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Giddings Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Giddings, Texas · Mon, Aug 31
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3724
Feeder Cattle receipts
946 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 1,146▲ 221 vs year ago 725 · +30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 130▼ 48 vs year ago 188 · −25.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 39▼ 243 vs year ago 340 · −71.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts were 1,185 head compared to 1,315 last week. Feeder steers under 600 lbs. were 4.00 to 15.00 lower, while the heavier steers over 600 lbs. were 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. ere 8.00 to 15.00 lower, while the heifers over 500 lbs. were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were down 5.00 to 10.00. Slaughter bulls were down 12.00 to 16.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $337.65/cwt on 82 head, down $1.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −83.34 against this barn's trailing median of $420.99.
Average price
$337.65
▼ 1.45 vs prior sale
82 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.20
vs TX average
−33.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551345.681,90651
Medium and Large 2548324.451,77731
One grade step is worth $21.23/cwt here — about $129 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 sale82 hd
337.65
—
TX average5 barns · 257 hd
349.85
−12.20
National average157 barns · 5,984 hd
371.39
−33.74
This barn, trailing median33 sales
420.99
−83.34
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—Low1,664176.492,93616
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,354144.201,95234
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,091143.521,56659
CowsLean 85-90%Average890113.451,00926

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)1,208$3,5912thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,309$2,8278
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$2,76911
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,5503thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,216$2,3416
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,075$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,0546
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)908$2,3312thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,220$4,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,067$3,84512
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,9754thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,067$2,39417
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)974$1,92116

Every lot

119 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1183638.63/cwt620.00–660.001,1692
Steers150–200Medium and Large 2185550.00/cwt520.00–580.001,0182
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2218477.70/cwt475.00–480.001,0412
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2284450.11/cwt430.00–475.001,2784
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290486.70/cwt485.00–490.001,4113
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326478.21/cwt470.00–485.001,5596
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330419.49/cwt385.00–465.001,38410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371437.10/cwt425.00–485.001,62220
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380396.93/cwt345.00–420.001,50814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421415.57/cwt405.00–425.001,75014
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428365.32/cwt333.00–393.001,56415
Steers450–500Small 2450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465387.48/cwt370.00–413.001,80221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470352.04/cwt325.00–368.001,65523
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525354.46/cwt343.00–383.001,86123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525328.83/cwt285.00–340.001,72618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573338.46/cwt325.00–355.001,93928
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579318.38/cwt305.00–323.001,84313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617326.01/cwt320.00–345.002,01119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628312.95/cwt300.00–318.001,96514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658324.29/cwt318.00–340.002,13419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668309.17/cwt300.00–315.002,06514
Steers650–700Small 2675222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,5022
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6571
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709314.79/cwt305.00–325.002,23218
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767305.01/cwt300.00–310.002,3393
Steers750–800Small 2770200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5401
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773287.77/cwt278.00–295.002,2243
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830262.50/cwt255.00–270.002,1792
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2860275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1118600.00/cwt600.00–600.007082
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2165506.97/cwt460.00–560.008372
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2203467.28/cwt450.00–485.009492
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,2711
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278411.94/cwt400.00–425.001,1452
Heifers250–300Small 2285340.00/cwt340.00–340.009691
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4161
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324391.71/cwt375.00–405.001,2696
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331443.30/cwt425.00–475.001,4678
Heifers300–350Small 2333350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370413.50/cwt400.00–455.001,5309
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379372.47/cwt345.00–390.001,41224
Heifers350–400Small 2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421394.30/cwt380.00–425.001,66011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421358.31/cwt330.00–378.001,50819
Heifers400–450Small 2438319.41/cwt305.00–325.001,3994
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464361.09/cwt350.00–400.001,67513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475329.57/cwt300.00–348.001,56525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,8861
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520331.85/cwt325.00–350.001,72623
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523314.45/cwt285.00–323.001,64517
Heifers550–600Small 2550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567321.45/cwt310.00–340.001,82326
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573300.22/cwt285.00–305.001,72012
Heifers600–650Small 2620268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,6621
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627309.31/cwt305.00–320.001,93915
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627287.75/cwt275.00–300.001,8045
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674304.31/cwt300.00–340.002,05119
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680284.59/cwt260.00–295.001,9358
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement695385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,6761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712308.54/cwt290.00–325.002,1973
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0811
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement750330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4751
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758284.99/cwt280.00–290.002,1603
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2401
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2822237.63/cwt220.00–263.001,9533
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,5051
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1940288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,7071
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1990263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,6041
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,030230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3695
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 21,185228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,7021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Small 2545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3901
Bulls600–650Small 2620215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3331
Bulls700–750Small 2700185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2951
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9251
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2825245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0211
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2910245.05/cwt235.00–250.002,2303
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2958216.17/cwt175.00–258.002,0712
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,027214.72/cwt185.00–250.002,2053
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 21,145160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8321
Bulls1200–1250Medium and Large 21,240170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,250168.78/cwt165.00–172.002,1102
Bulls——1,636167.61/cwt160.00–176.002,7426
Bulls——1,748188.06/cwt187.00–189.003,2873
Bulls——1,812183.29/cwt180.00–185.003,3215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight808112.24/cwt100.00–118.0090710
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight875143.26/cwt140.00–147.001,2542
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight912128.84/cwt125.00–134.001,1755
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight920135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2421
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight925141.37/cwt138.00–145.001,3082
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94996.27/cwt90.00–99.009146
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight950157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4921
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01594.00/cwt94.00–94.009541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,099135.35/cwt130.00–137.001,48718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,104142.26/cwt139.00–146.001,57123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105156.04/cwt148.00–180.001,72414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,287160.81/cwt150.00–185.002,0709
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,354144.23/cwt140.00–149.001,95311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396133.50/cwt125.00–138.001,86414
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0623,671.11/head3,500.00–3,750.003,6713
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0693,902.73/head3,850.00–4,000.003,9039
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2204,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3603,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed6901,519.50/head1,400.00–1,750.001,5203
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,013.57/head1,750.00–2,500.002,01413
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0672,394.46/head2,200.00–2,600.002,39417
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29082,331.27/head2,150.00–2,500.002,3312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,1151,846.19/head1,800.00–1,900.001,8462
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1682,157.60/head1,850.00–2,400.002,1584
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2083,590.58/head3,150.00–3,950.003,5912
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2162,341.47/head2,050.00–2,450.002,3416
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2252,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2802,769.02/head2,600.00–2,950.002,76911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3092,827.21/head2,600.00–3,000.002,8278

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.