Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-08-17

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
669 head
701 vs last sale 1,370 669 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
16 vs last sale 51 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
44 vs last sale 64 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 t0 3.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive, with the majority of the supply consisting of load lots of cattle. The majority of the trading region received some rain ranging from one tenth to two inches.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.01/cwt on 470 head.
Average price
$151.01
470 head · 768 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,160
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.56
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622157.0497614thin
Medium and Large 1-2775150.971,171442
Medium and Large 2685146.001,00014thin
One grade step is worth $11.04/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale470 hd
151.01
TX average4 barns · 2,517 hd
154.56
−3.56
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
BullsAverage1,38581.251,1252thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17166.4777820
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03261.6763712

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,50086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2901
Bulls1,27076.50/cwt76.50–76.509721
CowsLean 85-90%1,09764.07/cwt63.00–65.507037
CowsLean 85-90%98057.80/cwt57.00–58.505662
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96561.25/cwt61.00–61.505912
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight82053.50/cwt53.50–53.504391
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned319163.71/cwt160.00–169.005227
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned369181.00/cwt181.00–181.006688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned720140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733156.05/cwt152.50–159.001,144210
BullsMedium and Large 1690142.00/cwt142.00–142.009804
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned387166.00/cwt166.00–166.006427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2774148.85/cwt145.00–153.001,152123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545162.00/cwt162.00–162.008834
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0012,9256
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,1251
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned730145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,0623
HeifersMedium and Large 1513150.00/cwt150.00–150.007708
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy885138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,22197
BullsMedium and Large 1505158.00/cwt158.00–158.007982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned616142.00/cwt142.00–142.008755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned537150.00/cwt150.00–150.008066
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned458176.00/cwt176.00–176.008068
HeifersMedium and Large 1564150.00/cwt150.00–150.008468
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16967.56/cwt64.50–69.5079017
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18360.26/cwt58.50–62.507133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2877143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,254101
SteersMedium and Large 2685146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,00014
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19501,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,6881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,182839.33/cwt810.00–885.009,9218
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,273900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,4573
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,07076.00/cwt76.00–76.008131
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned617154.50/cwt154.50–154.509536
SteersMedium and Large 1562167.00/cwt167.00–167.009395

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.