Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-04-13

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 13
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,105 head
702 vs last sale 1,403 1,928 vs year ago 177 · +1,089.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
15 vs last sale 20 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
54 vs last sale 12 41 vs year ago 25 · +164.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to firm, with steers weighing over 850 pounds 3.00 lower. Heifers under 600 pounds traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers weighing over 600 pounds were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to firm. Buyer demand was good on moderate to active trading activity. A cold front has moved into the area and is forecasted to bring scattered showers with it. According to the US Drought Monitor, degradations in drought conditions have occurred in the Panhandle and West Texas.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.81/cwt on 1,177 head.
Average price
$139.81
1,177 head · 794 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.98
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2725140.911,022144
Medium and Large 2623140.008726thin
Medium and Large 1804139.661,1231,027
One grade step is worth $1.25/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale1,177 hd
139.81
TX average4 barns · 3,658 hd
142.79
−2.98
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
BullsLow1,12077.508681thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47064.759521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17359.657006thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85349.0041822

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1-2838119.00/cwt119.00–119.009974
HeifersMedium and Large 1425159.00/cwt159.00–159.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 1576140.63/cwt140.00–141.0081038
SteersMedium and Large 1484172.00/cwt172.00–172.008328
HeifersMedium and Large 1633136.37/cwt136.00–138.0086357
SteersMedium and Large 1790139.77/cwt137.50–142.001,104178
HeifersMedium and Large 11,13291.00/cwt91.00–91.001,03011
HeifersMedium and Large 1536145.00/cwt145.00–145.007777
HeifersMedium and Large 1811127.61/cwt126.00–127.851,035225
HeifersMedium and Large 1747130.95/cwt130.00–132.0097879
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80250.24/cwt45.50–55.504039
CowsLean 85-90%98355.00/cwt51.00–59.255417
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47064.75/cwt64.75–64.759521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33054.50/cwt54.50–54.507252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09562.23/cwt58.25–64.506814
Bulls1,12077.50/cwt77.50–77.508681
SteersMedium and Large 1820138.08/cwt134.50–139.751,132474
SteersMedium and Large 11,229101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,24712
SteersMedium and Large 1929127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,18016
SteersMedium and Large 1718144.70/cwt142.00–146.001,03964
HeifersMedium and Large 1682136.13/cwt134.50–137.00928108
HeifersMedium and Large 1781133.03/cwt127.00–135.001,0398
SteersMedium and Large 1854135.34/cwt134.50–135.501,156203
SteersMedium and Large 1583168.00/cwt168.00–168.0097929
SteersMedium and Large 1624159.68/cwt154.00–165.0099643
HeifersMedium and Large 1850122.25/cwt122.25–122.251,03916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577134.99/cwt133.50–136.5077914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed720147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,05852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635130.50/cwt130.50–130.5082925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665135.75/cwt135.75–135.7590333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2776123.00/cwt123.00–123.009547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2823128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,06043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2348128.00/cwt128.00–128.0044525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2542164.00/cwt164.00–164.008895
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730138.64/cwt136.75–143.001,01232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335141.00/cwt141.00–141.004724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,076796.96/cwt750.00–875.008,57516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453167.00/cwt167.00–167.007574
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595155.50/cwt155.50–155.509254
HeifersMedium and Large 2563129.00/cwt129.00–129.007263
SteersMedium and Large 2563145.00/cwt145.00–145.008163
SteersMedium and Large 2683135.00/cwt135.00–135.009223
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight77840.13/cwt30.00–43.003126
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,200925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,1004
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,07086.30/cwt81.00–95.0092331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1511,000.10/cwt875.00–1,125.0011,5118
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,18773.12/cwt71.00–78.008683
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,048650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,8124

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.