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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 18

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,790 head

▲ 774 vs last sale 1,016▲ 94 vs year ago 1,696 · +5.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

82 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 105▲ 52 vs year ago 30 · +173.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

54 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 34▲ 48 vs year ago 6 · +800.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers compared to last weeks light test, but a higher undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady to 5.00 higher, with instances of 10.00 higher on 550 to 600 pound calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 1.00 higher. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. A good portion of the trading region received some much needed rain over the weekend. Although the total amounts of rain were short, it was more than welcome to help this wheat crop emerge.

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 $158.59/cwt on 698 head.

Average price

$158.59

698 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$120

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

$0.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.42

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	158.87	1,026	484
Medium and Large 1-2	726	157.95	1,146	214

One grade step is worth $0.92/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale698 hd

158.59

—

TX average4 barns · 1,669 hd

154.17

+4.42

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	1,846	82.98	1,532	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	66.62	781	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	900	61.36	552	57

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,254	$1,017	23
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$921	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,047	$917	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,204	$863	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,238	$785	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	835	$633	10

Every lot

50 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	884	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	896	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	951	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	957	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	173.32/cwt	171.00–175.00	983	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	181.02/cwt	178.50–181.50	1,046	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	977	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,072	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,089	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,166	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	680	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,187	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	172.52/cwt	171.00–174.00	1,244	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,324	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	167.70/cwt	167.00–167.75	1,378	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	546	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	699	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	731	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	714	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	454	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	740	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	745	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	165.40/cwt	164.50–166.00	852	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	544	150.75/cwt	150.00–151.50	820	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	599	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	934	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	155.65/cwt	154.50–156.75	967	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	159.62/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,002	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	164.15/cwt	164.00–164.25	1,116	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	160.96/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,106	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,166	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	158.14/cwt	157.75–161.00	1,222	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	155.41/cwt	152.00–155.50	1,217	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,305	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	901	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,140	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,031	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,217	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	924	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,740	80.37/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,398	7
Bulls	—	—	2,092	89.08/cwt	88.50–90.00	1,864	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	703	42.07/cwt	35.00–46.00	296	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	819	67.14/cwt	65.50–67.50	550	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	827	50.22/cwt	47.00–53.00	415	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	922	63.07/cwt	59.00–69.50	582	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	62.07/cwt	61.00–63.50	698	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	66.62/cwt	66.00–69.00	781	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	835	633.08/head	525.00–675.00	633	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	865	669.84/head	635.00–700.00	670	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	921.06/head	875.00–960.00	921	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,184	1,102.30/head	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,102	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,204	863.03/head	850.00–875.00	863	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,238	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,254	1,016.70/head	975.00–1,175.00	1,017	23
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	853	101.57/cwt	100.00–103.00	866	4

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 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,790Last week 1,016Year ago 1,696

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 105Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 34Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	216.00	216.00
29	—	509	188.00	188.00
65	—	578	178.50–181.50	181.02
6	—	398	222.00	222.00
62	—	822	167.00–167.75	167.70
73	—	773	171.25	171.25
118	—	721	171.00–174.00	172.52
8	—	659	177.00	177.00
37	—	489	194.50	194.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	680	174.50	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	585	167.00	167.00
61	—	655	166.25	166.25
30	—	646	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	567	171.00–175.00	173.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	901	126.50	126.50
4	—	1,031	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	628	158.00–162.00	159.62
34	—	515	164.50–166.00	165.40
91	—	680	164.00–164.25	164.15
7	—	431	169.50	169.50
2	—	378	185.00	185.00
2	—	870	150.00	150.00
6	—	711	164.00	164.00
75	—	773	157.75–161.00	158.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	687	150.00–162.00	160.96
123	—	783	152.00–155.50	155.41
3	—	333	164.00	164.00
4	—	454	163.00	163.00
6	—	434	164.50	164.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	490	152.00	152.00
18	—	599	156.00	156.00
18	—	544	150.00–151.50	150.75
60	—	621	154.50–156.75	155.65

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,184	1,075.00–1,125.00	1,102.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,204	850.00–875.00	863.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,254	975.00–1,175.00	1,016.70
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,238	785.00	785.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	865	635.00–700.00	669.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	835	525.00–675.00	633.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	895	875.00–960.00	921.06

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	4	—	853	100.00–103.00	101.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,740	75.00–87.00	80.37
3	—	2,092	88.50–90.00	89.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	703	35.00–46.00	42.07
30	—	922	59.00–69.50	63.07
6	—	827	47.00–53.00	50.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,173	66.00–69.00	66.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,125	61.00–63.50	62.07
12	—	819	65.50–67.50	67.14

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.