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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 17

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,562 head

▼ 492 vs last sale 2,054▼ 37 vs year ago 1,599 · −2.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 46▼ 36 vs year ago 61 · −59.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 52▼ 12 vs year ago 45 · −26.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves too lightly tested for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady on a light test. Quality was mostly attractive with several load lots of yearlings off the short wheat and smaller packages of long weaned calves on offer. Hotter than average temperatures accompanied by high winds have expanded the extreme to exceptional drought in the Northern Panhandle, with the rest of the Panhandle in the moderate to severe drought categories. As a result, wheat cattle have started moving off of pastures earlier than normal due to the lack of precipitation in the region.

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 $180.83/cwt on 809 head.

Average price

$180.83

809 head · 736 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,331

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$466

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

$18.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.42

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	746	181.53	1,354	736
Medium and Large 1-2	664	176.77	1,174	57
Medium and Large 2	543	163.31	888	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.22/cwt here — about $466 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 sale809 hd

180.83

—

TX average4 barns · 3,190 hd

188.25

−7.42

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,664	75.51	1,256	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,355	72.00	976	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	61.37	622	12

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,083	$1,144	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,055	$865	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$817	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,118	$782	3thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	568	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	855	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	219.69/cwt	215.00–225.00	942	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	725	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	222.13/cwt	215.00–232.00	1,028	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	970	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	207.36/cwt	199.00–212.00	1,062	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	957	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,062	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	583	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,067	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	184.10/cwt	182.50–184.25	1,189	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,156	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	168.20/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,147	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	180.81/cwt	174.50–181.00	1,351	262
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	178.25/cwt	178.25–178.25	1,389	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	781	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,226	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	786	166.05/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,305	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	175.42/cwt	173.50–175.50	1,445	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	169.85/cwt	169.85–169.85	1,461	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	877	162.83/cwt	162.50–163.00	1,428	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,549	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,051	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,682	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	307	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	461	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	189.46/cwt	185.00–192.00	690	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	689	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	776	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	857	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	179.33/cwt	178.00–180.00	843	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	746	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	178.32/cwt	175.00–181.00	936	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	551	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	887	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	176.12/cwt	172.50–178.00	1,018	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	168.33/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,042	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	164.83/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,042	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	172.84/cwt	169.50–173.25	1,170	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	727	160.43/cwt	158.00–161.50	1,166	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	166.76/cwt	165.00–167.50	1,221	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,239	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,285	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,217	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,311	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	155.75/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,268	20
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	459	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	941	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	970	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,044	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	855	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	530	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	935	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	594	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	60.31/cwt	59.50–61.50	625	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	741	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	72.00/cwt	70.00–74.50	976	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,664	75.51/cwt	73.00–77.50	1,256	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,061	761.17/head	725.00–785.00	761	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,083	1,143.71/head	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,144	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,118	782.32/head	760.00–800.00	782	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	848.76/head	810.00–1,050.00	849	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,247	1,004.65/head	900.00–1,125.00	1,005	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	989	122.25/cwt	110.00–132.00	1,209	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,045	76.46/cwt	75.00–78.00	799	2

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 Jan 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,562Last week 2,054Year ago 1,599

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 46Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 52Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	225.00	225.00
9	—	682	166.00–170.00	168.20
23	—	786	165.00–172.00	166.05
18	—	579	183.50	183.50
5	—	490	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,051	160.00	160.00
26	—	463	215.00–232.00	222.13
7	—	429	215.00–225.00	219.69
50	—	860	169.85	169.85
152	—	779	178.25	178.25
262	—	747	174.50–181.00	180.81
124	—	824	173.50–175.50	175.42
2	—	968	160.00	160.00
35	—	512	199.00–212.00	207.36
56	—	646	182.50–184.25	184.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	877	162.50–163.00	162.83
2	—	680	170.00	170.00
6	—	583	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	781	157.00	157.00
2	—	553	173.00	173.00
3	—	338	168.00	168.00
6	—	445	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	171.00	171.00
5	—	632	162.00–169.00	164.83
4	—	790	154.00	154.00
20	—	802	163.50	163.50
99	—	732	165.00–167.50	166.76
15	—	470	178.00–180.00	179.33
7	—	551	161.00	161.00
11	—	364	185.00–192.00	189.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	619	168.00–169.00	168.33
8	—	413	188.00	188.00
12	—	578	172.50–178.00	176.12
9	—	774	166.00	166.00
9	—	525	175.00–181.00	178.32
11	—	463	185.00	185.00
76	—	677	169.50–173.25	172.84
20	—	814	155.00–156.00	155.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	765	162.00	162.00
10	—	727	158.00–161.50	160.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	130.00	130.00
12	—	478	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	307	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	189.00	189.00
2	—	459	205.00	205.00
1	—	665	157.00	157.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	65.00	65.00
8	—	1,036	59.50–61.50	60.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,664	73.00–77.50	75.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,355	70.00–74.50	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	62.00	62.00
2	—	935	63.50	63.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	4	—	911	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,118	760.00–800.00	782.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,061	725.00–785.00	761.17

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,247	900.00–1,125.00	1,004.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,083	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,143.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,200	810.00–1,050.00	848.76

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	2	—	1,045	75.00–78.00	76.46
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	989	110.00–132.00	122.25

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.