Texas Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Texas reported 224 priced lines covering 3,917 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,683 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 589 head. replacement cattle receipts at 316 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,683Last week 4,834Year ago 5,261

Slaughter CattleReceipts 589Last week 889Year ago 778

Replacement CattleReceipts 316Last week 359Year ago 364

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 3.00 to 15.00 higher. Yearlings not well tested. Demand was good as the panhandle received several inches of rain end of the week to put a dent in drought conditions.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,167	120.00–148.00	140.80
45	—	1,015	94.00–138.50	130.20
1	—	1,075	144.00	144.00
9	—	937	99.00–120.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	964	120.00–125.00	121.26
2	—	955	117.00	117.00
8	—	896	90.00–143.00	112.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,432	131.00–144.00	136.51
25	—	1,444	118.00–150.00	127.61
3	—	1,623	115.00	115.00
3	—	1,252	144.00–146.00	144.70
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	125.00	125.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,223	130.00–148.00	139.50
87	—	1,181	139.50–175.00	150.88
47	—	1,134	120.00–140.00	129.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,732	150.00–179.00	166.97
6	—	1,556	176.00–212.00	187.96
10	—	1,668	179.00–184.00	183.55
12	—	1,713	151.00–195.00	174.89
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	178.00	178.00
1	—	1,360	165.00	165.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	450.00	450.00
20	400–450	420	450.00–455.00	451.77
12	450–500	461	435.00	435.00
8	500–550	548	388.00	388.00
63	550–600	574	350.00–370.00	359.20
49	600–650	627	346.00–357.00	348.82
17	650–700	689	314.00–333.00	318.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	170	410.00–500.00	464.07
2	200–250	223	400.00–475.00	434.55
6	250–300	278	400.00–475.00	432.27
10	300–350	329	425.00–475.00	462.85
26	350–400	378	385.00–450.00	427.93
24	400–450	421	375.00–420.00	403.36
32	450–500	474	345.00–395.00	373.38
46	500–550	528	325.00–370.00	354.38
31	550–600	575	310.00–355.00	341.34
35	600–650	621	300.00–340.00	327.59
17	650–700	667	302.50–333.00	325.06
14	700–750	715	285.00–325.00	312.37
4	750–800	779	293.00–300.00	298.22
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	155	425.00	425.00
1	200–250	215	390.00	390.00
1	300–350	335	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	380	325.00–375.00	350.00
5	400–450	425	325.00–365.00	345.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	602	338.00–352.00	345.62
9	650–700	697	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	312	552.50	552.50
14	350–400	391	520.00	520.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	520.00	520.00
10	400–450	419	440.00–442.50	440.77
34	450–500	464	385.00–429.00	415.04
40	500–550	507	362.50–402.00	393.08
23	550–600	590	345.50–354.00	347.00
21	600–650	640	327.50–340.00	329.57
27	650–700	661	302.50–333.00	320.43
10	700–750	734	299.00–307.00	302.35
37	800–850	817	322.00–325.00	323.46
3	900–950	910	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	242	500.00–550.00	513.97
2	250–300	250	1,300.00	1,300.00
8	250–300	274	500.00–550.00	522.56
14	300–350	322	485.00–545.00	514.11
29	350–400	378	450.00–525.00	478.14
48	400–450	424	412.50–485.00	441.63
64	450–500	475	397.50–455.00	432.42
39	500–550	514	365.00–435.00	397.72
111	550–600	563	355.00–406.50	378.38
162	600–650	623	345.00–394.00	366.55
82	650–700	660	320.00–361.00	348.44
31	700–750	714	312.00–357.50	335.96
266	750–800	780	304.00–354.00	346.91
26	800–850	818	295.00–328.00	310.56
1	850–900	860	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	481	415.00	415.00
7	550–600	556	390.00	390.00
3	800–850	845	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	655	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	782	310.00	310.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	345.00	345.00
6	850–900	883	250.00	250.00
2	1150–1200	1,163	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	945	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	215	520.00	520.00
7	250–300	275	370.00–485.00	449.41
23	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
21	400–450	434	322.50–417.00	381.94
3	450–500	492	357.50	357.50
18	500–550	520	320.00–342.50	335.18
22	550–600	573	317.50–318.00	317.77
17	600–650	610	318.00–325.00	322.12
6	650–700	697	282.00–310.00	300.65
2	700–750	730	286.00	286.00
6	750–800	767	282.00–292.50	286.42
6	800–850	817	280.00–287.50	285.04
7	850–900	855	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	345	499.00	499.00
17	350–400	374	400.00–425.00	405.55
21	400–450	415	362.00–465.00	433.25
32	450–500	472	360.00–437.00	387.50
3	550–600	573	330.00–338.00	332.74
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00
8	650–700	670	304.00–314.00	309.26
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	420.00	420.00
1	300–350	330	420.00	420.00
1	450–500	470	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	523	335.00–342.00	338.24
3	550–600	578	302.50–320.00	314.00
3	600–650	617	292.50–315.00	305.68
1	650–700	675	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	721	260.00–285.00	273.70
1	800–850	825	230.00	230.00
2	900–950	930	265.00–280.00	272.50
1	950–1000	995	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	635	310.00	310.00
4	700–750	739	275.00	275.00
28	750–800	750	317.00	317.00
8	800–850	813	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
6	150–200	175	700.00	700.00
9	200–250	236	505.00	505.00
3	250–300	267	460.00	460.00
14	300–350	308	430.00	430.00
19	350–400	398	385.00–411.00	406.93
4	400–450	449	320.00	320.00
54	450–500	475	342.00–376.00	361.16
19	500–550	532	310.00–340.00	327.52
12	550–600	581	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	693	281.00	281.00
2	700–750	733	300.00	300.00
20	750–800	752	265.00–305.00	290.10
6	900–950	942	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	155	400.00	400.00
3	200–250	222	400.00–435.00	420.75
2	250–300	268	400.00–435.00	417.99
8	300–350	328	400.00–430.00	420.45
21	350–400	375	375.00–420.00	395.75
12	400–450	431	320.00–400.00	370.17
49	450–500	468	325.00–378.00	355.56
43	500–550	516	300.00–365.00	336.12
21	550–600	573	300.00–333.00	321.03
21	600–650	621	290.00–320.00	310.10
12	650–700	668	295.00–320.00	303.44
7	700–750	712	257.50–300.00	292.53
2	850–900	858	250.00–260.00	254.96
1	1000–1050	1,030	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	160	510.00–530.00	520.31
1	250–300	260	1,350.00	1,350.00
3	250–300	285	430.00–465.00	441.26
12	300–350	323	435.00–460.00	447.98
37	350–400	372	425.00–460.00	435.57
57	400–450	419	382.00–445.00	397.95
33	450–500	465	377.50–425.00	385.87
65	500–550	531	337.00–383.00	349.52
113	550–600	570	306.00–355.00	341.63
41	600–650	621	288.00–350.00	321.71
30	650–700	662	290.00–350.00	328.16
20	700–750	712	275.00–324.00	311.80
16	750–800	796	285.00–310.00	307.88
7	800–850	814	275.00–315.00	293.59
30	850–900	879	283.00–285.00	284.06
15	950–1000	983	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	410	500.00–545.00	522.23
3	450–500	464	427.50–505.00	454.52
3	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	585	430.00–445.00	434.91
2	600–650	630	390.00–460.00	424.44
3	650–700	660	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	550–600	562	389.00	389.00
90	600–650	647	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	375	360.00	360.00
8	400–450	430	320.00–360.00	332.49
3	450–500	470	305.00–325.00	318.05
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,030	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	216	552.50	552.50
2	300–350	333	510.00	510.00
28	350–400	350	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	427.00	427.00
19	400–450	402	370.00–412.50	397.81
6	450–500	467	370.00–372.00	371.32
25	500–550	527	320.00–350.00	346.26
59	550–600	576	315.00–345.50	332.48
11	600–650	619	310.00–312.00	311.11
23	650–700	675	317.00	317.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	587	326.00	326.00
22	650–700	696	290.00	290.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	220.00	220.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,157	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,083	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,775.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,091	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,611.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,444	135.00	135.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,134	2,200.00–2,350.00	2,309.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,038	2,950.00–3,150.00	3,121.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	918	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,173	1,700.00–2,450.00	2,213.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,103	1,650.00–2,025.00	1,903.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,229	1,900.00–2,100.00	1,982.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,149	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,173	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,864.91
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,220	2,250.00	2,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,098	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,257	2,500.00–3,050.00	2,718.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,424	3,150.00–3,200.00	3,160.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,520	3,700.00	3,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,315	2,600.00–2,725.00	2,698.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	3,100.00	3,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,095	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,471.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	828	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,941.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	923	1,800.00–3,000.00	2,674.81
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,114	2,250.00–3,025.00	2,924.44
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	35	—	958	141.00–224.00	154.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,369	139.00	139.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	1,800.00	1,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	200.00	200.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	801	250.00–267.00	261.48
Open Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,215	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,655	3,700.00	3,700.00

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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