Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-06-15

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 15
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,225 head
135 vs last sale 1,360 767 vs year ago 458 · +167.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
25 vs last sale 30 35 vs year ago 20 · +175.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
8 vs last sale 36 40 vs year ago 4 · +1,000.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher on comparable sales. Not enough comparable sales on feeder heifers for a market trend, but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Replacement cattle were firm. Trading activity was active on good demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive, with the majority of the supply consisting of large load lots of cattle. Hot and dry conditions have returned to the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.69/cwt on 707 head.
Average price
$141.69
707 head · 808 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,145
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.23
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2791142.361,126386
Medium and Large 1829140.891,167321
One grade step is worth $1.46/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale707 hd
141.69
TX average4 barns · 1,912 hd
141.46
+0.23
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34371.689634thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22871.2987522
CowsLean 85-90%High98963.7163025

Every lot, as filed

46 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
SteersMedium and Large 1761141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0737
SteersMedium and Large 1815142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,161212
SteersMedium and Large 1935127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1874
BullsMedium and Large 1425162.00/cwt162.00–162.006892
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0501,385.00/cwt1,385.00–1,385.0014,5433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729135.00/cwt135.00–135.009847
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2631135.50/cwt135.50–135.508558
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0801,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,0402
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,03585.50/cwt85.50–85.508852
SteersMedium and Large 1876137.25/cwt132.00–137.501,20287
HeifersMedium and Large 1440154.00/cwt154.00–154.006784
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524149.00/cwt149.00–149.007818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2782130.89/cwt129.75–131.351,02464
BullsMedium and Large 1520150.00/cwt150.00–150.007803
BullsMedium and Large 1573146.54/cwt138.00–151.008403
HeifersMedium and Large 1568142.50/cwt142.50–142.508094
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006894
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2698131.00/cwt131.00–131.0091486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2787143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,125242
SteersMedium and Large 1736142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0497
HeifersMedium and Large 1493152.49/cwt152.00–152.50752126
HeifersMedium and Large 1927106.00/cwt106.00–106.009833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2866137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,18653
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28001,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0010,8004
BullsMedium and Large 1740124.00/cwt124.00–124.009181
HeifersMedium and Large 1723132.49/cwt132.00–133.5095812
SteersMedium and Large 1685146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578135.00/cwt135.00–135.007805
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29174.67/cwt73.75–75.259643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20067.00/cwt67.00–67.008041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2497152.00/cwt152.00–152.007553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed716146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,04528
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34371.68/cwt67.50–74.759634
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,10283.09/cwt75.00–85.009165
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1955950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,0732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2991831.86/cwt700.00–925.008,24426
BullsMedium and Large 1820117.00/cwt117.00–117.009591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed847142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,20545
CowsLean 85-90%1,11074.03/cwt72.50–75.008225
CowsLean 85-90%1,07562.55/cwt61.50–63.506722
CowsLean 85-90%1,07067.42/cwt64.00–70.007217
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85755.04/cwt50.00–60.004729
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91065.07/cwt63.50–66.505922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21970.97/cwt67.75–73.7586518
HeifersMedium and Large 1771132.05/cwt131.50–133.001,018151

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.