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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-19

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

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,193 head

▲ 651 vs last sale 542▼ 313 vs year ago 1,506 · −20.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 48▼ 14 vs year ago 45 · −31.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

19 head

▼ 81 vs last sale 100▼ 11 vs year ago 30 · −36.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers from last weeks light test for a market trend, but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Quality was mostly attractive, with the majority of the supply consisting of large strings of cattle off of the short wheat.

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 $144.17/cwt on 739 head.

Average price

$144.17

739 head · 758 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$12

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

$2.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.41

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	750	145.13	1,088	463
Medium and Large 1-2	772	142.55	1,100	276

One grade step is worth $2.57/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale739 hd

144.17

—

TX average4 barns · 2,021 hd

148.58

−4.41

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	—	High	1,603	96.95	1,554	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,387	84.75	1,175	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	78.51	997	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	66.16	728	17

Every lot

41 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	702	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	646	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	874	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	923	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	766	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,037	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	973	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,049	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	698	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,131	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	165.15/cwt	165.00–166.50	1,171	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,066	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,146	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,203	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	807	154.93/cwt	151.00–155.25	1,250	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	145.90/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,227	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,304	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	997	119.33/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,190	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,105	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,337	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	867	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	149.10/cwt	147.00–150.00	850	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	153.13/cwt	153.00–155.00	988	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,041	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	747	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,064	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	144.44/cwt	142.50–145.50	1,093	193
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	142.38/cwt	142.25–142.50	1,108	260
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,137	130
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	950	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,131	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	982	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	884	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,270	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	997	1
Bulls	—	—	1,770	106.18/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,879	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	65.25/cwt	65.25–65.25	715	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	806	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	855	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,222	72.69/cwt	72.00–73.00	888	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,064	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,387	84.75/cwt	84.75–84.75	1,175	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,170	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,945	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,082	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,233	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,127	85.68/cwt	76.00–88.00	966	12

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 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,193Last week 542Year ago 1,506

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 48Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 100Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	150.00	150.00
1	—	950	119.00	119.00
2	—	940	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	982	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	747	142.50	142.50
260	—	778	142.25–142.50	142.38
7	—	570	147.00–150.00	149.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	757	142.50–145.50	144.44
30	—	645	153.00–155.00	153.13
130	—	811	140.25	140.25
108	—	695	149.75	149.75
2	—	545	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	155.00	155.00
3	—	417	155.00	155.00
14	—	725	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	189.50	189.50
24	—	874	149.25	149.25
10	—	586	177.00	177.00
3	—	1,105	121.00	121.00
4	—	698	162.00	162.00
4	—	769	156.50	156.50
80	—	709	165.00–166.50	165.15
8	—	617	170.00	170.00
28	—	807	151.00–155.25	154.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	841	141.00–148.00	145.90
3	—	475	184.00	184.00
5	—	388	181.00	181.00
2	—	608	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	997	119.00–120.00	119.33
2	—	730	157.00	157.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,082	114.00	114.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,127	76.00–88.00	85.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	105.00–107.50	106.18
1	—	1,270	78.50	78.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	72.00–73.00	72.69
5	—	1,298	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	84.75	84.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,155	74.00	74.00
15	—	1,096	65.25	65.25

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.