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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 25

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

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Feeder Cattle receipts

710 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 671▲ 98 vs year ago 612 · +16.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 139 vs last sale 206▲ 62 vs year ago 5 · +1,240.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 67▼ 9 vs year ago 19 · −47.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were mostly steady. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Not comparable sales on steer or heifer calves but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Slaughter cows traded mostly 6.00 to 8.00 on very good buyer demand. Temperatures in the upper 90's and triple digits have moved across the trading region.

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 $266.22/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −120.24 against this barn's trailing median of $386.46.

Average price

$266.22

60 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$3.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.16

vs TX average

−3.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	267.27	1,462	42
Medium and Large 1-2	501	263.78	1,322	18thin

One grade step is worth $3.49/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale60 hd

266.22

—

TX average5 barns · 506 hd

263.06

+3.16

National average153 barns · 8,958 hd

269.28

−3.06

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.46

−120.24

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	—	Low	1,546	156.71	2,423	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	140.13	1,689	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	139.29	1,603	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	138.49	2,111	11

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
Bulls	N/A	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,675	$3,000	1thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,212	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,527	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,414	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,466	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	312.85/cwt	304.00–315.00	1,633	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	318.32/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,725	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,652	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,587	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	252.99/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,680	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	265.36/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,789	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	709	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,815	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,831	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,038	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,145	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	355.98/cwt	350.00–362.00	1,260	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	313.14/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,321	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,316	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	263.78/cwt	249.00–268.00	1,322	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	273.78/cwt	259.00–276.00	1,457	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,468	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,397	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,614	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,567	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	214.46/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,469	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	722	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,625	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,657	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,746	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,743	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,620	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,650	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,855	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	203.99/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,879	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	205	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,035	4
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	287	435.71/cwt	417.00–462.00	1,250	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,535	4
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,991	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	905	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,267	1
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,280	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,086	1
Bulls	—	—	1,521	152.92/cwt	148.00–157.00	2,326	5
Bulls	—	—	1,804	164.06/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,960	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	930	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,125	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	144.40/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,671	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	139.42/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,660	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,191	135.40/cwt	132.00–139.50	1,613	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	145.45/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,905	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,914	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,527	139.54/cwt	134.50–141.00	2,131	10
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,675	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	810	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,337	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,299	170.64/cwt	168.00–183.00	2,217	5

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 Jun 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 710Last week 671Year ago 612

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 206Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 67Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	460	286.00	286.00
18	500–550	501	249.00–268.00	263.78
5	600–650	602	232.00	232.00
6	650–700	667	235.00	235.00
4	700–750	733	226.00	226.00
70	750–800	787	221.50	221.50
4	800–850	801	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	265	432.00	432.00
6	350–400	354	350.00–362.00	355.98
11	400–450	422	300.00–316.00	313.14
30	500–550	532	259.00–276.00	273.78
12	550–600	585	251.00	251.00
44	650–700	664	243.00	243.00
26	750–800	759	230.00	230.00
6	850–900	851	218.00	218.00
8	900–950	921	200.00–208.00	203.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	685	214.00–215.00	214.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	722	225.00	225.00
2	750–800	790	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	423	361.00	361.00
41	500–550	542	318.00–320.00	318.32
39	650–700	674	260.00–270.00	265.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	310.00	310.00
4	400–450	446	317.00	317.00
7	450–500	451	325.00	325.00
20	500–550	522	304.00–315.00	312.85
5	550–600	592	279.00	279.00
6	600–650	601	264.00	264.00
11	650–700	664	247.00–258.00	252.99
5	700–750	709	256.00	256.00
3	750–800	775	235.00	235.00
15	800–850	810	226.00	226.00
65	850–900	898	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	205	505.00	505.00
7	250–300	287	417.00–462.00	435.71
4	650–700	676	227.00	227.00
9	950–1000	993	200.50	200.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,675	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	165.00	165.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,299	168.00–183.00	170.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,527	134.50–141.00	139.54
1	—	1,495	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	930	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,191	135.00–142.00	139.42
2	—	1,310	145.00–146.00	145.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,157	141.00–145.00	144.40
9	—	1,191	132.00–139.50	135.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,521	148.00–157.00	152.92
4	—	1,804	159.00–167.00	164.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,280	163.00	163.00

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.