Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-05-25

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 25
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
457 head
274 vs last sale 731 759 vs year ago 1,216 · 62.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
26 vs last sale 51 29 vs year ago 54 · 53.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
7 vs last sale 22 38 vs year ago 67 · 56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly firm to 2.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows were firm. Quality was plain. Trading activity and demand were moderate. Scattered showers have continued to move across portions of the Southern and Eastern Panhandle, which has helped reduce drought deficits in the area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.40/cwt on 288 head.
Average price
$128.40
288 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.52
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2649128.61835274
Medium and Large 1582127.527418thin
Medium and Large 2525120.006306thin
One grade step is worth $8.61/cwt here — about $205 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 sale288 hd
128.40
TX average4 barns · 976 hd
127.88
+0.52
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%Average96065.506291thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38165.118999thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30765.028508thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1633127.53/cwt125.00–130.008074
HeifersMedium and Large 1500126.00/cwt126.00–126.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1415137.00/cwt137.00–137.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48061.50/cwt61.50–61.509101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45561.50/cwt61.50–61.508952
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36066.14/cwt63.75–66.509007
CowsLean 85-90%96065.50/cwt65.50–65.506291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31365.11/cwt62.00–67.508556
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10068.00/cwt68.00–68.007481
SteersMedium and Large 1707135.00/cwt135.00–135.009543
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2775617.74/cwt610.00–625.004,7872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730109.00/cwt109.00–109.007962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614137.50/cwt137.50–137.508447
BullsMedium and Large 1450138.00/cwt138.00–138.006211
SteersMedium and Large 1Full536155.00/cwt155.00–155.008315
SteersMedium and Large 1Full598145.00/cwt145.00–145.0086711
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611130.50/cwt130.50–130.5079760
SteersMedium and Large 1-2792132.39/cwt129.00–132.501,04960
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450151.00/cwt151.00–151.006803
Stock CowsMedium and Large 191084.01/cwt83.00–85.007642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2713124.00/cwt124.00–124.0088462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557131.50/cwt131.50–131.5073239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515123.00/cwt123.00–123.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487139.00/cwt139.00–139.006776
BullsMedium and Large 1530125.50/cwt125.50–125.506653
Bred CowsMedium 1-2894755.79/cwt600.00–800.006,7578
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-287564.55/cwt62.00–66.505652
BullsMedium and Large 1580123.00/cwt123.00–123.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 2665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007982
SteersMedium and Large 2700113.00/cwt113.00–113.007912
BullsMedium and Large 1780112.00/cwt112.00–112.008742
BullsMedium and Large 1680122.00/cwt122.00–122.008301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,440910.00/cwt910.00–910.0013,1041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,353875.26/cwt860.00–900.0011,84213
HeifersMedium and Large 2455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005464
SteersMedium and Large 2496132.50/cwt132.50–132.506578
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680128.70/cwt125.00–130.00875105

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.