Producers Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

San Angelo, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 9, 2021

1,759 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $168.55/cwt -4.27 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 530 lb · 65 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.29/cwt +3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 569 lb · 57 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.60/cwt +2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 524 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,759	2,006	2,135
Feeder cattle	1,495	1,605	1,772
Slaughter cattle	141	241	256
Replacement cattle	123	160	107

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves and yearlings 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Stock cows and pairs steady. 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
340	340	2	168.00	$168.00	$571	—
363–390	383	11	169.00–177.00	$174.78	$669	—
428–435	432	4	160.00–166.00	$163.02	$704	-2.76
450–499	480	12	156.00–170.00	$165.15	$793	+1.56
504–544	518	42	134.00–148.00	$140.04	$725	+0.90
555–596	573	46	134.00–148.00	$139.92	$802	+1.69
611–648	631	44	133.00–141.00	$138.22	$872	+6.42
653–685	667	12	134.00–140.00	$136.52	$911	+8.52
703–747	724	19	120.00–133.00	$126.45	$915	+3.52
751	751	6	121.00	$121.00	$909	—
1025	1025	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,168	—
1145	1145	4	109.00	$109.00	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388–395	392	4	181.00–188.00	$184.53	$723	-1.79
435–442	439	7	176.00–181.00	$179.30	$787	+5.64
465–493	478	20	171.00–179.00	$175.31	$838	+1.20
537–542	540	10	148.00–155.00	$150.51	$813	-5.62
555–595	576	49	149.00–161.00	$156.41	$901	+0.60
603–648	630	32	142.00–153.00	$148.27	$934	-0.59
668–693	678	22	144.00–151.00	$147.30	$999	+0.60
710–714	712	9	135.00–140.00	$137.78	$981	-1.02
763–788	780	27	133.00–142.00	$137.54	$1,073	-1.46
822	822	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,101	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433–439	435	11	189.00–196.00	$191.57	$833	+5.57
455–464	461	13	182.00–192.00	$184.90	$852	+0.90
510–543	530	65	164.00–178.00	$168.55	$893	-4.27
558	558	4	176.00	$176.00	$982	—
602–616	611	15	155.00–156.00	$155.80	$952	+0.01
656–663	659	22	154.00–157.00	$155.46	$1,024	-0.19
705–734	725	16	147.00–149.00	$147.99	$1,073	+3.62
750–784	770	12	148.00–149.00	$148.41	$1,143	+5.63

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	7	142.50	$142.50	$449	—
356	356	5	143.00	$143.00	$509	—
440	440	12	145.00	$145.00	$638	—
492	492	3	144.00	$144.00	$708	—
535	535	2	130.00	$130.00	$696	—
593	593	2	132.00	$132.00	$783	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	155.00	$155.00	$522	—
400–425	410	10	146.00–152.00	$149.51	$613	+4.10
450–492	473	16	142.00–152.00	$147.17	$696	+3.43
506–547	524	50	130.00–139.00	$135.60	$711	+2.54
550–591	569	57	129.00–139.00	$135.29	$770	+3.28
603–645	627	36	128.00–135.00	$131.65	$825	+3.52
673–690	679	11	124.00–129.00	$126.18	$857	-3.68
703–747	727	13	117.00–122.00	$119.66	$870	+1.77
758	758	5	124.00	$124.00	$940	+6.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	163.00	$163.00	$603	+1.00
438	438	14	158.00–161.00	$158.43	$694	—
451	451	9	154.00	$154.00	$695	—
500–549	517	34	140.00–148.00	$142.53	$737	+2.24
558–586	565	48	140.00–147.00	$142.23	$804	—
626–640	627	36	137.00–140.50	$138.87	$871	—
650–663	655	5	137.00–138.00	$137.40	$900	—
753–760	757	5	131.00–132.00	$131.60	$996	+9.60

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–334	323	9	129.00–138.00	$132.84	$429	-2.10
375–394	383	17	130.00–131.00	$130.42	$500	—
428–449	445	14	128.00–133.00	$130.52	$581	-6.13
464–491	482	31	131.00–140.00	$135.07	$651	-2.70
515	515	3	125.00	$125.00	$644	+5.06
586–598	592	10	126.00–127.00	$126.49	$749	+4.16
613–648	635	7	118.00–125.00	$120.87	$768	+2.87
655–681	673	10	124.00–125.00	$124.29	$836	+5.29

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	8	122.00	$122.00	$478	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–490	480	8	149.00–150.00	$149.75	$719	-6.25
521–543	529	8	130.00–131.00	$130.62	$691	-1.38
569–583	574	6	127.00–134.00	$131.63	$756	+1.45
618–643	638	17	122.00–128.00	$126.40	$806	+4.40
675	675	3	115.00	$115.00	$776	-3.27
713–733	722	16	108.50–118.00	$111.71	$807	+0.70
785–793	790	5	110.00–117.00	$114.22	$902	+4.08
802–828	818	19	90.00–117.00	$102.18	$836	-8.82
858	858	3	117.00	$117.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	130.00	$130.00	$482	—
446	446	8	132.00	$132.00	$589	—
463	463	2	130.00	$130.00	$602	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1520	1315	80-85%	41	57.00–64.50	$61.29	$806	—
1435	1435	80-85%	1	68.00	$68.00	$976	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	85-90%	1	34.00	$34.00	$250	—
1078	1078	85-90%	2	46.00	$46.00	$496	—
950–1345	1165	85-90%	32	54.00–62.00	$56.84	$662	-8.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1799	1687	75-80%	12	53.00–61.00	$58.00	$978	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1650	1460	3	71.00–72.00	$71.33	$1,041	—
1415–1830	1687	9	82.00–89.00	$84.71	$1,429	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	99.00	$99.00	$945
925–1570	1119	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	47.00–61.00	$54.59	$611
885–1475	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	60.00–73.00	$66.12	$813
1200–1260	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	75.00–79.00	$76.95	$946

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
490–1050 thin fleshed	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	10.00–36.00	$30.53	$243

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–1198 thin fleshed	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	40.00–48.00	$45.94	$439

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1520	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,125.00–1,375.00	$1,264.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1410	1410	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
538–733	636	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00–1,075.00	$1,022.09	-29.49

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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.