Giddings Livestock Auction Market Report

Giddings, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 3, 2025

1,436 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $406.18/cwt +16.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,710/hd at 421 lb · 64 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $332.60/cwt +1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,746/hd at 525 lb · 58 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $416.85/cwt +17.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,572/hd at 377 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,436	1,503	1,290
Feeder cattle	1,252	1,379	1,119
Slaughter cattle	152	98	136
Replacement cattle	32	26	35

Market comments — USDA reporter

Total receipts were1,478 compared to1,523 last week. The market continues to be very active with high buyer demand. Lightweight feeder steers under 400 lbs. were fully steady to 10.00 higher, while the steers over 400 lbs. were steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. were fully steady with last week, while the heifers weighing over 500 were steady to 4.00 higher. The slaughter market was fully steady compared to last week, The slaughter bulls sold steady with the high dressing bulls up 2.00 from last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–195	169	4	400.00–470.00	$442.67	$748	-35.46
210–245	233	6	425.00–520.00	$467.77	$1,090	+42.71
255–295	281	17	400.00–495.00	$443.12	$1,245	-6.22
300–345	326	36	385.00–480.00	$438.76	$1,430	+17.13
350–395	377	52	370.00–480.00	$416.85	$1,572	+17.64
400–445	421	64	360.00–485.00	$406.18	$1,710	+16.98
450–495	469	41	345.00–420.00	$372.68	$1,748	-9.75
500–545	525	58	317.00–360.00	$332.60	$1,746	+1.53
550–595	568	41	295.00–340.00	$311.15	$1,767	-3.25
600–645	621	24	285.00–333.00	$300.19	$1,864	+5.94
650–695	669	20	273.00–345.00	$293.31	$1,962	+10.31
705–720	710	4	280.00–285.00	$283.75	$2,015	+8.05
770	770	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,925	-3.13
840	840	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,915	-24.23
850	850	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,896	-22.00
1240	1240	1	165.00	$165.00	$2,046	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	272	7	350.00–380.00	$362.80	$987	+4.08
300–345	326	10	315.00–380.00	$361.15	$1,177	-5.97
355–395	376	14	325.00–365.00	$348.68	$1,311	+5.01
400–445	427	26	300.00–358.00	$337.13	$1,440	+4.61
450–495	473	37	288.00–343.00	$323.63	$1,531	-5.87
500–545	525	23	265.00–313.00	$301.77	$1,584	+1.01
550–595	574	14	250.00–292.00	$280.30	$1,609	+5.46
605–640	618	6	250.00–275.00	$266.65	$1,648	-6.01
650–695	672	8	253.00–265.00	$258.17	$1,735	-1.40
705–725	715	5	245.00–255.00	$250.45	$1,791	+2.97
775–795	785	2	225.00–230.00	$227.53	$1,786	-11.03

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,300	—
745	745	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,699	+3.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	280.00–375.00	$327.50	$786	—
265–290	278	3	300.00–365.00	$340.90	$948	+15.90
300–345	328	6	300.00–350.00	$333.74	$1,095	+4.53
350–395	379	22	300.00–330.00	$314.77	$1,193	+3.10
400–445	424	39	275.00–323.00	$309.97	$1,314	-4.88
450–495	475	31	265.00–308.00	$294.69	$1,400	+4.13
500–545	519	33	250.00–290.00	$277.09	$1,438	+3.53
550–595	573	22	245.00–270.00	$261.56	$1,499	-3.90
600–645	620	21	245.00–265.00	$254.01	$1,575	-2.38
655–695	671	18	160.00–250.00	$235.98	$1,583	-9.14
705–730	709	7	225.00–245.00	$231.55	$1,642	+3.24
770	770	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,709	+2.69
810–815	813	2	188.00–210.00	$198.97	$1,618	-21.03
865	865	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,496	-32.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–190	179	4	400.00–460.00	$417.69	$748	—
205–240	224	5	385.00–425.00	$397.57	$891	—
270–280	275	2	375.00–405.00	$390.27	$1,073	+4.18
305–345	327	7	365.00–390.00	$377.00	$1,233	+11.44
350–390	369	15	340.00–385.00	$359.95	$1,328	+1.10
400–445	422	29	325.00–355.00	$333.70	$1,408	-5.22
455	455	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,615	+33.50
450–495	470	49	310.00–365.00	$321.39	$1,511	-0.11
510	510	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,760	+35.89
500–545	518	41	293.00–330.00	$303.61	$1,573	-5.50
550–585	562	27	275.00–318.00	$290.20	$1,631	+4.17
600–620	606	6	267.00–285.00	$276.48	$1,675	+4.57
655–685	673	3	258.00–285.00	$267.09	$1,798	+6.04
740–745	742	3	252.00–253.00	$252.67	$1,875	-3.34
750	750	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,658	-19.15
825–835	830	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,826	-19.03
1030	1030	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,081	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	270.00–275.00	$272.50	$1,022	+22.50
415–445	428	3	245.00–282.00	$266.08	$1,139	-8.69
450–495	474	6	250.00–275.00	$261.66	$1,240	-0.37
505–535	524	4	225.00–255.00	$242.47	$1,271	+7.39
560–580	567	3	225.00–243.00	$237.07	$1,344	+12.07
630–645	642	9	230.00–238.00	$234.55	$1,506	+4.88
665–690	681	4	215.00–225.00	$220.76	$1,503	+0.76

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–840	823	2	170.00–175.00	$172.55	$1,420	-15.45
925–945	938	3	170.00–205.00	$191.15	$1,793	-13.85
980	980	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,715	-20.00
1095	1095	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,807	-5.00
1110–1120	1115	2	175.00–183.00	$178.98	$1,996	+28.98
1205	1205	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,988	—
1295	1295	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,305	-12.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–870	825	80-85%	2	110.00–114.00	$111.89	$923	—
900	900	80-85%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,161	-3.23
925–930	928	80-85%	2	120.00–124.00	$122.01	$1,132	-10.22
1005–1190	1096	80-85%	15	119.00–125.00	$121.63	$1,333	—
1025–1325	1140	80-85%	12	127.00–137.00	$132.63	$1,512	+9.42
1020–1540	1206	80-85%	9	105.00–116.00	$111.24	$1,342	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1505	1259	75-80%	14	137.00–145.00	$140.68	$1,771	—
1115–1705	1365	75-80%	24	121.00–136.00	$129.90	$1,773	-11.80
1400–1550	1472	75-80%	3	115.00–119.00	$117.36	$1,728	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–975	848	85-90%	6	100.00–105.00	$102.85	$872	—
745–925	863	85-90%	3	109.00–119.00	$113.65	$981	+12.60
850–975	910	85-90%	3	80.00–95.00	$84.67	$770	-5.85
1010–1080	1048	85-90%	4	100.00–105.00	$102.96	$1,079	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,403	+27.41
1405–1690	1565	3	131.00–140.00	$137.31	$2,149	—
1470–1705	1588	2	147.00–150.00	$148.61	$2,360	—
1670–2310	1937	9	165.00–185.00	$171.36	$3,319	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1140	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,050.00–2,550.00	$2,388.53
1015–1415	1167	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,000.00–2,550.00	$2,245.67
1035–1550	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,700.00–2,350.00	$1,975.56
1145–1425	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,550.00–2,750.00	$2,660.89
1275–1525	1383	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,750.00–2,800.00	$2,282.23

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–760	750	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,350.00	$1,300.67
900	900	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1275	1275	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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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.