Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2020-12-08

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Dec 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
273 vs last sale 613 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
8 vs last sale 12 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
12 vs last sale 20 8 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 steady. Quality was very attractive. The majority of the supply once again consisted of large groups of weaned calves with reputable vaccination programs. Buyer demand was good on moderate to active trading activity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.57/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$131.57
177 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$870
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.03
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1707133.10941141
Medium and Large 2419125.6752727
Medium and Large 1-2668125.338379thin
One grade step is worth $7.77/cwt here — about $104 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 sale177 hd
131.57
TX average4 barns · 1,665 hd
138.60
−7.03
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
BullsAverage1,48769.971,0403thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15050.505811thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2697132.50/cwt132.50–132.509246
BullsMedium and Large 1850107.00/cwt107.00–107.009101
SteersMedium and Large 2338134.69/cwt123.00–135.7545522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,183593.24/cwt550.00–625.007,0183
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,34060.00/cwt60.00–60.008041
SteersMedium and Large 1529147.54/cwt144.00–151.007808
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,18090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0621
BullsMedium and Large 1490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008641
BullsMedium and Large 2345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004832
SteersMedium and Large 277886.00/cwt86.00–86.006695
SteersMedium and Large 1665132.50/cwt132.50–132.508814
HeifersMedium and Large 1930109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0141
HeifersMedium and Large 1522134.70/cwt129.50–136.5070343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned610111.00/cwt111.00–111.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 1693121.37/cwt120.50–122.5084130
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1980610.00/cwt610.00–610.005,9781
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy760122.50/cwt122.50–122.5093122
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1860102.00/cwt102.00–102.008771
HeifersMedium and Large 1487132.63/cwt130.00–133.0064615
HeifersMedium and Large 1560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006722
HeifersMedium and Large 1310142.00/cwt142.00–142.004401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,560750.00/cwt750.00–750.0011,7001
HeifersMedium and Large 1712127.50/cwt127.50–127.5090835
SteersMedium and Large 1642136.25/cwt136.25–136.2587541
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned689115.25/cwt115.25–115.257947
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy930108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,0096
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy567146.00/cwt146.00–146.0082835
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy958119.18/cwt110.00–119.501,14230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy776112.00/cwt112.00–112.008695
Bred CowsMedium 2850400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,4001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15050.50/cwt50.50–50.505811
Bulls1,48769.97/cwt67.00–74.001,0403

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.