Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-03-02

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Receipts
1,205 head
873 vs last sale 332 1,205 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 2.00 to 3.00 higher compared to last weeks light test. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Buyer demand was good on active trading activity. Quality was very attractive, with several load lots of cattle with reputable shot programs on offer. Receipts have returned to normal as warmer temperatures have returned to the area, allowing producers to return to animals to their prior state before the storm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.67/cwt on 658 head.
Average price
$141.67
658 head · 693 lb average
Value per head Derived
$982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.08
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675144.70976473
Medium and Large 1-2730134.75984175
Medium and Large 2925119.601,10610thin
One grade step is worth $25.10/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale658 hd
141.67
TX average4 barns · 2,117 hd
143.75
−2.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2565152.00/cwt152.00–152.008592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564130.00/cwt130.00–130.0073337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469140.75/cwt140.75–140.7566020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645123.00/cwt123.00–123.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1643148.00/cwt148.00–148.0095219
SteersMedium and Large 1428174.00/cwt174.00–174.0074517
HeifersMedium and Large 1608131.14/cwt130.85–132.50797154
HeifersMedium and Large 1364156.00/cwt156.00–156.005685
SteersMedium and Large 1723135.17/cwt133.75–135.5097797
HeifersMedium and Large 1799122.25/cwt122.25–122.25977123
SteersMedium and Large 1477163.00/cwt163.00–163.007783
SteersMedium and Large 1759135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,02869
SteersMedium and Large 1858128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,10564
SteersMedium and Large 1520164.46/cwt158.00–165.0085550
SteersMedium and Large 1575158.15/cwt157.00–158.2590949
SteersMedium and Large 1654145.25/cwt145.25–145.2595097
SteersMedium and Large 1386177.50/cwt177.50–177.506858
HeifersMedium and Large 1736123.50/cwt123.50–123.5090955
HeifersMedium and Large 1801121.50/cwt121.50–121.5097352
HeifersMedium and Large 1482141.89/cwt141.75–142.0068426
HeifersMedium and Large 1666122.00/cwt122.00–122.0081314
HeifersMedium and Large 1400153.50/cwt153.50–153.506146
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850106.00/cwt106.00–106.009012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655133.50/cwt133.50–133.508742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2643136.50/cwt136.50–136.508789
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed681135.75/cwt135.75–135.7592415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed711137.00/cwt137.00–137.0097472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed776131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,02275
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed815129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,0554
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed998113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1286

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.