Name: Giddings Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts were 968 head compared to 1.684 last week. The market continues to be very active. Lightweight feeder steers under 400 lbs. were fully steady while the steers weighing over 400 were up 2.00 to 6.00. The lightweight feeder heifer under 400 lbs. were fully steady while the heifers weighing over 400 lbs., were 4,00 to 10.00 stronger than last week. The slaughter cow market was steady with last week while the packer bulls were steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.75/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −95.95 against this barn's trailing median of $439.70.

Average price

$343.75

115 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$26.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.87

vs TX average

−40.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	353.51	1,932	72
Medium and Large 2	560	327.40	1,833	43

One grade step is worth $26.12/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $462.61, low $362.40, median $439.70 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale115 hd

343.75

—

TX average3 barns · 174 hd

348.62

−4.87

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−40.85

This barn, trailing median30 sales

439.70

−95.95

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,694	177.25	3,002	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,363	145.93	1,989	71
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	135.94	1,531	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	861	91.73	790	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$2,566	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$2,462	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,267	$2,397	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,173	$2,283	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,251	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,936	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,153	$1,935	11
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$2,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	755	$1,774	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,363	$3,205	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,242	$2,950	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,218	$3,047	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,297	$2,930	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	972	$2,167	3thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,083	$1,874	6

Every lot, as filed

97 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	2,965.10/head	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,965	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	2,283.48/head	2,200.00–2,350.00	2,283	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	1,773.68/head	1,575.00–1,950.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	2,396.84/head	2,350.00–2,450.00	2,397	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,194	2,054.15/head	1,800.00–2,250.00	2,054	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	1,873.85/head	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,874	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	2,461.81/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,462	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	1,974.78/head	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,936.15/head	1,925.00–1,950.00	1,936	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	970	1,397.50/head	1,345.00–1,450.00	1,398	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	330.69/cwt	318.00–340.00	1,772	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	309.54/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,947	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	2,950.01/head	2,200.00–5,000.00	2,950	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,251.13/head	1,900.00–2,700.00	2,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	365.35/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,732	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	394.81/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,299	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,190	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,363	3,204.95/head	2,750.00–3,700.00	3,205	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	2,566.24/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	395.75/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,512	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	342.89/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,231	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	301.07/cwt	295.00–307.00	2,005	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,090	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,962	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	333.14/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,436	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	364.86/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,204	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	324.79/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,881	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	382.38/cwt	350.00–398.00	1,644	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	268.77/cwt	253.00–284.00	1,916	2
Steers	Small 2	400–450	425	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,437	1
Steers	Small 2	250–300	260	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	975	1
Heifers	Small 2	300–350	315	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Small 2	800–850	815	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	255.33/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,720	1
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	255	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	816	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,300	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	830	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,004	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,266	1
Bulls	—	—	1,746	184.15/cwt	180.00–190.00	3,215	8
Bulls	—	—	1,742	174.11/cwt	170.00–175.00	3,033	5
Bulls	—	—	1,435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,009	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	152.61/cwt	147.00–168.00	2,014	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	119.94/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,289	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	141.13/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,623	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	133.93/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,544	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,055	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	225.55/cwt	208.00–248.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	271.79/cwt	250.00–293.00	1,693	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	804	87.42/cwt	80.00–95.00	703	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	143.72/cwt	142.00–146.00	2,048	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,351	137.63/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,859	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	393.53/cwt	373.00–435.00	1,838	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	493.31/cwt	450.00–520.00	1,608	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	299.37/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,575	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	296.78/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,692	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	326.24/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,550	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	219	453.11/cwt	435.00–485.00	992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	242.59/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,965	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	330.40/cwt	320.00–360.00	2,029	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	170	531.65/cwt	500.00–575.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	345.08/cwt	335.00–368.00	1,981	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	429.07/cwt	400.00–455.00	1,811	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	450.15/cwt	410.00–480.00	1,661	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	292.67/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	311.23/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,923	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	330.18/cwt	315.00–353.00	1,717	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	487.42/cwt	450.00–510.00	1,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	259.91/cwt	250.00–270.00	2,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	484.04/cwt	460.00–525.00	1,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	361.06/cwt	345.00–393.00	1,885	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	319.20/cwt	305.00–338.00	1,813	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	353.68/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,676	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	412.87/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,350	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	398.94/cwt	360.00–430.00	1,508	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	299.94/cwt	285.00–310.00	2,178	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	314.68/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	426.26/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,168	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	391.34/cwt	367.00–415.00	1,636	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	296.98/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,987	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,356	2,899.68/head	2,250.00–3,150.00	2,900	4

How this sale compares

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 738Last week 1,377Year ago 678

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 209Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 70Last week 98Year ago 12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,129	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,965.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,440	3,250.00	3,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	858	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,974.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,356	2,250.00–3,150.00	2,899.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,173	2,200.00–2,350.00	2,283.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,267	2,350.00–2,450.00	2,396.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,194	1,800.00–2,250.00	2,054.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,055	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,461.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	1,925.00–1,950.00	1,936.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,900.00–2,700.00	2,251.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,098	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,566.24
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	970	1,345.00–1,450.00	1,397.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	755	1,575.00–1,950.00	1,773.68
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	2,550.00	2,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,083	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,873.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	—	1,242	2,200.00–5,000.00	2,950.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,363	2,750.00–3,700.00	3,204.95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	460.00	460.00
4	200–250	219	435.00–485.00	453.11
4	250–300	274	425.00–430.00	426.26
13	300–350	327	390.00–445.00	412.87
19	350–400	378	360.00–430.00	398.94
12	400–450	418	367.00–415.00	391.34
15	450–500	474	335.00–375.00	353.68
28	500–550	520	315.00–353.00	330.18
29	550–600	568	305.00–338.00	319.20
9	600–650	618	300.00–330.00	311.23
4	650–700	669	292.00–300.00	296.98
1	700–750	740	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	780	270.00	270.00
2	800–850	810	235.00–250.00	242.59
1	950–1000	970	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	425.00	425.00
1	250–300	280	400.00	400.00
6	300–350	330	350.00–385.00	364.86
8	350–400	359	340.00–345.00	342.89
11	400–450	431	325.00–350.00	333.14
12	450–500	475	320.00–333.00	326.24
19	500–550	526	285.00–310.00	299.37
12	550–600	570	285.00–300.00	296.78
4	600–650	623	250.00–293.00	271.79
2	650–700	680	248.00–263.00	255.33
3	700–750	722	208.00–248.00	225.55
1	800–850	800	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	315	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	815	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
2	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
4	300–350	329	385.00–400.00	394.81
7	350–400	382	390.00–405.00	395.75
22	400–450	430	350.00–398.00	382.38
18	450–500	474	350.00–370.00	365.35
19	500–550	536	318.00–340.00	330.69
24	550–600	579	285.00–330.00	324.79
17	600–650	629	300.00–318.00	309.54
11	650–700	666	295.00–307.00	301.07
2	700–750	713	253.00–284.00	268.77
2	750–800	770	265.00	265.00
2	1150–1200	1,190	208.00	208.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	425	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	170	500.00–575.00	531.65
4	200–250	223	460.00–525.00	484.04
3	250–300	268	450.00–510.00	487.42
16	300–350	326	450.00–520.00	493.31
22	350–400	369	410.00–480.00	450.15
27	400–450	422	400.00–455.00	429.07
40	450–500	467	373.00–435.00	393.53
38	500–550	522	345.00–393.00	361.06
34	550–600	574	335.00–368.00	345.08
13	600–650	614	320.00–360.00	330.40
6	650–700	663	310.00–330.00	314.68
11	700–750	726	285.00–310.00	299.94
4	750–800	778	280.00–300.00	292.67
1	800–850	805	275.00	275.00
2	850–900	863	250.00–270.00	259.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,090	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	132.00	132.00
1	—	830	121.00	121.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,320	147.00–168.00	152.61
21	—	1,425	142.00–146.00	143.72
17	—	1,351	130.00–141.00	137.63
1	—	1,615	120.00	120.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,075	110.00–126.00	119.94
16	—	1,150	138.00–147.00	141.13
8	—	1,153	129.00–137.00	133.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,000	100.00	100.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	804	80.00–95.00	87.42
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	175.00	175.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,746	180.00–190.00	184.15
5	—	1,742	170.00–175.00	174.11
1	—	1,435	140.00	140.00

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.

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Giddings Livestock Commission

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Giddings Livestock Auction - Giddings, TX

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