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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 20

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,506 head

▼ 599 vs last sale 2,105▲ 438 vs year ago 1,068 · +41.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 35▲ 40 vs year ago 5 · +800.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 66▲ 17 vs year ago 13 · +130.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Trading activity and buyer demand were moderate. Feeder cattle buyers were more conservative this week as the grain market continues to surge, with the corn board closing over 6.00 again today. A cold front moved into the area bringing with it freezing temperatures overnight.

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 $143.15/cwt on 873 head.

Average price

$143.15

873 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$349

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$84.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.18

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	716	144.79	1,037	555
Medium and Large 1-2	659	142.06	937	307
Medium and Large 2	722	127.30	919	5thin
Medium 2-3	1,147	60.00	688	6thin

One grade step is worth $84.79/cwt here — about $349 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 sale873 hd

143.15

—

TX average4 barns · 2,705 hd

147.33

−4.18

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	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	61.92	726	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,001	48.53	486	32

Every lot

56 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	169	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	676	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	547	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	447	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	782	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	679	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	163.20/cwt	158.00–166.50	769	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	160.26/cwt	156.00–161.00	864	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	142.08/cwt	141.00–146.00	828	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	597	154.20/cwt	153.00–156.50	921	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	606	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	854	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	827	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	150.37/cwt	147.00–150.75	1,010	161
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	139.01/cwt	135.50–142.25	1,008	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	993	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	135.27/cwt	133.00–135.75	1,136	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	890	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,024	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	951	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,136	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,105	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,160	1
Steers	—	Medium 2-3Full	1,147	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	688	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,252	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,258	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	100	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	100	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	127	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	470	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	200	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	800	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	292	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	438	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	480	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	310	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	569	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	135.29/cwt	130.00–140.50	491	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	147.12/cwt	147.00–147.50	553	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	669	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	607	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	640	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	141.84/cwt	140.00–146.00	671	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	136.36/cwt	134.50–137.00	705	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	762	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	132.90/cwt	130.00–140.00	805	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	125.43/cwt	121.00–127.00	780	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	880	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	670	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	824	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	899	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	897	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	753	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	911	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	836	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	953	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	1,243	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	926	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	80	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	96	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	363	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	581	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	815	24.72/cwt	20.00–30.00	201	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	912	38.43/cwt	35.00–44.00	350	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	933	47.90/cwt	45.00–50.00	447	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,044	55.08/cwt	54.00–57.50	575	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	49.89/cwt	45.00–56.50	539	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	616	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	62.62/cwt	62.00–63.75	701	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	61.24/cwt	57.50–62.75	713	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	65.09/cwt	64.50–65.75	792	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	12,192	30

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 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,506Last week 2,105Year ago 1,068

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 35Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 66Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	160.00	160.00
2	—	80	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	457	148.50	148.50
46	—	310	176.50	176.50
172	—	725	137.00	137.00
51	—	583	141.00–146.00	142.08
17	—	1,252	100.50	100.50
19	—	606	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	169	400.00	400.00
57	—	597	153.00–156.50	154.20
161	—	672	147.00–150.75	150.37
17	—	539	156.00–161.00	160.26
1	—	1,105	105.00	105.00
16	—	951	119.50	119.50
91	—	725	135.50–142.25	139.01
175	—	840	133.00–135.75	135.27
15	—	471	158.00–166.50	163.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	447	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	610	135.50	135.50
2	—	890	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,147	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	557	136.75	136.75
42	—	667	132.00	132.00
1	—	200	400.00	400.00
11	—	127	370.00	370.00
8	—	716	125.50	125.50
12	—	517	134.50–137.00	136.36
19	—	606	130.00–140.00	132.90
10	—	473	140.00–146.00	141.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	429	156.00	156.00
1	—	310	151.00	151.00
3	—	360	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	459	139.50	139.50
8	—	100	100.00	100.00
17	—	735	122.00	122.00
2	—	585	130.00	130.00
5	—	292	150.00	150.00
4	—	440	138.00	138.00
130	—	753	121.00	121.00
19	—	305	157.50	157.50
22	—	376	147.00–147.50	147.12
110	—	622	121.00–127.00	125.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	836	114.00	114.00
3	—	1,243	74.50	74.50
3	—	670	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	130.00–140.50	135.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	912	35.00–44.00	38.43
7	—	933	45.00–50.00	47.90
2	—	815	20.00–30.00	24.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,044	54.00–57.50	55.08
7	—	1,081	45.00–56.50	49.89
5	—	1,120	62.00–63.75	62.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	56.50	56.50
6	—	1,165	57.50–62.75	61.24
3	—	1,217	64.50–65.75	65.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,178	1,035.00	1,035.00

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.