Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-04-28

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 28
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
371 head
697 vs last sale 1,068 371 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
95 vs last sale 5 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
118 head
105 vs last sale 13 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Trading activity and demand were very good. Quality was attractive. Several load lots of heifers straight off the wheat on offer, as well as a complete herd dispersal of heavy bred cows and pairs. Not enough recent comparable sales on slaughter cows or bulls for an adequate market trend. Hotter weather is in the forecast this week, with temperatures reaching up into the 90's by Friday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.60/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$108.60
292 head · 708 lb average
Value per head Derived
$769
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.47
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1710108.83773283
Medium and Large 1-2647101.396569thin
One grade step is worth $7.44/cwt here — about $117 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 sale292 hd
108.60
TX average4 barns · 2,204 hd
106.12
+2.47
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30059.1076919
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18457.4068056
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04953.9356629

Every lot, as filed

43 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
SteersMedium and Large 1700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1190350.00/cwt350.00–350.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 1255405.10/cwt400.00–410.001,0332
HeifersMedium and Large 1170294.56/cwt275.00–310.005012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2820750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,200785.00/cwt785.00–785.009,4205
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,067996.56/cwt860.00–1,050.0010,6336
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2741,018.18/cwt1,000.00–1,060.0012,97219
SteersMedium and Large 1619120.75/cwt120.75–120.7574711
SteersMedium and Large 1823105.00/cwt105.00–105.008644
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,060800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,4802
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1890700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,2302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,230746.75/cwt650.00–825.009,1852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,299833.38/cwt800.00–885.0010,82626
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,195669.04/cwt600.00–725.007,9952
CowsLean 85-90%1,15046.91/cwt42.00–53.505395
BullsMedium 2808658.64/cwt625.00–700.005,3224
BullsMedium and Large 1155298.71/cwt260.00–350.004635
BullsMedium and Large 1200305.00/cwt250.00–360.006102
BullsMedium and Large 1110271.36/cwt260.00–285.002982
BullsMedium and Large 175200.00/cwt200.00–200.001501
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94355.62/cwt50.00–59.5052410
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88048.00/cwt48.00–48.004221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13658.84/cwt55.00–62.0066846
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40550.80/cwt47.00–54.0071410
CowsLean 85-90%1,10555.78/cwt53.00–59.0061613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25054.00/cwt54.00–54.006752
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30859.46/cwt55.50–62.5077816
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28063.50/cwt63.50–63.508131
HeifersMedium and Large 1310442.50/cwt435.00–450.001,3722
HeifersMedium and Large 185175.00/cwt175.00–175.001491
HeifersMedium and Large 1740106.75/cwt106.75–106.75790129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271298.50/cwt98.50–98.507015
HeifersMedium and Large 1482128.19/cwt124.00–129.006186
HeifersMedium and Large 1440124.00/cwt124.00–124.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1200335.00/cwt335.00–335.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 1791103.00/cwt103.00–103.0081569
HeifersMedium and Large 1615115.13/cwt107.00–115.5070869
HeifersMedium and Large 1581120.34/cwt119.50–121.006999
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565105.00/cwt105.00–105.005934
HeifersMedium and Large 1115249.06/cwt200.00–285.002866
SteersMedium and Large 1907100.00/cwt100.00–100.009073
SteersMedium and Large 1443164.00/cwt164.00–164.007273

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.