Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-08-03

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
107 vs last sale 517 410 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
161 vs last sale 196 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
88 vs last sale 110 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Limited comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trading activity was active on good demand. Quality was very attractive this week. The majority of the supply was smaller packages of cattle. The majority of the trading region received rain over the weekend, which offered a nice boost to area pastures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.60/cwt on 245 head.
Average price
$144.60
245 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.99
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1678147.08997178
Medium and Large 1-2748138.011,03267
One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about −$35 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 sale245 hd
144.60
TX average4 barns · 1,193 hd
141.61
+2.99
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%Average1,34067.118993thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19466.5779510
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08660.2065416

Every lot, as filed

35 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35070.50/cwt70.50–70.509521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23072.48/cwt70.00–76.008923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17964.03/cwt60.00–67.757557
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33565.42/cwt63.50–67.508732
CowsLean 85-90%1,17965.55/cwt63.50–67.507737
CowsLean 85-90%1,08557.75/cwt50.00–61.506276
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2501,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,4381
HeifersMedium and Large 1744146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0869
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1645710.00/cwt710.00–710.004,5802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1501,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,7881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,319960.00/cwt960.00–960.0012,66210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0401,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2600475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,8501
SteersMedium and Large 1505179.00/cwt179.00–179.0090411
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87052.62/cwt49.50–55.004583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2762137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,04457
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400160.50/cwt160.50–160.506424
SteersMedium and Large 1786153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2039
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2704141.00/cwt141.00–141.009938
BullsMedium and Large 1417180.46/cwt180.00–181.007539
HeifersMedium and Large 1598151.00/cwt151.00–151.009036
SteersMedium and Large 1638161.25/cwt161.25–161.251,0294
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494178.00/cwt178.00–178.008795
SteersMedium and Large 1-2890136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,21728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2717153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0979
HeifersMedium and Large 1862131.21/cwt131.00–134.501,13168
SteersMedium and Large 1410186.50/cwt186.50–186.507653
HeifersMedium and Large 1514169.00/cwt169.00–169.0086914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515155.00/cwt155.00–155.007982
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593164.56/cwt151.00–166.0097629
HeifersMedium and Large 1471162.34/cwt156.00–167.0076557
HeifersMedium and Large 1844135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,14416
SteersMedium and Large 1901141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,2757
HeifersMedium and Large 1665152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0114
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.009,9756

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.