Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-06-16

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 16
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
458 head
183 vs last sale 641 458 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
17 vs last sale 3 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 3 4 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 weak on limited comparable sales. Buyer demand and trading activity were moderate. Hot and dry temperatures coupled with strong winds have dried out top soils quickly, and has much of the area under red flag warnings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.92/cwt on 239 head.
Average price
$126.92
239 head · 734 lb average
Value per head Derived
$931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2-3
$46.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.84
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2602134.8981253
Medium and Large 1775125.65974181
Medium 2-363488.405615thin
One grade step is worth $46.49/cwt here — about $251 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 sale239 hd
126.92
TX average4 barns · 1,834 hd
125.08
+1.84
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
BullsLow1,54473.261,1315thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09055.006001thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1-2Full567115.00/cwt115.00–115.006523
BullsMedium and Large 1600113.00/cwt113.00–113.006781
BullsMedium and Large 1680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
BullsMedium and Large 186090.00/cwt90.00–90.007741
BullsMedium and Large 190075.00/cwt75.00–75.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1518130.00/cwt130.00–130.006736
BullsMedium and Large 1740108.50/cwt108.50–108.508036
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2750115.00/cwt115.00–115.008632
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2426100.00/cwt100.00–100.004265
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2645115.00/cwt115.00–115.007426
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2710100.00/cwt100.00–100.007101
SteersMedium and Large 1961104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,0049
SteersMedium and Large 1641135.00/cwt135.00–135.0086511
SteersMedium and Large 1947103.00/cwt103.00–103.0097513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585123.00/cwt123.00–123.007202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628133.50/cwt133.50–133.5083832
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1251,133.33/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0012,7504
SteersMedium 2-3290290.00/cwt290.00–290.008411
SteersMedium and Large 1740125.00/cwt125.00–125.009257
SteersMedium 2-345057.00/cwt57.00–57.002571
SteersMedium 2-354070.00/cwt70.00–70.003781
SteersMedium 2-3727105.00/cwt105.00–105.007633
SteersMedium and Large 1590134.00/cwt134.00–134.007918
HeifersMedium and Large 1775103.50/cwt103.50–103.508026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287090.00/cwt90.00–90.007833
HeifersMedium 2-3490127.00/cwt127.00–127.006226
HeifersMedium and Large 1835100.00/cwt100.00–100.008352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2693112.00/cwt112.00–112.007763
SteersMedium and Large 1770128.05/cwt121.00–130.00986133
Bulls1,45062.18/cwt60.00–66.009023
Bulls1,48086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,2801
Bulls1,89093.25/cwt93.25–93.251,7621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523120.35/cwt116.00–125.006294
CowsLean 85-90%1,09055.00/cwt55.00–55.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1643115.00/cwt115.00–115.007393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed729128.00/cwt128.00–128.009339
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned563106.00/cwt106.00–106.005974
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned428120.00/cwt120.00–120.005145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned339162.00/cwt162.00–162.005497

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.