Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-10-20

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
567 head
73 vs last sale 640 567 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
16 vs last sale 17 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
25 vs last sale 5 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers but a higher undertone was noted. Quality was more attractive this week with the majority of the supply consisting of longer weaned calves with good shot programs. Buyer demand and trade activity were good. Slaughter cows were mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.11/cwt on 273 head.
Average price
$138.11
273 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.25
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548139.17762236
Medium and Large 1-2511131.3767137
One grade step is worth $7.79/cwt here — about $91 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 sale273 hd
138.11
TX average4 barns · 2,081 hd
130.86
+7.25
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54846.797244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34242.345685thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10335.753944thin

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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,267600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,6029
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,26940.79/cwt39.50–42.5051817
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy797115.00/cwt115.00–115.009173
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy761123.50/cwt123.50–123.5094012
BullsMedium and Large 1417132.00/cwt132.00–132.005503
BullsMedium and Large 163094.00/cwt94.00–94.005923
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned607125.00/cwt125.00–125.007597
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned744118.50/cwt118.50–118.508829
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned649105.00/cwt105.00–105.0068113
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned574123.00/cwt123.00–123.0070615
SteersMedium and Large 1632132.00/cwt132.00–132.0083426
SteersMedium and Large 1426153.00/cwt153.00–153.0065239
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned485126.40/cwt120.00–129.0061310
HeifersMedium and Large 1360138.50/cwt138.50–138.5049927
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned471133.97/cwt130.50–136.0063124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned585116.00/cwt116.00–116.006794
HeifersMedium and Large 1533126.00/cwt126.00–126.0067216
HeifersMedium and Large 1459129.40/cwt129.00–131.0059453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446115.00/cwt115.00–115.0051321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54846.79/cwt44.00–49.507244
CowsLean 85-90%1,13030.00/cwt30.00–30.003391
HeifersMedium and Large 1601122.50/cwt122.50–122.5073616
SteersMedium and Large 1528145.43/cwt143.50–145.5076894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2503132.25/cwt132.25–132.2566535
HeifersMedium and Large 2483109.00/cwt109.00–109.0052624
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92033.50/cwt33.50–33.503081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37035.00/cwt35.00–35.004801
SteersMedium and Large 1658129.00/cwt129.00–129.0084910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned394130.00/cwt130.00–130.005125
CowsLean 85-90%1,18039.75/cwt37.50–42.004692
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33544.18/cwt42.50–45.005904

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.