Producers Livestock Cattle Auction Market Report

San Angelo, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 12, 2022

1,944 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $159.84/cwt +1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $745/hd at 466 lb · 115 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $160.33/cwt -1.90 vs last sale · ≈ $680/hd at 424 lb · 66 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $156.48/cwt ≈ $807/hd at 516 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,944	1,260	1,168
Feeder cattle	1,341	844	596
Slaughter cattle	389	252	339
Replacement cattle	214	164	233

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves and yearlings steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Stock cows and pairs slightly lower. Trading and demand moderate. Baby calves are included in the report due to the large number that were split off cows due to the continuing dry weather and poor pasture conditions.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	206.00	$206.00	$717	—
364–387	372	19	208.00–212.00	$210.69	$784	—
405–446	421	29	196.00–211.00	$203.53	$857	—
461–489	467	47	195.00–205.50	$202.88	$947	—
503–507	507	45	190.00–196.00	$195.34	$990	+12.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
213–240	221	12	180.00–190.00	$185.63	$410	—
253–265	259	8	180.00–196.00	$188.33	$488	—
353–395	374	4	189.00	$189.00	$707	-1.39
400–443	430	28	185.00–193.00	$190.94	$821	+2.22
483	483	2	189.00	$189.00	$913	—
500–538	526	29	168.00–179.00	$173.63	$913	+2.44
550–561	560	19	165.00–177.00	$175.76	$984	+5.93
603–627	623	14	158.00–164.00	$162.43	$1,012	+4.43
711	711	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,052	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217	217	3	179.00	$179.00	$388	—
343	343	2	176.00	$176.00	$604	—
357–393	377	12	169.00–180.00	$173.36	$654	-3.11
407–445	421	18	167.00–179.00	$173.87	$732	+1.72
450–469	463	28	163.00–179.00	$174.62	$808	+4.23
508–532	521	14	154.00–160.00	$156.80	$817	-4.92
578	578	2	150.00	$150.00	$867	-11.88
604–625	613	10	145.00–155.00	$150.53	$923	-2.69
658–688	675	6	144.00–145.00	$144.66	$976	-3.67
700–728	719	8	140.00–144.00	$142.48	$1,024	-0.52
980	980	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,274	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
99	99	9	320.00	$320.00	—
106–145	123	38	250.00–340.00	$313.84	—
151–195	175	25	260.00–350.00	$322.92	—
210	210	1	340.00	$340.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
78–95	85	12	85.00–190.00	$134.20	—
105–135	125	10	180.00–190.00	$186.70	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–438	423	6	133.00	$133.00	$563	—
455–460	457	6	153.00–156.00	$154.99	$708	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228–235	232	15	163.00–168.00	$165.22	$383	—
250–293	275	7	165.00–168.00	$166.17	$457	-1.83
320–348	331	16	163.50–169.00	$166.43	$551	-1.64
353–375	363	9	160.00–169.00	$164.35	$597	-1.32
403–448	424	66	155.00–165.00	$160.33	$680	-1.90
451–497	466	115	155.00–163.00	$159.84	$745	+1.44
553–590	568	43	140.00–153.00	$147.06	$835	+5.16
633–643	640	9	140.00–141.00	$140.67	$900	—
733	733	2	120.00	$120.00	$880	+2.00
762	762	3	116.00	$116.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	6	150.00–152.00	$151.03	$359	—
265–288	279	5	150.00	$150.00	$418	—
320–343	333	8	150.00–158.00	$153.50	$511	+7.62
388–393	391	4	155.00	$155.00	$606	+3.62
403–440	413	12	141.00–154.00	$151.07	$624	-0.61
467–488	477	17	143.00–153.00	$148.90	$710	-0.25
515	515	3	126.00	$126.00	$649	-11.75
563–598	585	9	126.00–136.00	$132.63	$776	-4.87
607–645	628	11	132.00–137.00	$134.76	$846	+7.76
650–698	663	16	122.00–136.00	$128.79	$854	+1.79

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	10	171.00	$171.00	$544	—
516–518	516	47	156.00–156.50	$156.48	$807	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	4	157.00	$157.00	$666	—
455–468	462	7	153.00–159.00	$156.17	$722	-4.70
525–547	538	5	146.00–148.00	$146.78	$790	+0.08
550–585	571	8	143.00–148.00	$145.56	$831	-2.44

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
839–1048	932	85-90%	23	41.00–48.00	$46.80	$436	+6.54
840–1193	1008	85-90%	37	50.00–60.00	$55.90	$563	-1.89
1050	1050	85-90%	1	81.00	$81.00	$850	—
895–1415	1083	85-90%	134	60.00–80.00	$73.73	$798	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1470	1306	80-85%	47	76.00–85.00	$80.31	$1,049	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1513	1462	75-80%	3	76.00–79.00	$78.07	$1,141	+3.48

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–2322	1693	16	73.50–92.00	$83.98	$1,422	—
1655–1960	1859	5	94.00–100.00	$97.79	$1,818	-2.26

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
708–1125	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	92.00–96.00	$94.07	$812
925–1115	1016	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	97.00–112.00	$105.47	$1,072
915–1225	1030	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	62.00–66.00	$64.39	$663
775–1448	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	70.00–85.00	$79.65	$952

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
553–945 thin fleshed	734	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	15.00–48.00	$37.93	$278

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1026 thin fleshed	931	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	46.00–61.50	$56.91	$530

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1260	1086	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	775.00–850.00	$818.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1037	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1000	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	675.00–700.00	$685.20

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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
572–781	612	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	800.00–1,025.00	$974.68	+21.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
539	539	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,190.00	$1,190.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
544	544	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	770.00	$770.00	—

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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.