Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to weak on steers over 800 pounds, not enough comparable sales on lighter weights. Feeder heifers traded mostly 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves were too lightly tested last week for a market trend but a sharply higher undertone was noted, especially on 500 to 600 pound calves suitable for grass. Slaughter cows traded mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher on a light test. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.51/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −131.07 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$272.51

54 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$33.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.91

vs TX average

−4.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	280.60	1,567	41
Medium and Large 1-2	578	247.00	1,428	13thin

One grade step is worth $33.60/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.74, low $346.29, median $403.58 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale54 hd

272.51

—

TX average4 barns · 264 hd

261.61

+10.91

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−4.71

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

−131.07

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	1,263	150.08	1,896	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,487	128.69	1,914	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	126.54	1,603	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	113.86	1,235	5thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	850	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,632	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	865	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,211	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	128.69/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,914	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	118.10/cwt	117.00–120.50	1,344	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	964	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	259.04/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,637	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	224.47/cwt	223.50–230.00	1,877	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	279.91/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,579	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	233.50/cwt	232.50–234.00	1,681	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,428	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	387.25/cwt	384.00–396.00	1,510	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,707	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,585	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,807	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	237.50/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,924	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	242.52/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,790	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	247.62/cwt	243.00–249.00	1,649	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	267.60/cwt	261.00–272.50	1,670	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,450	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	905	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,812	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,980	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	126.54/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,603	12
Bulls	—	—	1,669	134.16/cwt	129.50–138.50	2,239	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,577	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	305.16/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	239.00/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,802	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,381	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	220.65/cwt	220.50–221.00	1,688	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	346.72/cwt	335.00–353.00	1,650	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,765	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	360.01/cwt	335.00–367.00	1,336	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,409	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	294.50/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,667	5

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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