Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-11-17

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
939 head
396 vs last sale 543 939 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
15 vs last sale 16 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
27 vs last sale 47 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady. Trade activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Temperatures have been unseasonably warm for this time of year, but the majority of the area is still in desperate need of a rain.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.21/cwt on 379 head.
Average price
$127.21
379 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$769
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605127.94773268
Medium and Large 1-2604125.44758111
One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about $16 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 sale379 hd
127.21
TX average4 barns · 2,627 hd
126.65
+0.56
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
BullsAverage1,49373.491,0974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07048.005141thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low94142.1739721

Every lot, as filed

52 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 Weight63013.03/cwt11.00–15.00822
Bulls1,54074.49/cwt73.00–77.001,1473
CowsLean 85-90%1,03247.01/cwt45.00–49.0048512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07048.00/cwt48.00–48.005141
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91339.40/cwt38.00–41.503603
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84344.29/cwt40.00–48.003734
Bulls1,35070.50/cwt70.50–70.509521
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,00992.71/cwt78.00–99.009357
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,28366.83/cwt54.00–70.508576
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,130827.73/cwt800.00–850.009,3533
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0211,083.65/cwt1,035.00–1,160.0011,06441
HeifersMedium and Large 1820113.00/cwt113.00–113.009272
HeifersMedium and Large 1785108.50/cwt108.50–108.508522
HeifersMedium and Large 1522129.72/cwt125.00–135.0067713
HeifersMedium and Large 1695127.00/cwt127.00–127.0088317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735113.50/cwt113.50–113.508342
HeifersMedium and Large 1378144.00/cwt144.00–144.005446
HeifersMedium and Large 1572129.44/cwt128.00–129.5074073
HeifersMedium and Large 1499134.00/cwt134.00–134.0066945
HeifersMedium and Large 1712121.50/cwt121.50–121.5086510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy295135.00/cwt135.00–135.003982
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy660118.00/cwt118.00–118.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510119.98/cwt118.00–125.006127
SteersMedium and Large 1532141.13/cwt136.00–146.7575128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2331158.53/cwt150.00–159.0052518
SteersMedium and Large 1759131.61/cwt124.50–137.0099916
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned610113.00/cwt113.00–113.006891
BullsMedium and Large 1520128.00/cwt128.00–128.006661
BullsMedium and Large 1857107.00/cwt107.00–107.0091712
BullsMedium and Large 1592125.02/cwt119.00–126.0074020
BullsMedium and Large 1382148.37/cwt146.00–150.005675
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy559123.50/cwt123.50–123.5069024
SteersMedium and Large 1495142.84/cwt142.00–143.007076
SteersMedium and Large 1800124.00/cwt124.00–124.009921
SteersMedium and Large 1936110.51/cwt107.50–113.501,03410
SteersMedium and Large 11,41561.50/cwt61.50–61.508704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463135.91/cwt134.50–139.0062913
SteersMedium and Large 1599138.50/cwt138.50–138.5083060
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008382
SteersMedium and Large 1729132.50/cwt132.50–132.5096615
SteersMedium and Large 11,13082.00/cwt82.00–82.009273
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned280154.00/cwt154.00–154.004311
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned754117.75/cwt117.75–117.7588834
SteersMedium and Large 11,26060.00/cwt60.00–60.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368133.00/cwt133.00–133.0048921
HeifersMedium and Large 1924106.25/cwt106.25–106.2598211
SteersMedium and Large 1656130.00/cwt130.00–130.0085346
SteersMedium and Large 1997108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,0823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2744128.50/cwt128.50–128.5095686
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement710131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093036
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670124.25/cwt124.25–124.2583281
HeifersMedium and Large 1619124.00/cwt124.00–124.0076823

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.