Lonestar Stockyards Market Report

Wildorado, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 17, 2020

1,044 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.97/cwt +3.44 vs last sale · ≈ $728/hd at 569 lb · 97 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $128.50/cwt ≈ $956/hd at 744 lb · 86 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.25/cwt -7.50 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 670 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,044	606
Feeder cattle	939	543
Slaughter cattle	31	16
Replacement cattle	74	47

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Trade activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Temperatures have been unseasonably warm for this time of year, but the majority of the area is still in desperate need of a rain.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 unweaned	280	1	154.00	$154.00	$431	—
490–496	495	6	142.00–143.00	$142.84	$707	—
515–545	532	28	136.00–146.75	$141.13	$751	-3.87
599	599	60	138.50	$138.50	$830	-1.50
656	656	46	130.00	$130.00	$853	—
665	665	2	126.00	$126.00	$838	—
729	729	15	132.50	$132.50	$966	-2.50
754 unweaned	754	34	117.75	$117.75	$888	-0.85
757–762	759	16	124.50–137.00	$131.61	$999	—
800	800	1	124.00	$124.00	$992	-6.00
932–940	936	10	107.50–113.50	$110.51	$1,034	—
997	997	3	108.50	$108.50	$1,082	—
1130	1130	3	82.00	$82.00	$927	—
1260	1260	1	60.00	$60.00	$756	—
1415	1415	4	61.50	$61.50	$870	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–332	331	18	150.00–159.00	$158.53	$525	—
460–470	463	13	134.50–139.00	$135.91	$629	—
744	744	86	128.50	$128.50	$956	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	135.00	$135.00	$398	—
378	378	6	144.00	$144.00	$544	—
499	499	45	134.00	$134.00	$669	—
513–545	522	13	125.00–135.00	$129.72	$677	-1.28
559	559	24	123.50	$123.50	$690	-2.00
560–573	572	73	128.00–129.50	$129.44	$740	+3.94
619	619	23	124.00	$124.00	$768	—
660	660	4	118.00	$118.00	$779	-7.00
695	695	17	127.00	$127.00	$883	+2.00
710	710	36	131.00	$131.00	$930	—
712	712	10	121.50	$121.50	$865	—
785	785	2	108.50	$108.50	$852	—
820	820	2	113.00	$113.00	$927	—
924	924	11	106.25	$106.25	$982	+6.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	21	133.00	$133.00	$489	—
505–512	510	7	118.00–125.00	$119.98	$612	—
670	670	81	124.25	$124.25	$832	-7.50
735	735	2	113.50	$113.50	$834	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–390	382	5	146.00–150.00	$148.37	$567	—
520	520	1	128.00	$128.00	$666	—
550–599	592	20	119.00–126.00	$125.02	$740	—
610 unweaned	610	1	113.00	$113.00	$689	—
857	857	12	107.00	$107.00	$917	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–640	630	85-90%	2	11.00–15.00	$13.03	$82	—
800–960	843	85-90%	4	40.00–48.00	$44.29	$373	—
870–970	913	85-90%	3	38.00–41.50	$39.40	$360	+15.01
990–1170	1032	85-90%	12	45.00–49.00	$47.01	$485	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$514	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	70.50	$70.50	$952	+7.00
1340–1720	1540	3	73.00–77.00	$74.49	$1,147	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
930–1120	1009	(<2 yrs)	Open	7	78.00–99.00	$92.71	$935
1140–1500	1283	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	54.00–70.50	$66.83	$857

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930–1300	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	800.00–850.00	$827.73

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
958–1065	1021	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	41	1,035.00–1,160.00	$1,083.65	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.