Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-11-03

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 3
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
201 head
138 vs last sale 63 201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
28 vs last sale 3 31 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 feeders steers or heifers for a market trend, due to the winter storm last week limiting receipts. However, a firmer undertone was noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.65/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$126.65
140 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$810
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.35
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1643127.07818135
Medium and Large 1-2530115.206115thin
One grade step is worth $11.87/cwt here — about $207 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 sale140 hd
126.65
TX average2 barns · 236 hd
122.29
+4.35
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
BullsLow1,22763.907843thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43750.177213thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24449.556169thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08739.8943311

Every lot, as filed

24 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
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95339.95/cwt36.50–45.503813
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96032.00/cwt32.00–32.003071
CowsLean 85-90%1,15844.13/cwt41.50–48.005114
CowsLean 85-90%1,16736.80/cwt33.50–40.504293
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22350.68/cwt46.00–55.506208
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41040.50/cwt40.50–40.505711
Bulls1,22763.90/cwt51.50–70.007843
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35045.00/cwt45.00–45.006081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48052.76/cwt52.50–53.007812
BullsMedium and Large 1570114.00/cwt114.00–114.006501
BullsMedium and Large 180080.00/cwt80.00–80.006401
BullsMedium and Large 11,02075.00/cwt75.00–75.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1660112.00/cwt112.00–112.007393
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned498123.50/cwt123.50–123.506154
SteersMedium and Large 1777129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,00219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640105.00/cwt105.00–105.006722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2557127.00/cwt127.00–127.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2457122.00/cwt122.00–122.005583
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned521132.00/cwt132.00–132.0068812
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned475142.00/cwt142.00–142.006752
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned616121.00/cwt121.00–121.007459
HeifersMedium and Large 1759126.25/cwt126.25–126.2595829
HeifersMedium and Large 1629126.84/cwt125.00–127.0079890
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full453135.00/cwt135.00–135.006123

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.