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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Dec 10

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,253 head

▼ 586 vs last sale 1,839▲ 538 vs year ago 715 · +75.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 56 vs last sale 87▼ 34 vs year ago 65 · −52.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 429 vs last sale 474▼ 2 vs year ago 47 · −4.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher, with instances of 20.00 higher on 550 to 600 pound steers. Yearlings too lightly tested for a market trend. Not enough comparable sales on Slaughter Cows and Bulls for a market trend, but a lower undertone was noted. Quality was mixed, but their were several nice consignments of replacement quality heifers and a nice package of Akaushi steers were tagged value added.

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 $328.93/cwt on 222 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −101.07 against this barn's trailing median of $430.00.

Average price

$328.93

222 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$10.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.61

vs TX average

+4.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	336.91	1,822	59
Medium and Large 2	524	326.04	1,707	163

One grade step is worth $10.87/cwt here — about $115 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 sale222 hd

328.93

—

TX average5 barns · 736 hd

309.32

+19.61

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+4.58

This barn, trailing median29 sales

430.00

−101.07

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

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.73, low $362.24, median $430.00 across 29 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	1,760	131.00	2,306	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,129	109.00	1,231	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	106.61	1,319	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,637	104.02	1,702	3thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,381	$2,226	15
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,311	$2,069	7
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,017	$2,746	16

Every lot

67 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	279	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,074	8
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,214	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	298.86/cwt	297.50–315.00	938	37
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,238	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	381	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,467	48
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	409	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,472	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,455	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	510	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,698	136
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	351.33/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,823	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	533	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,716	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	319.21/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,839	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	592	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,723	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	266.94/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,671	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	286.02/cwt	281.00–310.00	1,813	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	274.99/cwt	269.00–278.00	1,804	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,723	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	247.56/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,800	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	748	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,818	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	755	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,782	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	827	224.26/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,855	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	232.23/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,930	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	880	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,918	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,190	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,041	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	258	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	710	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	351	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,290	55
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	355.46/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,369	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,324	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,301	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	305.73/cwt	295.00–314.00	1,464	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,534	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,488	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	282.91/cwt	277.00–287.50	1,596	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,555	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,626	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	643	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,498	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,582	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,556	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	231.27/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,550	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	682	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,572	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,580	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,729	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	762	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,882	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,654	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	857	189.36/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,623	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	922	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,922	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium 1-2	387	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,113	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1-2	473	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,194	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,524	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,569	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,773	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium 1-2	822	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,529	10
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,926	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,255	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,782	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,994	1
Bulls	—	—	2,455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	3,044	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	935	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,169	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,187	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,203	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,263	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	107.22/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,293	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	103.88/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,431	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	106.53/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,683	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,750	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,733	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,311	2,069.04/head	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,069	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,381	2,226.24/head	2,075.00–2,475.00	2,226	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,017	2,746.11/head	2,300.00–2,775.00	2,746	16

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 Dec 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,253Last week 1,839Year ago 715

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 87Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 474Year ago 47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	127.00	127.00
1	—	2,455	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,175	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,580	105.00–108.00	106.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,206	106.00–114.00	107.22
2	—	1,378	103.00–105.00	103.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,311	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,069.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,381	2,075.00–2,475.00	2,226.24

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,017	2,300.00–2,775.00	2,746.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	598	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	643	233.00	233.00
18	650–700	670	225.00–236.00	231.27
11	850–900	857	188.00–191.00	189.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	350–400	351	367.50	367.50
11	400–450	441	295.00	295.00
13	500–550	547	272.00	272.00
10	650–700	662	235.00	235.00
6	700–750	702	225.00	225.00
3	900–950	922	208.50	208.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	258	275.00	275.00
18	650–700	682	230.50	230.50
15	750–800	795	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	245	425.00	425.00
11	350–400	385	350.00–370.00	355.46
4	400–450	419	316.00	316.00
16	450–500	479	295.00–314.00	305.73
25	550–600	564	277.00–287.50	282.91
21	600–650	616	264.00	264.00
14	650–700	659	240.00	240.00
6	700–750	742	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	542	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	750–800	762	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	287.50	287.50
2	700–750	710	221.00	221.00
2	800–850	815	217.50	217.50
4	950–1000	963	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	287.50	287.50
11	450–500	473	252.50	252.50
10	800–850	822	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	322.00	322.00
14	700–750	748	243.00	243.00
2	750–800	755	236.00	236.00
19	800–850	827	222.00–228.00	224.26
5	850–900	880	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	296	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
32	500–550	519	345.00–360.00	351.33
21	550–600	576	313.00–325.00	319.21
19	600–650	634	281.00–310.00	286.02
21	650–700	656	269.00–278.00	274.99
10	700–750	727	246.00–250.00	247.56
16	800–850	831	230.00–239.00	232.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	314	297.50–315.00	298.86
3	350–400	378	327.50	327.50
5	450–500	489	297.50	297.50
21	600–650	626	264.00–280.00	266.94
10	700–750	712	242.00	242.00
29	900–950	928	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	350–400	381	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	279	385.00	385.00
43	400–450	409	360.00	360.00
136	500–550	510	333.00	333.00
27	550–600	592	291.00	291.00

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.