Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-05-11

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 11
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
209 head
1,067 vs last sale 1,276 209 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
1 vs last sale 21 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
61 vs last sale 91 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales for a market trend. Trade activity was light on moderate to good demand. Overcast and cooler temperatures with much needed rain slowed cattle movement, but benefitted drought stricken pastures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.22/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$152.22
95 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.04
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448156.1870081
Medium and Large 1-2663129.2985714thin
One grade step is worth $26.89/cwt here — about −$157 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 sale95 hd
152.22
TX average4 barns · 1,117 hd
127.17
+25.04
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10060.756683thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27760.5877412
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50758.468817thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20082.00/cwt82.00–82.0098415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560150.00/cwt150.00–150.008403
HeifersMedium and Large 1471147.45/cwt140.00–150.006948
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2990748.48/cwt700.00–800.007,4102
SteersMedium and Large 1386195.00/cwt195.00–195.0075313
HeifersMedium and Large 1887113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,0073
HeifersMedium and Large 1717125.00/cwt125.00–125.008963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2857121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,04118
HeifersMedium and Large 1412162.50/cwt162.50–162.5067010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2438149.00/cwt149.00–149.006536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745120.50/cwt120.50–120.508982
BullsMedium and Large 1522151.00/cwt151.00–151.007889
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,04911
CowsLean 85-90%1,19059.75/cwt59.75–59.757111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30064.75/cwt64.75–64.758421
HeifersMedium and Large 1612134.02/cwt132.50–135.5082019
BullsMedium and Large 1323182.00/cwt182.00–182.005883
SteersMedium and Large 1293215.50/cwt215.50–215.5063137
SteersMedium and Large 1665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009312
HeifersMedium and Large 1306172.00/cwt172.00–172.0052627
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,7751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2860112.50/cwt112.50–112.509686
HeifersMedium and Large 1560135.00/cwt135.00–135.007564
SteersMedium and Large 1965108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0422
HeifersMedium and Large 1211200.00/cwt200.00–200.004227
CowsLean 85-90%91058.50/cwt58.50–58.505321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45054.67/cwt52.75–58.257933
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55061.30/cwt61.00–61.759504
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29161.13/cwt59.50–63.257898
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23357.71/cwt56.25–58.757123
CowsLean 85-90%1,20064.00/cwt64.00–64.007681

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.