Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-01-19

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
741 vs last sale 1,001 260 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
110 vs last sale 10 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
565 head
563 vs last sale 2 565 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 feeder steers or heifers for a market trend, but a much higher undertone was noted. The majority of the supply consisted of bred cows. As a result, buyer attendance was very good. Quality was very attractive, with a nice set of heavy bred red angus cows off of a herd liquidation, and several loads of black cows that were second to third stage bred on offer. The feeder cattle quality was very attractive as well, with several nice load lots of cattle on offer. Buyer demand was good on active trading activity.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.87/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$133.87
118 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.16
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628134.4384490
Medium and Large 1-2503132.0766428
One grade step is worth $2.36/cwt here — about $180 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 sale118 hd
133.87
TX average4 barns · 2,009 hd
126.71
+7.16
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23251.5863633
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42150.1171213
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10148.1753127

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2492133.50/cwt133.50–133.5065720
HeifersMedium and Large 1635134.00/cwt134.00–134.0085177
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530128.50/cwt128.50–128.506818
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8121,021.89/cwt1,010.00–1,035.008,29865
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,222814.26/cwt750.00–875.009,95025
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,450900.00/cwt900.00–900.0013,0502
Bred CowsMedium 2880596.19/cwt580.00–610.005,2462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,382800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,05610
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94845.43/cwt42.00–49.004315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19951.27/cwt49.00–53.5061522
CowsLean 85-90%1,13245.24/cwt43.50–47.005125
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34155.79/cwt53.50–58.507487
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22545.91/cwt44.00–48.005624
CowsLean 85-90%1,05041.50/cwt41.50–41.504361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36952.26/cwt50.00–53.007158
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64056.50/cwt56.50–56.509271
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47044.20/cwt42.00–45.006504
CowsLean 85-90%1,17053.55/cwt53.00–54.006272
CowsLean 85-90%1,13949.91/cwt47.50–52.5056814
Bred CowsMedium 21,030710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,3131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,329775.92/cwt710.00–835.0010,31253
Stock CowsMedium and Large 19461,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.009,93317
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,173625.33/cwt600.00–660.007,33525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3491,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0018,88623
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2271,159.83/cwt1,025.00–1,350.0014,231130
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,280825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,5601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,299955.88/cwt900.00–1,025.0012,41790
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,249903.61/cwt810.00–1,075.0011,28657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1441,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,1265
Bred CowsMedium 2920650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,9801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120844.71/cwt825.00–885.009,46121
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635135.00/cwt135.00–135.0085711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed586137.00/cwt137.00–137.0080313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7881,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.007,95932
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement743950.00/cwt950.00–950.007,05930

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.