Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with instances of up to 15.00 to 20.00 higher on weaned calves with at least two rounds of shots. Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers due to last weeks light test but a higher undertone was noted. Quality was mostly attractive with several nice bunches of calves on offer. Slaughter cows and bulls too lightly tested last week for a market test but a lower undertone was noted. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.90/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −152.68 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$250.90

118 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$26.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.45

vs TX average

+4.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	255.28	1,385	88
Medium and Large 1-2	571	241.36	1,378	22
Medium and Large 2	588	229.00	1,347	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.28/cwt here — about $39 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale118 hd

250.90

—

TX average4 barns · 360 hd

245.45

+5.45

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

+4.12

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

−152.68

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	1,980	132.50	2,624	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	111.21	1,465	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	109.20	1,558	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	97.00	1,007	10

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)	1,183	$1,912	29
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,410	$1,725	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$1,399	16

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1Unweaned	600–650	624	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,435	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	787	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,751	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	718	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,508	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	620	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,380	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,410	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	211.30/cwt	211.00–212.00	1,456	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	256.61/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,632	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,596	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,620	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	283.76/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,266	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,259	1,667.00/head	1,625.00–1,700.00	1,667	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	1,019.03/head	925.00–1,125.00	1,019	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	583	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,382	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,239	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	308.59/cwt	301.00–309.00	1,398	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,562	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,397	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	947	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,671	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	357.88/cwt	347.00–366.00	1,521	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	354	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,317	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	287.22/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,505	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	304.61/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,124	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	232.88/cwt	224.00–234.50	1,546	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	705	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	851	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	265.91/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,268	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	94.51/cwt	90.00–97.50	974	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	950	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	827	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	109.66/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,622	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,060	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,124	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	111.21/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,465	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	2,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	927	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,347	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	342	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,170	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,035	1,285.00/head	1,285.00–1,285.00	1,285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	297	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,028	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	105.30/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,139	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,179	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	886	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,816	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,028	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	938	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	227.42/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,619	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	340.02/cwt	334.00–350.00	1,282	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	637	233.45/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,487	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	327.77/cwt	316.50–333.00	1,531	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,827	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	915	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	2,154	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	281.19/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,611	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	814	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,791	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	271.67/cwt	263.00–277.50	1,654	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	297.12/cwt	295.00–308.00	1,527	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	323.93/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	225.48/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,720	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	270.80/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,332	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	238.53/cwt	236.50–242.25	1,911	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	310.82/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,190	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	245.21/cwt	240.00–246.50	1,878	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,031	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	444	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,319	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	230.28/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,633	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	266.66/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,371	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,877	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,650	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	241.62/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,394	40

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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