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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Dec 1

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Nov 17Dec 1Dec 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

613 head

▼ 326 vs last sale 939▲ 613 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 31▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 74▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of large groups of weaned calves with reputable vaccination programs. A nice set of red and black angus bred heifers were also on offer. A good portion of the Panhandle received some much needed moisture in the form of snow over the weekend, offering a boost to the areas wheat crop.

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 $133.43/cwt on 333 head.

Average price

$133.43

333 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$216

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

$7.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	497	140.25	697	35
Medium and Large 2	482	134.80	650	11thin
Medium and Large 1	689	132.54	913	287

One grade step is worth $7.71/cwt here — about −$216 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 sale333 hd

133.43

—

TX average1 barns · 333 hd

133.43

+0.00

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	—	Low	1,700	73.88	1,256	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	47.28	619	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,800	40.25	725	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	713	20.05	143	3thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	600	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	591	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	156.93/cwt	155.50–160.00	659	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	673	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	135.14/cwt	131.00–136.00	645	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	732	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	823	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	706	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	598	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	777	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	135.01/cwt	133.50–136.00	841	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	749	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	135.10/cwt	130.00–137.00	912	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	984	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	894	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	129.91/cwt	129.50–130.00	1,046	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	310	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	208	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	360	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	540	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	384	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	499	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	392	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	549	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	587	7
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	420	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	294	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	616	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	626	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	709	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	591	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	739	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	765	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	126.04/cwt	124.00–126.50	832	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	840	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	127.88/cwt	120.50–129.50	942	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	936	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	542	4
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	384	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	223	8
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	430	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	374	3
Bulls	—	Medium 2-3	480	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	394	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,530	72.20/cwt	70.00–73.50	1,105	2
Bulls	—	—	2,040	77.25/cwt	77.25–77.25	1,576	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	713	20.05/cwt	15.00–25.00	143	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	516	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	49.42/cwt	48.50–50.50	675	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,800	40.25/cwt	40.25–40.25	725	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	882	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	804.58/cwt	775.00–860.00	6,702	3
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	970.75/cwt	825.00–985.00	8,591	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,700	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	13,600	1

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 Dec 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 613Last week 939Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 31Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 74Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	70.00–73.50	72.20
1	—	2,040	77.25	77.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	48.50–50.50	49.42
1	—	1,200	43.00	43.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	40.25	40.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	15.00–25.00	20.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	164.00	164.00
9	—	420	155.50–160.00	156.93
16	—	554	148.50	148.50
18	—	464	145.00	145.00
36	—	623	133.50–136.00	135.01
49	—	744	132.25	132.25
57	—	805	129.50–130.00	129.91
35	—	675	130.00–137.00	135.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	598	130.00	130.00
60	—	750	119.25	119.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	143.00	143.00
6	—	477	131.00–136.00	135.14
1	—	640	117.00	117.00
1	—	560	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	535	136.75	136.75
10	—	403	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	82.00	82.00
8	—	384	58.00	58.00
3	—	430	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	715	117.50	117.50
7	—	384	130.00	130.00
10	—	591	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	150.00	150.00
2	—	800	117.00	117.00
7	—	419	140.00	140.00
83	—	737	120.50–129.50	127.88
34	—	660	124.00–126.50	126.04
4	—	453	136.00	136.00
6	—	622	123.00	123.00
15	—	538	131.75	131.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	460	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	67.00	67.00
1	—	420	70.00	70.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	90.00	90.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	885	825.00–985.00	970.75

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	833	775.00–860.00	804.58

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,700	800.00	800.00

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.