Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-07-28

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jul 28
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
424 vs last sale 685 261 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
20 vs last sale 30 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
97 vs last sale 128 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No recent comparable sales for a market trend. Quality was attractive. Trade activity and buyer demand were moderate. Temperatures have cooled off to the upper 80's and low 90's. Thunderstorms have accompanied the cooler weather, with reports of a half inch to over an inch of rain across the majority of the Panhandle. Rain is in the forecast throughout the week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.05/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$135.05
121 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.44
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601136.6782196
Medium and Large 1-2577128.8474325
One grade step is worth $7.83/cwt here — about $78 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 sale121 hd
135.05
TX average4 barns · 1,301 hd
127.61
+7.44
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
BullsLow1,99073.751,4681thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average82857.934809thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1Fancy696134.00/cwt134.00–134.0093318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy609143.00/cwt143.00–143.0087127
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy835114.00/cwt114.00–114.009522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy692124.00/cwt124.00–124.008586
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy793119.00/cwt119.00–119.0094416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy595124.00/cwt124.00–124.007386
Bulls1,99073.75/cwt73.75–73.751,4681
CowsLean 85-90%1,21060.00/cwt60.00–60.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1373149.00/cwt149.00–149.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 1472135.00/cwt135.00–135.006376
HeifersMedium and Large 1329151.00/cwt151.00–151.004979
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006257
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0501,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0012,1801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1883900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,9474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,210800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1821750.90/cwt610.00–935.006,16512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1740750.00/cwt750.00–750.005,5505
SteersMedium and Large 1319183.00/cwt183.00–183.005847
SteersMedium and Large 1523152.00/cwt152.00–152.007957
SteersMedium and Large 1761134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0208
SteersMedium and Large 1680141.00/cwt141.00–141.0095948
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668134.00/cwt134.00–134.008955
SteersMedium and Large 1605144.50/cwt144.50–144.508742
HeifersMedium and Large 1290155.00/cwt155.00–155.004504
HeifersMedium and Large 1424147.00/cwt147.00–147.006235
SteersMedium and Large 1950110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0451
SteersMedium and Large 1463164.00/cwt164.00–164.007593
SteersMedium and Large 1830132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0965
SteersMedium and Large 1702140.00/cwt140.00–140.009836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed612133.50/cwt133.50–133.5081712
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight62042.00/cwt42.00–42.002601
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight73559.89/cwt59.00–61.004406

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.