Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-08-31

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 31
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
530 head
42 vs last sale 572 530 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
37 vs last sale 25 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
120 head
110 vs last sale 10 120 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 traded unevenly steady on limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. The majority of the supply consisted of small packages of feeders and replacement cattle. Trading activity was moderate on moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.64/cwt on 219 head.
Average price
$142.64
219 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.65
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542146.35793165
Medium and Large 1-2650131.3085454
One grade step is worth $15.05/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale219 hd
142.64
TX average4 barns · 1,364 hd
145.29
−2.65
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
BullsHigh1,57489.671,41110
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27970.318998thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45068.009861thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02060.1961423

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004134
SteersMedium and Large 1415178.00/cwt178.00–178.007394
SteersMedium and Large 1558165.65/cwt161.00–168.0092412
SteersMedium and Large 1613160.00/cwt160.00–160.009816
HeifersMedium and Large 1367152.00/cwt152.00–152.005589
BullsMedium and Large 1278177.00/cwt177.00–177.004924
BullsMedium and Large 1805115.00/cwt115.00–115.009264
HeifersMedium and Large 1993115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,14216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725125.00/cwt125.00–125.009068
HeifersMedium and Large 1502146.92/cwt146.00–147.0073866
HeifersMedium and Large 1563144.76/cwt144.50–145.0081517
HeifersMedium and Large 1435152.46/cwt151.00–154.006636
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned433150.00/cwt150.00–150.006508
SteersMedium and Large 1-2313186.00/cwt186.00–186.005827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2723123.41/cwt120.00–130.008926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657134.00/cwt134.00–134.008803
SteersMedium and Large 1895137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2266
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned532162.07/cwt161.50–164.0086245
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned637154.00/cwt154.00–154.0098120
SteersMedium and Large 1450173.00/cwt173.00–173.007792
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned689144.50/cwt144.50–144.5099614
SteersMedium and Large 1534172.70/cwt170.00–173.0092219
SteersMedium and Large 1393199.00/cwt199.00–199.007828
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2429133.00/cwt133.00–133.005719
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2373120.00/cwt120.00–120.0044812
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned476165.50/cwt165.50–165.5078817
SteersMedium and Large 1736154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006722
BullsMedium and Large 1467144.00/cwt144.00–144.006727
BullsMedium and Large 1383157.00/cwt157.00–157.006016
BullsMedium and Large 1520138.00/cwt138.00–138.007188
BullsMedium and Large 1555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21068.51/cwt68.00–69.008294
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84748.97/cwt43.50–52.504153
CowsLean 85-90%1,07960.33/cwt56.50–62.506517
CowsLean 85-90%1,17266.76/cwt65.50–70.507826
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45068.00/cwt68.00–68.009861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34872.10/cwt70.50–74.509724
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90659.22/cwt55.50–62.505377
Bulls1,69094.65/cwt93.50–96.501,6003
Bulls1,63489.17/cwt88.00–92.501,4575
Bulls1,25083.46/cwt83.00–84.001,0432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2973650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,3258
Stock CowsMedium and Large 175678.76/cwt75.00–81.005955
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00973.00/cwt73.00–73.007378
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2800685.00/cwt685.00–685.005,4804
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1680109.29/cwt102.00–118.007432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2970635.00/cwt635.00–635.006,1601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2950500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,242875.40/cwt835.00–950.0010,87238
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,029628.16/cwt600.00–675.006,4648
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2836685.00/cwt685.00–685.005,7275
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2927668.83/cwt610.00–750.006,20019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,023832.25/cwt800.00–850.008,5143
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1769860.00/cwt860.00–860.006,61314
HeifersMedium and Large 1197193.00/cwt193.00–193.003803
HeifersMedium and Large 1614150.00/cwt150.00–150.0092122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2684131.82/cwt130.00–132.0090221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476144.62/cwt144.00–145.0068810
BullsMedium and Large 1325179.00/cwt179.00–179.005822
BullsMedium and Large 1695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2827116.00/cwt116.00–116.0095911
HeifersMedium and Large 1326160.68/cwt160.00–161.005249
HeifersMedium and Large 1483149.18/cwt146.00–151.007219

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.