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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 5

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Sep 28Oct 5Oct 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

840 head

▲ 84 vs last sale 756▲ 252 vs year ago 588 · +42.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

66 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 75▲ 25 vs year ago 41 · +61.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 132 vs last sale 146▼ 15 vs year ago 29 · −51.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend, but a mostly steady to firm undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to weak. Quality was mostly plain to average, with some load lots of yearling crossbred cattle on offer. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The majority of the trading region received some much needed rain last week ranging from 2 tenths to an inch.

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 $149.15/cwt on 482 head.

Average price

$149.15

482 head · 706 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$876

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

$116.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.16

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	735	154.60	1,136	332
Medium and Large 1	640	148.83	953	134
Small and Medium 2-3	674	38.56	260	16thin

One grade step is worth $116.04/cwt here — about $876 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 sale482 hd

149.15

—

TX average4 barns · 2,595 hd

147.98

+1.16

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	1,557	74.94	1,167	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,370	64.02	877	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	61.63	733	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	50.84	533	33

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	487	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	760	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	163.12/cwt	163.00–163.75	899	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	816	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	587	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	822	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	143.25/cwt	142.50–145.00	897	10
Steers	—	Small and Medium 2-3	640	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	243	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,011	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,073	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	951	20
Steers	—	Small and Medium 2-3	730	39.50/cwt	39.50–39.50	288	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,142	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	752	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,045	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,169	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	873	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,078	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	290	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	441	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	150.64/cwt	148.00–151.50	770	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	808	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	133.75/cwt	133.75–133.75	773	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	136.92/cwt	135.50–139.00	878	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	884	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	984	210
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,028	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	131.16/cwt	123.00–134.00	1,002	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	792	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	927	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	974	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,120	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	622	94.84/cwt	78.00–100.00	590	17
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,433	74.08/cwt	70.00–76.50	1,062	3
Bulls	—	—	1,930	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,496	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	913	49.95/cwt	45.00–52.00	456	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	920	36.23/cwt	31.00–38.00	333	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	50.61/cwt	45.00–53.50	549	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,162	57.13/cwt	55.00–60.00	664	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	58.01/cwt	57.50–58.50	682	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,192	62.44/cwt	59.50–65.50	744	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,370	64.02/cwt	62.50–65.50	877	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,033	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	11,621	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1	805	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,428	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,090	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	937	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,475	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,182	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,456	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,280	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	13,760	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 Oct 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 840Last week 756Year ago 588

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 75Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 146Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	641	135.50–139.00	136.92
11	—	575	140.50	140.50
210	—	688	143.00	143.00
17	—	759	135.50	135.50
16	—	511	148.00–151.50	150.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	974	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	133.75	133.75
12	—	792	117.00	117.00
2	—	290	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	134.00	134.00
8	—	764	123.00–134.00	131.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	39.50	39.50
10	—	640	38.00	38.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	710	134.00	134.00
18	—	873	123.50	123.50
10	—	587	140.00	140.00
10	—	626	142.50–145.00	143.25
5	—	752	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	679	158.00	158.00
46	—	731	156.25	156.25
200	—	764	153.00	153.00
3	—	567	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	551	163.00–163.75	163.12
9	—	650	155.50	155.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	622	78.00–100.00	94.84
2	—	800	90.00	90.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,033	1,125.00	1,125.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	86.00	86.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,182	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	805	550.00	550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	77.50	77.50
3	—	1,433	70.00–76.50	74.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	913	45.00–52.00	49.95
5	—	920	31.00–38.00	36.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,084	45.00–53.50	50.61
13	—	1,162	55.00–60.00	57.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,192	59.50–65.50	62.44
2	—	1,175	57.50–58.50	58.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,370	62.50–65.50	64.02

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.