Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-06-23

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 23
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
89 vs last sale 458 369 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
8 vs last sale 20 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
66 vs last sale 4 70 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 steady on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and buyer demand were moderate. Severe thunderstorms moved across the Northern and Central Panhandle on Monday night, bringing some much needed rain to the region.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.37/cwt on 200 head.
Average price
$110.37
200 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$741
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.93
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1723110.8980143
Medium and Large 1-2673110.73746138
Medium and Large 2542106.6357819thin
One grade step is worth $4.26/cwt here — about $224 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 sale200 hd
110.37
TX average4 barns · 1,552 hd
114.30
−3.93
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
BullsHigh1,82092.161,6772thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25464.5180915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41063.879012thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93053.484976thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
BullsMedium and Large 1560119.00/cwt119.00–119.006664
BullsMedium and Large 1545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 265086.00/cwt86.00–86.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695110.08/cwt110.00–110.50765102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2950739.47/cwt700.00–775.007,0252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050757.14/cwt700.00–800.007,9502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,125931.78/cwt900.00–1,010.0010,4834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007282
SteersMedium and Large 1521144.00/cwt144.00–144.007507
SteersMedium and Large 1447145.00/cwt145.00–145.006483
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,400992.55/cwt800.00–1,050.0013,89629
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,375975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,4062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,427925.00/cwt925.00–925.0013,2003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,457900.00/cwt900.00–900.0013,1133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,056964.84/cwt935.00–1,025.0010,1898
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1910860.00/cwt860.00–860.007,8265
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2466100.00/cwt100.00–100.004667
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2532117.50/cwt117.50–117.506255
Bulls1,82092.16/cwt90.50–93.501,6772
BullsMedium and Large 2558100.82/cwt80.00–115.005635
BullsMedium and Large 176095.00/cwt95.00–95.007224
BullsMedium and Large 1450139.00/cwt139.00–139.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy93278.00/cwt78.00–78.007275
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006766
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy96380.00/cwt80.00–80.007703
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned370141.00/cwt141.00–141.005221
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned340158.00/cwt158.00–158.005371
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80049.73/cwt45.00–54.003983
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02057.00/cwt57.00–57.005811
CowsLean 85-90%1,07062.83/cwt61.50–64.006722
CowsLean 85-90%1,04046.00/cwt46.00–46.004781
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41063.87/cwt62.00–66.009012
BullsMedium and Large 11,6001,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0021,6001
HeifersMedium and Large 2440131.00/cwt131.00–131.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 1738115.06/cwt110.00–115.5084922
HeifersMedium and Large 1443139.00/cwt139.00–139.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493118.00/cwt118.00–118.005823
HeifersMedium and Large 2562101.50/cwt101.50–101.5057012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25564.67/cwt63.00–68.0081213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625111.29/cwt109.50–112.0069631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585124.00/cwt124.00–124.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1755106.00/cwt106.00–106.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 1630119.00/cwt119.00–119.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2480117.98/cwt117.00–119.005664
HeifersMedium and Large 2540119.00/cwt119.00–119.006431
SteersMedium and Large 1720117.48/cwt116.00–119.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1683119.00/cwt119.00–119.008133
SteersMedium 1490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006376
SteersMedium and Large 1790125.00/cwt125.00–125.0098865

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.