Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough cattle to establish a trend but a lower undertone was noted. Quality mostly plain. Replacement heifer quality attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls not enough to set a trend. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.81/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −146.77 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$256.81

28 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$17.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.22

vs TX average

−13.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	257.43	1,359	27
Medium and Large 1-2	560	240.00	1,344	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.43/cwt here — about $15 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale28 hd

256.81

—

TX average5 barns · 354 hd

246.59

+10.22

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−13.38

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

−146.77

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	1,950	152.13	2,967	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,305	124.69	1,627	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	119.69	1,347	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$1,616	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	986	$2,771	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,000	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	850	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	336.26/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,379	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	305.41/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,408	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,468	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,788	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	325.68/cwt	325.00–326.00	1,599	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,242	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	328.51/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	231.14/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,472	6
Bulls	—	—	1,950	152.13/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,967	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	124.69/cwt	123.50–127.00	1,627	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	122.78/cwt	120.00–125.50	1,317	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,523.60/head	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,366	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	222.21/cwt	221.00–224.50	1,640	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,419	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,455	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,842	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	258.90/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,357	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	747	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	1,701	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	836	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,793	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	847	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,804	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	245.66/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,376	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	6
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	850	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	290.58/cwt	289.50–298.00	1,258	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,249	2

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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