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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 19

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

998 head

▼ 356 vs last sale 1,354▲ 218 vs year ago 780 · +27.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

28 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 20▲ 12 vs year ago 16 · +75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to weak on steers over 800 pounds, not enough comparable sales on lighter weights. Feeder heifers traded mostly 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves were too lightly tested last week for a market trend but a sharply higher undertone was noted, especially on 500 to 600 pound calves suitable for grass. Slaughter cows traded mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher on a light test. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand.

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 $272.51/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −115.43 against this barn's trailing median of $387.94.

Average price

$272.51

54 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$33.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.91

vs TX average

−4.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	280.60	1,567	41
Medium and Large 1-2	578	247.00	1,428	13thin

One grade step is worth $33.60/cwt here — about $139 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 sale54 hd

272.51

—

TX average4 barns · 264 hd

261.61

+10.91

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−4.71

This barn, trailing median30 sales

387.94

−115.43

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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.74, low $341.20, median $387.94 across 30 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	1,263	150.08	1,896	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,487	128.69	1,914	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	126.54	1,603	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	113.86	1,235	5thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	905	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	387.25/cwt	384.00–396.00	1,510	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,410	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	346.72/cwt	335.00–353.00	1,650	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,765	72
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	305.16/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,602	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	294.50/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,667	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,764	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,762	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,807	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	684	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,785	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	242.52/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,790	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	239.00/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,802	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	237.50/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,924	52
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	224.47/cwt	223.50–230.00	1,877	26
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,980	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,060	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	360.01/cwt	335.00–367.00	1,336	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,381	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,450	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,452	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	279.91/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,579	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,428	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	267.60/cwt	261.00–272.50	1,670	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	259.04/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,637	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	247.62/cwt	243.00–249.00	1,649	116
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	233.50/cwt	232.50–234.00	1,681	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	220.65/cwt	220.50–221.00	1,688	47
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,707	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,812	35
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,328	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,409	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,577	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,568	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,585	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,567	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,649	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,714	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	850	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,632	1
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	865	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,211	1
Bulls	—	—	1,669	134.16/cwt	129.50–138.50	2,239	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	945	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	964	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,203	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,138	118.10/cwt	117.00–120.50	1,344	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,267	126.54/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,603	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,487	128.69/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,914	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 Mar 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 998Last week 1,354Year ago 780

Slaughter CattleReceipts 28Last week 20Year ago 16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	192.00	192.00
1	—	865	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,669	129.50–138.50	134.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,487	128.00–130.00	128.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	117.00–120.50	118.10
1	—	1,065	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,267	125.00–127.50	126.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	578	247.00	247.00
21	600–650	632	258.00–260.00	259.04
7	750–800	769	222.00	222.00
35	800–850	831	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	372.00	372.00
23	350–400	371	335.00–367.00	360.01
11	400–450	442	312.50	312.50
13	450–500	453	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	506	287.00	287.00
37	550–600	564	273.00–283.00	279.91
17	600–650	624	261.00–272.50	267.60
116	650–700	666	243.00–249.00	247.62
69	700–750	720	232.50–234.00	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	750–800	765	220.50–221.00	220.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	357.00	357.00
10	500–550	525	303.00–310.00	305.16
2	650–700	655	269.00	269.00
26	800–850	836	223.50–230.00	224.47
35	850–900	880	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	390	384.00–396.00	387.25
22	450–500	476	335.00–353.00	346.72
72	500–550	510	346.00	346.00
5	550–600	566	291.00–309.00	294.50
4	600–650	604	292.00	292.00
17	650–700	657	275.00	275.00
11	700–750	738	242.00–245.00	242.52
14	750–800	754	236.00–243.00	239.00
52	800–850	810	236.00–238.00	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	684	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	585	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	366	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	499	316.00	316.00
9	550–600	562	279.00	279.00
3	600–650	622	252.00	252.00
5	650–700	657	251.00	251.00
3	850–900	888	193.00	193.00

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.