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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

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

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,039 head

▲ 979 vs last sale 1,060▲ 2,039 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 32▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

135 head

▲ 120 vs last sale 15▲ 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were too lightly tested last week for a market trend, but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Quality was very attractive with several load lots of cattle off the short wheat on offer. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. A cold front bringing artic air is moving in to the region in the last part of the week dropping temperatures below freezing accompanied by high winds.

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 $186.69/cwt on 875 head.

Average price

$186.69

875 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$38.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.14

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	195.90	1,152	543
Medium and Large 1-2	735	172.41	1,268	315
Medium and Large 2	552	156.94	866	17thin

One grade step is worth $38.96/cwt here — about $286 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 sale875 hd

186.69

—

TX average4 barns · 2,544 hd

187.82

−1.14

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	1,185	75.50	895	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,604	69.76	1,119	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	68.73	888	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	54.53	539	17

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,115	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,379	$1,228	103
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$1,065	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,390	$1,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,336	$941	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$775	1thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	231.46/cwt	227.00–233.00	729	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	823	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	401	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	762	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	227.00/cwt	211.00–236.00	935	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,028	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	206.35/cwt	194.00–209.00	1,067	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	155.69/cwt	152.00–160.00	839	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,049	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	191.93/cwt	186.00–192.25	1,138	270
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	594	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	956	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	174.02/cwt	173.75–175.00	1,058	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	184.21/cwt	183.00–186.00	1,153	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	174.50/cwt	172.50–177.00	1,181	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,298	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,269	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	782	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,337	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,384	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,328	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	847	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,427	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,515	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	206.36/cwt	197.50–210.00	774	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	790	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	703	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	843	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	897	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	192.37/cwt	186.50–197.00	937	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	826	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	171.02/cwt	168.00–178.00	889	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	187.10/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,007	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	171.12/cwt	162.00–174.00	958	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,018	153
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	807	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	165.06/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,025	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	173.34/cwt	171.00–174.50	1,090	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	172.30/cwt	171.00–172.75	1,151	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,141	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	169.35/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,228	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,207	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	258	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	619	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	363	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	835	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	941	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	597	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,081	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	628	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,011	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,008	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	784	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,066	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,185	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	895	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	800	33.77/cwt	24.00–42.00	270	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	867	48.05/cwt	45.00–52.00	417	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	58.97/cwt	55.50–65.00	601	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	63.52/cwt	62.00–64.50	729	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	68.66/cwt	67.00–72.00	794	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,314	69.51/cwt	66.00–74.00	913	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	990	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	72.92/cwt	72.00–74.00	1,050	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,910	63.99/cwt	63.00–65.00	1,222	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	874	580.69/head	460.00–650.00	581	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	980	1,064.80/head	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,065	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,025	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,075	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,325	1,007.77/head	875.00–1,100.00	1,008	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,345	1,160.10/head	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,160	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,367	959.85/head	800.00–1,050.00	960	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,390	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,434	1,335.02/head	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,335	69
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	850	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	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 Dec 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,039Last week 1,060Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 32Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 135Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	468	201.00	201.00
2	—	363	230.00	230.00
2	—	628	161.00	161.00
6	—	597	181.00	181.00
2	—	258	240.00	240.00
5	—	650	155.00	155.00
4	—	784	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	465	221.00	221.00
9	—	800	173.00	173.00
51	—	725	179.00	179.00
37	—	412	211.00–236.00	227.00
2	—	383	215.00	215.00
8	—	315	227.00–233.00	231.46
270	—	593	186.00–192.25	191.93
21	—	876	173.00	173.00
96	—	517	194.00–209.00	206.35
15	—	626	183.00–186.00	184.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	608	173.75–175.00	174.02
3	—	515	180.00	180.00
151	—	847	168.50	168.50
4	—	401	190.00	190.00
20	—	742	171.00	171.00
47	—	583	180.00	180.00
52	—	677	172.50–177.00	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	594	161.00	161.00
13	—	539	152.00–160.00	155.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	800	166.00	166.00
3	—	782	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	561	181.50	181.50
116	—	375	197.50–210.00	206.36
158	—	487	186.50–197.00	192.37
86	—	668	171.00–172.75	172.30
97	—	538	185.00–188.00	187.10
11	—	437	193.00	193.00
38	—	629	171.00–174.50	173.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	679	168.00	168.00
8	—	621	160.00–168.00	165.06
3	—	485	185.00	185.00
19	—	420	188.00	188.00
111	—	725	163.00–173.00	169.35
27	—	560	162.00–174.00	171.12
23	—	520	168.00–178.00	171.02
4	—	774	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	160.00	160.00
4	—	426	165.00	165.00
2	—	568	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,156	67.00–72.00	68.66
4	—	1,019	55.50–65.00	58.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,910	63.00–65.00	63.99
1	—	1,320	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,440	72.00–74.00	72.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,314	66.00–74.00	69.51
3	—	1,148	62.00–64.50	63.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	24.00–42.00	33.77
3	—	867	45.00–52.00	48.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	75.50	75.50

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)	69	—	1,434	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,335.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,367	800.00–1,050.00	959.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	980	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,064.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,025	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,325	875.00–1,100.00	1,007.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	874	460.00–650.00	580.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,345	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,160.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	775.00	775.00

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.