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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 20

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,429 head

▲ 432 vs last sale 997▲ 318 vs year ago 1,111 · +28.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

63 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 65▲ 18 vs year ago 45 · +40.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

36 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 86▲ 24 vs year ago 12 · +200.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Steer calves were mostly 3.00 lower, with bigger declines on lighter weight cattle. Heifer calves traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was attractive with several smaller bunches of calves and loads of yearlings on offer.

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 $171.16/cwt on 620 head.

Average price

$171.16

620 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$24.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.31

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	177.35	987	311
Medium and Large 1-2	654	165.85	1,085	287
Medium and Large 2	426	152.91	651	22

One grade step is worth $24.44/cwt here — about $336 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 sale620 hd

171.16

—

TX average4 barns · 1,779 hd

166.85

+4.31

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	1,414	81.20	1,148	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	81.01	1,041	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,631	77.44	1,263	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	975	63.82	622	38

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$1,075	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$1,065	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,245	$950	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,142	$725	5

Every lot

60 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	314	218.47/cwt	210.00–231.00	686	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	349	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	820	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	207.99/cwt	207.00–211.00	867	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	219.81/cwt	216.00–222.00	930	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	451	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,010	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	214.43/cwt	202.00–218.00	982	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	808	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	191.04/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,035	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,003	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	191.87/cwt	187.50–196.00	1,076	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	178.73/cwt	174.00–181.00	1,012	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	179.93/cwt	178.50–182.50	1,027	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,129	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,212	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,241	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,221	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,347	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	238	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	333	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	194.68/cwt	192.00–197.00	531	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	311	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	634	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	615	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	348	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	525	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	195.12/cwt	195.00–198.00	812	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	182.18/cwt	179.00–184.00	771	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	763	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	455	179.13/cwt	178.00–181.00	815	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	727	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	908	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	180.20/cwt	179.00–184.00	919	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	889	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	541	175.13/cwt	167.00–177.00	947	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	978	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,026	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,046	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	157.78/cwt	151.00–160.50	1,084	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	167.02/cwt	163.50–167.50	1,174	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	164.47/cwt	163.50–165.50	1,191	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,209	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	158.28/cwt	157.00–163.50	1,307	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	896	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,263	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	277	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	662	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	336	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	672	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	365	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	850	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	207.63/cwt	207.00–209.00	882	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	549	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,010	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,147	69.20/cwt	56.50–82.00	794	3
Bulls	—	—	1,680	93.20/cwt	92.50–94.50	1,566	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	725	44.50/cwt	38.50–48.00	323	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	812	54.13/cwt	51.00–57.00	440	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	900	62.99/cwt	61.50–64.50	567	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	67.58/cwt	62.50–69.00	743	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	76.20/cwt	72.50–78.00	841	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	81.01/cwt	79.00–82.50	1,041	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,630	76.42/cwt	74.50–79.00	1,246	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	1,316	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	910	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,142	724.76/head	635.00–800.00	725	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,265	1,065.07/head	1,025.00–1,085.00	1,065	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	972	114.19/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,110	9

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 Sep 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,429Last week 997Year ago 1,111

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 65Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 86Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	705	176.00	176.00
4	—	349	235.00	235.00
68	—	561	187.50–196.00	191.87
8	—	631	179.00	179.00
32	—	773	174.25	174.25
11	—	677	179.00	179.00
64	—	423	216.00–222.00	219.81
13	—	542	190.00–197.00	191.04
11	—	451	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	484	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	458	202.00–218.00	214.43
13	—	566	174.00–181.00	178.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	314	210.00–231.00	218.47
8	—	417	207.00–211.00	207.99
22	—	571	178.50–182.50	179.93
3	—	768	159.00	159.00
4	—	545	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	541	167.00–177.00	175.13
33	—	423	179.00–184.00	182.18
8	—	455	178.00–181.00	179.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	169.00	169.00
48	—	416	195.00–198.00	195.12
29	—	510	179.00–184.00	180.20
84	—	703	163.50–167.50	167.02
4	—	491	185.00	185.00
10	—	826	157.00–163.50	158.28
18	—	311	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	238	140.00	140.00
4	—	348	151.00	151.00
16	—	469	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	724	163.50–165.50	164.47
4	—	273	192.00–197.00	194.68
7	—	582	168.00	168.00
8	—	446	171.00	171.00
14	—	520	171.00	171.00
99	—	616	166.50	166.50
14	—	687	151.00–160.50	157.78
3	—	340	181.00	181.00
3	—	817	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	896	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	277	239.00	239.00
11	—	365	233.00	233.00
9	—	549	184.00	184.00
4	—	336	200.00	200.00
3	—	425	207.00–209.00	207.63

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	9	—	1,265	1,025.00–1,085.00	1,065.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,142	635.00–800.00	724.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,245	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	972	114.00–116.00	114.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	56.50–82.00	69.20
3	—	1,680	92.50–94.50	93.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	725	38.50–48.00	44.50
4	—	900	61.50–64.50	62.99
6	—	812	51.00–57.00	54.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,285	79.00–82.50	81.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	80.50	80.50
3	—	1,630	74.50–79.00	76.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,104	72.50–78.00	76.20
11	—	1,099	62.50–69.00	67.58

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.