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A short weekly snapshot of the numbers that move Central Texas business. Updated Monday mornings; last pulled 2026-10-31 11:48 CT.

  • Rates: The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 7.24% for the week of Oct. 29, 2026 (down 0.08 points from the week before); the 15-year averaged 6.60%. (Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey)
  • Rates: The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 4.94% on Oct. 30, 2026, down 0.06 points from a week earlier. (U.S. Treasury, daily par yield curve rates)
  • Fuel: Regular gasoline averaged $3.63 a gallon in Texas for the week of Oct. 26, 2026 (down 7.2 cents); diesel averaged $5.95 on the Gulf Coast (up 4.8 cents). (U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly retail prices)
  • Cattle and grain: Front-month futures, daily close on Oct. 30, 2026: Live cattle 224.00 cents a pound (down 2.6% on the week); feeder cattle 337.77 cents a pound (down 3.0% on the week); corn 447.75 cents a bushel (down 1.8% on the week); wheat 603.50 cents a bushel (down 3.4% on the week). (CME Group and CBOT futures (via Yahoo Finance))
  • Central Texas homes: In September 2026, Killeen-Temple had 2,448 active listings at a median list price of $279,000 (6.0% lower than a year earlier), with a median 74 days on market; Waco had 1,642 active listings at a median list price of $309,225 (2.8% lower than a year earlier), with a median 78 days on market. These are listing figures, not closed sales. (Realtor.com monthly housing inventory data, by metro)
  • Crypto: The four most-traded cryptocurrencies by 24-hour volume, not counting stablecoins and gold-backed tokens, as of 11:46 AM CT Oct. 31, 2026: Bitcoin (BTC) $77,504, down 3.3% over 7 days; Ethereum (ETH) $2,251, down 3.9% over 7 days; Solana (SOL) $95.93, down 4.5% over 7 days; Hyperliquid (HYPE) $87.74, up 16.0% over 7 days. (CoinGecko)

Market figures are for information only and are not investment advice. Each line links to its source. Crypto: the four coins with the most 24-hour trading volume on CoinGecko at the time of the pull, not counting stablecoins and gold-backed tokens. Home figures are Realtor.com listing data, not closed sales.