Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and calves were steady to higher on a light test with heavier weight steers bringing up to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves and feeders were lightly tested as well but sold higher on all classes. Slaughter cows were steady to slightly lower while higher yielding slaughter bulls sold steady to higher. Trading was active and the overall market remained strong.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.94/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −152.83 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$293.94

9 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.61

vs TX average

+6.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	293.94	1,675	9thin

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 sale9 hd

293.94

—

TX average5 barns · 215 hd

280.33

+13.61

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+6.15

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−152.83

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	—	High	1,348	165.42	2,229	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,431	120.29	1,721	5thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,091	$2,215	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	930	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$1,775	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	743	$3,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,740	166.81/cwt	159.00–171.00	2,902	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,590	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,115	1
Bulls	—	—	1,265	150.34/cwt	143.50–156.00	1,902	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,391	117.11/cwt	114.00–121.50	1,629	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	883	185.94/cwt	185.00–187.00	1,642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,244	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	915	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,095	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,768	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	743	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	930	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	314.08/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,215	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,391	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	323.02/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,547	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	248.38/cwt	240.50–258.00	1,535	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	293.42/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,282	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	249	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	293.94/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	239.67/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,635	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,217	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	267.81/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,403	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,885	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	263.78/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,736	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,879	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,430	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	232.69/cwt	226.00–233.00	2,185	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,403	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,940	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,091	2,215.07/head	1,975.00–2,500.00	2,215	8

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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