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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 19

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,696 head

▲ 151 vs last sale 1,545▲ 1,129 vs year ago 567 · +199.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 54▼ 3 vs year ago 33 · −9.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 38▼ 24 vs year ago 30 · −80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate on moderate demand. We're still seeing a large price disparity between heavier weight weaned and unweaned calves, due to wide temperature swings that are normal for this time of year. According to the Cattle Market Report and Analysis, rains across much of Texas and Oklahoma will increase the likelihood of improved winter grazing. Those rains may fall late for dryland pastures from the Texas Panhandle north into Kansas.

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 $155.08/cwt on 911 head.

Average price

$155.08

911 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$22.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.43

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	675	156.01	1,053	616
Medium and Large 1	664	153.82	1,021	285
Medium and Large 2	588	133.50	785	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.51/cwt here — about $268 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 sale911 hd

155.08

—

TX average4 barns · 2,573 hd

150.65

+4.43

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	1,373	65.51	900	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	59.50	916	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,251	57.99	725	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,042	52.15	543	6thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	255	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	513	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	273	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	355	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	662	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	411	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	688	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	454	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	772	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	454	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	756	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	806	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	170.02/cwt	169.00–173.00	879	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	164.72/cwt	163.00–166.50	863	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	164.89/cwt	161.50–165.25	871	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	887	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	589	154.61/cwt	153.50–156.50	911	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	933	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	154.01/cwt	143.00–158.50	972	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	682	137.71/cwt	135.25–140.50	939	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	723	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	976	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	157.63/cwt	157.50–157.75	1,146	240
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	154.12/cwt	153.75–155.00	1,128	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,133	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	153.35/cwt	153.35–153.35	1,259	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,197	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	872	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	994	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	918	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,125	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,197	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	287	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	468	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	312	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	343	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	360	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	515	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	383	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	521	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	406	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	629	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	513	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	154.54/cwt	150.00–157.00	638	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	123.95/cwt	120.00–125.00	571	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	147.55/cwt	147.00–148.50	704	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	747	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	561	138.60/cwt	137.50–139.50	778	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	728	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	597	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	767	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	133.04/cwt	133.00–133.50	830	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	674	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	846	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	927	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	881	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	147.93/cwt	137.00–150.10	1,064	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	733	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	894	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,128	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,126	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,014	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	1,240	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	654	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	601	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	793	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,347	63.56/cwt	50.00–71.50	856	10
Bulls	—	—	1,505	75.24/cwt	75.00–75.50	1,132	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	960	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	499	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	469	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	54.46/cwt	52.50–57.50	599	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	769	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,254	57.34/cwt	54.25–60.50	719	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	916	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	855	110.93/cwt	107.00–115.00	948	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,040	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,424	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,140	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,260	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,240	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	11,904	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1	800	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	7,600	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 Oct 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,696Last week 1,545Year ago 567

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 54Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 38Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	631	143.00–158.50	154.01
8	—	576	154.00	154.00
44	—	831	144.00	144.00
84	—	524	163.00–166.50	164.72
240	—	727	157.50–157.75	157.63
11	—	454	166.50	166.50
52	—	758	149.50	149.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	723	135.00	135.00
3	—	273	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	821	153.35	153.35
43	—	732	153.75–155.00	154.12
8	—	594	157.00	157.00
12	—	458	176.00	176.00
8	—	517	169.00–173.00	170.02
3	—	255	201.00	201.00
2	—	965	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	184.00	184.00
49	—	682	135.25–140.50	137.71
6	—	872	114.00	114.00
5	—	454	170.00	170.00
14	—	411	167.50	167.50
25	—	528	161.50–165.25	164.89
4	—	918	122.50	122.50
37	—	589	153.50–156.50	154.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	677	137.00	137.00
15	—	888	126.75	126.75
15	—	413	150.00–157.00	154.54
11	—	532	140.50	140.50
24	—	477	147.00–148.50	147.55
9	—	570	140.00	140.00
10	—	1,014	122.25	122.25
25	—	813	138.75	138.75
178	—	719	137.00–150.10	147.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	624	133.00–133.50	133.04
11	—	394	159.75	159.75
6	—	733	122.00	122.00
6	—	287	163.00	163.00
3	—	597	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	561	137.50–139.50	138.60
4	—	683	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	312	110.00	110.00
10	—	387	105.00	105.00
8	—	674	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	578	126.00	126.00
10	—	407	126.00	126.00
43	—	461	120.00–125.00	123.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	383	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	117.50	117.50
8	—	490	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	601	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,254	54.25–60.50	57.34
1	—	1,230	62.50	62.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	45.50	45.50
3	—	1,100	52.50–57.50	54.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	59.50	59.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,347	50.00–71.50	63.56
2	—	1,505	75.00–75.50	75.24

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	2	—	855	107.00–115.00	110.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	960.00	960.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	950.00	950.00

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.