	216.00–270.00	219.64
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	708	2,250.00–2,650.00	2,435.88
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	841	2,400.00	2,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	206.00–230.00	218.66
2	—	1,185	195.00–204.00	198.87
8	—	1,196	146.00–184.00	170.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,190	194.00	194.00
22	—	1,761	170.00–210.00	187.96
15	—	1,661	190.00–240.00	203.80
12	—	1,650	150.00–188.00	165.58
1	—	1,850	171.00	171.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	926	143.00–148.00	145.01
6	—	928	130.00–142.00	136.05
2	—	900	155.00–169.00	161.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,407	155.00–175.00	160.47
6	—	1,072	122.00–142.00	133.71
44	—	1,180	141.00–166.00	147.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	954	106.00–156.00	138.94
4	—	867	118.00–124.00	121.28
14	—	1,149	119.00–166.00	152.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,282	157.00–169.00	162.26
31	—	1,278	170.00–195.00	178.41
12	—	1,313	148.00–156.00	152.41
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	866	99.00–139.00	128.71
5	—	862	119.00–165.00	139.94
2	—	833	128.00–135.00	131.22

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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