Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-05-26

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 26
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,216 head
887 vs last sale 329 1,216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
48 vs last sale 6 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
67 vs last sale 0 67 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 sold firm to 4.00 higher on comparable sales. Positive gains in the barn were supported by the CME Feeder Cattle contract which closed up the limit. Quality was once again very attractive with several large load lots of cattle straight off the wheat and grass on offer. Replacement cattle sold firm, as there was a nice string of high quality bred cows and pairs. No recent comparable sales on Slaughter cows and bulls. Buyer attendance and demand were very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.84/cwt on 889 head.
Average price
$122.84
889 head · 814 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,000
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.24
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2713132.79947176
Medium and Large 1840120.411,012711
Medium and Large 2505111.005612thin
One grade step is worth $21.79/cwt here — about $386 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 sale889 hd
122.84
TX average4 barns · 3,306 hd
120.60
+2.24
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
BullsLow1,26565.308262thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29362.468083thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27661.4578418
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10557.0063026

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1844120.85/cwt118.00–121.001,020200
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721122.69/cwt117.00–125.0088514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687118.88/cwt118.00–120.008179
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.009,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0015,4004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,050900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4501
SteersMedium and Large 2505111.00/cwt111.00–111.005612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862112.90/cwt108.00–115.0097319
SteersMedium and Large 1960109.77/cwt108.00–111.001,05491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2900510.00/cwt510.00–510.004,5901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2001,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,7201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,200760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,1201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,000825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,120985.00/cwt985.00–985.0011,0321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,210785.00/cwt785.00–785.009,4991
Dairy SteersLarge 2-3550133.00/cwt133.00–133.007323
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006053
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3605109.00/cwt109.00–109.006592
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,17266.70/cwt65.00–68.5078222
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,01389.00/cwt89.00–89.0090223
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 190090.00/cwt90.00–90.008101
Dairy SteersLarge 2-3627113.55/cwt111.00–116.007126
CowsLean 85-90%1,15559.47/cwt55.50–60.2568719
CowsLean 85-90%1,18552.99/cwt51.00–55.006282
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29362.46/cwt60.50–65.758083
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27260.89/cwt60.00–65.5077517
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35071.00/cwt71.00–71.009591
Bulls1,26565.30/cwt60.00–71.008262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy76494.00/cwt94.00–94.007185
SteersMedium and Large 1877118.49/cwt116.50–121.001,039275
SteersMedium and Large 1729129.00/cwt129.00–129.0094019
SteersMedium and Large 1690127.12/cwt126.75–131.0087768
SteersMedium and Large 1320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
SteersMedium and Large 1380169.00/cwt169.00–169.006421
SteersMedium and Large 1630133.00/cwt133.00–133.008382
SteersMedium and Large 1585135.16/cwt131.00–141.0079112
SteersMedium and Large 1487154.00/cwt154.00–154.0075018
SteersMedium and Large 1928111.40/cwt109.00–113.001,03423
HeifersMedium and Large 1675120.50/cwt120.50–120.5081321
HeifersMedium and Large 1266162.00/cwt162.00–162.0043122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447140.00/cwt140.00–140.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1762108.87/cwt108.00–109.008308
HeifersMedium and Large 1401163.00/cwt163.00–163.006549
SteersMedium and Large 1270203.00/cwt203.00–203.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 1822108.50/cwt104.00–109.5089220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2838106.50/cwt106.50–106.508925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726115.30/cwt106.00–118.008379
HeifersMedium and Large 1737125.00/cwt125.00–125.009217
HeifersMedium and Large 1307164.00/cwt164.00–164.0050317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681114.65/cwt114.00–120.0078155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed763131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,00066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed625144.00/cwt144.00–144.0090068
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91552.66/cwt50.50–55.004822
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86046.94/cwt41.00–50.004043
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned345183.00/cwt183.00–183.0063130
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned493145.00/cwt145.00–145.007153
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned275198.00/cwt198.00–198.0054523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned496133.00/cwt133.00–133.006605

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.