Producers Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

San Angelo, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 22, 2020

1,634 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $105.83/cwt -6.06 vs last sale · ≈ $562/hd at 531 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $106.66/cwt -4.26 vs last sale · ≈ $616/hd at 578 lb · 41 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $115.66/cwt +2.27 vs last sale · ≈ $775/hd at 670 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,634	1,585	1,372
Feeder cattle	1,128	984	1,098
Slaughter cattle	310	443	192
Replacement cattle	196	158	82

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves and yearlings 3.00-8.00 lower with most decline on plainer unweaned calves. Slaughter cows steady, no comparison on slaughter bulls but lower undertone noted. Trading and demand only moderate at best.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	5	166.00	$166.00	$659	+3.94
408–420	414	6	150.00–166.00	$157.88	$654	-4.04
507–535	520	16	124.00–127.00	$125.97	$655	-5.02
568–575	572	25	124.00–130.00	$127.99	$732	-1.01
608–649	634	27	114.00–123.00	$118.19	$749	-1.45
650–691	670	39	111.00–123.00	$115.66	$775	-1.89
734–745	742	32	110.00–113.00	$111.81	$830	+1.52
837	837	9	106.00	$106.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	5	142.00	$142.00	$348	-8.00
288	288	5	140.00	$140.00	$403	-8.00
323–340	328	10	128.00–140.00	$136.14	$447	—
405–448	424	13	123.00–136.00	$132.11	$560	-12.96
463–495	472	10	122.00–128.00	$125.01	$590	-16.55
508–523	514	7	120.00–122.00	$120.87	$621	+0.24
510–542 unweaned	526	9	105.00–108.00	$106.54	$560	-5.37
552–599 unweaned	588	23	102.00–109.00	$107.11	$630	-5.88
592–598	594	5	113.00–117.00	$114.61	$681	-7.25
613–648	629	27	96.00–110.00	$107.18	$674	-1.54
650–678	669	10	98.00–109.00	$104.05	$696	-9.95
700–728	719	8	94.00–110.00	$104.85	$754	-5.15
774	774	5	109.00	$109.00	$844	—
804	804	5	105.00	$105.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	171.00	$171.00	$677	—
428	428	5	175.00	$175.00	$749	—
628–638	631	8	124.00–125.00	$124.25	$784	-5.15
711	711	7	122.00	$122.00	$867	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	5	117.00	$117.00	$495	-4.51
495	495	5	114.00	$114.00	$564	—
500–547	531	44	102.00–110.00	$105.83	$562	-6.06
552–590	578	41	102.00–110.00	$106.66	$616	-4.26
617–631	627	28	99.00–105.00	$100.90	$633	-6.28
654–693	666	29	99.50–102.50	$101.31	$675	-6.57
702–747	720	8	94.00–98.00	$95.46	$687	-4.15
803	803	5	99.00	$99.00	$795	—
889	889	7	93.50	$93.50	$831	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	335	10	112.00–120.00	$115.81	$388	-11.40
368–393	377	8	112.00–115.00	$113.99	$430	-9.01
405–443	425	27	105.00–110.00	$108.21	$460	-7.12
460–495	475	29	104.00–110.00	$106.85	$508	-8.74
510–532	520	11	96.00–105.00	$98.95	$515	-7.96
563–597	584	26	94.00–101.00	$97.73	$571	-9.27
600–636	618	11	96.00–98.00	$96.53	$597	-5.71
668	668	6	96.00	$96.00	$641	-1.29
736	736	6	86.00	$86.00	$633	-10.21

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	5	101.50	$101.50	$716	-3.50
777	777	17	100.00	$100.00	$777	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–433	424	5	108.00–120.00	$112.90	$479	—
483	483	5	111.00	$111.00	$536	-10.36
500–515	508	4	103.00–110.00	$106.45	$541	-3.97
553–598	565	11	97.00–106.00	$101.11	$571	-8.14
600–648	621	11	92.00–99.00	$95.78	$595	-7.87
653–698	681	18	80.00–93.00	$88.08	$600	-8.19
703–740	721	10	80.00–92.00	$86.14	$621	-12.67
778–793	784	5	88.00–91.00	$89.21	$699	-10.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1110–1550	1332	(<2 yrs)	N/A	10	800.00–1,400.00	$1,247.45	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668–950	846	85-90%	11	30.00–36.00	$32.88	$278	—
825–1097	1041	85-90%	24	36.00–39.50	$38.41	$400	—
840–1365	1129	85-90%	91	41.00–51.50	$45.16	$510	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1168–1375	1282	80-85%	25	49.00–52.50	$51.01	$654	-0.47
1200–1600	1400	80-85%	2	55.00–57.00	$56.14	$786	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530–1625	1566	75-80%	8	51.00–52.50	$52.24	$818	+6.16

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–2000	1544	12	60.00–69.00	$64.29	$993	—
1515–2090	1752	19	66.00–77.00	$70.94	$1,243	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
678–1128 thin fleshed	764	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	34	14.00–31.00	$20.79	$159
878	878	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	82.50	$82.50	$724
710–1145	1002	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	38.00–49.00	$44.41	$445
735–1458	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	47.00–61.00	$51.37	$580

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985–1155	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00–880.00	$826.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
674–895	746	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	850.00–1,085.00	$960.27	—

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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.