Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-03-16

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,434 head
305 vs last sale 2,129 2,434 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
28 vs last sale 38 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 0 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Quality was once again very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of large loads of cattle with very good condition straight off the wheat. Buyer demand was very good on active trading activity. Parts of the Panhandle received some much needed rain over the weekend, with another chance of a rain/snow mix tomorrow. However, the US Drought Monitor states that the majority of the state is still in desperate need of substantial moisture with drought conditions expanding over most of Texas and western Oklahoma where a mix of both short- and long-term issues are still embedded.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.70/cwt on 1,613 head.
Average price
$133.70
1,613 head · 805 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,076
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$667
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small and Medium 3-4
$106.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.39
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2603144.32871147
Medium and Large 1837134.251,124871
Medium and Large 1-2809131.051,061590
Small and Medium 3-453638.002045thin
One grade step is worth $106.32/cwt here — about $667 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 sale1,613 hd
133.70
TX average4 barns · 3,821 hd
136.09
−2.39
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
BullsAverage1,67081.421,3602thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26052.256581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22050.006101thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01842.754354thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls1,67081.42/cwt80.00–82.751,3602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22050.00/cwt50.00–50.006101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26052.25/cwt52.25–52.256581
CowsLean 85-90%1,03742.66/cwt40.00–45.004423
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96043.00/cwt43.00–43.004131
BullsMedium and Large 1428151.61/cwt151.00–152.006495
SteersMedium and Large 1871132.01/cwt130.00–132.851,150556
SteersMedium and Large 1507163.31/cwt163.00–164.0082820
SteersMedium and Large 1620144.20/cwt144.00–144.5089446
SteersMedium and Large 1558162.50/cwt162.50–162.5090718
HeifersSmall and Medium 3-448633.00/cwt33.00–33.001605
SteersSmall and Medium 3-453638.00/cwt38.00–38.002045
HeifersMedium and Large 1773124.03/cwt122.50–126.25959154
HeifersMedium and Large 1297177.00/cwt177.00–177.005262
HeifersMedium and Large 1357152.33/cwt151.00–153.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement699137.00/cwt137.00–137.0095880
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,00060.00/cwt60.00–60.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement742132.50/cwt132.50–132.5098381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2609125.91/cwt124.50–126.0076767
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2736124.25/cwt124.25–124.2591434
SteersMedium and Large 1765135.39/cwt134.50–136.251,03677
HeifersMedium and Large 1719129.90/cwt127.00–130.75934102
SteersMedium and Large 1448169.00/cwt169.00–169.007578
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780118.00/cwt118.00–118.009202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595119.00/cwt119.00–119.007082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2836130.38/cwt130.00–131.501,090492
HeifersMedium and Large 1430151.00/cwt151.00–151.006497
HeifersMedium and Large 1874115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0057
SteersMedium and Large 1921129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,190145
SteersMedium and Large 2709133.50/cwt133.50–133.5094746
SteersMedium and Large 2555149.25/cwt149.25–149.25828101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475150.00/cwt150.00–150.007132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530136.00/cwt136.00–136.007215
SteersMedium and Large 1290191.00/cwt191.00–191.005541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688134.00/cwt134.00–134.0092291
HeifersMedium and Large 1657127.50/cwt127.50–127.508386
HeifersMedium and Large 1471138.97/cwt137.00–142.0065510
HeifersMedium and Large 1563134.67/cwt130.00–136.7575824
HeifersMedium and Large 1823121.79/cwt120.00–122.001,00266
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1849110.00/cwt110.00–110.009348
HeifersMedium and Large 1633130.67/cwt127.25–135.50827114

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.