Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded sharply higher compared to the light test from the previous sale. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves for a market trend, but advances of 10.00 to 20.00 higher were noted on almost all classes. Quality was very attractive, as a large portion of the supply was a part of the Texas Angus Breeders Weaned Calf Special sale. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 5.00 higher. Total receipts have finally returned to near seasonal numbers after being hindered for much of November due to large amount of rain over the region making gathering and travel difficult for producers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.84/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −113.74 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$289.84

177 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,563

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$29.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.86

vs TX average

+6.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	294.51	1,576	149
Medium and Large 1-2	561	265.00	1,487	28

One grade step is worth $29.51/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale177 hd

289.84

—

TX average2 barns · 304 hd

267.98

+21.86

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

+6.52

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

−113.74

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	1,950	131.25	2,559	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,338	121.64	1,628	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	120.97	1,844	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,027	113.78	1,169	46

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 (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$2,863	32
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,302	$2,398	161
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$2,289	15
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,268	$2,166	98
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,229	$2,084	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,050	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,238	$1,700	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,073	$2,650	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	751	$2,100	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	2,060	$2,875	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,425	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	953	$3,475	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,945	3thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 2	650–700	689	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,598	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	639	306.82/cwt	306.00–308.00	1,961	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	303.39/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,499	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	384	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	883	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	604	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,043	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,248	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	322.72/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,378	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	719	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,884	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	585	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,732	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	685	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,795	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	260.22/cwt	246.50–265.00	1,611	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	345.03/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,294	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	644	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	732	231.17/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,692	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,085	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,737	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	2,060	2,875.24/head	2,850.00–2,900.00	2,875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,302	2,398.40/head	2,200.00–2,625.00	2,398	161
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	2,862.51/head	2,625.00–2,975.00	2,863	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,229	2,084.24/head	1,950.00–2,175.00	2,084	11
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	838	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	987	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,332	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,710	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	2,379.63/head	2,375.00–2,400.00	2,380	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,238	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,293	2,945.36/head	2,850.00–3,100.00	2,945	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	953	3,475.00/head	3,475.00–3,475.00	3,475	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,268	2,166.34/head	2,000.00–2,425.00	2,166	98
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	755	140.01/cwt	123.00–155.00	1,057	36
Bulls	—	—	1,950	131.25/cwt	129.00–135.00	2,559	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	858	106.04/cwt	105.00–107.00	910	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	760	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	120.97/cwt	116.00–121.50	1,844	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	113.48/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,214	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	116.58/cwt	116.00–118.50	1,384	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	934	113.24/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,058	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	122.37/cwt	118.50–124.00	1,650	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,250	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,161	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	1,759	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	253.68/cwt	251.50–263.00	1,849	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,312	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,655	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,318	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	329.30/cwt	328.00–333.00	1,709	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	273.26/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,727	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	316.86/cwt	298.50–326.00	1,844	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	584	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,793	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	296.08/cwt	284.00–306.00	1,537	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	237.81/cwt	237.25–239.50	2,059	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	778	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,929	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,772	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,367	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,618	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	300.35/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,559	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	229.12/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,783	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	713	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,922	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	670	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,883	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	277.63/cwt	275.00–285.50	1,549	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	239.85/cwt	239.85–239.85	1,768	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,590	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,631	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,052	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,795	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	259.46/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,243	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,187	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,036	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,906	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,966	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	1,891	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,487	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,620	7

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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