Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-10-13

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
52 vs last sale 588 640 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
24 vs last sale 41 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
24 vs last sale 29 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steer or heifer calves for an adequate market trend, but a lower undertone was noted. No test on feeder steers or heifers. Not enough comparable sales on Slaughter cows or bulls for a market trend. The majority of the supply consisted of unweaned or short weaned calves. As drought conditions worsen and little to no precipitation in the immediate forecast, wheat pasture prospects seem to be limited. Buyer demand and trade activity were light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.05/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$135.05
312 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$115
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.50
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2498137.0368252
Medium and Large 1592134.65797260
One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about −$115 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 sale312 hd
135.05
TX average5 barns · 2,330 hd
132.55
+2.50
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
BullsLow2,04060.001,2241thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24047.705914thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54043.506701thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97135.3134310

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,17066.83/cwt58.50–87.507823
BullsMedium and Large 1673102.50/cwt102.50–102.506904
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned571137.86/cwt120.00–139.00787112
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned604129.84/cwt122.00–135.0078429
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned417133.72/cwt131.00–135.0055847
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned734111.70/cwt105.00–118.5082016
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned730121.80/cwt112.75–127.5088923
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550111.00/cwt111.00–111.006111
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned930115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0702
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned770115.00/cwt115.00–115.008863
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,250772.00/cwt700.00–850.009,6502
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned658118.44/cwt111.00–120.0077943
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned440127.00/cwt127.00–127.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2396129.00/cwt129.00–129.005115
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned682121.70/cwt115.50–124.2583024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2397147.00/cwt147.00–147.0058416
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy776114.00/cwt114.00–114.008859
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned566122.00/cwt122.00–122.0069112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned612116.13/cwt110.00–126.0071114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668120.25/cwt120.25–120.258035
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned525127.11/cwt118.00–127.5066799
HeifersMedium and Large 2415101.00/cwt101.00–101.004196
HeifersMedium and Large 1758110.00/cwt110.00–110.008344
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned495125.00/cwt125.00–125.0061919
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned526133.75/cwt133.75–133.7570415
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85531.84/cwt30.00–32.502724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2496137.50/cwt137.50–137.5068219
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned441153.54/cwt140.00–155.0067740
SteersMedium and Large 1877111.00/cwt111.00–111.009733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2546115.00/cwt115.00–115.006287
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468123.50/cwt123.50–123.5057824
Bulls2,04060.00/cwt60.00–60.001,2241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565130.00/cwt130.00–130.0073512
CowsLean 85-90%1,07339.21/cwt37.50–40.004213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24047.70/cwt45.00–50.005914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54043.50/cwt43.50–43.506701
CowsLean 85-90%1,02336.05/cwt35.00–38.003693

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.