Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 6.00 higher, with up to 10.00 higher on steers over 800 pounds. Steer and heifer calves traded firm to 5.00 higher. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand following last weeks much needed rain. The majority of the trading region received between 2 and 4 inches of steady rainfall.

Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 3.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.92/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −157.85 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$288.92

62 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$45.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.10

vs TX average

−16.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	292.70	1,610	56
Large 1	528	267.00	1,410	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	247.00	1,393	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.69/cwt here — about $217 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

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 sale62 hd

288.92

—

TX average5 barns · 393 hd

257.81

+31.10

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−16.52

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−157.85

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	1,558	136.25	2,122	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,653	115.25	1,905	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,363	114.00	1,553	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	989	99.10	980	12

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)	1,535	$2,075	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,650	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	750–800	764	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	591	261.51/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,546	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	313.68/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,534	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	332.14/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,441	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,657	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	624	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,662	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,095	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	246.71/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,379	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,195	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	289.21/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,203	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	2,012	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,276	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,881	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,765	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,257	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	701	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,535	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	237.14/cwt	235.00–248.50	1,487	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,856	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,946	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,475	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,633	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	848	90.40/cwt	90.00–90.50	767	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	990	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	975	1
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	603	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,266	2
Steers	Large 1	500–550	528	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,410	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	112.11/cwt	110.50–114.00	1,300	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	108.04/cwt	105.00–109.50	1,251	3
Bulls	—	—	1,715	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	2,392	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,400	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,004	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	205.31/cwt	196.00–210.00	1,486	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,642	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	611	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,387	4
Steers	Large 1	450–500	498	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	403	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,016	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	979	144.03/cwt	133.00–157.00	1,410	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,535	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	248.18/cwt	247.50–249.00	1,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	239.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,872	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,034	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	878	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	301.20/cwt	296.00–309.50	1,623	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	263.52/cwt	251.00–266.00	1,618	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	707	222.33/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,572	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	678	223.72/cwt	223.00–226.00	1,517	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	794	221.72/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,760	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	209.44/cwt	205.00–210.00	2,147	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,650	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	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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