Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on any class of cattle for a market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.36/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −175.22 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$228.36

25 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.44

vs TX average

−11.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	229.00	1,245	23
Medium and Large 1	548	221.00	1,211	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale25 hd

228.36

—

TX average4 barns · 427 hd

233.80

−5.44

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−11.73

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

−175.22

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%	Low	1,095	100.50	1,100	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	955	93.99	898	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 Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,115	$1,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	806	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	929	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	279.08/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,337	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	313.48/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,514	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,252	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,684	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,359	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,254	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,412	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,852	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,100	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	93.99/cwt	93.00–95.00	898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	548	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,217	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	832	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,431	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	205.32/cwt	201.00–207.50	1,914	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	298.33/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,250	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	733	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	639	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,514	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	227.41/cwt	223.00–228.25	1,383	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,517	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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