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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 14

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Feb 7Feb 14Feb 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,177 head

▲ 410 vs last sale 767▲ 66 vs year ago 1,111 · +5.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 32▲ 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 30▲ 14 vs year ago 13 · +107.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was moderate to good on good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were not well tested.

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 $187.39/cwt on 612 head.

Average price

$187.39

612 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$35.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.85

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	200.52	1,366	332
Medium and Large 1-2	789	172.47	1,360	254
Medium and Large 2-3	435	166.00	722	13thin
Medium and Large 2	731	165.00	1,206	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.52/cwt here — about $160 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 sale612 hd

187.39

—

TX average4 barns · 2,754 hd

193.23

−5.85

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	—	Average	1,850	100.00	1,850	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	77.29	903	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	69.58	757	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,297	17
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,190	$1,085	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,103	$951	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	870	$1,025	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,250	1thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	722	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,028	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	236.02/cwt	234.00–236.50	1,147	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,099	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	228.51/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,177	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,209	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	187.58/cwt	187.00–189.00	1,097	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	190.24/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,216	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,179	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	178.76/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,266	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	731	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,206	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	175.44/cwt	172.00–179.50	1,326	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	821	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,383	192
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	893	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,554	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	901	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,469	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	210.07/cwt	202.00–220.00	773	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	886	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	210.43/cwt	204.00–220.00	899	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	436	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	645	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	204.92/cwt	193.00–210.00	988	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	170.85/cwt	165.00–186.00	897	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	196.26/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,032	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	177.06/cwt	174.00–178.00	1,034	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	173.07/cwt	171.00–174.50	1,082	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	642	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,027	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	940	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	694	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,103	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	751	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,044	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	843	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,265	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	843	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,155	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,016	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,056	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	551	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,025	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,023	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	175.29/cwt	169.00–177.00	1,082	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	697	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,178	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,850	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	975	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	683	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,100	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	930	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	836	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,117	67.63/cwt	65.00–70.00	755	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	73.69/cwt	72.00–76.00	886	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	118.44/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,093	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	1,296.93/head	1,175.00–1,360.00	1,297	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,103	950.74/head	925.00–975.00	951	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	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 Feb 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,177Last week 767Year ago 1,111

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 32Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 30Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	584	174.00–178.00	177.06
40	—	482	193.00–210.00	204.92
22	—	526	195.00–197.00	196.26
18	—	625	171.00–174.50	173.07
10	—	368	202.00–220.00	210.07
11	—	427	204.00–220.00	210.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	436	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	410	216.00	216.00
20	—	525	165.00–186.00	170.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	642	160.00	160.00
9	—	694	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	664	141.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	751	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	843	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	843	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	486	234.00–236.50	236.02
54	—	639	188.00–191.00	190.24
16	—	708	178.00–180.00	178.76
9	—	515	222.00–231.00	228.51
4	—	573	211.00	211.00
120	—	893	174.00	174.00
13	—	756	172.00–179.50	175.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	585	187.00–189.00	187.58
7	—	504	218.00	218.00
13	—	648	182.00	182.00
22	—	901	163.00	163.00
6	—	457	225.00	225.00
192	—	821	168.50	168.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	731	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	435	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	617	169.00–177.00	175.29
4	—	520	203.00	203.00
8	—	565	181.00	181.00
10	—	697	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	207.00	207.00
5	—	551	186.00	186.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	84.50	84.50
2	—	1,203	72.00–76.00	73.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,117	65.00–70.00	67.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	923	117.00–120.00	118.44

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	870	1,025.00	1,025.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,085.00	1,085.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,103	925.00–975.00	950.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,070	1,175.00–1,360.00	1,296.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,250.00	1,250.00

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.