Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-01-05

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 5
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,480 head
298 vs last sale 1,182 1,480 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
98 vs last sale 6 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
9 vs last sale 15 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale on December 15th: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows were firm compared to the last sales light test. Buyer attendance was very good, on moderate to good demand and trading activity. Quality was attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of large load lots of cattle with reputable vaccination programs and good weigh-ups.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.90/cwt on 688 head.
Average price
$128.90
688 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679130.96889471
Medium and Large 1-2632124.44787217
One grade step is worth $6.51/cwt here — about $102 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 sale688 hd
128.90
TX average1 barns · 688 hd
128.90
+0.00
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%Average1,59354.3886613
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36753.3072835
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18948.5857855

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1526147.95/cwt147.00–148.5077819
CowsLean 85-90%1,19045.00/cwt45.00–45.005361
CowsLean 85-90%1,20149.45/cwt48.50–50.0059451
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56254.74/cwt53.00–55.0085512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16046.56/cwt44.00–49.005402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39556.25/cwt56.00–56.507852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37853.55/cwt51.75–55.2573831
CowsLean 85-90%1,11033.00/cwt33.00–33.003661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,96050.00/cwt50.00–50.009801
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92536.02/cwt33.00–39.503332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1101,335.00/cwt1,335.00–1,335.0014,8196
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3691,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0016,0869
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2581,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,8389
HeifersMedium and Large 1523133.12/cwt132.00–134.0069619
HeifersMedium and Large 1170335.00/cwt335.00–335.005701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491126.00/cwt126.00–126.0061962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670127.00/cwt127.00–127.0085130
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,087102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1097
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,01095.00/cwt95.00–95.009602
HeifersMedium and Large 1643127.46/cwt125.00–128.5082043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2766124.50/cwt124.50–124.5095441
HeifersMedium and Large 1666123.81/cwt119.00–125.0082515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360134.00/cwt134.00–134.0048212
HeifersMedium and Large 1250375.00/cwt375.00–375.009381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725119.50/cwt119.50–119.5086668
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned392158.00/cwt158.00–158.0061947
HeifersMedium and Large 1574128.70/cwt126.00–132.0073912
HeifersMedium and Large 1738125.34/cwt120.00–126.0092527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421136.00/cwt136.00–136.005734
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed776129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,001125
HeifersMedium and Large 1808121.21/cwt120.60–122.5097987
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy822124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,01964
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy988107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0575
HeifersMedium and Large 1757117.50/cwt117.50–117.5088916
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC600135.00/cwt135.00–135.0081051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned321161.50/cwt161.50–161.5051817
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned593125.00/cwt125.00–125.007413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2873125.60/cwt125.60–125.601,09697
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524146.34/cwt145.00–146.5076786
SteersMedium and Large 1674131.39/cwt129.00–135.0088612
SteersMedium and Large 1780127.86/cwt127.75–128.009979
SteersMedium and Large 1950123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1692
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC638150.50/cwt150.50–150.5096055
SteersMedium and Large 1827128.88/cwt128.50–129.001,06634
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed833135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,125162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2759131.00/cwt131.00–131.0099438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2741120.00/cwt120.00–120.0088916
SteersMedium and Large 2394138.00/cwt138.00–138.0054412
BullsMedium and Large 1500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1150400.00/cwt400.00–400.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1690121.00/cwt121.00–121.008351
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned576134.00/cwt134.00–134.007725
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned405191.00/cwt191.00–191.0077486
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned319199.00/cwt199.00–199.0063514

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.