Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

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. Quality was plain to attractive. There were several large strings of nice feeding type cattle with favorable weigh-ups on offer. Slaughter cows too lightly tested for a market trend. Temperatures have been above average, reaching over 100 degrees for the past few days. However, some relief is in sight with temperatures dropping down to the 90's and rain chances for the remainder of the week and into the weekend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.55/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −134.03 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$269.55

20 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$7.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.20

vs TX average

+11.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	272.00	1,463	13thin
Medium and Large 1	571	265.00	1,513	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.00/cwt here — about −$50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale20 hd

269.55

—

TX average5 barns · 299 hd

248.35

+21.20

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

+11.75

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

−134.03

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,360	132.50	1,802	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	132.50	1,988	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,025	110.00	1,128	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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	908	$1,975	4thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	960	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	864	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,417	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,802	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,373	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,334	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,360	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,852	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,339	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	231.47/cwt	226.00–232.50	1,805	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,463	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,673	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	1,975.37/head	1,825.00–2,100.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,252	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	249.97/cwt	248.75–251.25	2,065	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	339.39/cwt	325.00–367.00	1,062	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,543	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	283.41/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,369	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,749	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	306.25/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,326	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,937	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,877	102
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,493	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	883	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,762	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,060	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,780	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,686	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,513	7

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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