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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 7

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Oct 31Nov 7Nov 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,139 head

▲ 347 vs last sale 792▼ 293 vs year ago 1,432 · −20.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

60 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 46▼ 64 vs year ago 124 · −51.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

95 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 118▲ 81 vs year ago 14 · +578.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 1.00 lower on a light test. Demand for feeders is still limited due to the feedlots being full. According to the last Cattle on Feed report, the inventory was 1 percent above October 1, 2022, which is the second highest October 1 inventory since the series began in 1996. Additionally, placements in feedlots during September totaled 2.21 million head, 6 percent above 2022.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.01/cwt on 418 head.

Average price

$202.01

418 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,393

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$397

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$33.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.68

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	563	210.92	1,187	48
Medium and Large 1	719	202.04	1,453	352
Medium and Large 2-3	445	177.56	790	18thin

One grade step is worth $33.36/cwt here — about $397 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 sale418 hd

202.01

—

TX average4 barns · 1,337 hd

219.68

−17.68

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	1,596	105.89	1,690	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,516	94.96	1,440	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	92.69	1,185	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	83.36	881	30

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)	1,079	$1,584	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,246	$1,533	31
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$1,492	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$1,300	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	883	$1,266	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$1,253	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,154	$950	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,008	$1,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,017	$1,772	3thin

Every lot

69 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 1-2	349	302.01/cwt	292.00–310.00	1,054	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,196	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	316.59/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,358	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	288.63/cwt	276.00–302.00	1,368	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	264.86/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,385	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,395	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	601	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,382	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	235.21/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,463	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	652	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,438	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	699	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,639	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,631	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,712	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,574	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,642	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	953	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,811	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	299	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	568	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	727	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	433	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,022	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	260.08/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,147	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,125	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	509	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	901	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	511	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,152	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	562	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,124	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	215.00/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,264	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,281	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	206.07/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,383	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,444	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,400	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,349	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,461	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	801	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,490	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,562	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,454	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,643	38
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	250	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	543	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	313	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	632	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	406	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	751	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	452	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,257	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	476	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	876	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	547	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,209	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	588	187.62/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,103	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	648	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,063	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,063	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	941	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	1,443	1
Bulls	—	—	2,000	119.61/cwt	117.50–123.00	2,392	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	810	72.99/cwt	72.00–74.00	591	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	925	89.58/cwt	88.00–91.00	829	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	960	80.26/cwt	77.00–84.00	770	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	745	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	83.47/cwt	81.00–87.50	906	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	89.85/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,074	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	93.79/cwt	91.50–96.00	1,189	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,152	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,516	94.96/cwt	90.50–98.50	1,440	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	830	1,492.32/head	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,492	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	883	1,266.34/head	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,266	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,079	1,584.27/head	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,584	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,144	1,201.18/head	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,201	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,153	1,172.32/head	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,172	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,154	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,210	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,227	1,511.68/head	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,512	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,278	1,659.00/head	1,425.00–1,850.00	1,659	23
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	860	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,213	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,270	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,321	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,008	1,850.37/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,017	1,772.13/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,772	3

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 Nov 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,139Last week 792Year ago 1,432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 46Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 95Last week 118Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	299	190.00	190.00
3	—	615	150.00	150.00
8	—	509	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	588	214.00–220.00	215.00
16	—	671	200.00–212.00	206.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	562	200.00	200.00
7	—	498	226.00	226.00
6	—	433	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	225.50	225.50
7	—	610	210.00	210.00
4	—	373	195.00	195.00
3	—	840	186.00	186.00
8	—	693	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	441	258.00–261.00	260.08
5	—	714	189.00	189.00
63	—	673	214.50	214.50
38	—	939	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	171.00	171.00
154	—	765	191.00	191.00
9	—	801	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	953	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	709	230.00	230.00
9	—	349	292.00–310.00	302.01
60	—	840	195.50	195.50
8	—	601	230.00	230.00
5	—	579	241.00	241.00
6	—	474	276.00–302.00	288.63
37	—	787	200.00	200.00
4	—	400	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	745	229.75	229.75
22	—	429	316.00–318.00	316.59
9	—	523	257.00–269.00	264.86
6	—	699	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	652	220.50	220.50
23	—	622	233.00–236.00	235.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	185.00	185.00
10	—	588	184.00–190.00	187.62
6	—	648	164.00	164.00
10	—	476	184.00	184.00
3	—	250	217.00	217.00
2	—	313	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	278.00	278.00
5	—	547	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	460	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,516	90.50–98.50	94.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	85.00	85.00
7	—	1,268	91.50–96.00	93.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,195	89.00–91.00	89.85
1	—	1,020	73.00	73.00
18	—	1,086	81.00–87.50	83.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	810	72.00–74.00	72.99
3	—	960	77.00–84.00	80.26
2	—	925	88.00–91.00	89.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	99.50	99.50
3	—	2,000	117.50–123.00	119.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	88.50	88.50

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,144	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,201.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,153	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,172.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,154	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,300.00	1,300.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,227	1,450.00–1,550.00	1,511.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	883	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,266.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,278	1,425.00–1,850.00	1,659.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,079	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,584.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	830	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,492.32

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	1	—	1,270	104.00	104.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	141.00	141.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,850.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,017	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,772.13

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.