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Giddings Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Giddings, Texas · Mon, Feb 23
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3724
Feeder Cattle receipts
838 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 940▲ 368 vs year ago 470 · +78.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 208▲ 112 vs year ago 68 · +164.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
201 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 180▲ 181 vs year ago 20 · +905.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts were 1,219 compared to 1,328 last week. The market remains very active. Feeder steers were fully steady with last week. Feeder heifers were fully steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were fully steady with last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $462.61/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 34 of 33 comparable sales and sits +41.62 against this barn's trailing median of $420.99.
Average price
$462.61
57 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$67.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.67
vs TX average
−24.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538489.892,63834
Medium and Large 2561422.282,36723
One grade step is worth $67.60/cwt here — about $270 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale57 hd
462.61
—
TX average5 barns · 331 hd
459.94
+2.67
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
−24.41
This barn, trailing median33 sales
420.99
+41.62
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—High1,632195.953,19822
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,308163.632,14146
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,010146.621,48049
CowsLean 85-90%High848106.3390219

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)1,118$3,4364thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,135$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)993$2,9934thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,134$2,89435
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,126$2,71525
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,021$2,3826
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,004$2,34315
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,031$2,17723
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$2,1001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)978$3,8453thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)973$3,45110
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,560$4,9302thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,075$4,2489
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,190$3,35612
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,260$2,8001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)867$2,11311
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)715$2,0892thin

Every lot

116 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1145740.00/cwt740.00–740.001,0731
Steers150–200Medium and Large 2175640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,1201
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1176699.34/cwt660.00–760.001,23112
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223678.46/cwt650.00–700.001,5136
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2226551.96/cwt410.00–605.001,2474
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265550.94/cwt400.00–600.001,4606
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278650.33/cwt620.00–690.001,8089
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325611.25/cwt570.00–655.001,98727
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325504.77/cwt490.00–520.001,6412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368585.48/cwt550.00–645.002,15523
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383505.72/cwt400.00–545.001,9378
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415543.19/cwt525.00–570.002,25424
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428493.55/cwt410.00–520.002,11221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470519.37/cwt495.00–555.002,44121
Steers450–500Small 2475385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8291
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477466.99/cwt400.00–490.002,22821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517502.40/cwt470.00–555.002,59721
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528439.60/cwt420.00–468.002,3218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573469.68/cwt445.00–535.002,69113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578413.05/cwt370.00–435.002,38715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617412.71/cwt400.00–460.002,54617
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624384.11/cwt375.00–390.002,3976
Steers650–700Small 2655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671396.07/cwt380.00–430.002,6588
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720392.49/cwt387.00–405.002,8264
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4481
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769373.15/cwt363.00–395.002,8704
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3661
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2955258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,4641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1175650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,1382
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2175500.00/cwt500.00–500.008751
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215641.92/cwt630.00–655.001,3802
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2238461.89/cwt400.00–520.001,0992
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271584.45/cwt525.00–600.001,5847
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2274485.55/cwt400.00–500.001,3308
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324529.02/cwt500.00–585.001,71421
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328448.62/cwt375.00–480.001,4717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371504.52/cwt480.00–545.001,87222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381444.00/cwt420.00–470.001,6927
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421487.52/cwt470.00–520.002,05217
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424446.89/cwt425.00–465.001,89518
Heifers400–450Small 2430350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465479.95/cwt450.00–515.002,23221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472425.79/cwt400.00–440.002,01012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518439.71/cwt430.00–455.002,2787
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529406.93/cwt385.00–425.002,15324
Heifers500–550Small 2538353.13/cwt350.00–370.001,9006
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560405.50/cwt385.00–430.002,27112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573372.40/cwt360.00–378.002,1347
Heifers550–600Small 2575315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612387.19/cwt375.00–400.002,37010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619344.66/cwt325.00–363.002,1338
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663373.45/cwt360.00–385.002,4763
Heifers650–700Small 2665275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8291
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677342.42/cwt320.00–355.002,3185
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717356.60/cwt349.00–370.002,5575
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720337.61/cwt328.00–340.002,4317
Heifers700–750Small 2732271.20/cwt220.00–298.001,9853
Heifers750–800Small 2750235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765302.56/cwt283.00–318.002,3154
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768334.87/cwt327.00–350.002,5723
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873296.78/cwt295.00–298.002,5915
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2895240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1481
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1963279.00/cwt278.00–280.002,6872
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2970253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,4541
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Small 2595240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4281
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9391
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2865315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7251
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2930225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0931
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2950230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1851
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 21,160193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,2391
Bulls1300–1350Medium and Large 21,325200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,6501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,208196.12/cwt194.00–198.002,3692
Bulls——Light Weight1,265165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0871
Bulls——Light Weight1,285186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,3901
Bulls——1,583163.50/cwt156.00–170.002,5882
Bulls——1,628187.48/cwt185.00–190.003,0522
Bulls——1,751204.70/cwt195.00–215.003,58414
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79698.00/cwt80.00–110.0078011
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight829130.38/cwt127.00–135.001,0814
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight905157.82/cwt150.00–165.001,4285
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight919132.81/cwt125.00–138.001,2217
Cows—Lean 85-90%920119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0951
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight932144.59/cwt139.00–149.001,3489
Cows—Lean 85-90%Heavy Weight965107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,066158.81/cwt150.00–170.001,69312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,075145.28/cwt140.00–149.001,56211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07897.41/cwt90.00–105.001,0502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101132.11/cwt125.00–136.001,4555
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,278157.99/cwt154.00–163.002,01917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320172.74/cwt164.00–189.002,28023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350144.72/cwt140.00–150.001,9546
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5604,929.81/head4,500.00–5,400.004,9302
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29733,450.51/head2,200.00–4,050.003,45110
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29783,845.49/head2,300.00–4,400.003,8453
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed8651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29702,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29932,993.32/head2,450.00–3,600.002,9934
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0062,382.30/head2,000.00–2,800.002,38214
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0212,381.55/head2,200.00–2,500.002,3826
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0562,233.65/head1,900.00–2,650.002,23420
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1183,436.41/head2,700.00–4,300.003,4364
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1262,715.26/head2,150.00–3,650.002,71525
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1342,894.25/head2,350.00–3,850.002,89435
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1353,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27152,089.16/head1,850.00–2,300.002,0892
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28672,112.85/head1,600.00–2,550.002,11311
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0373,786.31/head2,800.00–4,250.003,7865
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,0655,000.00/head5,000.00–5,000.005,0003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1523,334.06/head2,900.00–4,100.003,33411
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2954,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6103,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001

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.