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
Bulls—Low1,99073.751,4681thin
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 1Fancy—696134.00/cwt134.00–134.0093318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—609143.00/cwt143.00–143.0087127
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—835114.00/cwt114.00–114.009522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—692124.00/cwt124.00–124.008586
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—793119.00/cwt119.00–119.0094416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—595124.00/cwt124.00–124.007386
Bulls——1,99073.75/cwt73.75–73.751,4681
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21060.00/cwt60.00–60.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373149.00/cwt149.00–149.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472135.00/cwt135.00–135.006376
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329151.00/cwt151.00–151.004979
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006257
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0501,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0012,1801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—883900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,9474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,210800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—821750.90/cwt610.00–935.006,16512
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—740750.00/cwt750.00–750.005,5505
SteersMedium and Large 1—319183.00/cwt183.00–183.005847
SteersMedium and Large 1—523152.00/cwt152.00–152.007957
SteersMedium and Large 1—761134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0208
SteersMedium and Large 1—680141.00/cwt141.00–141.0095948
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—668134.00/cwt134.00–134.008955
SteersMedium and Large 1—605144.50/cwt144.50–144.508742
HeifersMedium and Large 1—290155.00/cwt155.00–155.004504
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424147.00/cwt147.00–147.006235
SteersMedium and Large 1—950110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0451
SteersMedium and Large 1—463164.00/cwt164.00–164.007593
SteersMedium and Large 1—830132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0965
SteersMedium and Large 1—702140.00/cwt140.00–140.009836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—612133.50/cwt133.50–133.5081712
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—62042.00/cwt42.00–42.002601
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—73559.89/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.