Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-05-19

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 19
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
340 vs last sale 669 329 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
8 vs last sale 14 6 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 for a market trend, but a higher undertone was noted. Quality was attractive, with several large bunches of cattle on offer. Hot and dry temperatures have been the story, but some much needed thunderstorms are in the forecast for later in the week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.19/cwt on 243 head.
Average price
$112.19
243 head · 763 lb average
Value per head Derived
$856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.08
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1762112.66859236
Medium and Large 277796.577507thin
One grade step is worth $16.09/cwt here — about $108 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 sale243 hd
112.19
TX average4 barns · 1,879 hd
115.27
−3.08
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
BullsLow1,64574.051,2186thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Bulls1,54765.55/cwt61.00–71.001,0143
Bulls1,74382.55/cwt77.50–85.001,4393
HeifersMedium and Large 1826106.50/cwt106.50–106.5088014
HeifersMedium and Large 1716115.25/cwt115.25–115.2582523
HeifersMedium and Large 1763112.79/cwt101.00–114.00861199
HeifersMedium and Large 283090.00/cwt90.00–90.007473
SteersMedium and Large 1834118.00/cwt118.00–118.0098425
SteersMedium and Large 2470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 289090.00/cwt90.00–90.008013
SteersMedium and Large 2520134.00/cwt134.00–134.006971
SteersMedium and Large 2640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007101
SteersMedium and Large 2650126.00/cwt126.00–126.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1360174.00/cwt174.00–174.006261
SteersMedium and Large 1720125.50/cwt125.50–125.5090423
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned280136.00/cwt136.00–136.003811

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.