Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-08-24

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 24
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
572 head
97 vs last sale 669 572 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
10 vs last sale 35 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 20 10 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 limited comparable sales. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. After recent rains, the area turned off hot with temperatures in the 90s.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.05/cwt on 270 head.
Average price
$160.05
270 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.32
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574170.6197949
Medium and Large 1-2687157.711,083221
One grade step is worth $12.91/cwt here — about −$104 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 sale270 hd
160.05
TX average4 barns · 1,457 hd
155.73
+4.32
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
BullsAverage1,56791.951,44117
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,48870.001,0426thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03563.256552thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1495162.00/cwt162.00–162.0080214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700135.50/cwt135.50–135.509494
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2489172.00/cwt172.00–172.008417
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3552130.00/cwt130.00–130.0071812
SteersMedium and Large 1698160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1179
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581161.53/cwt161.00–162.0093819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned630149.02/cwt146.00–151.009395
BullsMedium and Large 1673142.00/cwt142.00–142.009564
HeifersMedium and Large 1620146.00/cwt146.00–146.009052
HeifersMedium and Large 1573146.00/cwt146.00–146.008373
HeifersMedium and Large 1656140.00/cwt140.00–140.009185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 1776138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2698157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,099130
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3633123.00/cwt123.00–123.007793
SteersMedium and Large 1573163.00/cwt163.00–163.0093410
SteersMedium and Large 1456186.00/cwt186.00–186.0084817
HeifersMedium and Large 1537153.66/cwt153.00–155.0082512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full773130.51/cwt130.00–131.001,0094
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open912139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,27039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,12960
SteersMedium and Large 1537168.00/cwt168.00–168.009026
SteersMedium and Large 1733160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1737
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,435.00/cwt1,435.00–1,435.0015,7853
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105935.00/cwt935.00–935.0010,3322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,9601
Bulls1,57592.11/cwt89.50–94.001,4518
Bulls1,62495.81/cwt95.00–97.001,5565
Bulls1,48086.80/cwt85.50–88.501,2854
CowsLean 85-90%1,00055.00/cwt55.00–55.005501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48870.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0426
CowsLean 85-90%1,07071.50/cwt71.50–71.507651

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.