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Giddings Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Giddings, Texas · Mon, Aug 4
● Final129 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3724
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,460 head
▲ 437 vs last sale 1,023▲ 480 vs year ago 980 · +49.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 179▲ 45 vs year ago 100 · +45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 190▲ 83 vs year ago 15 · +553.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts were 1,707 head compared to 1,392 last week. The market was down from the record highs last week. Feeder steers were 10.00 to 16.00 lower. Feeder heifers were off by 12.00 to 18.00. Slaughter cows were fully steady. Slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $353.58/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 11 of 33 comparable sales and sits −67.41 against this barn's trailing median of $420.99.
Average price
$353.58
157 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.92
vs TX average
−36.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551360.241,98497
Medium and Large 2544342.811,86460
One grade step is worth $17.43/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale157 hd
353.58
—
TX average5 barns · 341 hd
366.50
−12.92
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
−36.44
This barn, trailing median33 sales
420.99
−67.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
476423371318median 420.9903/0205/0407/1309/0811/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $462.13, low $332.08, median $420.99 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,677184.093,08716
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,357164.992,24048
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,069149.641,59928
CowsLean 85-90%Low824121.731,00315

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$3,0636
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,104$3,0288
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,115$2,8862thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,193$2,83328
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,302$2,7989
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,257$2,7443thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,4566
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)930$2,2123thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)785$2,1673thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)745$1,5751thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,075$3,7072thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$3,7899
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)978$3,2697
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,345$3,0465
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)931$2,0505
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)690$1,8501thin

Every lot

129 lots · USDA AMS · Giddings Livestock Auction - Giddings, TX
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,1141
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2225450.11/cwt445.00–455.001,0132
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270449.23/cwt400.00–480.001,2133
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271536.41/cwt520.00–560.001,4544
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325416.96/cwt400.00–435.001,3552
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1331499.80/cwt495.00–515.001,65411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369486.97/cwt475.00–515.001,79712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380412.52/cwt380.00–430.001,56815
Steers350–400Small 2386349.40/cwt330.00–360.001,3494
Steers400–450Small 2415325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418421.66/cwt405.00–445.001,76336
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426372.87/cwt340.00–400.001,58820
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475364.32/cwt325.00–380.001,73142
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477389.07/cwt383.00–410.001,85638
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519372.05/cwt343.00–388.001,93140
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523351.51/cwt318.00–368.001,83836
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573351.95/cwt343.00–373.002,01757
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575329.75/cwt300.00–340.001,89624
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613341.61/cwt330.00–360.002,09436
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622318.50/cwt300.00–328.001,98131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658335.45/cwt325.00–375.002,20714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670307.80/cwt275.00–320.002,06219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709323.08/cwt315.00–340.002,29112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2729286.22/cwt240.00–300.002,0878
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755307.00/cwt305.00–309.002,3182
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2761291.47/cwt273.00–300.002,2189
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818284.06/cwt280.00–288.002,3242
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3511
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,1951
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,4921
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,7161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1130700.00/cwt700.00–700.009101
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1195620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,2091
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235437.82/cwt430.00–445.001,0292
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265456.82/cwt390.00–470.001,2118
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276477.97/cwt475.00–485.001,3195
Heifers250–300Small 2290315.00/cwt315.00–315.009141
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320458.02/cwt448.00–470.001,4664
Heifers300–350Small 2320305.49/cwt285.00–328.009782
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325418.62/cwt398.00–435.001,3618
Heifers350–400Small 2360300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373411.98/cwt405.00–430.001,5378
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378369.42/cwt350.00–395.001,3963
Heifers400–450Small 2405205.00/cwt205.00–205.008301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423380.81/cwt375.00–400.001,61119
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426346.76/cwt300.00–368.001,47712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466366.87/cwt363.00–373.001,71038
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474336.66/cwt310.00–360.001,59637
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525341.46/cwt338.00–350.001,79331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525325.35/cwt300.00–335.001,70830
Heifers550–600Small 2555210.00/cwt195.00–225.001,1662
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573331.50/cwt328.00–350.001,89921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573319.91/cwt305.00–325.001,83316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610305.64/cwt270.00–313.001,86421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625321.74/cwt315.00–328.002,01133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement640370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3681
Heifers600–650Small 2643243.32/cwt225.00–255.001,5653
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement655370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4241
Heifers650–700Small 2655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663319.41/cwt310.00–333.002,11814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673302.23/cwt290.00–308.002,0344
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715321.53/cwt320.00–323.002,2992
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728283.77/cwt275.00–293.002,0663
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767298.97/cwt296.00–303.002,2933
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,1441
Heifers800–850Small 2820188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5421
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,2361
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2905243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1991
Heifers900–950Small 2915175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6011
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1968250.49/cwt248.00–253.002,4252
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2990240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3761
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,115250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,7881
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 21,215190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,3091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Small 2365200.00/cwt200.00–200.007301
Bulls700–750Small 2705190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3401
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8385
Bulls750–800Small 2760188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4291
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2828226.55/cwt190.00–235.001,8769
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2905210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9011
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,013216.79/cwt193.00–240.002,1962
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,068182.59/cwt175.00–190.001,9502
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 21,113214.09/cwt200.00–228.002,3832
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 21,183179.03/cwt175.00–183.002,1182
Bulls1200–1250Medium and Large 21,215185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2481
Bulls1250–1300Medium and Large 21,270188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,3881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,238181.12/cwt175.00–185.002,2423
Bulls——1,654169.34/cwt165.00–173.002,8014
Bulls——1,798197.91/cwt193.00–202.003,5585
Bulls——1,878183.78/cwt180.00–191.003,4514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight761128.64/cwt120.00–131.009797
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight855132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1291
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight872107.91/cwt100.00–115.009416
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight903139.03/cwt135.00–143.001,2552
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight908150.94/cwt149.00–153.001,3712
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight915169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,5461
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,045151.24/cwt149.00–154.001,5804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,087138.02/cwt130.00–143.001,5009
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125158.17/cwt155.00–163.001,77911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,266173.58/cwt168.00–185.002,19817
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388163.47/cwt157.00–167.002,26923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,464151.12/cwt145.00–156.002,2128
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0753,706.51/head3,000.00–4,400.003,7072
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed6851,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7451,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28352,325.15/head2,300.00–2,350.002,3252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7302,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed7752,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9801,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9981,847.93/head1,775.00–1,925.001,8482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0082,293.55/head2,000.00–2,650.002,2942
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0483,063.21/head2,300.00–3,650.003,0636
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1152,885.65/head2,250.00–3,300.002,8862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1573,161.11/head2,700.00–3,550.003,1617
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2012,876.82/head2,125.00–3,400.002,87727
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2112,759.75/head2,000.00–3,150.002,7604
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2572,743.87/head2,425.00–3,000.002,7443
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3022,798.40/head2,000.00–3,400.002,7989
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8652,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8752,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29102,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29953,441.96/head3,400.00–3,500.003,4422
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1152,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2504,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3014,264.87/head3,500.00–4,800.004,2657
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3183,076.42/head2,800.00–3,250.003,0763
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6553,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-26901,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29312,050.11/head1,550.00–2,300.002,0505

This sale against other markets

Texas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.