Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-04-21

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 21
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,068 head
891 vs last sale 177 1,068 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
12 vs last sale 25 13 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 feeder steers or heifers from last weeks light test for a market trend. Quality was very attractive with several load lots of cattle selling straight off the wheat. Buyer attendance was very good. Trading activity and demand were good. Temperatures warmed back up, and evening storms are forecast throughout the week which will give a nice boost to area pastures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.60/cwt on 579 head.
Average price
$104.60
579 head · 756 lb average
Value per head Derived
$791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$122
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.82
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594113.0067110thin
Medium and Large 1759104.46793569
One grade step is worth $8.54/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale579 hd
104.60
TX average4 barns · 1,632 hd
114.42
−9.82
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
BullsAverage2,09083.501,7451thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21059.507201thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average73049.003581thin

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 1Fleshy75194.75/cwt94.75–94.7571234
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy88690.50/cwt90.50–90.5080279
BullsMedium and Large 11,4231,223.37/cwt1,100.00–1,475.0017,4094
Bulls2,09083.50/cwt83.50–83.501,7451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21059.50/cwt59.50–59.507201
HeifersMedium and Large 1464135.89/cwt134.00–137.0063111
HeifersMedium and Large 1735107.20/cwt107.00–107.2578829
HeifersMedium and Large 1587119.53/cwt119.25–119.7570253
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 31,260996.21/cwt835.00–1,160.0012,5522
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,300925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3501,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0013,9731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,500935.00/cwt935.00–935.0014,0251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1895755.08/cwt650.00–825.006,7584
SteersMedium and Large 2427130.00/cwt130.00–130.0055529
SteersMedium and Large 1816104.50/cwt104.50–104.5085345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719112.50/cwt112.50–112.508099
SteersMedium and Large 1465160.50/cwt155.00–163.0074613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2594120.50/cwt120.50–120.5071612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602129.95/cwt125.00–132.0078224
SteersMedium and Large 1764113.00/cwt113.00–113.0086317
SteersMedium and Large 272389.74/cwt89.00–90.5064910
SteersMedium and Large 2478120.00/cwt120.00–120.0057412
SteersMedium and Large 1543155.00/cwt155.00–155.0084236
SteersMedium and Large 1914101.40/cwt101.00–102.00927133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2503136.00/cwt136.00–136.006843
SteersMedium and Large 1400157.00/cwt157.00–157.006282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654110.50/cwt110.50–110.507235
SteersMedium and Large 1-279797.50/cwt97.50–97.507777
SteersMedium and Large 11,25078.00/cwt78.00–78.009753
SteersMedium and Large 1851106.00/cwt106.00–106.0090214
SteersMedium and Large 1719107.78/cwt107.00–110.0077515
HeifersMedium and Large 1689110.19/cwt110.00–111.2575975
HeifersMedium and Large 1765105.56/cwt104.85–106.25808199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498126.00/cwt126.00–126.006275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006905
HeifersMedium and Large 184399.50/cwt99.50–99.5083989
SteersMedium and Large 1647138.75/cwt138.75–138.7589820
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight73049.00/cwt49.00–49.003581

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.