Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-10-05

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 5
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
840 head
84 vs last sale 756 252 vs year ago 588 · +42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
9 vs last sale 75 25 vs year ago 41 · +61.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
132 vs last sale 146 15 vs year ago 29 · 51.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend, but a mostly steady to firm undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to weak. Quality was mostly plain to average, with some load lots of yearling crossbred cattle on offer. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The majority of the trading region received some much needed rain last week ranging from 2 tenths to an inch.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.15/cwt on 482 head.
Average price
$149.15
482 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,054
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$876
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$116.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.16
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2735154.601,136332
Medium and Large 1640148.83953134
Small and Medium 2-367438.5626016thin
One grade step is worth $116.04/cwt here — about $876 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 sale482 hd
149.15
TX average4 barns · 2,595 hd
147.98
+1.16
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
BullsAverage1,55774.941,1674thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37064.028775thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18961.6373311
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04850.8453333

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1641136.92/cwt135.50–139.0087817
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned420175.00/cwt175.00–175.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 1575140.50/cwt140.50–140.5080811
HeifersMedium and Large 1688143.00/cwt143.00–143.00984210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy974115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1207
SteersSmall and Medium 2-373039.50/cwt39.50–39.502886
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned710134.00/cwt134.00–134.0095120
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned873123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,07818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned487156.00/cwt156.00–156.007603
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-362294.84/cwt78.00–100.0059017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,07380
SteersMedium and Large 1-2731156.25/cwt156.25–156.251,14246
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned587140.00/cwt140.00–140.0082210
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-380090.00/cwt90.00–90.007202
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned626143.25/cwt142.50–145.0089710
SteersSmall and Medium 2-364038.00/cwt38.00–38.0024310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned578133.75/cwt133.75–133.757738
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned792117.00/cwt117.00–117.0092712
SteersMedium and Large 1551163.12/cwt163.00–163.7589962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,169200
SteersMedium and Large 1650155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,0119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567144.00/cwt144.00–144.008163
HeifersMedium and Large 1759135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,02817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660134.00/cwt134.00–134.008844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2764131.16/cwt123.00–134.001,0028
HeifersMedium and Large 1511150.64/cwt148.00–151.5077016
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned752139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0455
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned290152.00/cwt152.00–152.004412
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0331,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,6213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,130750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,4751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,09086.00/cwt86.00–86.009371
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1805550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,4282
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2801,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,7601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,182800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,4565
Bulls1,93077.50/cwt77.50–77.501,4961
Bulls1,43374.08/cwt70.00–76.501,0623
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91349.95/cwt45.00–52.004568
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92036.23/cwt31.00–38.003335
CowsLean 85-90%1,08450.61/cwt45.00–53.505497
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19262.44/cwt59.50–65.507449
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17558.01/cwt57.50–58.506822
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37064.02/cwt62.50–65.508775
CowsLean 85-90%1,16257.13/cwt55.00–60.0066413

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.