Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-05-05

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
669 head
298 vs last sale 371 669 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
86 vs last sale 100 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
116 vs last sale 118 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers firm compared to last weeks light test. Not enough comparable sales on calves for a market trend, but buyer demand was very good for light weight cattle which was reflected by the firm prices. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Quality was once again attractive, with several load lots of cattle straight off the wheat on offer. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $114.46/cwt on 344 head.
Average price
$114.46
344 head · 800 lb average
Value per head Derived
$915
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$284
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1
$28.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.82
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1481139.8267228
Medium 2463122.0056511thin
Medium and Large 1-2667118.9479431
Medium and Large 1861111.06956274
One grade step is worth $28.76/cwt here — about −$284 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 sale344 hd
114.46
TX average4 barns · 2,349 hd
120.28
−5.82
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
BullsLow1,55078.571,2189thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25058.747342thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05057.506041thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1Fleshy91582.00/cwt82.00–82.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy81790.00/cwt90.00–90.007359
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy75287.75/cwt87.75–87.7566014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy71096.00/cwt96.00–96.0068214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy85884.55/cwt84.50–85.0072519
Bulls1,15865.64/cwt60.00–73.507604
Bulls1,86488.92/cwt81.00–92.501,6575
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25058.74/cwt57.50–60.007342
CowsLean 85-90%1,05057.50/cwt57.50–57.506041
HeifersMedium 2463117.00/cwt117.00–117.005423
HeifersMedium 2434104.00/cwt104.00–104.0045111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,000817.50/cwt700.00–935.008,1752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2885101.00/cwt101.00–101.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1857101.47/cwt101.00–103.0087038
SteersMedium and Large 1-2731108.00/cwt108.00–108.0078917
SteersMedium and Large 1935103.50/cwt103.50–103.5096892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595127.00/cwt127.00–127.007562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008382
SteersMedium and Large 1755114.00/cwt114.00–114.008618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2534139.21/cwt137.00–144.007436
SteersMedium and Large 1967100.00/cwt100.00–100.0096710
SteersMedium and Large 1609136.50/cwt136.50–136.5083114
SteersMedium and Large 1836105.36/cwt101.00–109.0088117
SteersMedium and Large 1481165.02/cwt159.00–168.0079421
SteersMedium 1215180.00/cwt180.00–180.003872
SteersMedium and Large 11,01994.57/cwt93.00–95.0096464
SteersMedium 1418154.00/cwt154.00–154.006445
SteersMedium 1567125.50/cwt125.50–125.507126
SteersMedium 1535130.00/cwt130.00–130.0069613
HeifersMedium and Large 1420147.56/cwt144.00–149.5062024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515119.00/cwt119.00–119.006134
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573105.00/cwt105.00–105.006024
SteersMedium 1295171.00/cwt171.00–171.005042
SteersMedium 2463122.00/cwt122.00–122.0056511
SteersMedium and Large 1354192.00/cwt192.00–192.0068010
HeifersMedium and Large 1665109.00/cwt109.00–109.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 1512126.50/cwt126.50–126.506485
HeifersMedium and Large 1737111.00/cwt111.00–111.0081873
HeifersMedium and Large 1-267797.50/cwt97.50–97.5066050
HeifersMedium and Large 1554123.00/cwt123.00–123.006815
HeifersMedium and Large 183695.00/cwt95.00–95.0079422

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.