Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-04-14

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 14
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
177 head
320 vs last sale 497 177 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
21 vs last sale 4 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers were mostly steady to firm on a light test. Not enough feeder steers reported for an adequate market trend. Receipts were light as a winter storm that brought snow and colder temperatures to the area blew in on Monday night. Additionally, continued volatility and uncertainty in the futures markets have caused most producers to hold onto these wheat cattle and continue to graze out thru May. Trade activity and buyer demand were moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.54/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$115.54
88 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.71
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582118.1368776
Medium and Large 1-266399.2065812thin
One grade step is worth $18.92/cwt here — about $30 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 sale88 hd
115.54
TX average4 barns · 1,319 hd
110.83
+4.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

27 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
BullsMedium and Large 1640105.00/cwt105.00–105.006721
BullsMedium and Large 1505139.00/cwt139.00–139.007026
BullsSmall 3470209.79/cwt200.00–220.009862
BullsMedium 390064.00/cwt64.00–64.005761
BullsMedium 364031.00/cwt31.00–31.001981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy77885.00/cwt85.00–85.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 1617112.31/cwt106.00–113.0069320
HeifersMedium and Large 1579121.10/cwt120.00–124.0070114
SteersMedium and Large 1746107.00/cwt107.00–107.007987
SteersMedium and Large 1-283199.00/cwt99.00–99.0082318
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550153.00/cwt153.00–153.008427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006666
HeifersMedium and Large 1706104.50/cwt104.50–104.507387
HeifersMedium and Large 1518129.53/cwt119.50–133.0067112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612105.07/cwt100.00–110.006436
SteersMedium and Large 1450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006981
SteersMedium and Large 1420163.00/cwt163.00–163.006852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617118.00/cwt118.00–118.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 1482132.79/cwt128.00–135.0064014
HeifersMedium and Large 165299.00/cwt99.00–99.006459
SteersMedium and Large 1816100.00/cwt100.00–100.008165
SteersMedium and Large 1-294085.00/cwt85.00–85.007995
SteersMedium and Large 1570134.00/cwt134.00–134.007646
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3531400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1248
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3568250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4208
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 3432235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0156

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.