Lonestar Stockyards Market Report

Wildorado, Texas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 3, 2024

2,400 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $270.54/cwt +45.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,690/hd at 625 lb · 151 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $319.35/cwt +45.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,850/hd at 579 lb · 109 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $242.52/cwt ≈ $1,779/hd at 733 lb · 102 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,400	496	1,246
Feeder cattle	1,839	389	1,176
Slaughter cattle	87	30	56
Replacement cattle	474	77	14

Market comments — USDA reporter

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.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	382.50	$382.50	$1,312	—
415	415	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,515	+17.47
471	471	35	373.50	$373.50	$1,759	+55.54
515–520	519	23	328.00–333.00	$329.30	$1,709	+39.30
557 fancy	557	12	339.50	$339.50	$1,891	—
556–595	582	97	298.50–326.00	$316.86	$1,844	+42.87
603 fancy	603	4	312.00	$312.00	$1,881	—
630–639	632	33	270.00–274.00	$273.26	$1,727	—
670 fancy	670	29	281.00	$281.00	$1,883	—
680	680	11	264.00	$264.00	$1,795	+14.25
713 fancy	713	14	269.50	$269.50	$1,922	—
720–731	729	26	251.50–263.00	$253.68	$1,849	—
759	759	78	259.00	$259.00	$1,966	+21.50
778	778	11	248.00	$248.00	$1,929	+10.50
863–867	866	40	237.25–239.50	$237.81	$2,059	+12.81
920	920	4	223.00	$223.00	$2,052	—
1024	1024	6	230.50	$230.50	$2,360	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	19	332.00	$332.00	$1,318	—
485	485	7	334.00	$334.00	$1,620	+27.00
515–523	519	22	284.00–306.00	$296.08	$1,537	—
584 thin fleshed	584	9	307.00	$307.00	$1,793	—
591	591	16	280.00	$280.00	$1,655	—
730	730	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,840	—
790	790	11	240.00	$240.00	$1,896	—
1036	1036	15	184.00	$184.00	$1,906	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,306	—
490	490	12	279.00	$279.00	$1,367	—
543	543	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,466	—
774	774	15	229.00	$229.00	$1,772	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372–377	375	6	340.00–350.00	$345.03	$1,294	—
416–442	427	33	311.00–331.00	$322.72	$1,378	—
476–496	494	50	302.00–306.00	$303.39	$1,499	—
505 fancy	505	5	312.00	$312.00	$1,576	—
513–524	519	91	300.00–302.00	$300.35	$1,559	+63.52
554–575	558	38	275.00–285.50	$277.63	$1,549	—
585 fancy	585	15	296.00	$296.00	$1,732	—
609–645	619	111	246.50–265.00	$260.22	$1,611	—
632–644	639	29	306.00–308.00	$306.82	$1,961	—
644 fancy	644	11	279.00	$279.00	$1,797	—
657	657	63	242.00	$242.00	$1,590	+11.00
685 fancy	685	9	262.00	$262.00	$1,795	—
719 fancy	719	17	262.00	$262.00	$1,884	—
731–735	732	12	231.00–232.00	$231.17	$1,692	—
737	737	73	239.85	$239.85	$1,768	—
839	839	17	207.00	$207.00	$1,737	—
1187	1187	3	201.00	$201.00	$2,386	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	6	329.00	$329.00	$1,043	—
423	423	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,248	—
494	494	7	297.50	$297.50	$1,470	—
561	561	28	265.00	$265.00	$1,487	+43.00
663	663	12	244.00	$244.00	$1,618	—
778	778	82	224.00–230.00	$229.12	$1,783	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	10	274.00	$274.00	$1,085	—
429	429	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,244	—
457–497	479	30	254.00–265.00	$259.46	$1,243	—
604	604	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,444	—
689	689	21	232.00	$232.00	$1,598	—
728	728	28	224.00	$224.00	$1,631	—
760	760	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,642	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	21	230.00	$230.00	$883	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,418	—
560	560	11	280.00	$280.00	$1,568	+27.00
643	643	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,550	+11.00
675	675	6	244.00	$244.00	$1,647	—
803	803	4	203.00	$203.00	$1,630	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	25	258.00	$258.00	$1,161	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	20	342.50	$342.50	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1425	1425	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
2040–2080	2060	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	2,850.00–2,900.00	$2,875.24	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$760	—
825–890	858	85-90%	2	105.00–107.00	$106.04	$910	—
903–990	934	85-90%	24	110.00–115.00	$113.24	$1,058	—
1035–1105	1070	85-90%	2	113.00–114.00	$113.48	$1,214	+9.48
1075–1205	1187	85-90%	17	116.00–118.50	$116.58	$1,384	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	80-85%	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,298	+5.53
1020–1389	1348	80-85%	16	118.50–124.00	$122.37	$1,650	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1549	1524	75-80%	17	116.00–121.50	$120.97	$1,844	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–2435	1950	2	129.00–135.00	$131.25	$2,559	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–756	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	36	123.00–155.00	$140.01	$1,057
987	987	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,332

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1425	1425	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,710

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
972–1371	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	32	2,625.00–2,975.00	$2,862.51
1238	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1127–1735	1268	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	98	2,000.00–2,425.00	$2,166.34
1133–1728	1302	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	161	2,200.00–2,625.00	$2,398.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
798–908	816	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	2,375.00–2,400.00	$2,379.63
1063–1308	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	1,950.00–2,175.00	$2,084.24

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
838	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,925.00	$1,925.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1073	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,650.00	$2,650.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
751	751	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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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
953	953	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	3,475.00	$3,475.00	—
1200–1480	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,850.00–3,100.00	$2,945.36	—

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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.