Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-07-13

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jul 13
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,769 head
2,091 vs last sale 678 2,769 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
73 vs last sale 18 91 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
5 vs last sale 76 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers trade mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly firm to 1.00 higher. Replacement cattle were sharply higher. Demand was good on all classes with moderate to active trading activity. Quality was very attractive. Rain over the last few weeks has offered a boost to area pastures but the pasture improvements have also brought on the flies, mosquitos, and weeds.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.27/cwt on 1,499 head.
Average price
$148.27
1,499 head · 827 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.62
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1817150.681,231975
Medium and Large 1-2846143.771,216524
One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $15 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 sale1,499 hd
148.27
TX average2 barns · 1,862 hd
149.89
−1.62
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
BullsAverage1,30890.491,1839thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25071.2489115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50869.691,05124
CowsLean 85-90%Average96061.8959422

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0301,486.29/cwt1,385.00–1,500.0015,30944
CowsLean 85-90%1,06769.03/cwt65.50–71.507376
Bulls1,21290.31/cwt88.50–91.501,0955
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81048.69/cwt46.00–51.003942
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97069.48/cwt68.00–72.006744
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88658.18/cwt54.00–63.255157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735133.90/cwt133.50–135.5098477
CowsLean 85-90%1,00754.97/cwt49.50–58.005543
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0001,485.00/cwt1,485.00–1,485.0014,8505
Bulls1,63599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6192
Bulls1,22082.43/cwt80.00–85.501,0062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24870.90/cwt67.00–73.2588514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28076.00/cwt76.00–76.009731
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51371.85/cwt69.00–74.501,08714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50166.66/cwt64.50–69.251,00110
HeifersMedium and Large 1516154.84/cwt149.50–159.7579936
HeifersMedium and Large 1552148.00/cwt148.00–148.008176
SteersMedium and Large 1879145.93/cwt145.50–146.001,283192
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC817156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,27975
SteersMedium and Large 1705154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,09132
SteersMedium and Large 1936135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,26652
HeifersMedium and Large 1865129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,12025
SteersMedium and Large 1473176.00/cwt176.00–176.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 11,027107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0997
SteersMedium and Large 1758156.32/cwt155.50–156.501,18528
HeifersMedium and Large 1758144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,09227
HeifersMedium and Large 1695143.11/cwt141.00–145.0099538
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement816141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,15365
SteersMedium and Large 1685156.08/cwt156.00–158.001,06974
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC708154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,09086
SteersMedium and Large 1955133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,27013
SteersMedium and Large 1587164.14/cwt161.00–166.009648
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720127.50/cwt127.50–127.509181
SteersMedium and Large 1507165.00/cwt165.00–165.008373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2808126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,02411
SteersMedium and Large 1822151.09/cwt146.50–153.751,242486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2808134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,08544
HeifersMedium and Large 1825134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1064
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,13083.50/cwt83.50–83.509449
HeifersMedium and Large 1722143.94/cwt143.50–144.251,03939
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695136.00/cwt136.00–136.0094520
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,6681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0551,055.26/cwt1,050.00–1,060.0011,1332
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1840113.36/cwt108.00–120.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380178.00/cwt178.00–178.006763
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,510.00/cwt1,510.00–1,510.0016,61027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2971132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,28248
HeifersMedium and Large 2386148.50/cwt148.50–148.505735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2819147.95/cwt142.50–151.501,212251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2886140.06/cwt138.50–143.001,241105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641144.00/cwt144.00–144.009237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2870121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,17574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2910105.00/cwt105.00–105.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2788131.94/cwt125.00–133.251,040155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy913134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,22625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0527
SteersMedium and Large 1438197.00/cwt197.00–197.008638

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.