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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 27

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

63 head

▼ 504 vs last sale 567▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 33▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 30▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available due to this weeks light test. Receipts were light due to a cold front that moved into the region bringing freezing temperatures, snow, and ice.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.66/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$128.66

35 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.95

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	653	128.66	841	35

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale35 hd

128.66

—

TX average4 barns · 1,939 hd

125.71

+2.95

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,470	70.00	1,029	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,250	47.50	594	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	45.00	527	1thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	780	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	855	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	804	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	892	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	686	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	625	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,470	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,029	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	527	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	594	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2-3	732	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,830	6

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 Oct 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 63Last week 567Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 33Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 30Year ago 0

Compared to last week: No trend available due to this weeks light test. Receipts were light due to a cold front that moved into the region bringing freezing temperatures, snow, and ice.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	47.50	47.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	732	250.00	250.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	532	129.00	129.00
9	—	630	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	557	140.00	140.00
11	—	684	125.00	125.00
8	—	804	111.00	111.00

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.