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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 24

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

450 head

▼ 684 vs last sale 1,134▼ 631 vs year ago 1,081 · −58.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 27▼ 125 vs year ago 130 · −96.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 16▼ 262 vs year ago 267 · −98.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on any class of cattle for a market trend.

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 $228.36/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −159.58 against this barn's trailing median of $387.94.

Average price

$228.36

25 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.44

vs TX average

−11.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	229.00	1,245	23
Medium and Large 1	548	221.00	1,211	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale25 hd

228.36

—

TX average4 barns · 427 hd

233.80

−5.44

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−11.73

This barn, trailing median30 sales

387.94

−159.58

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,095	100.50	1,100	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	955	93.99	898	2thin

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)	1,115	$1,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,000	1thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,291	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	313.48/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,514	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,359	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,517	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	639	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,514	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,627	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	675	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,607	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	733	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,701	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	272	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	832	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	298.33/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,250	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,254	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	279.08/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,337	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,252	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,211	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,217	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	227.41/cwt	223.00–228.25	1,383	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,684	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	806	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,693	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	205.32/cwt	201.00–207.50	1,914	30
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	929	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,203	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,412	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,375	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,421	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,431	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	955	93.99/cwt	93.00–95.00	898	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,095	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,100	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,077	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,852	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1

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 Sep 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 450Last week 1,134Year ago 1,081

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 27Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 16Year ago 267

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on any class of cattle for a market trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	221.00	221.00
2	700–750	745	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	806	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	419	293.00–305.00	298.33
11	450–500	479	278.00–280.00	279.08
30	900–950	932	201.00–207.50	205.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	306.00	306.00
10	450–500	466	269.00	269.00
18	500–550	541	231.50	231.50
5	550–600	553	220.00	220.00
69	700–750	737	228.50	228.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	608	223.00–228.25	227.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	460	307.00	307.00
3	500–550	535	257.00	257.00
14	600–650	629	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	314.00	314.00
2	600–650	618	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	370.00	370.00
17	450–500	483	301.00–325.00	313.48
1	500–550	540	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	494	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	643	253.00	253.00
2	650–700	675	238.00	238.00
2	700–750	733	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	639	237.00	237.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,077	172.00	172.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	2,000.00	2,000.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,425.00	1,425.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	100.50	100.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	93.00–95.00	93.99

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.