Producers Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

San Angelo, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 17, 2022

1,384 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Producers Livestock Cattle Auction report →

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $161.23/cwt +2.11 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 420 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $160.03/cwt +2.79 vs last sale · ≈ $763/hd at 477 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.52/cwt +3.78 vs last sale · ≈ $796/hd at 536 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,384	949	1,610
Feeder cattle	692	617	756
Slaughter cattle	263	218	258
Replacement cattle	429	114	596

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves and yearlings firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls firm to 2.00 higher. Stock cows and pairs weak. Trading fairly active, demand good. A special cow sale was held in conjunction with the regular sale. Continued dry conditions slowed demand for replacement cows and pairs.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	2	195.00	$195.00	$601	—
380	380	2	194.00	$194.00	$737	—
400–445	431	15	190.00–202.50	$195.79	$844	+0.13
455–492	477	5	193.00–197.50	$194.72	$929	+8.72
503–540	521	13	165.00–176.00	$169.00	$880	-0.92
561–593	574	14	166.00–175.00	$169.09	$971	-1.68
600–638	614	13	156.00–165.00	$160.71	$987	+6.54
653	653	2	162.50	$162.50	$1,061	—
710–738	724	8	144.00–147.00	$146.24	$1,059	+6.24
753	753	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,107	—
800–813	807	6	138.00–141.00	$139.51	$1,126	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263–288	273	5	180.00	$180.00	$491	—
330–335	333	9	171.00–181.00	$177.87	$592	+2.87
378–380	378	10	185.00–187.50	$187.00	$707	+4.63
405–447	430	5	182.50	$182.50	$785	+11.06
453–480	464	9	175.00–185.00	$179.34	$832	+2.21
520–547	537	11	152.50–164.00	$156.62	$841	+1.55
561–595	574	15	152.00–163.00	$158.65	$911	+2.89
623–643	633	4	140.00–150.00	$145.08	$918	+0.29
653–688	671	4	148.00–149.00	$148.49	$996	—
730–738	734	4	128.00	$128.00	$940	+1.00
753	753	4	128.00	$128.00	$964	-2.00
820	820	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,082	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	3	203.00	$203.00	$473	—
288–297	295	14	207.50–227.00	$222.43	$656	—
336	336	8	230.00	$230.00	$773	+30.00
355–380	368	7	210.00–225.00	$219.98	$810	+4.38
410–429	425	9	208.00–221.00	$218.21	$927	+4.21
723	723	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,092	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	4	181.00	$181.00	$391	—
271	271	2	177.50	$177.50	$481	—
323–348	334	6	165.00–177.50	$171.06	$571	—
380	380	2	175.00	$175.00	$665	+15.00
402–435	420	26	156.00–165.00	$161.23	$677	+2.11
455–495	477	20	157.00–165.00	$160.03	$763	+2.79
523–548	536	20	143.00–152.50	$148.52	$796	+3.78
558–588	569	18	144.00–153.00	$147.46	$839	+1.79
610–623	619	6	139.00–140.00	$139.66	$864	-2.34
703–715	709	4	123.00–130.00	$126.47	$897	-1.53
865	865	3	124.00	$124.00	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	143.00	$143.00	$483	-6.00
355–385	369	9	145.00–157.00	$152.18	$562	-1.15
455–498	466	18	147.00–154.00	$150.36	$701	+1.33
568–595	583	8	135.00–139.00	$137.54	$802	+3.66
600	600	2	128.00	$128.00	$768	-2.06
653–695	680	12	124.00–133.00	$127.82	$869	—
783	783	2	120.00	$120.00	$940	+2.00
823–840	832	4	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$990	—
860	860	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–324	322	18	182.00–182.50	$182.08	$586	—
369	369	4	180.00	$180.00	$664	—
400–448	416	13	169.00–173.00	$170.15	$708	—
454	454	4	167.50	$167.50	$760	—
547	547	3	155.00	$155.00	$848	—
813	813	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,122	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–430	413	7	157.00–169.00	$164.74	$680	+9.71
498	498	2	165.00	$165.00	$822	+0.94
525	525	2	147.00	$147.00	$772	+12.99
682–698	688	5	137.00–139.00	$138.19	$951	+3.51
835	835	2	111.00	$111.00	$927	-4.33
858	858	2	105.00	$105.00	$901	—
963	963	3	107.00	$107.00	$1,030	+8.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1415–1605	1483	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	1,900.00–2,550.00	$2,262.44	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–975	874	85-90%	4	41.00–49.00	$46.11	$403	-3.53
775–1225	1007	85-90%	35	55.00–75.00	$64.59	$650	—
975–1180	1059	85-90%	9	91.00–94.00	$93.16	$987	—
978–1280	1154	85-90%	48	78.00–89.00	$84.01	$969	-4.99

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1595	1283	80-85%	46	86.00–96.00	$90.96	$1,167	—
1283	1283	80-85%	2	82.00	$82.00	$1,052	—
1335–1480	1408	80-85%	2	104.00–106.00	$105.05	$1,479	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	75-80%	2	81.00	$81.00	$980	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1600	1342	17	87.00–94.00	$88.92	$1,193	—
1545–2185	1905	4	99.00–108.00	$104.64	$1,993	—
1815–2020	1918	2	112.00–114.00	$113.05	$2,168	—

↑ Back to top

Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
916–940	918	(<2 yrs)	Open	21	112.50–120.00	$113.85	$1,045
820–1290	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	82.00–100.00	$91.72	$927
885–1248	1039	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	28	72.00–82.00	$79.50	$826
1035–1550	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	79.00–93.00	$86.38	$1,063

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1120 thin fleshed	984	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	44.00–65.00	$57.28	$564

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–1030 thin fleshed	783	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	15.00–46.00	$35.94	$281

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
918–1420	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	1,085.00–1,375.00	$1,233.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1004–1278	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	800.00–1,075.00	$915.28

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
565–771	684	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	42	1,475.00–1,700.00	$1,593.89	—
819–837	828	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	23	2,000.00–2,050.00	$2,024.18	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
528–627	598	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,200.00–1,430.00	$1,376.60	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
530–628	572	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	935.00–1,075.00	$1,025.81	—

↑ Back to top

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.