Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-06-02

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 2
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,176 head
40 vs last sale 1,216 1,176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
33 vs last sale 54 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
13 vs last sale 67 54 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 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade activity was active on very good buyer demand. Quality was once again very attractive, with the majority of the supply consisting of large load lots of cattle straight off the wheat and grass. The majority of the area is in need of a good rain, as temperatures have consistently been in the 90's accompanied by little to no precipitation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $118.32/cwt on 669 head.
Average price
$118.32
669 head · 856 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.29
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1870118.361,030627
Medium and Large 2490118.2757922
Medium and Large 1-2815117.0095420
One grade step is worth $1.36/cwt here — about $76 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 sale669 hd
118.32
TX average4 barns · 3,632 hd
125.61
−7.29
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average93053.004931thin

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 1-2Fleshy518115.00/cwt115.00–115.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy642111.00/cwt111.00–111.007135
HeifersMedium and Large 1445138.00/cwt138.00–138.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 1460136.00/cwt136.00–136.006264
HeifersMedium and Large 1559125.61/cwt123.00–130.0070213
HeifersMedium and Large 1800106.00/cwt106.00–106.0084820
HeifersMedium and Large 1763115.39/cwt112.00–116.0088026
HeifersMedium and Large 1645123.50/cwt123.50–123.5079732
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,000975.00/cwt975.00–975.009,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1801,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0012,2131
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,04074.63/cwt63.50–81.0077633
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,067775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,2699
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,04090.00/cwt90.00–90.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475144.00/cwt144.00–144.006842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2853114.00/cwt114.00–114.0097218
SteersMedium and Large 1759120.50/cwt120.50–120.5091513
SteersMedium and Large 1837121.22/cwt118.00–122.001,01526
SteersMedium and Large 298591.00/cwt91.00–91.008962
SteersMedium and Large 2440121.00/cwt121.00–121.0053220
SteersMedium and Large 1635133.00/cwt133.00–133.008452
SteersMedium and Large 1570142.00/cwt142.00–142.008093
SteersMedium and Large 11,038101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0484
SteersMedium and Large 1510151.06/cwt142.00–154.007708
SteersMedium and Large 1702135.00/cwt135.00–135.0094861
SteersMedium and Large 1923113.27/cwt109.00–117.001,045492
HeifersMedium and Large 1657124.50/cwt124.50–124.5081835
HeifersMedium and Large 1717120.64/cwt116.00–122.50865108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560125.00/cwt125.00–125.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673121.00/cwt121.00–121.008144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498130.00/cwt130.00–130.006478
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639122.50/cwt122.50–122.5078327
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight93053.00/cwt53.00–53.004931
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned377137.00/cwt137.00–137.005163
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned303144.00/cwt144.00–144.004364
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned280176.00/cwt176.00–176.004931
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned445152.00/cwt152.00–152.006764
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned246191.00/cwt191.00–191.004705
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned310186.00/cwt186.00–186.005778

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.