Producers Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

San Angelo, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 21, 2021

1,161 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.69/cwt +3.18 vs last sale · ≈ $782/hd at 627 lb · 43 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.09/cwt ≈ $819/hd at 665 lb · 34 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $136.82/cwt -0.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 741 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,161	1,290	1,634
Feeder cattle	906	1,174	1,128
Slaughter cattle	127	81	310
Replacement cattle	128	35	196

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves and yearlings firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Stock cows and pairs firm. Trading fairly active, demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	3	157.50	$157.50	$375	—
250–292	279	15	140.00–165.00	$152.13	$424	—
323	323	2	162.00	$162.00	$523	—
367–395	377	12	156.00–168.00	$161.95	$611	+4.95
402–425	411	5	140.00–158.00	$147.44	$606	-4.85
458–490	474	4	142.00–143.00	$142.52	$676	-12.48
500–540	514	17	130.00–141.00	$135.91	$699	-1.12
550–590	566	14	131.00–136.00	$134.96	$764	+0.67
600–637	619	18	122.00–129.00	$126.03	$780	+3.21
650–695	659	22	122.00–131.00	$125.61	$828	-2.22
700–710	705	4	127.00–128.00	$127.50	$899	+9.67
778–795	787	4	122.00–124.00	$122.99	$968	-2.22
809	809	4	121.00	$121.00	$979	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	189.00	$189.00	$799	—
525	525	4	154.00–158.00	$156.00	$819	-0.24
560–573	563	9	153.00–157.00	$153.90	$866	—
630–635	633	4	143.00–148.00	$145.51	$921	+0.07
662–690	669	21	145.00–147.00	$145.86	$976	+1.86
716–747	741	32	136.00–137.00	$136.82	$1,014	-0.68
750–785	770	24	138.00–141.00	$139.78	$1,076	—
844	844	10	134.00	$134.00	$1,131	—
863	863	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,139	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	2	175.00	$175.00	$486	—
310–340	325	4	170.00–175.00	$172.38	$560	—
370–395	382	6	172.50–177.00	$174.78	$668	+1.21
415–445	430	10	165.00–178.00	$171.37	$737	+4.37
450–495	474	6	163.00–168.00	$165.25	$783	+2.51
500–540	524	12	144.00–148.00	$145.80	$764	+0.63
558	558	4	145.00	$145.00	$809	-1.73
618–638	633	18	134.00–140.00	$138.86	$879	+0.18
672–693	689	19	133.00–137.00	$133.83	$922	-4.10
729	729	4	134.00	$134.00	$977	+4.00
760–798	780	21	130.00–133.00	$132.53	$1,034	+4.69

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	122.00	$122.00	$378	—
397	397	3	115.00	$115.00	$457	—
430	430	8	129.00–139.00	$134.25	$577	+6.75
453	453	2	124.00	$124.00	$562	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–385	379	4	140.00–146.00	$143.05	$542	—
400–423	413	7	142.00–145.00	$143.31	$592	+4.26
453–458	456	5	135.00–142.00	$137.78	$628	+2.19
505–545	522	27	120.00–129.00	$125.23	$654	-1.88
553–590	579	16	121.00–127.00	$124.26	$719	±0.00
600–641	627	43	119.00–129.00	$124.69	$782	+3.18
650–690	665	34	119.50–129.00	$123.09	$819	—
738	738	2	110.00	$110.00	$812	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
275	275	2	127.50	$127.50	$351	—
317–348	332	13	125.00–138.00	$133.58	$443	+1.81
385–395	390	4	132.00–135.00	$133.52	$521	+3.53
405–435	425	6	128.00–133.00	$130.27	$554	+5.75
469–498	480	17	127.00–132.00	$130.12	$625	+2.11
515–540	530	13	110.00–115.00	$113.30	$600	+1.48
559–594	570	16	113.00–118.00	$115.84	$660	-0.39
615	615	2	116.00	$116.00	$713	-0.12
653–655	654	6	108.00–116.00	$111.99	$732	-2.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–529	516	16	131.00–132.00	$131.55	$679	-0.45
563	563	5	133.00	$133.00	$749	+1.00
679	679	4	133.00	$133.00	$903	—
710–735	723	4	116.00–118.00	$117.02	$846	+1.02
756	756	9	119.00	$119.00	$900	—
803	803	6	121.00	$121.00	$972	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418–435	428	7	130.00–143.00	$134.92	$577	-8.36
453–497	478	9	139.00–143.00	$141.19	$675	+2.21
515	515	4	126.00–127.00	$126.50	$651	+0.40
564–588	576	9	122.00–129.00	$124.94	$720	+0.47
610	610	2	108.00	$108.00	$659	-9.45
675–698	687	8	103.00–119.00	$108.54	$746	-6.66
733–740	737	4	102.00–103.00	$102.50	$755	-4.11
755–771	764	8	95.00–103.00	$98.71	$754	-13.29
835	835	2	96.00	$96.00	$802	-12.00
875–890	883	4	92.00–93.00	$92.50	$817	-12.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1068	1015	85-90%	17	40.00–52.00	$47.22	$479	—
880–1350	1118	85-90%	30	52.00–59.00	$54.84	$613	-9.16

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1500	1255	80-85%	27	59.00–65.00	$61.18	$768	-0.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1550	1456	75-80%	4	54.00–60.00	$57.37	$835	—
1500	1500	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,020	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1435	1340	5	67.00–82.00	$75.29	$1,009	—
1550–2095	1771	9	80.00–93.00	$85.59	$1,516	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–770	763	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	90.00–97.00	$92.29	$704
750–860	797	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	79.00–88.00	$83.91	$669
905–1550	1101	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	60.00–68.00	$64.53	$710
918–1535	1120	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	21	51.00–59.00	$54.13	$606

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1108 thin fleshed	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	39.00–46.50	$42.85	$430

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
549–855	661	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	20.00–34.00	$28.53	$189
715–735 thin fleshed	727	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	30.00–33.00	$30.98	$225

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1315	1146	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	800.00–960.00	$876.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1390	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,068.64

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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
523–680	628	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,081.25	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
688–748	718	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00–1,525.00	$1,441.16	—

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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.