Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-05-18

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 18
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
731 head
522 vs last sale 209 402 vs year ago 329 · +122.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
29 vs last sale 22 45 vs year ago 6 · +750.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
8 vs last sale 30 22 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 on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend, but a firm undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Buyer demand was good on moderate to active trading activity. The majority of the trading region received some much needed rain, ranging from 2 tenths to 2 inches.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.11/cwt on 525 head.
Average price
$141.11
525 head · 744 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,049
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.86
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690152.401,052253
Medium and Large 2566136.5077216thin
Medium and Large 1-2807130.241,052256
One grade step is worth $22.15/cwt here — about $0 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 sale525 hd
141.11
TX average4 barns · 1,979 hd
137.25
+3.86
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31265.3185723
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46761.188976thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93755.5952119

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,058669.47/cwt635.00–700.007,0835
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,4671
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2830600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,9801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-290077.00/cwt77.00–77.006936
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3267118.80/cwt117.00–120.003177
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed493146.00/cwt146.00–146.007204
SteersMedium and Large 1-2884120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0658
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40262.12/cwt60.50–64.758715
CowsLean 85-90%98361.26/cwt58.00–63.506027
HeifersMedium and Large 1542131.25/cwt131.25–131.257115
SteersMedium and Large 1530160.50/cwt160.50–160.5085111
SteersMedium and Large 1687135.00/cwt135.00–135.009273
HeifersSmall and Medium 2-358286.00/cwt86.00–86.005015
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 326656.00/cwt56.00–56.001497
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 347525.00/cwt25.00–25.001192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy966116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,12551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy930103.25/cwt103.25–103.2596026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed482167.00/cwt167.00–167.0080513
BullsMedium and Large 1750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,21081.17/cwt79.00–83.509824
SteersMedium and Large 1781135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,05857
SteersMedium and Large 1-2744135.48/cwt135.00–135.501,008144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed406156.00/cwt156.00–156.006339
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270162.00/cwt162.00–162.004372
HeifersMedium and Large 1472140.00/cwt140.00–140.006619
SteersMedium and Large 1895129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,15593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,074105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,12823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,02215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2240167.00/cwt167.00–167.004013
SteersMedium and Large 2602135.00/cwt135.00–135.0081310
BullsMedium and Large 1695119.00/cwt119.00–119.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2804106.50/cwt106.50–106.5085614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed471150.00/cwt150.00–150.0070710
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3362132.00/cwt132.00–132.004789
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3300127.00/cwt127.00–127.003812
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3334116.00/cwt116.00–116.003875
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed438187.25/cwt187.25–187.2582089
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600127.25/cwt127.25–127.2576423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2255192.00/cwt192.00–192.004902
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3413101.00/cwt101.00–101.004173
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3463121.00/cwt121.00–121.005603
SteersMedium and Large 2530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006632
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1471,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0012,6173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473136.00/cwt136.00–136.0064311
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87357.54/cwt53.00–60.005024
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80545.72/cwt41.50–49.503682
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight69026.91/cwt24.00–30.001862
CowsLean 85-90%1,11057.50/cwt57.50–57.506381
CowsLean 85-90%1,11064.83/cwt64.50–65.007203
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,24077.00/cwt77.00–77.009551
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79056.50/cwt56.50–56.501,0111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17558.51/cwt56.50–60.006872
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34467.87/cwt66.75–69.509127
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31565.00/cwt63.00–66.0085514

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.