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Giddings Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Giddings, Texas · Mon, Aug 18
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3724
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,142 head
31 vs last sale 1,111 162 vs year ago 980 · +16.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
37 vs last sale 105 22 vs year ago 120 · +18.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
15 vs last sale 80 50 vs year ago 15 · +333.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total receipts were 1,449 head compared to 1,296 head last week. The market was higher across all classes and weights. Lightweight feeder steer under 400 lbs. were 12.00 to 15.00 higher while the heavier weight steer over 400 lbs. were 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Lightweight feeder heifer under 400 lbs. were 16.00 to 20.00 higher while the heifers weighing over 400 lbs. were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows were fully steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold fully steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $365.27/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 74.42 against this barn's trailing median of $439.70.
Average price
$365.27
187 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$564
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2
$121.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.72
vs TX average
34.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533376.202,004125
Medium and Large 2563344.691,94261
Small 2565255.001,4411thin
One grade step is worth $121.20/cwt here — about $564 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
477434391348median 439.7012/1502/2304/2706/1508/17
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 sale187 hd
365.27
TX average5 barns · 353 hd
376.99
−11.72
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
−34.62
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.70
−74.42
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,689189.683,20421
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,393163.612,27935
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,048153.891,61240
CowsLean 85-90%High756125.9495218

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,311$2,9014thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$2,67811
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,031$2,6495
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$2,5333thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,103$2,1176
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,153$2,0943thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)960$1,9001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)777$2,1903thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)780$2,0523thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)918$3,2872thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,128$3,6472thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,095$2,7501thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)859$2,59211
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,323$2,4252thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)990$2,1294thin

Every lot, as filed

122 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375512.33/cwt480.00–580.001,92115
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517380.07/cwt368.00–410.001,96587
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421454.87/cwt423.00–520.001,91531
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330481.00/cwt450.00–495.001,5878
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725314.02/cwt305.00–330.002,2775
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement400–450432486.56/cwt455.00–505.002,1023
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475357.85/cwt325.00–377.001,70031
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550528337.61/cwt315.00–348.001,78333
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800784279.93/cwt250.00–295.002,1954
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350331410.25/cwt375.00–445.001,3587
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350315474.92/cwt445.00–500.001,4964
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800780279.11/cwt250.00–290.002,17711
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450429372.78/cwt355.00–385.001,59919
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950928214.53/cwt175.00–253.001,9912
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650626332.75/cwt300.00–343.002,08347
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750715275.66/cwt240.00–300.001,9715
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700679302.96/cwt275.00–318.002,0576
SteersMedium and Large 21250–13001,250225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,8131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9051,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
BullsMedium and Large 21050–11001,095192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,1021
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450430400.05/cwt368.00–420.001,72035
SteersMedium and Large 21100–11501,145218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,4961
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300280471.88/cwt455.00–490.001,3212
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400378438.63/cwt390.00–475.001,65815
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3232,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4252
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27772,189.91/head1,900.00–2,550.002,1903
BullsMedium and Large 21150–12001,178202.69/cwt185.00–220.002,3882
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250210450.00/cwt450.00–450.009451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1532,093.79/head2,025.00–2,150.002,0943
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1112,190.55/head2,000.00–2,600.002,1915
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28592,592.22/head1,425.00–2,950.002,59211
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27802,051.50/head1,700.00–2,200.002,0523
BullsMedium and Large 21350–14001,395193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,6921
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000972241.50/cwt198.00–255.002,3477
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3112,901.07/head2,575.00–3,650.002,9014
BullsMedium and Large 21000–10501,005230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3121
HeifersMedium and Large 2900–950908218.95/cwt213.00–225.001,9882
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700673319.84/cwt290.00–330.002,15326
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550528350.60/cwt325.00–365.001,85116
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850820238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9521
HeifersMedium and Large 21250–13001,275215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,7411
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373410.50/cwt375.00–435.001,53122
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800760283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,1511
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600576342.59/cwt300.00–357.001,97345
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750724307.50/cwt285.00–318.002,22616
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600576328.12/cwt315.00–337.001,89023
HeifersSmall 2350–400375371.78/cwt350.00–378.001,3945
HeifersSmall 2650–700663191.66/cwt183.00–200.001,2712
HeifersSmall 2700–750710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
HeifersSmall 2450–500471317.79/cwt315.00–320.001,4975
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250230446.11/cwt400.00–505.001,0264
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850830270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2413
BullsSmall 2750–800775163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2631
SteersSmall 2550–600565255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4411
HeifersSmall 2200–250225350.00/cwt350.00–350.007881
SteersSmall 2250–300290385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1171
SteersSmall 2200–250233400.00/cwt400.00–400.009322
HeifersSmall 2300–350300325.00/cwt325.00–325.009751
SteersSmall 2450–500460320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4721
SteersSmall 2350–400378370.78/cwt345.00–388.001,4024
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight723136.29/cwt135.00–138.009854
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight917143.69/cwt135.00–153.001,3189
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight896164.95/cwt160.00–169.001,4784
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight955155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4801
BullsLight Weight1,395177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,4691
BullsLight Weight1,365185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,5251
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight761126.88/cwt124.00–131.009667
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight769119.08/cwt114.00–121.009167
Bulls1,640189.04/cwt182.00–194.003,10011
Bulls1,790160.75/cwt155.00–165.002,8772
Bulls1,848203.39/cwt196.00–215.003,7596
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,426162.98/cwt160.00–166.002,32416
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280474.53/cwt445.00–490.001,3294
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,311175.62/cwt170.00–185.002,30210
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425151.37/cwt145.00–156.002,1579
CowsBoner 80-85%1,101145.08/cwt131.00–153.001,5979
CowsBoner 80-85%1,152163.80/cwt160.00–169.001,88711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,088156.65/cwt155.00–159.001,7046
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473383.36/cwt378.00–413.001,81336
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000950175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6631
HeifersMedium and Large 21050–11001,090230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,5071
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650629311.50/cwt298.00–321.001,9599
BullsMedium and Large 21100–11501,112219.87/cwt203.00–253.002,4453
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500478374.34/cwt315.00–393.001,78944
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850818276.36/cwt270.00–283.002,2612
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519368.13/cwt350.00–410.001,91135
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000965268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,5861
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470407.42/cwt398.00–450.001,91539
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416407.94/cwt390.00–440.001,69727
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300260497.60/cwt495.00–500.001,2942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2302,677.95/head2,350.00–3,450.002,67811
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663329.35/cwt320.00–343.002,18415
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373462.63/cwt448.00–495.001,72614
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0632,886.35/head2,000.00–3,450.002,8864
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed9601,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29902,129.29/head1,400.00–2,650.002,1294
BullsMedium and Large 1-29183,286.65/head3,050.00–3,500.003,2872
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621335.57/cwt325.00–345.002,08424
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617349.51/cwt345.00–375.002,15622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,0601,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2902,533.20/head2,350.00–2,800.002,5333
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225523.94/cwt510.00–545.001,1794
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950940283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,6601
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250229583.73/cwt555.00–590.001,3375
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0952,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1283,647.12/head3,450.00–3,800.003,6472
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900868270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3442
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950942263.69/cwt258.00–268.002,4843
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720328.12/cwt320.00–340.002,36217
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350327549.34/cwt505.00–595.001,79613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement350–400395545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement500–550530447.15/cwt435.00–460.002,3702
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850830293.39/cwt290.00–300.002,4353
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572348.34/cwt340.00–363.001,99328
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670338.04/cwt333.00–350.002,26528
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300289579.19/cwt555.00–600.001,6745
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765320.95/cwt315.00–328.002,4553
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,005260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6131
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900880275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4201
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569367.34/cwt358.00–390.002,09038

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.