Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-09-14

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,251 head
261 vs last sale 990 1,251 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
46 vs last sale 167 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
17 vs last sale 21 4 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 mostly firm on limited comparable sales from the previous week. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate on good demand. Quality was mostly attractive, but a lot of the lighter weight calves on offer were unweaned or short weaned. According to the US Drought Monitor, average temperatures were above normal (3 to 9 degrees F) across Texas for the week. As a result, the majority of the trading region is in need of a rain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.76/cwt on 587 head.
Average price
$157.76
587 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.46
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1650158.911,033456
Medium and Large 1-2708153.751,089131
One grade step is worth $5.16/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale587 hd
157.76
TX average4 barns · 1,540 hd
153.29
+4.46
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
BullsAverage1,73285.511,48115
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35366.2089550
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17057.3467143

Every lot, as filed

39 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 1Full798126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0054
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full808124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0029
HeifersMedium and Large 1686147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,008143
HeifersMedium and Large 2697120.00/cwt120.00–120.0083612
HeifersMedium and Large 2826114.50/cwt114.50–114.5094613
HeifersMedium and Large 1453149.00/cwt149.00–149.0067535
SteersMedium and Large 1Full934127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1865
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned380191.00/cwt191.00–191.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned442182.50/cwt182.50–182.508079
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned594158.90/cwt157.50–159.5094447
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650138.50/cwt138.50–138.5090010
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned723133.00/cwt133.00–133.009627
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned345195.00/cwt195.00–195.006732
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned517172.00/cwt172.00–172.00889104
SteersMedium and Large 1Full701148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,04112
SteersMedium and Large 1Full980117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1475
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned411155.24/cwt155.00–156.0063830
SteersMedium and Large 1693155.94/cwt155.00–156.001,081217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,089131
SteersMedium and Large 1788149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,17845
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned380165.50/cwt165.50–165.506293
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned488143.39/cwt140.00–145.007009
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full677132.51/cwt130.00–135.008978
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned519148.02/cwt140.00–150.50768119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned428145.00/cwt145.00–145.006218
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned591137.50/cwt137.50–137.5081321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581147.50/cwt147.50–147.5085739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.0074939
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,260600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,5601
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,195108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2912
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,39075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0431
Bulls1,79388.13/cwt85.00–91.001,5809
Bulls1,64081.58/cwt78.00–83.001,3386
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight98052.00/cwt52.00–52.005101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29059.08/cwt56.00–64.507624
CowsLean 85-90%1,16659.79/cwt57.00–63.2569733
CowsLean 85-90%1,28751.66/cwt50.00–52.006656
CowsLean 85-90%1,04043.50/cwt43.50–43.504523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35866.82/cwt66.00–68.2590746

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.