Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-03-09

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,129 head
924 vs last sale 1,205 2,129 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
38 vs last sale 0 38 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 to firm. Not enough recent sales on slaughter cows and bulls for a market trend, but demand was moderate to good. The wheat run was in full effect today, with the majority of the supply consisting of load lots of 700 to 900 pound cattle straight off the wheat. Trading activity was active on good demand with the corn board closing lower and both live and feeder futures closing higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.42/cwt on 1,802 head.
Average price
$129.42
1,802 head · 831 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$700
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.68
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3256135.0034610thin
Medium and Large 1840129.901,0911,353
Medium and Large 1-2818127.791,045439
One grade step is worth $7.21/cwt here — about −$700 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 sale1,802 hd
129.42
TX average4 barns · 4,451 hd
137.09
−7.68
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
BullsAverage1,46770.351,0329thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14453.7661515
CowsLean 85-90%Low96947.3245910

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1874126.36/cwt122.00–129.001,104895
HeifersMedium and Large 1370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005927
SteersMedium and Large 1825132.04/cwt129.75–132.751,089362
SteersMedium and Large 1651142.50/cwt142.50–142.5092820
SteersMedium and Large 1408176.00/cwt176.00–176.007188
HeifersMedium 2-361592.50/cwt92.50–92.505696
HeifersMedium and Large 1768123.06/cwt119.00–124.0094554
SteersMedium and Large 2-3256135.00/cwt135.00–135.0034610
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86035.00/cwt35.00–35.003011
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90846.87/cwt42.00–50.004265
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned435153.00/cwt153.00–153.0066619
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned491169.00/cwt169.00–169.0083017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437153.00/cwt153.00–153.006693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820127.74/cwt126.00–130.001,047433
Bulls1,86082.04/cwt81.00–82.751,5263
Bulls1,27064.50/cwt52.50–78.508196
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12352.46/cwt50.00–55.505899
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28357.43/cwt56.25–58.507374
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight96052.25/cwt52.25–52.255022
CowsLean 85-90%1,07350.96/cwt49.50–53.005474
HeifersMedium and Large 1630132.83/cwt131.00–133.0083744
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned325179.00/cwt179.00–179.005822
SteersMedium and Large 1738135.00/cwt135.00–135.009965
SteersMedium and Large 1584153.00/cwt153.00–153.0089410
HeifersMedium and Large 1518137.84/cwt137.50–139.0071460
SteersMedium and Large 1764131.62/cwt127.50–133.001,0068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525124.75/cwt124.75–124.7565515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672131.34/cwt130.00–132.008836
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC459154.00/cwt154.00–154.0070718
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC560137.50/cwt137.50–137.5077013
HeifersMedium and Large 1748120.50/cwt120.50–120.509014
HeifersMedium and Large 1661126.11/cwt125.00–127.008349
HeifersMedium and Large 2486128.00/cwt128.00–128.006227
HeifersMedium and Large 2260160.50/cwt160.50–160.5041710
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC633150.50/cwt150.50–150.5095312
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC510168.00/cwt168.00–168.0085711
HeifersMedium and Large 1828121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0029
SteersMedium and Large 1513155.00/cwt155.00–155.007953
HeifersMedium and Large 1987102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0073
HeifersMedium and Large 1403151.50/cwt151.50–151.506116

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.