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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 28

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Mar 21Mar 28Apr 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

767 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 780▲ 53 vs year ago 714 · +7.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 16▲ 7 vs year ago 19 · +36.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

43 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 24▼ 43 vs year ago 86 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. Several in attendance for the registered fancy replacement bull sale.

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 $190.62/cwt on 380 head.

Average price

$190.62

380 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$19.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.48

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	743	194.43	1,445	307
Medium and Large 1-2	830	174.63	1,450	73

One grade step is worth $19.80/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale380 hd

190.62

—

TX average4 barns · 2,038 hd

207.10

−16.48

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	—	High	1,649	108.99	1,797	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,495	87.52	1,309	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	84.83	1,045	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	81.88	858	9thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,133	$1,075	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$1,075	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,290	$3,493	40

Every lot

43 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	245	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	676	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	833	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	454	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,126	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,077	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	226.71/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,190	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	654	188.06/cwt	185.00–189.00	1,230	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	199.89/cwt	195.00–201.00	1,321	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	670	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,193	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	183.56/cwt	178.00–184.35	1,538	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	854	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,477	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,559	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	247	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	598	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	296	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	707	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	308	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	696	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	827	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	221.30/cwt	218.00–226.00	916	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	216.24/cwt	192.00–218.00	1,062	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	911	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	194.25/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,031	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	199.16/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,185	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	615	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,076	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,124	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,143	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	771	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,257	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	897	158.83/cwt	157.50–160.00	1,425	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	955	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	596	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,067	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	655	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,127	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,638	105.40/cwt	101.50–108.55	1,726	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	112.57/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,869	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	925	79.50/cwt	77.00–82.00	735	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	85.45/cwt	84.00–88.00	884	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,000	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	80.39/cwt	75.00–82.00	900	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,062	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,385	92.98/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,288	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,523	86.15/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,312	8
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	848	1,621.97/head	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,622	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	1,479	4,295.17/head	3,700.00–5,200.00	4,295	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,133	1,075.33/head	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,075	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	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 Mar 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 767Last week 780Year ago 714

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 16Year ago 19

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 24Year ago 86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,035	84.00–88.00	85.45
4	—	1,119	75.00–82.00	80.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,523	80.00–87.50	86.15
2	—	1,385	92.00–94.00	92.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	82.00	82.00
1	—	1,105	90.50	90.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	925	77.00–82.00	79.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	111.00–114.00	112.57
2	—	1,638	101.50–108.55	105.40

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,133	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,075.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,075.00	1,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	12	—	848	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,621.97

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	28	—	1,479	3,700.00–5,200.00	4,295.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	231.00	231.00
3	—	810	170.00	170.00
89	—	595	187.00–200.00	199.16
3	—	247	242.00	242.00
8	—	531	193.00–195.00	194.25
6	—	296	239.00	239.00
43	—	491	192.00–218.00	216.24
15	—	414	218.00–226.00	221.30
15	—	897	157.50–160.00	158.83
2	—	308	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	657	174.00	174.00
7	—	635	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	771	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	838	178.00–184.35	183.56
22	—	860	181.25	181.25
36	—	525	221.00–228.00	226.71
2	—	415	240.00	240.00
2	—	245	276.00	276.00
3	—	323	258.00	258.00
61	—	661	195.00–201.00	199.89
4	—	454	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	206.00	206.00
66	—	854	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	654	185.00–189.00	188.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	172.00	172.00
8	—	596	179.00	179.00
4	—	440	217.00	217.00

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.