Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers for a market trend as the majority of the supply consisted of unweaned calves. Slaughter cows and bulls were too lightly tested last week for a market trend. Supply was mostly plain to attractive. Trading activity was limited to moderate with buyers being somewhat hesitant to raise their hands on these unweaned calves with temperatures staying over 100 degrees for the past few weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.31/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −158.27 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$245.31

54 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$2.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs TX average

+0.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	245.96	1,341	38
Medium and Large 1-2	542	243.78	1,320	16thin

One grade step is worth $2.18/cwt here — about $20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale54 hd

245.31

—

TX average5 barns · 241 hd

247.49

−2.17

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

+0.24

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

−158.27

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	—	Average	1,210	154.00	1,863	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	135.87	1,834	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	127.00	1,740	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	732	104.47	765	87

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)	1,197	$2,500	10
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,134	$1,800	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	893	$2,541	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	836	$1,651	18

Every lot, as filed

58 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	—	—	1,305	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	2,003	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	837	119.25/cwt	115.00–126.00	998	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	715	103.05/cwt	97.00–107.50	737	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	925	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,249	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,115	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,723	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	133.72/cwt	132.50–136.00	1,384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,589	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	400	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,328	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,446	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	455	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,247	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	231.56/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,433	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	2,694.64/head	2,450.00–2,750.00	2,695	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,134	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,346	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	229	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	272.07/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,472	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	338	368.96/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,247	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,314	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	672	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	264	390.54/cwt	365.00–394.00	1,031	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	331.67/cwt	328.00–338.00	1,443	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,379	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	863	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	927	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,542	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,424	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2-3	—	720	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	650	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	351	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	135.87/cwt	131.50–140.00	1,834	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	1,491	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,177	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	206	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	261.00/cwt	258.00–261.50	1,529	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,137	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,346	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,389	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,323	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,114	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,005	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	890	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,273	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,197	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,192	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	273.27/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,257	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	890	2,523.46/head	2,500.00–2,550.00	2,523	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	221.78/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,836	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	339.60/cwt	326.00–352.00	767	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	340.67/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,097	45

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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