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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 9

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Aug 2Aug 9Aug 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,427 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 1,405▲ 57 vs year ago 1,370 · +4.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 12▼ 30 vs year ago 51 · −58.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

76 head

▲ 73 vs last sale 3▲ 12 vs year ago 64 · +18.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves traded mostly firm, with the exception of 500-550 lb steers which were 4.00 lower. All classes of heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows traded with a higher undertone compared to last weeks light test. Quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply once again consisting of load lots of yearlings straight off the short grass. Portions of the Panhandle received some spotty rain ranging from a half inch to an inch and a half. This has lead to drought improvements in the Northern and Central Panhandle according to the US Drought Monitor. However, 90 percent of the state is still rated from abnormally dry to exceptional drought compared to only 5 percent last year.

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 $174.04/cwt on 737 head.

Average price

$174.04

737 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$4.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.26

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	745	174.16	1,297	717
Medium and Large 1-2	546	169.75	928	20

One grade step is worth $4.41/cwt here — about $370 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 sale737 hd

174.04

—

TX average3 barns · 1,619 hd

174.30

−0.26

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,355	83.50	1,131	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,130	80.68	912	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	923	68.55	633	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,062	$1,100	16
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,123	$860	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$785	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	981	$701	17

Every lot

49 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	675	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	869	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	205.02/cwt	192.00–224.00	865	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	185.67/cwt	181.00–188.00	906	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	887	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	182.13/cwt	179.50–186.00	967	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	183.40/cwt	177.50–188.50	1,044	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,013	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	177.62/cwt	172.50–179.00	1,188	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,323	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	170.12/cwt	170.00–170.25	1,402	257
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,448	102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	223	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	424	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	177.45/cwt	175.00–181.00	476	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	182.09/cwt	174.00–183.00	674	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	160.60/cwt	151.00–168.00	613	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	174.35/cwt	166.00–176.00	746	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	173.53/cwt	168.50–176.00	809	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	869	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	785	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	533	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	821	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	168.64/cwt	168.50–171.00	960	224
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	593	156.87/cwt	154.00–161.00	930	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,051	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,108	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,035	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,332	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	234	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	501	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	515	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	323	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	604	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	748	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	490	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	813	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	511	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	818	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	576	163.29/cwt	153.00–168.00	941	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	667	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,014	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,030	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	20
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	377	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	543	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	855	71.94/cwt	66.50–74.00	615	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	80.38/cwt	80.00–82.50	904	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,000	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	657	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,131	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2-3	981	700.53/head	675.00–750.00	701	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,035	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,062	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,123	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	845	89.11/cwt	78.00–91.00	753	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,165	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,282	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 Aug 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,427Last week 1,405Year ago 1,370

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 12Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 3Year ago 64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	669	172.50–179.00	177.62
9	—	488	181.00–188.00	185.67
4	—	326	207.00	207.00
32	—	569	177.50–188.50	183.40
4	—	393	221.00	221.00
257	—	824	170.00–170.25	170.12
102	—	853	169.75	169.75
15	—	422	192.00–224.00	205.02
56	—	531	179.50–186.00	182.13
135	—	776	170.50	170.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	161.00	161.00
14	—	511	173.50	173.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	382	151.00–168.00	160.60
2	—	690	150.00	150.00
8	—	268	175.00–181.00	177.45
10	—	510	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	569	168.50–171.00	168.64
35	—	370	174.00–183.00	182.09
69	—	466	168.50–176.00	173.53
5	—	688	161.00	161.00
10	—	925	144.00	144.00
17	—	428	166.00–176.00	174.35
5	—	505	172.00	172.00
15	—	645	163.00	163.00
6	—	223	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	593	154.00–161.00	156.87
4	—	533	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	576	153.00–168.00	163.29
2	—	490	166.00	166.00
5	—	720	143.00	143.00
4	—	511	160.00	160.00
4	—	323	187.00	187.00
2	—	378	198.00	198.00
3	—	667	152.00	152.00
7	—	234	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	310	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	365	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	144.00	144.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	981	675.00–750.00	700.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,123	860.00	860.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,062	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	785.00	785.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	845	78.00–91.00	89.11
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	84.00	84.00
11	—	1,125	80.00–82.50	80.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	855	66.50–74.00	71.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	83.50	83.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	55.00	55.00

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.