Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-03-30

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 30
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,443 head
487 vs last sale 956 492 vs year ago 951 · +51.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
11 vs last sale 10 12 vs year ago 9 · +133.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
8 vs last sale 1 39 vs year ago 48 · 81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were mostly 6.00 to 7.00 higher, instances of up to 10.00 higher. Quality was very attractive, with several load lots of cattle straight off the wheat on offer. There were also quite a few bunches of light weight turn out cattle. Buyer demand and trading activity were good. Buyers seemed optimistic since the Corn contract closed down both days this week ahead of the prospective plantings report.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.06/cwt on 807 head.
Average price
$143.06
807 head · 776 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$211
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.25
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2625148.86931131
Medium and Large 1805141.931,143676
One grade step is worth $6.93/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale807 hd
143.06
TX average4 barns · 2,069 hd
144.31
−1.25
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
BullsLow1,09060.006541thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54056.008622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28355.377108thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99041.254082thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1812124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0076
SteersMedium and Large 1170375.00/cwt375.00–375.006381
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,050925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,7131
HeifersMedium and Large 1350177.00/cwt177.00–177.006203
SteersMedium and Large 1343196.00/cwt196.00–196.006723
SteersMedium and Large 180150.00/cwt150.00–150.001201
SteersMedium and Large 1753134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0093
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2801,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0013,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 1654136.41/cwt136.00–136.5089283
SteersMedium and Large 1560160.00/cwt160.00–160.008963
SteersMedium and Large 1838134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,12323
SteersMedium and Large 1498175.00/cwt175.00–175.008729
HeifersMedium and Large 1504153.50/cwt152.00–155.007748
SteersMedium and Large 1532176.00/cwt176.00–176.0093681
SteersMedium and Large 1935131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,22516
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned493169.00/cwt169.00–169.008333
HeifersMedium and Large 1754130.00/cwt130.00–130.0098010
SteersMedium and Large 1878135.09/cwt134.10–135.751,186451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed716139.50/cwt139.50–139.5099926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433143.55/cwt140.00–151.0062236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511139.51/cwt138.00–145.0071314
HeifersMedium and Large 1467155.00/cwt155.00–155.007247
HeifersMedium and Large 1553151.75/cwt151.75–151.7583966
HeifersMedium and Large 1424157.71/cwt156.00–159.0066914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585131.25/cwt131.25–131.2576849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2727130.32/cwt129.25–131.00947132
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,033101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0434
HeifersMedium and Large 1103208.87/cwt150.00–250.002153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,02582.00/cwt82.00–82.008412
HeifersMedium and Large 11,01897.38/cwt96.50–100.009914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678137.69/cwt135.00–139.009349
HeifersMedium and Large 2612119.35/cwt115.00–126.007305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632130.00/cwt130.00–130.008226
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,6801,114.88/cwt1,000.00–1,200.0018,7302
HeifersMedium and Large 1717133.31/cwt131.50–134.2595666
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005922
HeifersMedium and Large 1200250.00/cwt250.00–250.005001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511167.50/cwt167.50–167.508567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585151.50/cwt146.00–152.0088651
Bred CowsMedium 2990550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,4451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed499172.00/cwt172.00–172.0085822
HeifersMedium 180100.00/cwt100.00–100.00801
Dairy SteersMedium 2-31,19457.75/cwt57.75–57.756905
Dairy SteersMedium 2-31,02060.00/cwt60.00–60.006124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,460735.00/cwt735.00–735.0010,7311
BullsMedium and Large 11,8431,605.98/cwt1,525.00–1,685.0029,5982
HeifersMedium and Large 1607136.78/cwt130.00–140.0083030
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy695129.00/cwt129.00–129.0089713
SteersMedium and Large 1688146.58/cwt143.50–148.251,00854
SteersMedium and Large 1727141.28/cwt137.00–146.001,02732
SteersMedium and Large 11,020106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,2251
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94035.00/cwt35.00–35.003291
CowsLean 85-90%1,04047.50/cwt47.50–47.504941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61050.00/cwt50.00–50.008051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47062.00/cwt62.00–62.009111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28355.37/cwt52.00–59.007108
Bulls1,09060.00/cwt60.00–60.006541

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.