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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 30

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Mar 23Mar 30Apr 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,443 head

▲ 487 vs last sale 956▲ 492 vs year ago 951 · +51.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 10▲ 12 vs year ago 9 · +133.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 1▼ 39 vs year ago 48 · −81.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were mostly 6.00 to 7.00 higher, instances of up to 10.00 higher. Quality was very attractive, with several load lots of cattle straight off the wheat on offer. There were also quite a few bunches of light weight turn out cattle. Buyer demand and trading activity were good. Buyers seemed optimistic since the Corn contract closed down both days this week ahead of the prospective plantings report.

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 $143.06/cwt on 807 head.

Average price

$143.06

807 head · 776 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$211

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

$6.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.25

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	625	148.86	931	131
Medium and Large 1	805	141.93	1,143	676

One grade step is worth $6.93/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale807 hd

143.06

—

TX average4 barns · 2,069 hd

144.31

−1.25

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	1,090	60.00	654	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,540	56.00	862	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	55.37	710	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	990	41.25	408	2thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	80	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	120	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	170	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	638	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	672	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	498	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	872	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	499	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	858	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	856	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	936	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	151.50/cwt	146.00–152.00	886	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	822	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	137.69/cwt	135.00–139.00	934	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	146.58/cwt	143.50–148.25	1,008	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	716	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	999	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	141.28/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,027	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,009	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,047	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,123	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	135.09/cwt	134.10–135.75	1,186	451
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,225	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,020	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,081	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,033	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,043	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1	80	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	80	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	103	208.87/cwt	150.00–250.00	215	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	200	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	620	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	157.71/cwt	156.00–159.00	669	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	143.55/cwt	140.00–151.00	622	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	724	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	504	153.50/cwt	152.00–155.00	774	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	139.51/cwt	138.00–145.00	713	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	839	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	768	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	136.78/cwt	130.00–140.00	830	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	119.35/cwt	115.00–126.00	730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	136.41/cwt	136.00–136.50	892	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	695	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	897	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	133.31/cwt	131.50–134.25	956	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	130.32/cwt	129.25–131.00	947	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	980	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,007	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,018	97.38/cwt	96.50–100.00	991	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	841	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	833	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2-3	1,020	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	612	4
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 2-3	1,194	57.75/cwt	57.75–57.75	690	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,090	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	654	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	940	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	329	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	494	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	55.37/cwt	52.00–59.00	710	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	911	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	805	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,843	1,605.98/cwt	1,525.00–1,685.00	29,598	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,713	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,150	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	13,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,280	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	13,248	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	990	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,445	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,460	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	10,731	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,680	1,114.88/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	18,730	2

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 Mar 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,443Last week 956Year ago 951

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 10Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 1Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	812	124.00	124.00
3	—	350	177.00	177.00
83	—	654	136.00–136.50	136.41
8	—	504	152.00–155.00	153.50
10	—	754	130.00	130.00
7	—	467	155.00	155.00
66	—	553	151.75	151.75
14	—	424	156.00–159.00	157.71
3	—	103	150.00–250.00	208.87
4	—	1,018	96.50–100.00	97.38
66	—	717	131.50–134.25	133.31
1	—	200	250.00	250.00
30	—	607	130.00–140.00	136.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	433	140.00–151.00	143.55
14	—	511	138.00–145.00	139.51
49	—	585	131.25	131.25
132	—	727	129.25–131.00	130.32
2	—	1,025	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	115.00–126.00	119.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	80	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	695	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	170	375.00	375.00
3	—	343	196.00	196.00
1	—	80	150.00	150.00
3	—	753	134.00	134.00
3	—	560	160.00	160.00
23	—	838	134.00	134.00
9	—	498	175.00	175.00
81	—	532	176.00	176.00
16	—	935	131.00	131.00
451	—	878	134.10–135.75	135.09
54	—	688	143.50–148.25	146.58
32	—	727	137.00–146.00	141.28
1	—	1,020	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	716	139.50	139.50
22	—	499	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,033	101.00	101.00
9	—	678	135.00–139.00	137.69
6	—	818	128.00	128.00
6	—	632	130.00	130.00
7	—	511	167.50	167.50
51	—	585	146.00–152.00	151.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	493	169.00	169.00
2	—	370	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,194	57.75	57.75
4	—	1,020	60.00	60.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,280	1,035.00	1,035.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,150.00	1,150.00

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)	2	—	1,680	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,114.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,460	735.00	735.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	550.00	550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,843	1,525.00–1,685.00	1,605.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	47.50	47.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,470	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,283	52.00–59.00	55.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	60.00	60.00

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.