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Giddings Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Giddings, Texas · Mon, Jan 12
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3724
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,718 head
▲ 445 vs last sale 1,273▲ 242 vs year ago 1,476 · +16.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 225▲ 63 vs year ago 185 · +34.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
340 head
▲ 260 vs last sale 80▲ 320 vs year ago 20 · +1,600.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts were 2,306compared to 1,578 last week. The market continues to be very active. Feeder steers were 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were fully steady with last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.69/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 16 of 33 comparable sales and sits −7.05 against this barn's trailing median of $384.73.
Average price
$377.69
141 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,051
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.84
vs TX average
−35.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535391.482,09384
Medium and Large 2555357.371,98357
One grade step is worth $34.11/cwt here — about $110 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 sale141 hd
377.69
—
TX average5 barns · 615 hd
366.84
+10.84
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
−35.79
This barn, trailing median33 sales
384.73
−7.05
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
440395349303median 384.7303/0205/0407/1309/0811/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.50, low $316.81, median $384.73 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—Low1,608176.222,83322
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,324148.301,96458
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,057136.391,44163
CowsLean 85-90%Low885104.9992933

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,032$3,49941
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$3,29345
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)984$3,17342
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,097$2,92060
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,239$2,8655
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,059$2,23018
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)980$2,2001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)894$2,77819
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)896$2,70015
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,396$4,4305
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,056$3,8488
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,109$3,65828
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)980$2,3001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)928$2,32218
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)969$2,18027

Every lot

123 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1145700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,0151
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1168672.64/cwt600.00–720.001,13011
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2220545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,1991
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1226617.22/cwt595.00–640.001,3957
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280633.72/cwt600.00–685.001,77411
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2287528.27/cwt485.00–550.001,51611
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2319507.36/cwt445.00–565.001,61820
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322606.67/cwt570.00–660.001,95331
Steers300–350Small 2325380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372573.10/cwt535.00–625.002,13219
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375481.75/cwt420.00–530.001,80720
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418540.47/cwt495.00–600.002,25944
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421449.58/cwt400.00–490.001,89342
Steers400–450Small 2429390.53/cwt385.00–395.001,6754
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469482.53/cwt454.00–565.002,26346
Steers450–500Small 2476355.08/cwt325.00–385.001,6904
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478424.07/cwt375.00–450.002,02742
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526438.93/cwt425.00–480.002,30933
Steers500–550Small 2530325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532401.05/cwt360.00–418.002,13432
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569409.08/cwt400.00–418.002,32837
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575382.17/cwt347.00–396.002,19733
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621362.24/cwt352.00–373.002,2509
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622387.18/cwt378.00–400.002,40839
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660334.44/cwt313.00–345.002,2075
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666374.05/cwt350.00–404.002,49118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715364.64/cwt350.00–385.002,60714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2724330.50/cwt290.00–348.002,3935
Steers700–750Small 2740250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8501
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7302
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4961
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6492
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3661
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy855325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7791
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2873300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6192
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885335.91/cwt320.00–352.002,9734
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1995275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,7361
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,090285.00/cwt285.00–285.003,1071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1115600.00/cwt600.00–600.006901
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 2125522.80/cwt515.00–530.006532
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1170602.60/cwt575.00–655.001,02410
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2170527.03/cwt500.00–540.008965
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1224579.93/cwt545.00–640.001,2995
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2224509.71/cwt450.00–530.001,1427
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2269473.45/cwt450.00–500.001,27412
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272535.29/cwt510.00–575.001,45620
Heifers300–350Small 2310350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325513.27/cwt500.00–525.001,66824
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332454.70/cwt428.00–490.001,51031
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376507.79/cwt490.00–540.001,90925
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378438.69/cwt405.00–480.001,65835
Heifers350–400Small 2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420455.60/cwt420.00–500.001,91432
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423409.82/cwt380.00–428.001,73420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469390.56/cwt340.00–415.001,83261
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472434.71/cwt420.00–495.002,05238
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Replacement490515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,5242
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522395.03/cwt377.00–430.002,06263
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530360.20/cwt310.00–375.001,90926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573380.81/cwt375.00–425.002,18221
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576354.99/cwt325.00–373.002,04531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610337.73/cwt300.00–350.002,06027
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617373.60/cwt357.00–400.002,30530
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665326.71/cwt315.00–333.002,1738
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673350.90/cwt340.00–359.002,36210
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717342.31/cwt325.00–372.002,45419
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3525
Heifers750–800Small 2750250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8751
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760277.75/cwt270.00–288.002,1113
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4961
Heifers800–850Small 2830245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0341
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5951
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2871257.87/cwt242.00–273.002,2466
Heifers850–900Small 2895228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,0411
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6251
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2945230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1741
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1973264.98/cwt260.00–268.002,5783
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,050190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2893292.50/cwt292.00–293.002,6122
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,008234.89/cwt220.00–250.002,3682
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,080206.40/cwt185.00–228.002,2292
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 21,170228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,6681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,265169.92/cwt169.00–171.002,1492
Bulls——Light Weight1,315185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,4331
Bulls——1,550187.27/cwt185.00–193.002,9034
Bulls——1,631179.97/cwt175.00–184.002,9357
Bulls——1,738167.89/cwt161.00–174.002,9188
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82998.58/cwt88.00–105.0081718
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight874113.72/cwt110.00–120.009946
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight912126.65/cwt125.00–130.001,1553
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight926138.85/cwt133.00–141.001,2865
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight931120.88/cwt113.00–126.001,1255
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight960150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4401
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04699.49/cwt95.00–105.001,0414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053114.92/cwt110.00–120.001,2102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,064133.93/cwt130.00–140.001,42520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,088146.49/cwt143.00–155.001,59424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117118.69/cwt109.00–129.001,3268
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,286137.27/cwt135.00–142.001,76512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,288158.07/cwt153.00–171.002,03618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,364146.75/cwt143.00–152.002,00228
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,3964,430.19/head3,800.00–5,100.004,4305
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8352,225.90/head2,200.00–2,250.002,2262
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8742,187.55/head2,100.00–2,250.002,1884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9402,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29802,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29913,220.13/head2,350.00–3,750.003,22040
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0343,531.09/head2,700.00–3,950.003,53140
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0612,255.67/head1,850.00–2,600.002,25617
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1132,972.16/head2,400.00–3,600.002,97256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1213,325.04/head2,400.00–3,850.003,32544
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2392,864.89/head2,400.00–3,000.002,8655
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29423,504.26/head3,405.00–3,600.003,5043
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29802,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0813,728.71/head3,200.00–4,200.003,72921
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1254,054.67/head3,500.00–4,250.004,0555
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1913,447.21/head2,800.00–3,700.003,4477
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28942,777.53/head2,450.00–3,100.002,77819
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28962,699.85/head1,850.00–3,250.002,70015
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29282,321.75/head2,250.00–2,400.002,32218
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-29692,180.23/head1,800.00–2,400.002,18027

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.