Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend, but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves were too lightly tested for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 7.00 lower. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. The majority of the trading region received some much needed rain ranging from a half inch to over 5 inches in some areas. However, temperatures are supposed to return to the upper 90's throughout the remainder of the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $275.50/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −171.27 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$275.50

32 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$75.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.22

vs TX average

−23.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	313.60	1,662	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	556	275.00	1,529	12thin
Medium and Large 2	590	238.00	1,404	10thin

One grade step is worth $75.60/cwt here — about $258 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

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 sale32 hd

275.50

—

TX average5 barns · 224 hd

279.72

−4.22

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−23.92

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−171.27

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	1,010	115.00	1,162	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,291	120.77	1,559	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,458	119.94	1,749	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	943	118.90	1,122	50

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)	1,100	$2,425	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,084	$1,961	10
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,146	$1,801	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,065	$2,746	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,107	$2,294	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,194	$2,063	13

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1	—	1,084	1,961.24/head	1,850.00–2,200.00	1,961	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	899	175.17/cwt	147.00–206.00	1,575	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,529	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	271.63/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,937	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	233	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,866	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,221	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,273	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,569	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,482	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,076	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	258.08/cwt	254.00–258.50	1,832	66
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,392	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,626	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	481	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,385	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,404	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,010	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,162	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	918	127.82/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,173	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	705	102.34/cwt	102.00–103.00	721	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	695	94.78/cwt	87.00–100.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	705	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,784	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	690	234.02/cwt	223.00–236.50	1,615	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	264.23/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,551	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,180	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,374	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	285.32/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,350	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,279	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,089	2,493.46/head	2,375.00–2,575.00	2,493	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,843	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,133	2,731.62/head	2,500.00–2,875.00	2,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	238.73/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,977	55
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,740	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,691	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,668	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	1,800.92/head	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,801	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	963	2,766.56/head	2,700.00–2,825.00	2,767	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,114	2,211.18/head	2,050.00–2,250.00	2,211	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,566	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	119.21/cwt	112.00–122.50	1,760	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	116.42/cwt	113.75–123.00	1,531	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	128.68/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,606	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	839	119.77/cwt	111.00–123.50	1,005	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	123.38/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,411	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,613	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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