Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady on a limited test. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Feeder cattle and live cattle CME board closed sharply lower for the day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.17/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −134.60 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$312.17

41 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.52

vs TX average

+1.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	312.17	1,805	41

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.73, low $393.85, median $446.77 across 28 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 sale41 hd

312.17

—

TX average5 barns · 195 hd

302.64

+9.52

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

+1.91

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−134.60

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	1,580	138.00	2,180	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	91.00	846	2thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,167	$1,781	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,080	$1,228	3thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,180	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	822	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	915	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,923	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,771	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,759	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,167	1,781.21/head	1,525.00–1,850.00	1,781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	240.25/cwt	240.25–240.25	1,768	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,671	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	344.16/cwt	337.00–360.00	1,655	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,944	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,404	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,227.59/head	1,220.00–1,240.00	1,228	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	214.17/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,658	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	248.60/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,541	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,028	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	288.49/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,532	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	364.90/cwt	349.00–375.00	1,518	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,987	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,597	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	307.91/cwt	304.00–311.00	1,811	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	283.29/cwt	279.75–294.50	1,935	39

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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