Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-10-12

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 12
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,545 head
▲ 705 vs last sale 840▲ 905 vs year ago 640 · +141.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 66▲ 37 vs year ago 17 · +217.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 14▲ 33 vs year ago 5 · +660.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Not enough feeder heifers for a market trend. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive, with the bulk of the supply consisting of multiple loads of crossbred steers right off the grass. Part of the trading region received some rain on Sunday, this should help give a boost to the winter wheat crop.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.58/cwt on 974 head.
Average price
$154.58
974 head · 743 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,149
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.21
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2763154.931,182622
Medium and Large 1709153.971,091352
One grade step is worth $0.97/cwt here — about $91 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 sale974 hd
154.58
—
TX average4 barns · 2,808 hd
154.37
+0.21
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
Bulls—Low1,29071.149182thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43858.768455thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12157.0163916
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02451.1652422

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Bulls——1,29071.14/cwt66.50–75.509182
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—82784.12/cwt79.00–89.006963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,376805.25/cwt725.00–910.0011,0805
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—756135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,02113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—587135.00/cwt135.00–135.0079216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—711125.23/cwt125.00–125.508909
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—615131.50/cwt131.50–131.5080912
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—533136.87/cwt135.25–141.0073010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—516164.50/cwt164.50–164.5084916
SteersMedium and Large 1—822148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2175
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—783120.00/cwt120.00–120.009403
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—827121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,0053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—762155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,185184
SteersMedium and Large 1—854152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,302134
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—610150.50/cwt150.50–150.5091814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—470158.00/cwt158.00–158.007434
SteersMedium and Large 1—719154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,1117
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—744145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0797
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—581156.39/cwt152.00–159.2590931
SteersMedium and Large 1—579160.50/cwt160.50–160.5092920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—701157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,101179
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—387192.00/cwt192.00–192.007436
SteersMedium and Large 1—609158.00/cwt158.00–158.0096235
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—832152.25/cwt152.25–152.251,267239
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—689109.00/cwt109.00–109.0075112
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—538165.00/cwt165.00–165.008885
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—490171.42/cwt171.00–175.0084037
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—689138.14/cwt136.75–142.0095226
BullsMedium and Large 1—900109.50/cwt109.50–109.509861
BullsMedium and Large 1—980101.00/cwt101.00–101.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—619116.00/cwt116.00–116.007188
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—521129.00/cwt129.00–129.006727
BullsMedium and Large 1—776113.20/cwt113.00–114.008785
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,07094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0061
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44762.43/cwt59.00–66.009033
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11054.55/cwt53.50–57.006067
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09049.58/cwt44.00–52.005404
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42553.26/cwt50.00–56.507592
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11756.92/cwt55.00–60.0063611
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—98357.50/cwt57.50–57.505653
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14548.25/cwt46.50–50.505522
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11763.17/cwt62.00–64.007063
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89342.91/cwt40.00–45.503834
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—96850.33/cwt47.50–55.504874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,003501.19/cwt450.00–510.005,0277
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,330775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,3081
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—68767.53/cwt60.00–73.004643
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—900985.00/cwt985.00–985.008,86511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—67097.00/cwt97.00–97.006501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,04072.00/cwt72.00–72.007491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,117630.82/cwt625.00–650.007,0464
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,080800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,6401
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,2101,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0016,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—778128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,0009
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—535131.50/cwt131.50–131.507042
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008507
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—583132.78/cwt130.50–135.0077416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—556140.00/cwt140.00–140.0077824
BullsMedium and Large 1—850104.00/cwt104.00–104.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—345160.50/cwt160.50–160.505542
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—458146.43/cwt143.00–147.7567144
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—858130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,11812

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.