Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-11-10

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 10
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
543 head
▲ 342 vs last sale 201▲ 543 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 31▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 0▲ 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.32/cwt on 331 head.
Average price
$127.32
331 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2676131.75891198
Medium and Large 2613125.0076654
Medium and Large 1683117.8080579
One grade step is worth $13.95/cwt here — about $86 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 sale331 hd
127.32
—
TX average4 barns · 1,713 hd
125.33
+1.99
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—Low1,37063.508701thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21047.505751thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58044.407025thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92328.042594thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—610129.50/cwt129.50–129.507905
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—590120.00/cwt120.00–120.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—725114.00/cwt114.00–114.0082748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—590125.50/cwt125.50–125.5074014
SteersMedium and Large 1—528145.00/cwt145.00–145.007666
SteersSmall and Medium 3-4—47430.00/cwt30.00–30.0014210
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—90470.00/cwt70.00–70.0063312
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—885106.00/cwt106.00–106.009382
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—709127.00/cwt127.00–127.0090021
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,02090.80/cwt89.00–92.5092635
SteersMedium and Large 1—720135.00/cwt135.00–135.0097230
SteersMedium and Large 1—413151.00/cwt151.00–151.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695125.00/cwt125.00–125.008694
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570125.00/cwt125.00–125.0071313
SteersMedium and Large 1—832130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0825
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—903100.00/cwt100.00–100.009033
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—766118.60/cwt118.60–118.6090862
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—900105.00/cwt105.00–105.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524131.00/cwt131.00–131.006867
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94724.39/cwt21.00–27.002313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—676131.75/cwt131.75–131.75891198
SteersMedium and Large 1—577140.00/cwt140.00–140.008087
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—273167.00/cwt167.00–167.004563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—626125.00/cwt125.00–125.0078341
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57040.00/cwt40.00–40.006281
SteersMedium and Large 1—633130.00/cwt130.00–130.0082316
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—85039.00/cwt39.00–39.003321
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21047.50/cwt47.50–47.505751
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58345.50/cwt41.50–50.007204
Bulls——1,37063.50/cwt63.50–63.508701

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.