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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 27

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Aug 20Aug 27Sep 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

495 head

▲ 81 vs last sale 414▲ 38 vs year ago 457 · +8.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 92▲ 25 vs year ago 17 · +147.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 74▲ 14 vs year ago 6 · +233.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate buyer demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Quality was mixed. Higher than average temperatures continue to plague the trading region with daily temperatures hovering around 100 degrees. However, some much needed relief in the form of rain chances and temperatures in the 80's are in the forecast through the weekend and into next week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.94/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −125.13 against this barn's trailing median of $424.07.

Average price

$298.94

36 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$38.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+40.14

vs TX average

+30.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	306.38	1,575	29
Medium and Large 1-2	543	268.14	1,456	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.24/cwt here — about $119 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 sale36 hd

298.94

—

TX average5 barns · 322 hd

258.80

+40.14

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+30.39

This barn, trailing median30 sales

424.07

−125.13

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.73, low $362.24, median $424.07 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	1,396	128.60	1,795	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,134	122.77	1,392	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,416	118.64	1,680	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	911	108.01	984	13

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,394	$1,822	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,390	$1,714	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,575	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	770	$975	1thin

Every lot

50 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,295	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	417	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,489	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	496	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,587	87
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,580	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	279.50/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,434	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,475	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,459	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,564	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	253.97/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,666	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,617	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,699	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,752	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,857	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,879	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,858	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	938	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,062	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,315	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	248.22/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,325	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,433	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	616	237.25/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,461	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	647	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,436	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,557	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	222.31/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,605	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	722	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,588	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	228.82/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,728	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,720	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	873	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,633	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,285	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,383	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,417	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,050	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,575	1
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,197	118.23/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,415	5
Bulls	—	—	1,843	138.75/cwt	136.00–140.00	2,557	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	815	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	929	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	835	127.79/cwt	127.50–128.00	1,067	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	859	93.90/cwt	70.00–102.00	807	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	920	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,224	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	116.96/cwt	115.00–119.50	1,257	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	127.62/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,510	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,235	112.08/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,384	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,416	118.64/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,680	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	770	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	935	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	975	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	990	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,338	1,526.67/head	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,527	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,486	1,896.92/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,897	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,514	1,937.38/head	1,775.00–2,025.00	1,937	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 Aug 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 495Last week 414Year ago 457

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 92Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 74Year ago 6

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	975.00	975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,338	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,526.67

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)	5	—	1,514	1,775.00–2,025.00	1,937.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,486	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,896.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	295.00	295.00
4	500–550	513	279.00–280.00	279.50
3	550–600	583	253.00	253.00
2	650–700	685	236.00	236.00
2	700–750	708	240.00	240.00
10	750–800	755	232.00	232.00
4	800–850	808	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	417	357.00	357.00
87	450–500	496	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	342.50	342.50
27	500–550	508	311.00	311.00
9	650–700	656	247.00–256.00	253.97
2	750–800	758	245.00	245.00
12	800–850	803	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	604	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	553	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	603	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	873	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	616	234.00–239.00	237.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	240.00	240.00
9	700–750	722	219.00–229.00	222.31
69	750–800	755	225.00–229.00	228.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	312.50	312.50
3	350–400	360	295.00	295.00
29	450–500	473	278.00	278.00
21	500–550	534	246.00–254.00	248.22
15	650–700	674	231.00	231.00
8	750–800	761	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	647	222.00	222.00
3	700–750	722	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,416	118.00–120.00	118.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	114.00	114.00
1	—	920	133.00	133.00
2	—	835	127.50–128.00	127.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,075	115.00–119.50	116.96
6	—	1,183	121.00–129.00	127.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	110.00–114.00	112.08
6	—	859	70.00–102.00	93.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,843	136.00–140.00	138.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,197	113.00–122.00	118.23

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.