Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves were sharply higher on lighter weights, but quality was more attractive then the previous week. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 higher. Quality was attractive, with several load lots of cattle on offer. Trading activity was mostly active on good demand. The majority of the trading region received a much needed rain with totals ranging from a half inch to 2 inches.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.05/cwt on 273 head.

Average price

$150.05

273 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$34.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.94

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	452	164.30	743	140
Medium and Large 1-2	750	135.84	1,018	115
Medium 2-3	509	130.00	661	18thin

One grade step is worth $34.30/cwt here — about $82 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale273 hd

150.05

—

TX average4 barns · 1,329 hd

147.11

+2.94

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,487	80.45	1,196	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	79.44	1,148	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,299	77.26	1,004	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,116	74.31	829	24

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	196.70/cwt	193.00–198.00	948	38
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	527	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	675	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	154.69/cwt	153.00–156.00	790	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	459	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	168.78/cwt	161.00–171.00	773	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,210	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	207.95/cwt	199.00–212.00	809	45
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	203.54/cwt	200.00–205.00	588	13
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,085	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	594	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	196	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	686	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	241	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	928	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	282	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	917	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	885	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	802	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,012	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	849	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	135.82/cwt	131.00–138.25	1,043	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	169.93/cwt	168.00–172.00	637	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	316.76/cwt	300.00–325.00	760	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	193	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	332	3
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	472	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	632	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,588	1,448.43/cwt	1,250.00–1,475.00	23,001	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	19,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,490	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	17,880	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	83.03/cwt	80.50–88.50	1,069	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	62.99/cwt	61.00–65.00	737	3
Bulls	—	—	1,690	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,462	1
Bulls	—	—	1,385	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,108	1
Bulls	—	—	1,453	78.58/cwt	77.50–80.50	1,142	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	67.37/cwt	65.00–70.00	908	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	71.09/cwt	66.50–74.50	820	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	78.75/cwt	78.75–78.75	866	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	76.35/cwt	72.50–78.50	989	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	78.38/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,099	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	81.56/cwt	81.00–82.50	1,248	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	528	1

How this sale compares

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.

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