Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-03-31

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 31
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
← earliestMar 31Apr 7
Feeder Cattle receipts
951 head
951 vs last sale 0 951 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 0 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
48 vs last sale 0 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend available as this was the first sale held at this newly built barn. Supply was very attractive with the majority of the consignments consisting of large load lots of cattle fresh off of the wheat. Buyer demand and trade activity were good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $97.14/cwt on 436 head.
Average price
$97.14
436 head · 855 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$478
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$37.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.77
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 186598.69854381
Medium and Large 268590.6962116thin
Medium and Large 1-285488.0975334
Medium 2-361661.003765thin
One grade step is worth $37.69/cwt here — about $478 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale436 hd
97.14
TX average4 barns · 1,369 hd
116.91
−19.77
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,65083.501,3781thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31557.547572thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54357.128814thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average86035.753072thin

Every lot, as filed

38 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 180294.00/cwt94.00–94.0075418
HeifersMedium and Large 1716109.89/cwt107.00–112.0078728
HeifersMedium and Large 1784100.56/cwt95.00–101.7578828
HeifersMedium and Large 11,00989.10/cwt89.10–89.1089934
HeifersMedium and Large 192396.42/cwt92.25–99.75890106
HeifersMedium and Large 186798.25/cwt98.25–98.25852152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007292
BullsMedium and Large 1523145.50/cwt145.50–145.5076116
HeifersMedium 2-361661.00/cwt61.00–61.003765
HeifersMedium and Large 1360151.00/cwt151.00–151.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1671115.00/cwt115.00–115.0077212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement855975.00/cwt975.00–975.008,33645
BullsMedium and Large 1343158.00/cwt158.00–158.005424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2648108.00/cwt108.00–108.007006
HeifersMedium and Large 1-277491.00/cwt91.00–91.0070412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,11268.25/cwt68.25–68.2575912
HeifersMedium and Large 2602101.00/cwt101.00–101.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 272286.00/cwt86.00–86.0062111
SteersMedium 2-362386.00/cwt86.00–86.005369
SteersMedium and Large 1839107.00/cwt107.00–107.0089810
SteersMedium and Large 1775111.34/cwt110.00–112.0086318
SteersMedium and Large 189697.00/cwt97.00–97.0086918
SteersMedium and Large 1969104.88/cwt100.00–107.001,01694
SteersMedium and Large 11,003104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,048161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545140.00/cwt140.00–140.007632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615126.00/cwt126.00–126.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1-282190.00/cwt90.00–90.0073910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2784107.00/cwt107.00–107.0083911
SteersMedium and Large 273994.54/cwt93.00–95.0069930
BullsMedium and Large 11,4001,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0018,5501
BullsMedium and Large 21,5401,114.29/cwt1,035.00–1,200.0017,1602
Bulls1,65083.50/cwt83.50–83.501,3781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31557.54/cwt56.50–58.507572
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54357.12/cwt56.50–59.508814
CowsLean 85-90%1,03040.50/cwt40.50–40.504171
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight69031.00/cwt31.00–31.002141

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.