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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 4

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Dec 14Jan 4Jan 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,244 head

▲ 282 vs last sale 962▼ 236 vs year ago 1,480 · −15.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 47▼ 66 vs year ago 104 · −63.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

80 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 61▲ 56 vs year ago 24 · +233.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves traded mostly weak to steady. Heifer calves were mostly 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to weak. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. A cold front moved into the area over the weekend bringing trace amounts of snow. However, the trading region is in desperate need of some moisture as higher than average temperatures accompanied by high winds have dried out soil moisture levels. As of December 28, Amarillo, Texas has observed no precipitation for 76 consecutive days which is the second longest dry streak on record, according to the US Drought Monitor.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.53/cwt on 470 head.

Average price

$152.53

470 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$2.78/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	661	152.89	1,011	409
Medium and Large 1-2	590	150.11	886	61

One grade step is worth $2.78/cwt here — about $125 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 sale470 hd

152.53

—

TX average1 barns · 470 hd

152.53

+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	—	Average	1,970	87.50	1,724	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	65.27	906	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,087	63.30	688	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	56.17	573	11

Every lot

55 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 1-2	442	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	606	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	786	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	750	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	168.40/cwt	165.00–171.00	903	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	967	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	164.69/cwt	163.00–166.00	942	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	167.30/cwt	165.00–169.50	1,027	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,064	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	144.44/cwt	136.00–149.00	919	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	670	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	911	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	144.27/cwt	141.00–153.00	981	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	164.46/cwt	160.50–167.50	1,122	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,167	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,237	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	801	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,177	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	156.81/cwt	154.50–159.25	1,281	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	755	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	162.58/cwt	162.00–163.50	792	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	743	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	835	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	810	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	935	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	874	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	613	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	803	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	617	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	6,633	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	157.88/cwt	152.25–162.50	1,001	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	893	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	146.91/cwt	146.00–147.50	992	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	680	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	877	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,013	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	150.48/cwt	147.00–151.50	1,073	205
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	799	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,103	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	685	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	442	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	729	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	782	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	161.41/cwt	156.00–163.00	841	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	835	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	678	140.18/cwt	137.00–142.00	950	8
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	684	6
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	697	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	906	12
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	726	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	944	57
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	810	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	470	17
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,970	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,724	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	905	53.18/cwt	50.00–56.00	481	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	950	64.37/cwt	60.00–68.00	612	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	522	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,100	53.52/cwt	50.00–57.00	589	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	61.03/cwt	60.00–62.00	674	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	65.49/cwt	63.50–69.50	798	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,337	66.32/cwt	65.00–71.00	887	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,640	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	984	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,301	987.63/cwt	860.00–1,040.00	12,849	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,333	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,330	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,920	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,386	1,016.05/cwt	960.00–1,050.00	14,082	38

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 Jan 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,244Last week 962Year ago 1,480

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 47Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 61Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	495	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	396	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	678	137.00–142.00	140.18
13	—	521	156.00–163.00	161.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	564	148.00	148.00
6	—	442	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	554	174.50	174.50
25	—	614	165.00–169.50	167.30
6	—	453	173.50	173.50
7	—	536	165.00–171.00	168.40
13	—	727	160.50	160.50
55	—	784	157.75	157.75
85	—	682	160.50–167.50	164.46
87	—	817	154.50–159.25	156.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	442	137.00	137.00
18	—	680	141.00–153.00	144.27
73	—	635	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	572	163.00–166.00	164.69
3	—	478	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	636	136.00–149.00	144.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	810	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	126.00	126.00
12	—	697	130.00	130.00
57	—	726	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	713	147.00–151.50	150.48
13	—	487	162.00–163.50	162.58
92	—	634	152.25–162.50	157.88
27	—	511	163.50	163.50
33	—	675	146.00–147.50	146.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	603	145.00	145.00
11	—	500	148.50	148.50
13	—	799	138.00	138.00
10	—	463	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	131.00	131.00
4	—	680	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	516	157.00	157.00
9	—	682	148.50	148.50
12	—	638	140.00	140.00
10	—	577	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	617	1,075.00	1,075.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	38	—	1,386	960.00–1,050.00	1,016.05
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,301	860.00–1,040.00	987.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,333	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,365	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,337	65.00–71.00	66.32
1	—	1,640	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	950	60.00–68.00	64.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	905	50.00–56.00	53.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	50.00–57.00	53.52
6	—	1,219	63.50–69.50	65.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,104	60.00–62.00	61.03
2	—	1,043	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	87.50	87.50

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.