Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend due to last weeks light test. Quality was plain to attractive, with several nice bunches of reputation calves ready to turn out on offer. Slaughter cows traded mostly weak to 2.00 lower on a light test. The cattle futures traded back in the green today after closing sharply lower at the end of last week and yesterday. A slow and steady rain blanketed the majority of the trading region all day today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.06/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −114.70 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$332.06

56 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$11.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.26

vs TX average

+26.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	333.50	1,741	49
Medium and Large 1	516	322.00	1,662	7thin

One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $79 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.

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 sale56 hd

332.06

—

TX average5 barns · 280 hd

300.80

+31.26

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+26.59

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−114.70

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	—	Low	1,510	146.90	2,219	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,305	130.00	1,697	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	128.07	1,600	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	120.31	1,240	14

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,148	$2,500	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,287	$1,802	18
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,147	$1,715	22
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,238	$1,614	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,192	$1,460	17
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	907	$2,725	17
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,115	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$3,150	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,198	$2,796	35

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	126.61/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,400	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	117.12/cwt	111.00–120.50	1,240	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,028	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	128.07/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,600	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,860	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	246.96/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,553	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,216	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	963	141.66/cwt	129.00–154.00	1,364	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,550	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	260.87/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,357	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	839	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,561	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,148	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,281	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,593	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	2,796.41/head	2,725.00–3,000.00	2,796	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	1,741	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,191	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,287	1,801.63/head	1,625.00–2,050.00	1,802	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,662	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,711	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,891	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	887	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,694	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,529	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,205	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,633	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	152.60/cwt	144.50–158.00	2,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	314.08/cwt	313.75–315.00	1,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,451	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,642	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,673	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	270.35/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,281	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,575	67
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	1,708.73/head	1,650.00–1,825.00	1,709	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,458	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,210	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,812	119
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,536	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	351.33/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,643	11

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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