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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 24

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Oct 17Oct 24Oct 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,206 head

▼ 348 vs last sale 1,554▼ 315 vs year ago 1,521 · −20.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 47▲ 1 vs year ago 21 · +4.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 55▼ 22 vs year ago 37 · −59.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers for a market trend but a much lower undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower on a light test. Trading activity was moderate on light to moderate demand. Windy conditions coupled with hotter than average temperatures have deteriorated pasture and rangeland conditions further. However, rain and cooler temperatures are in the forecast through the weekend and the beginning part of next week.

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 $252.49/cwt on 660 head.

Average price

$252.49

660 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$56.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	439	277.07	1,215	56
Medium and Large 1	594	256.38	1,523	500
Medium and Large 2	430	220.56	948	104

One grade step is worth $56.51/cwt here — about $268 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 sale660 hd

252.49

—

TX average4 barns · 2,704 hd

247.96

+4.53

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	1,110	98.00	1,088	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	88.59	1,119	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,685	87.50	1,474	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,062	74.52	791	10

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,222	$1,775	10

Every lot

57 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	334	306.99/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,025	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	347	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	770	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,137	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	383	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,015	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,271	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,167	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	990	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,282	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	302.11/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,408	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,207	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,072	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	249.59/cwt	249.50–250.00	1,298	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	278.33/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,475	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,287	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	596	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,502	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	258.25/cwt	258.25–258.25	1,593	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	222.25/cwt	210.00–239.00	1,402	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	214.00/cwt	208.00–225.00	1,455	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	701	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,521	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,692	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,777	92
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	289	293.52/cwt	293.00–295.00	848	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	352	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	933	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	843	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	260.11/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,001	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,074	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,016	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	231.31/cwt	230.50–232.00	995	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,101	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	499	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,088	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	221.33/cwt	219.00–222.50	1,135	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,207	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	596	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,228	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	212.71/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,325	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	640	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,114	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,574	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,825	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	361	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	856	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	459	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,042	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,097	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,079	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,252	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,110	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,088	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	942	70.07/cwt	68.50–71.50	660	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	970	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	728	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	72.37/cwt	72.00–73.50	775	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,073	84.48/cwt	83.50–85.50	906	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	85.27/cwt	82.50–87.50	1,083	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,339	90.24/cwt	88.00–91.50	1,208	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,685	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,474	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	938	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,126	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,005	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	854	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,222	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	10

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 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,206Last week 1,554Year ago 1,521

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 47Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 55Year ago 37

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	783	227.00	227.00
71	—	617	258.25	258.25
15	—	530	275.00–285.00	278.33
103	—	466	288.00–304.00	302.11
11	—	418	304.00	304.00
27	—	731	231.50	231.50
10	—	305	325.00	325.00
14	—	555	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	300.00	300.00
2	—	423	276.00	276.00
17	—	458	280.00	280.00
16	—	543	237.00	237.00
16	—	334	306.00–310.00	306.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	438	226.00	226.00
31	—	347	222.00	222.00
26	—	513	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	596	252.00	252.00
44	—	520	249.50–250.00	249.59
10	—	479	252.00	252.00
11	—	680	208.00–225.00	214.00
15	—	701	217.00	217.00
15	—	383	265.00	265.00
51	—	631	210.00–239.00	222.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	640	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	430	230.50–232.00	231.31
26	—	385	250.00–262.00	260.11
12	—	610	210.00	210.00
8	—	596	206.00	206.00
37	—	513	219.00–222.50	221.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	534	226.00	226.00
19	—	623	210.00–220.00	212.71
8	—	413	260.00	260.00
5	—	352	265.00	265.00
4	—	335	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	418	243.00	243.00
20	—	498	221.00	221.00
14	—	915	172.00	172.00
4	—	1,113	164.00	164.00
19	—	289	293.00–295.00	293.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	499	218.00	218.00
14	—	383	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	207.00	207.00
7	—	459	227.00	227.00
4	—	361	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	514	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	465	236.00	236.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,071	72.00–73.50	72.37
2	—	1,270	82.50–87.50	85.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,339	88.00–91.50	90.24
2	—	1,073	83.50–85.50	84.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	68.50–71.50	70.07
1	—	970	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	87.50	87.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	98.00	98.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	85.00	85.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	938	120.00	120.00

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)	10	—	1,222	1,775.00	1,775.00

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.