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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 28

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Apr 21Apr 28May 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

371 head

▼ 697 vs last sale 1,068▲ 371 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▲ 95 vs last sale 5▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

118 head

▲ 105 vs last sale 13▲ 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Trading activity and demand were very good. Quality was attractive. Several load lots of heifers straight off the wheat on offer, as well as a complete herd dispersal of heavy bred cows and pairs. Not enough recent comparable sales on slaughter cows or bulls for an adequate market trend. Hotter weather is in the forecast this week, with temperatures reaching up into the 90's by Friday.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.60/cwt on 292 head.

Average price

$108.60

292 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$7.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.47

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	710	108.83	773	283
Medium and Large 1-2	647	101.39	656	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.44/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale292 hd

108.60

—

TX average4 barns · 2,204 hd

106.12

+2.47

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,300	59.10	769	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	57.40	680	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,049	53.93	566	29

Every lot

43 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	190	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	665	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	727	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	747	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	864	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	907	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	85	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	149	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	115	249.06/cwt	200.00–285.00	286	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	170	294.56/cwt	275.00–310.00	501	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	200	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	670	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	255	405.10/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,033	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	442.50/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,372	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	128.19/cwt	124.00–129.00	618	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	593	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	120.34/cwt	119.50–121.00	699	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	115.13/cwt	107.00–115.50	708	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	701	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	106.75/cwt	106.75–106.75	790	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	815	69
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	75	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	150	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	110	271.36/cwt	260.00–285.00	298	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	155	298.71/cwt	260.00–350.00	463	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	200	305.00/cwt	250.00–360.00	610	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	880	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	422	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	943	55.62/cwt	50.00–59.50	524	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	55.78/cwt	53.00–59.00	616	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,136	58.84/cwt	55.00–62.00	668	46
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	46.91/cwt	42.00–53.50	539	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,250	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	675	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,280	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	813	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,308	59.46/cwt	55.50–62.50	778	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,405	50.80/cwt	47.00–54.00	714	10
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	808	658.64/cwt	625.00–700.00	5,322	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	820	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,067	996.56/cwt	860.00–1,050.00	10,633	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,200	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	9,420	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,274	1,018.18/cwt	1,000.00–1,060.00	12,972	19
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,230	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,060	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,480	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	669.04/cwt	600.00–725.00	7,995	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,230	746.75/cwt	650.00–825.00	9,185	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,299	833.38/cwt	800.00–885.00	10,826	26

This sale against other markets

Texas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Tue Apr 28, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 371Last week 1,068Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 5Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 13Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
1	—	190	350.00	350.00
11	—	619	120.75	120.75
4	—	823	105.00	105.00
3	—	907	100.00	100.00
3	—	443	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	400.00–410.00	405.10
2	—	170	275.00–310.00	294.56
2	—	310	435.00–450.00	442.50
1	—	85	175.00	175.00
129	—	740	106.75	106.75
6	—	482	124.00–129.00	128.19
1	—	440	124.00	124.00
1	—	200	335.00	335.00
69	—	791	103.00	103.00
69	—	615	107.00–115.50	115.13
9	—	581	119.50–121.00	120.34
6	—	115	200.00–285.00	249.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	712	98.50	98.50
4	—	565	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	155	260.00–350.00	298.71
2	—	200	250.00–360.00	305.00
2	—	110	260.00–285.00	271.36
1	—	75	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,200	785.00	785.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,067	860.00–1,050.00	996.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,274	1,000.00–1,060.00	1,018.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,060	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	890	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,230	650.00–825.00	746.75

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,299	800.00–885.00	833.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,195	600.00–725.00	669.04

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	808	625.00–700.00	658.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,150	42.00–53.50	46.91
13	—	1,105	53.00–59.00	55.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	943	50.00–59.50	55.62
1	—	880	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,136	55.00–62.00	58.84
10	—	1,405	47.00–54.00	50.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	54.00	54.00
16	—	1,308	55.50–62.50	59.46
1	—	1,280	63.50	63.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.