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
Bulls—Average1,30890.491,1839thin
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 1—1,0301,486.29/cwt1,385.00–1,500.0015,30944
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06769.03/cwt65.50–71.507376
Bulls——1,21290.31/cwt88.50–91.501,0955
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—81048.69/cwt46.00–51.003942
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—97069.48/cwt68.00–72.006744
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—88658.18/cwt54.00–63.255157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—735133.90/cwt133.50–135.5098477
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00754.97/cwt49.50–58.005543
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0001,485.00/cwt1,485.00–1,485.0014,8505
Bulls——1,63599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,6192
Bulls——1,22082.43/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 1—516154.84/cwt149.50–159.7579936
HeifersMedium and Large 1—552148.00/cwt148.00–148.008176
SteersMedium and Large 1—879145.93/cwt145.50–146.001,283192
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC—817156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,27975
SteersMedium and Large 1—705154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,09132
SteersMedium and Large 1—936135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,26652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—865129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,12025
SteersMedium and Large 1—473176.00/cwt176.00–176.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,027107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0997
SteersMedium and Large 1—758156.32/cwt155.50–156.501,18528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—758144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,09227
HeifersMedium and Large 1—695143.11/cwt141.00–145.0099538
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—816141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,15365
SteersMedium and Large 1—685156.08/cwt156.00–158.001,06974
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC—708154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,09086
SteersMedium and Large 1—955133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,27013
SteersMedium and Large 1—587164.14/cwt161.00–166.009648
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—720127.50/cwt127.50–127.509181
SteersMedium and Large 1—507165.00/cwt165.00–165.008373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—808126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,02411
SteersMedium and Large 1—822151.09/cwt146.50–153.751,242486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—808134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,08544
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,13083.50/cwt83.50–83.509449
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722143.94/cwt143.50–144.251,03939
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—695136.00/cwt136.00–136.0094520
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,080710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,6681
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0551,055.26/cwt1,050.00–1,060.0011,1332
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—840113.36/cwt108.00–120.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—380178.00/cwt178.00–178.006763
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,510.00/cwt1,510.00–1,510.0016,61027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—715148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—971132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,28248
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386148.50/cwt148.50–148.505735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—819147.95/cwt142.50–151.501,212251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—886140.06/cwt138.50–143.001,241105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—641144.00/cwt144.00–144.009237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—870121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—781150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,17574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—910105.00/cwt105.00–105.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—788131.94/cwt125.00–133.251,040155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—913134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,22625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—679155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0527
SteersMedium and Large 1—438197.00/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.