Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to firm on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.87/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$131.87

126 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$26.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.04

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	664	137.75	915	10thin
Medium and Large 1	787	132.08	1,040	112
Medium and Large 2	823	111.30	915	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.46/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale126 hd

131.87

—

TX average4 barns · 2,574 hd

141.92

−10.04

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	54.94	681	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	43.00	415	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	129.54/cwt	127.00–129.75	1,184	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	820	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	783	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	846	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	597	134.81/cwt	134.50–139.00	805	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	910	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	112.59/cwt	105.00–120.00	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	132.40/cwt	130.00–135.25	1,004	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	133.75/cwt	133.00–134.00	706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	781	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	973	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	54.94/cwt	51.50–57.50	681	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	468	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	890	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	870	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,015	11

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.

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