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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

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

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

436 head

▼ 1,429 vs last sale 1,865▼ 703 vs year ago 1,139 · −61.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 74▼ 43 vs year ago 60 · −71.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

80 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 133▼ 15 vs year ago 95 · −15.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Receipts were lighter this week due to the significant moisture received across the trading region over the weekend limiting livestock movement. As a result, there were not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate on moderate 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 $251.33/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −135.13 against this barn's trailing median of $386.46.

Average price

$251.33

18 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$6.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.33

vs TX average

−7.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	253.00	1,383	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	247.00	1,346	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $36 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale18 hd

251.33

—

TX average5 barns · 388 hd

230.00

+21.33

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−7.06

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.46

−135.13

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

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	113.81	1,443	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	112.50	1,620	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	109.26	1,102	8thin

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)	1,159	$2,051	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,247	$1,798	21
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,259	$1,775	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,306	$1,400	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,173	$1,310	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,035	$1,675	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$1,455	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,875	$2,525	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,240	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$2,250	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,370	$2,150	6

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,122	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,218	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,353	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,532	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,483	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	245.88/cwt	242.00–248.50	1,537	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,733	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,883	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	772	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,745	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	233.02/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,927	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,009	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	2,112	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	443	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,161	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,368	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,346	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	588	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,408	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,421	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,544	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	729	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,458	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,709	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	798	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,516	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,790	40
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,909	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2Full	959	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,544	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,018	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,853	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,068	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,109	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,527	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	913	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,004	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,087	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,158	113.53/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,315	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	113.81/cwt	112.00–114.50	1,443	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,620	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,875	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,058	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,492	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,345	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,843	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	1,455.00/head	1,455.00–1,455.00	1,455	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,035	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,157	1,536.55/head	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,537	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,159	2,051.07/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,051	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,259	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,306	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,328	2,035.69/head	1,825.00–2,100.00	2,036	11
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	2,250.48/head	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,250	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,240	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,370	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	6

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 Nov 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 436Last week 1,865Year ago 1,139

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 74Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 133Year ago 95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	688	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	262.00	262.00
4	550–600	588	239.50	239.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	798	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	247.00	247.00
8	600–650	626	227.00	227.00
70	750–800	770	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	729	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	528	259.00	259.00
6	650–700	657	235.00	235.00
40	800–850	801	223.50	223.50
6	900–950	918	208.00	208.00
2	1000–1050	1,018	182.00	182.00
10	1050–1100	1,068	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	959	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	332.00	332.00
8	500–550	509	301.00	301.00
5	650–700	693	250.00	250.00
9	750–800	753	250.00	250.00
12	800–850	837	240.00	240.00
21	850–900	892	236.75	236.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	478	283.00	283.00
4	600–650	619	239.50	239.50
30	800–850	827	224.00–234.00	233.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	625	242.00–248.50	245.88
3	750–800	772	226.00	226.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	113.00–114.00	113.53
2	—	1,050	103.50	103.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	913	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,268	112.00–114.50	113.81

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,058	141.00	141.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,345	137.00	137.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	1,455.00	1,455.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,035	1,675.00	1,675.00

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)	11	—	1,328	1,825.00–2,100.00	2,035.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,159	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,051.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,259	1,775.00	1,775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,306	1,400.00	1,400.00

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)	10	—	1,157	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,536.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,173	1,310.00	1,310.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,190	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,250.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,370	2,150.00	2,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	2,350.00	2,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,875	2,525.00	2,525.00

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.