Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-11-09

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,177 head
365 vs last sale 1,542 634 vs year ago 543 · +116.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
33 vs last sale 76 27 vs year ago 16 · +168.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
124 vs last sale 161 10 vs year ago 47 · 21.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded firm on limited comparable sales from the previous week. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with instances of up to 6.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was attractive. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. The trading region is in need of some moisture to boost area winter wheat, but no moisture is in the forecast for the upcoming week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.72/cwt on 539 head.
Average price
$140.72
539 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.17
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1602142.59859422
Medium and Large 1-2751134.591,011101
Medium and Large 2583130.2575916thin
One grade step is worth $12.34/cwt here — about $99 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 sale539 hd
140.72
TX average4 barns · 1,593 hd
135.56
+5.17
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
BullsLow1,63071.931,1722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28561.5479110
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13652.3759527

Every lot, as filed

54 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,16649.62/cwt45.00–52.5057911
CowsLean 85-90%1,16456.12/cwt53.00–60.0065313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24057.82/cwt55.50–59.507173
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30463.14/cwt60.50–65.508237
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87543.12/cwt40.00–46.003772
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97052.50/cwt52.50–52.505091
Bulls1,63071.93/cwt66.50–77.501,1722
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,01067.00/cwt67.00–67.006771
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,09684.50/cwt84.50–84.509265
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,187993.26/cwt860.00–1,035.0011,79018
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,210582.23/cwt550.00–610.007,0452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,225709.39/cwt660.00–760.008,6902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2983654.82/cwt635.00–685.006,4374
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,205752.55/cwt700.00–800.009,0684
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1480156.44/cwt154.00–160.0075161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2786135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,06575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2843121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685130.00/cwt130.00–130.008912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574137.50/cwt137.50–137.5078914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned485150.33/cwt149.00–152.0072914
HeifersMedium and Large 1334161.00/cwt161.00–161.005387
HeifersMedium and Large 1367152.80/cwt152.00–157.005616
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008516
HeifersMedium and Large 1608138.26/cwt137.00–143.0084133
HeifersMedium and Large 1587146.92/cwt146.50–147.00862103
BullsMedium and Large 1728118.50/cwt118.50–118.5086312
BullsMedium and Large 1693117.50/cwt117.50–117.508144
BullsMedium and Large 1490144.00/cwt144.00–144.007064
BullsMedium and Large 1781117.50/cwt117.50–117.5091810
HeifersMedium and Large 1687139.00/cwt139.00–139.0095590
HeifersMedium and Large 2583130.25/cwt130.25–130.2575916
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned514159.00/cwt159.00–159.008177
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned553154.00/cwt154.00–154.0085210
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned673144.17/cwt139.00–146.5097048
SteersMedium and Large 2652140.50/cwt140.50–140.5091613
SteersMedium and Large 1355192.00/cwt192.00–192.006822
SteersMedium and Large 1591163.00/cwt163.00–163.009639
SteersMedium and Large 1616164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0109
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned738144.76/cwt144.75–145.001,06868
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned624152.69/cwt149.00–156.0095354
SteersMedium and Large 1485172.54/cwt168.00–175.0083746
SteersMedium and Large 1720159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,14860
SteersMedium and Large 1445177.50/cwt175.00–180.007904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2312190.00/cwt190.00–190.005935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613159.00/cwt159.00–159.009758
SteersMedium and Large 2507150.00/cwt150.00–150.007613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned626129.47/cwt125.00–133.0081019
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned703131.21/cwt127.00–133.0092264
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned544139.50/cwt136.00–142.0075919
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy579140.00/cwt140.00–140.008117
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy761151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,14966
SteersMedium and Large 1682156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,06413

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.