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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 5

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Feb 27Mar 5Mar 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

921 head

▼ 429 vs last sale 1,350▼ 931 vs year ago 1,852 · −50.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

46 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 23▲ 6 vs year ago 40 · +15.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

101 head

▲ 89 vs last sale 12▲ 67 vs year ago 34 · +197.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower on like kinds. Feeder heifers traded firm to 4.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on steer or heifer calves but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows traded 8.00 to 10.00 higher on a light test. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Four active wildfires are still burning across the Panhandle, with over 1.2 million acres burned and containment levels ranging from 37% to 80% contained. The winds had picked back up over the weekend, but more favorable conditions have returned to the area for the remainder of the week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.36/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −126.10 against this barn's trailing median of $386.46.

Average price

$260.36

56 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$39.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs TX average

−11.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	262.48	1,499	53
Medium and Large 1-2	550	223.00	1,227	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.48/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale56 hd

260.36

—

TX average2 barns · 109 hd

261.19

−0.83

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−11.55

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.46

−126.10

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.74, low $341.20, median $386.46 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,100	105.00	1,155	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,310	107.42	1,407	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,164	106.98	1,245	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	91.62	925	15

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)	1,243	$1,875	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,341	$1,600	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,248	$1,581	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,092	$2,528	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$2,201	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,200	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,020	$2,080	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$1,700	2thin

Every lot

56 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,474	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,512	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	343.23/cwt	331.00–372.00	1,648	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	274.31/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,725	103
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	632	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,650	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,677	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	249.50/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,821	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	756	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,784	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	241.14/cwt	241.00–241.50	1,888	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,921	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	831	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,911	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	329.71/cwt	322.00–331.00	1,243	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	294.63/cwt	294.25–298.50	1,364	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,316	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	274.33/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,410	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,227	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	577	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,460	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	261.21/cwt	261.00–261.50	1,515	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	247.95/cwt	246.00–248.50	1,535	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	676	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,453	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	684	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,587	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	227.54/cwt	225.50–230.00	1,641	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	223.68/cwt	222.00–224.25	1,745	67
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	897	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,597	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	362.34/cwt	360.00–369.00	1,294	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,507	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	518	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,321	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,652	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	260.57/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,545	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	643	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,524	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	685	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,589	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,100	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,155	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	890	76.87/cwt	75.00–78.50	684	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	909	91.07/cwt	86.00–94.00	828	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	955	99.90/cwt	95.00–104.50	954	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,005	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	955	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,039	101.39/cwt	101.00–101.50	1,053	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,050	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	950	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	834	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	108.61/cwt	106.50–112.50	1,303	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,240	92.90/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,152	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	115.88/cwt	111.50–119.00	1,669	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,020	2,079.98/head	1,775.00–2,125.00	2,080	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,080	2,573.61/head	2,525.00–2,650.00	2,574	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,150	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,218	2,045.45/head	1,850.00–2,125.00	2,045	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,258	2,562.91/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,563	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,070	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,242	1,491.81/head	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,492	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,243	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,265	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,341	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	7

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 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 921Last week 1,350Year ago 1,852

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 23Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 12Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	684	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	377	322.00–331.00	329.71
45	450–500	463	294.25–298.50	294.63
7	500–550	514	272.00–280.00	274.33
43	550–600	580	261.00–261.50	261.21
18	600–650	619	246.00–248.50	247.95
45	700–750	721	225.50–230.00	227.54
67	750–800	780	222.00–224.25	223.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	577	253.00	253.00
10	650–700	676	215.00	215.00
3	850–900	897	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	483	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	550	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	394	374.00	374.00
21	400–450	401	377.00	377.00
16	450–500	480	331.00–372.00	343.23
24	500–550	533	330.00	330.00
103	600–650	629	270.00–284.00	274.31
16	700–750	730	249.00–251.00	249.50
49	750–800	783	241.00–241.50	241.14
14	800–850	814	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	690	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	632	261.00	261.00
4	750–800	756	236.00	236.00
5	800–850	831	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	360.00–369.00	362.34
1	400–450	405	372.00	372.00
2	500–550	540	306.00	306.00
7	550–600	593	252.00–267.00	260.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	643	237.00	237.00
2	650–700	685	232.00	232.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,258	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,562.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,150	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	25	—	1,080	2,525.00–2,650.00	2,573.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,020	1,775.00–2,125.00	2,079.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,218	1,850.00–2,125.00	2,045.45

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	—	1,265	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,341	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,243	1,875.00	1,875.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,242	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,491.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,875.00	1,875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	111.50–119.00	115.88
1	—	1,050	90.50	90.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	95.00	95.00
16	—	1,200	106.50–112.50	108.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	909	86.00–94.00	91.07
2	—	890	75.00–78.50	76.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,039	101.00–101.50	101.39
1	—	1,150	72.50	72.50
2	—	1,240	92.00–94.00	92.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	95.00–104.50	99.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	105.00	105.00

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.