Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-11-02

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 2
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,542 head
247 vs last sale 1,789 1,341 vs year ago 201 · +667.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
34 vs last sale 110 45 vs year ago 31 · +145.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
161 head
122 vs last sale 39 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher on the loads of crossbred steers. Feeder heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. The smaller packages of the shorter weaned cattle and calves were weak to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower, instances of 7.00 lower. A cold front moved into the area dropping temperatures into the 40's, which seemed to make buyers more hesitant on purchasing the short weaned and unweaned calves. There is a chance of rain in the forecast, which area winter wheat crops could really use.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.65/cwt on 1,044 head.
Average price
$153.65
1,044 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.12
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2730155.831,138692
Medium and Large 1639149.35955352
One grade step is worth $6.48/cwt here — about $183 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 sale1,044 hd
153.65
TX average4 barns · 3,012 hd
152.53
+1.12
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
BullsAverage1,86582.051,5308thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57960.219516thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21756.9569315
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01549.0149837

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2663130.00/cwt130.00–130.008626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570159.00/cwt159.00–159.0090640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555133.00/cwt133.00–133.007384
SteersMedium and Large 1476170.66/cwt169.00–172.008129
SteersMedium and Large 1713150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,07522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned635129.66/cwt128.00–131.7582399
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned534140.31/cwt139.00–141.0074934
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned770124.50/cwt124.50–124.509595
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned470151.85/cwt150.00–154.007149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2417167.00/cwt167.00–167.006963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,279134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685158.85/cwt157.50–159.501,088338
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783153.75/cwt153.75–153.751,204167
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned581151.41/cwt146.50–155.5088033
SteersMedium and Large 1671152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,02022
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned533157.83/cwt157.00–162.0084124
SteersMedium and Large 1537165.54/cwt164.00–171.5088933
SteersMedium and Large 1624154.10/cwt153.00–157.0096229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514144.18/cwt140.00–146.0074110
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned629146.32/cwt146.00–146.5092032
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned708141.95/cwt131.50–143.251,00592
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned385180.00/cwt180.00–180.006932
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned667141.55/cwt132.50–145.0094449
HeifersMedium and Large 1532145.16/cwt143.50–150.0077226
HeifersMedium and Large 1686132.00/cwt132.00–132.0090612
HeifersMedium and Large 1357161.50/cwt161.50–161.505773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy628109.00/cwt109.00–109.006855
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708116.00/cwt116.00–116.008214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50053.41/cwt52.00–55.508012
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86742.51/cwt39.00–45.003699
CowsLean 85-90%1,15756.04/cwt54.50–59.006489
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61863.61/cwt62.00–65.501,0294
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22658.46/cwt56.50–61.007177
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17252.35/cwt49.00–54.506146
CowsLean 85-90%1,05447.68/cwt42.00–53.0050314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32065.50/cwt62.00–68.508652
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91851.80/cwt50.00–53.504765
Bulls1,95083.34/cwt79.50–86.501,6254
Bulls1,62073.46/cwt70.00–77.001,1902
Bulls1,94088.04/cwt87.50–88.501,7082
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,237819.06/cwt800.00–835.0010,1323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,058575.00/cwt575.00–575.006,0848
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,167650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,5866
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,196826.98/cwt700.00–850.009,89177
Bred CowsMedium 2990475.00/cwt475.00–475.004,7031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,175710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,34324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,107650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,19617
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3201,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0013,3321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150656.83/cwt625.00–685.007,5542
Bred CowsMedium 2790600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,7401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,046600.38/cwt500.00–675.006,2809
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3001,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0015,08010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1650900.00/cwt900.00–900.005,8501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned718122.50/cwt122.50–122.508809
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460149.50/cwt149.50–149.506887
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned586136.01/cwt133.00–139.0079725
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned388140.00/cwt140.00–140.0054318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned678129.41/cwt129.00–130.0087726

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.