Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.43/cwt on 254 head.

Average price

$195.43

254 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$9.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.89

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	201.70	1,376	78
Medium and Large 1-2	718	192.65	1,383	176

One grade step is worth $9.05/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale254 hd

195.43

—

TX average4 barns · 1,254 hd

213.32

−17.89

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	1,998	116.52	2,328	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,745	100.50	1,754	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	857	71.61	614	5thin

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,144	$1,388	56
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,318	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,597	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,254	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,433	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	209.28/cwt	208.00–217.00	1,304	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,434	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,449	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,309	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,046	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	212.13/cwt	211.00–213.00	1,534	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,623	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	194.25/cwt	194.25–194.25	1,739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,780	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,519	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	1,388.14/head	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,388	56
Bulls	—	—	2,030	113.03/cwt	112.50–113.50	2,295	2
Bulls	—	—	1,935	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	2,390	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	857	71.61/cwt	70.00–77.00	614	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,754	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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