Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-09-07

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
990 head
460 vs last sale 530 990 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
105 vs last sale 62 167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
99 vs last sale 120 21 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 to firm on limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Trading activity and demand were moderate. Quality was mostly plain to average. Rain has returned to the trading region with scattered showers bringing anywhere from a tenth to 2 plus inches. Pastures are still green, and field prep is underway for winter wheat planting.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.29/cwt on 528 head.
Average price
$151.29
528 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$34.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.42
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2703154.661,087422
Medium and Large 1861145.581,25374
Medium and Large 2928120.001,11432
One grade step is worth $34.66/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale528 hd
151.29
TX average3 barns · 1,551 hd
154.71
−3.42
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
BullsAverage1,85089.501,6561thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49169.641,0385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24364.1279772
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07660.4565181

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1894130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,16241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626140.00/cwt140.00–140.0087655
HeifersMedium and Large 1780129.92/cwt129.50–132.001,01323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690135.00/cwt130.00–135.7593227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2601148.75/cwt148.75–148.7589426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425171.00/cwt171.00–171.0072712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560165.00/cwt165.00–165.0092462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,01051
SteersMedium and Large 1994134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,33239
SteersMedium and Large 1730155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,13220
SteersMedium and Large 1900140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,2658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464168.50/cwt168.50–168.5078244
SteersMedium and Large 1446189.00/cwt189.00–189.008437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2839150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,259180
SteersMedium and Large 2928120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,11432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2755149.54/cwt143.00–150.001,12947
Dairy HeifersLarge 340826.00/cwt26.00–26.001065
Dairy HeifersLarge 358921.00/cwt21.00–21.001247
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515146.87/cwt143.00–147.0075665
HeifersMedium and Large 1689139.00/cwt139.00–139.0095814
HeifersMedium and Large 1422161.00/cwt161.00–161.0067911
BullsMedium and Large 1595146.00/cwt146.00–146.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned350193.00/cwt193.00–193.006763
BullsMedium and Large 1802121.00/cwt121.00–121.009702
HeifersMedium and Large 1364166.00/cwt166.00–166.006045
HeifersMedium and Large 1618135.50/cwt135.50–135.5083714
HeifersMedium and Large 11,059121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,28118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587137.25/cwt137.25–137.2580624
HeifersMedium and Large 1817135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1036
HeifersMedium and Large 1747133.00/cwt133.00–133.009947
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426144.71/cwt141.00–145.0061640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2785123.00/cwt123.00–123.0096612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0014,6251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050960.00/cwt960.00–960.0010,08011
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1860775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,6651
Bulls1,85089.50/cwt89.50–89.501,6561
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight96363.01/cwt62.00–64.006072
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89956.32/cwt54.50–58.0050610
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight93064.25/cwt64.25–64.255981
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89247.00/cwt45.00–50.504195
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25663.02/cwt60.00–65.5079248
CowsLean 85-90%1,11259.73/cwt57.50–62.0066426
CowsLean 85-90%1,13764.69/cwt62.50–67.5073635
CowsLean 85-90%1,02454.28/cwt50.50–56.005564
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24768.45/cwt64.50–74.5085418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20658.45/cwt57.50–59.507054
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49063.50/cwt63.50–63.509461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49171.17/cwt70.50–72.001,0614

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.