Giddings Livestock Auction Market Report

Giddings, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 5, 2024

1,290 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $293.15/cwt +6.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,378/hd at 470 lb · 54 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $314.52/cwt -11.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,170/hd at 372 lb · 49 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $308.15/cwt +2.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,297/hd at 421 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,290	1,222
Feeder cattle	1,119	1,057
Slaughter cattle	136	132
Replacement cattle	35	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers traded weak to 5.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate on moderate demand. Slaughter cows traded steady 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	235	6	330.00–375.00	$345.12	$811	-2.43
250–295	273	10	300.00–385.00	$347.49	$949	+1.51
300–345	326	24	295.00–390.00	$343.86	$1,121	+2.46
350–395	372	49	285.00–385.00	$314.52	$1,170	-11.79
400–445	421	48	270.00–355.00	$308.15	$1,297	+3.15
450–495	470	54	265.00–325.00	$293.15	$1,378	+6.54
500–545	520	34	250.00–300.00	$278.01	$1,446	+3.45
550–595	569	40	245.00–290.00	$269.06	$1,531	+11.93
600–645	625	18	250.00–276.00	$265.98	$1,662	+17.90
660	660	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,617	+4.02
655–685	668	7	238.00–275.00	$254.56	$1,700	+13.58
700–725	714	4	243.00–260.00	$248.57	$1,775	+18.24
725	725	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,595	-10.33
805–820	813	2	208.00–210.00	$209.01	$1,699	-7.68

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	3	285.00–290.00	$286.73	$955	+21.73
350–370	362	8	275.00–295.00	$283.46	$1,026	+19.03
400–415	408	2	267.00–290.00	$278.29	$1,135	+25.74
450–495	465	4	250.00–265.00	$257.93	$1,199	+17.21
520–540	527	3	245.00–250.00	$248.29	$1,308	+7.67
565	565	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,373	+13.13
600	600	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,530	+34.02
695	695	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,355	-25.00
710–735	723	2	200.00–208.00	$203.93	$1,474	-11.07

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	234	4	300.00–350.00	$321.04	$751	—
250–295	279	17	290.00–325.00	$312.29	$871	-8.33
300–345	328	25	290.00–345.00	$309.39	$1,015	-3.76
350–395	370	39	260.00–320.00	$292.10	$1,081	-8.39
400–445	425	38	245.00–323.00	$279.43	$1,188	+6.81
450–495	475	36	248.00–290.00	$265.51	$1,261	-0.68
510	510	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,275	-6.68
500–545	521	29	235.00–280.00	$255.72	$1,332	-0.96
550–595	573	46	223.00–268.00	$247.58	$1,419	-0.62
595	595	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,398	-13.20
605–635	615	4	220.00–235.00	$224.98	$1,384	-4.36
600–645	620	22	213.00–262.00	$235.48	$1,460	+6.14
650–695	670	10	210.00–260.00	$232.31	$1,556	+9.11
700	700	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,470	-0.51
700–745	721	13	200.00–242.00	$215.07	$1,551	+4.56
750	750	2	208.00–210.00	$209.00	$1,568	+59.00
810	810	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,336	-29.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	264	7	250.00–295.00	$278.54	$735	—
320–325	322	3	260.00–295.00	$273.29	$880	+30.27
370–395	383	5	240.00–280.00	$254.87	$976	+7.88
405–445	428	15	230.00–260.00	$249.30	$1,067	+21.68
455–495	478	8	230.00–255.00	$241.50	$1,154	+7.86
500–545	536	8	218.00–250.00	$231.89	$1,243	+16.93
550–590	573	9	218.00–245.00	$231.10	$1,324	+8.58
620	620	2	214.00–215.00	$214.50	$1,330	+21.72
665–685	675	2	190.00–215.00	$202.31	$1,366	+5.01
700–715	708	2	150.00–175.00	$162.63	$1,151	-22.37

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	220.00	$220.00	$572	—
320	320	1	245.00	$245.00	$784	—
395	395	1	250.00	$250.00	$988	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,148	-35.00
565–595	586	4	240.00–258.00	$248.23	$1,455	-1.77
600–645	619	9	225.00–255.00	$242.64	$1,502	—
650–695	673	8	228.00–255.00	$241.79	$1,627	+15.77
705–730	715	4	205.00–243.00	$228.33	$1,633	+8.33
770–780	775	2	208.00–228.00	$217.94	$1,689	+13.91
825	825	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,691	+5.00
895	895	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,656	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–720	715	2	175.00–200.00	$187.41	$1,340	-22.59

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	75-80%	1	117.00	$117.00	$807	—
825–990	930	75-80%	8	103.00–113.00	$109.10	$1,015	-1.96
995	995	75-80%	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,025	—
1010–1400	1172	75-80%	6	116.00–123.00	$119.20	$1,397	—
1035–1600	1225	75-80%	6	100.00–105.00	$102.55	$1,256	—
1045–1650	1228	75-80%	39	105.00–115.00	$109.96	$1,350	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–930	880	80-85%	6	97.00–110.00	$105.95	$932	—
805–955	893	80-85%	4	89.00–97.00	$92.96	$830	—
690–980	921	80-85%	7	85.00–100.00	$88.79	$818	+4.83
1005–1165	1071	80-85%	9	81.00–95.00	$87.90	$941	-6.11
1070–1250	1144	80-85%	4	91.00–107.00	$99.62	$1,140	—
1020–1460	1189	80-85%	4	95.00–107.00	$97.70	$1,162	-9.77

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–780	700	85-90%	3	79.00–87.00	$82.39	$577	—
615–765	704	85-90%	5	72.00–79.00	$76.17	$536	—
800–995	888	85-90%	6	85.00–88.00	$86.49	$768	+4.76
795–1095	919	85-90%	8	75.00–85.00	$78.27	$719	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1160	1143	3	133.00–135.00	$134.33	$1,535	+4.18
1410	1410	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,819	—
1290–1995	1622	8	132.00–139.00	$134.88	$2,188	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515	1515	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,666	+14.00
1455–1715	1563	5	115.00–125.00	$122.11	$1,909	—
1955	1955	1	125.00	$125.00	$2,444	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–1110	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,175.00–1,425.00	$1,320.93
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
965–1140	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,291.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,090
830–1645	1187	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	105.00–109.00	$105.93	$1,257
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,314
1240	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,290
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,486
1415	1415	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,599

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–855	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,350.00	$1,199.76
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1200–1280	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,600.00	$1,479.03

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–875	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,213.30
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,462

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030–1220	1151	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,450.00–1,900.00	$1,759.61	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	+342.86
1280–1335	1308	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,975.00–2,000.00	$1,987.76	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930–975	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,650.00	$1,381.50	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.