Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-08-10

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 10
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,370 head
960 vs last sale 410 1,370 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
16 vs last sale 35 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
42 vs last sale 22 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers from last weeks light test, but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Hot and dry conditions have returned to the trading region, but pastures are still in good condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.65/cwt on 1,049 head.
Average price
$150.65
1,049 head · 803 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,210
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.96
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1749157.961,182187
Medium and Large 1-2815149.061,214862
One grade step is worth $8.90/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale1,049 hd
150.65
TX average4 barns · 2,381 hd
152.61
−1.96
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
BullsLow1,75691.751,61125
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48571.881,0674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21371.008617thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02961.116299thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned620144.00/cwt144.00–144.008935
BullsMedium and Large 1460165.00/cwt165.00–165.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 1686151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,03963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650141.00/cwt141.00–141.009172
HeifersMedium and Large 1570150.00/cwt150.00–150.008552
HeifersMedium and Large 1606154.00/cwt154.00–154.009335
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3621137.00/cwt137.00–137.008518
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3729125.00/cwt125.00–125.009118
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned646160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,03411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2804151.96/cwt142.00–152.251,222183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426170.42/cwt167.00–171.5072612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned729138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,00615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714154.39/cwt154.00–155.501,102160
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007202
SteersMedium and Large 1820151.30/cwt150.00–152.501,24161
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned676160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0825
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned753154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,16329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,05458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2863145.64/cwt139.50–146.751,257501
SteersMedium and Large 1573172.00/cwt172.00–172.009863
HeifersMedium and Large 1783142.09/cwt141.50–142.501,11339
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2494152.66/cwt152.00–153.007549
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned575137.00/cwt137.00–137.007884
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned619143.00/cwt143.00–143.0088520
SteersMedium and Large 1717163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,17278
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577161.03/cwt160.00–162.009296
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2001,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,2003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,310910.00/cwt910.00–910.0011,9216
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,263960.00/cwt960.00–960.0012,1257
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1801,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1401,036.93/cwt950.00–1,075.0011,82136
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1925105.71/cwt92.00–111.009784
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,19875.55/cwt72.00–77.009056
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19001,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.009,9901
Bulls1,58379.91/cwt74.50–85.501,2654
Bulls1,74192.34/cwt90.00–94.501,60814
Bulls1,88497.33/cwt95.50–99.751,8347
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87554.77/cwt52.50–59.504794
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48571.88/cwt70.50–74.001,0674
CowsLean 85-90%1,15266.19/cwt60.00–70.007635
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21371.00/cwt70.00–75.008617

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.