Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-04-07

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
497 head
454 vs last sale 951 497 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
7 vs last sale 9 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
44 vs last sale 48 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers for an adequate market trend, but a mostly firm undertone was noted. Firmness in the market was supported by the CME Feeder and Live Cattle contracts which closed up the limit on Tuesday. Quality was attractive with several large loads of cattle straight off the wheat on offer. Trading activity and demand were good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.95/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$123.95
207 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.14
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1722125.22904194
Medium and Large 1-2777105.0081613thin
One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about $88 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 sale207 hd
123.95
TX average4 barns · 1,977 hd
123.81
+0.14
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46055.008031thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low86038.003271thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86038.00/cwt38.00–38.003271
HeifersMedium and Large 1590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 1435128.00/cwt128.00–128.005572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46055.00/cwt55.00–55.008031
BullsMedium and Large 11,035922.83/cwt800.00–1,025.009,5512
BullsMedium and Large 1680113.00/cwt113.00–113.007681
HeifersMedium and Large 1369152.50/cwt152.50–152.5056313
HeifersMedium and Large 2500111.00/cwt111.00–111.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 1772102.00/cwt102.00–102.0078746
HeifersMedium and Large 1512129.00/cwt129.00–129.0066020
HeifersMedium and Large 1700102.50/cwt102.50–102.5071812
HeifersMedium and Large 1470129.65/cwt129.00–131.006093
SteersMedium and Large 1217182.00/cwt182.00–182.003953
SteersMedium and Large 1646123.79/cwt120.50–125.0080011
HeifersMedium and Large 268071.00/cwt71.00–71.004832
HeifersMedium and Large 1655106.47/cwt100.00–107.0069713
HeifersMedium and Large 1642105.00/cwt105.00–105.0067413
HeifersMedium and Large 1325155.00/cwt155.00–155.0050420
SteersMedium and Large 1691120.50/cwt120.50–120.5083324
SteersMedium and Large 1344185.50/cwt185.50–185.5063819
SteersMedium and Large 1713115.21/cwt114.00–116.0082118
SteersMedium and Large 1423171.00/cwt171.00–171.0072310
SteersMedium and Large 1761108.00/cwt108.00–108.008229
SteersMedium and Large 1507150.61/cwt146.00–153.007643
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.009,9001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2777105.00/cwt105.00–105.0081613
SteersMedium and Large 1877110.25/cwt110.25–110.2596755
SteersMedium and Large 1813114.50/cwt114.50–114.5093126
SteersMedium and Large 1450160.00/cwt160.00–160.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1929104.00/cwt104.00–104.0096615
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,040685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,1241
HeifersMedium and Large 11,02576.00/cwt76.00–76.007792

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.