Producers Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

San Angelo, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 16, 2021

1,185 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.12/cwt -1.53 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 636 lb · 48 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.32/cwt +2.03 vs last sale · ≈ $805/hd at 586 lb · 46 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.38/cwt -0.89 vs last sale · ≈ $948/hd at 643 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,185	1,759	1,191
Feeder cattle	960	1,495	846
Slaughter cattle	107	141	179
Replacement cattle	118	123	166

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves and yearlings steady. Plainer cattle continue to face resistance. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Stock cows and pairs firm.. Trading and demand moderate. The area continues to be very dry and little moisture is predicted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	184.00	$184.00	$506	—
308	308	5	184.00	$184.00	$567	—
388	388	2	184.00	$184.00	$714	-0.53
402–445	424	27	173.00–182.00	$175.81	$745	-3.49
516–541	529	10	150.00–156.00	$152.54	$807	+2.03
550–596	570	18	152.00–160.00	$154.68	$882	-1.73
618–649	643	35	142.00–150.00	$147.38	$948	-0.89
688	688	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,011	-0.30
720–743	734	5	142.00	$142.00	$1,042	+4.22
778–791	785	10	137.00–139.00	$138.60	$1,088	+1.06
840	840	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,109	-2.00
899	899	10	137.00	$137.00	$1,232	—
902	902	16	135.00	$135.00	$1,218	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	3	174.00	$174.00	$440	—
338–343	341	6	165.00–178.00	$171.55	$585	+3.55
390	390	2	166.00	$166.00	$647	-8.78
435–445	439	5	159.00–170.00	$163.46	$718	+0.44
463–495	485	17	155.00–169.00	$164.09	$796	-1.06
518–523	521	4	138.00–141.00	$139.51	$727	-0.53
550–595	579	18	137.00–147.00	$141.83	$821	+1.91
608 thin fleshed	608	6	150.00	$150.00	$912	—
618–647	634	7	127.00–134.00	$129.82	$823	-8.40
717–748	727	34	120.00–129.00	$124.68	$906	-1.77
903	903	6	108.00	$108.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	205.00	$205.00	$718	—
402–437	416	16	183.00–189.00	$184.72	$768	-6.85
502–520	511	7	167.00–182.00	$173.65	$887	+5.10
717	717	7	148.00	$148.00	$1,061	+0.01
791	791	8	146.00	$146.00	$1,155	-2.41
823–829	825	14	141.00–142.00	$141.64	$1,169	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–393	371	17	149.00–160.00	$153.62	$570	—
404–416	408	19	144.00–152.00	$149.42	$610	-0.09
463	463	4	143.00	$143.00	$662	-4.17
518–530	526	13	130.00–139.00	$137.46	$723	+1.86
582–593	586	46	129.00–139.50	$137.32	$805	+2.03
610–647	636	48	126.00–133.00	$130.12	$828	-1.53
671	671	8	128.00	$128.00	$859	+1.82
705–733	726	14	116.00–123.00	$121.79	$884	+2.13
752	752	3	123.00	$123.00	$925	-1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–338	327	11	161.00–166.00	$163.99	$536	—
352	352	13	168.00	$168.00	$591	+5.00
425	425	3	154.00	$154.00	$654	-4.43
497	497	3	153.00	$153.00	$760	—
520–543	526	18	143.50–145.00	$143.81	$756	+1.28
585	585	3	141.00	$141.00	$825	-1.23
605	605	10	138.00	$138.00	$835	-0.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	4	150.00	$150.00	$412	—
325	325	2	133.50	$133.50	$434	+0.66
353–372	364	5	129.00–138.00	$132.49	$482	+2.07
422–448	435	18	133.00–138.00	$136.24	$593	+5.72
467–498	481	27	131.00–140.00	$136.36	$656	+1.29
745	745	3	114.00	$114.00	$849	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–487	473	5	140.00–147.00	$142.68	$675	-7.07
538	538	2	125.00	$125.00	$672	-5.62
558–597	581	5	133.00–135.00	$134.23	$780	+2.60
623–648	632	7	122.00–130.00	$126.52	$800	+0.12
654–690	671	18	126.00–132.00	$128.19	$860	+13.19
715–748	734	15	90.00–119.00	$103.88	$762	-7.83
754	754	4	90.00	$90.00	$679	—
815–842	831	5	112.00–113.00	$112.39	$934	+10.21
855	855	2	97.00	$97.00	$829	-20.00
903	903	6	108.00	$108.00	$975	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	80-85%	1	69.00	$69.00	$921	+7.71
1227–1533	1342	80-85%	37	56.00–66.00	$62.10	$833	+0.81

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1020	925	85-90%	2	37.00	$37.00	$342	—
913–1020	934	85-90%	5	46.00–52.00	$47.31	$442	—
910–1233	1138	85-90%	17	55.00–64.00	$60.17	$685	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1595	1483	75-80%	3	57.00–59.00	$58.13	$862	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1955	1625	3	81.00–92.00	$87.16	$1,416	—
1420–2425	1769	5	75.00–80.00	$78.57	$1,390	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–1115	842	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	46.00–58.00	$51.30	$432
707–1133	1049	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	93.00–106.00	$98.57	$1,034
885–1227	1114	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	60.00–69.00	$65.74	$732
1000–1270	1132	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	73.00–85.00	$77.53	$878

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
583–990 thin fleshed	829	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	20.00–39.00	$32.33	$268

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–900 thin fleshed	866	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	41.00–47.00	$44.78	$388

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1345	1283	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,175.00–1,275.00	$1,252.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1193	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,025.00	$989.40

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–825	755	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	800.00–825.00	$804.96

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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.