Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-11-16

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 16
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,618 head
441 vs last sale 1,177 679 vs year ago 939 · +72.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
3 vs last sale 43 9 vs year ago 31 · +29.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
8 vs last sale 37 29 vs year ago 74 · 39.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were weak on a limited comparable sales. Feeder heifers were 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves were mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher, with the exception of calves over 600 lbs which traded 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves were mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly weak to 2.00 lower. Trading activity and demand were both moderate. The majority of the supply consisted of unweaned or short weaned calves. Quality was mostly plain to attractive. Temperatures have been unseasonably high in the 80's to start the week, but a cold front accompanied by high winds will be moving into the region tomorrow.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.02/cwt on 715 head.
Average price
$153.02
715 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.90
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588159.42938471
Medium and Large 2440141.006206thin
Medium and Large 1-2665140.67935238
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $3 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 sale715 hd
153.02
TX average4 barns · 2,716 hd
153.92
−0.90
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
BullsLow1,95578.511,5354thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35564.2787111
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33556.107497thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06247.265025thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39052.59/cwt52.50–52.757313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35564.27/cwt61.25–65.2587111
CowsLean 85-90%1,20054.60/cwt51.50–57.506552
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned543140.50/cwt140.50–140.5076312
HeifersMedium and Large 1554143.00/cwt143.00–143.007928
HeifersMedium and Large 1497150.75/cwt150.75–150.7574952
HeifersMedium and Large 1526155.61/cwt155.50–155.75819206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780131.75/cwt131.75–131.751,02839
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2342150.00/cwt150.00–150.005135
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned537162.00/cwt162.00–162.0087015
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned656145.88/cwt137.50–152.5095769
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned672133.25/cwt133.25–133.2589569
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned513135.00/cwt135.00–135.006934
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned410170.00/cwt170.00–170.006972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned637130.00/cwt130.00–130.0082822
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned640145.50/cwt145.50–145.5093122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2711150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,07027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427166.00/cwt166.00–166.0070915
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned728141.48/cwt138.00–143.751,03054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned585140.56/cwt137.50–143.0082236
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned479168.45/cwt166.00–170.5080730
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned556156.95/cwt150.00–161.0087368
SteersMedium and Large 1613156.50/cwt156.50–156.5095935
SteersMedium and Large 1532174.81/cwt174.50–175.50930155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2777142.65/cwt142.00–143.001,10858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570142.50/cwt142.50–142.508127
SteersMedium and Large 2440141.00/cwt141.00–141.006206
SteersMedium and Large 1696143.25/cwt143.25–143.2599713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned582129.50/cwt129.50–129.5075413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned386150.00/cwt150.00–150.005798
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned672137.71/cwt129.00–139.0092545
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned515141.61/cwt135.00–145.0072940
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned625129.95/cwt126.00–131.0081242
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy561156.00/cwt156.00–156.008758
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2706134.00/cwt134.00–134.009465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2451143.00/cwt143.00–143.0064511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned414150.00/cwt150.00–150.006217
HeifersMedium and Large 1699146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,02188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned544130.00/cwt130.00–130.0070714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned591125.12/cwt125.00–125.5073985
HeifersMedium and Large 2424140.50/cwt140.50–140.505968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508144.00/cwt144.00–144.0073219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683136.00/cwt136.00–136.009297
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,36063.00/cwt63.00–63.008574
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2251,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,3132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,320850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,2202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,29264.80/cwt64.50–65.0083712
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1672735.00/cwt735.00–735.004,9395
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1810118.00/cwt118.00–118.009561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,05860.64/cwt59.50–63.006424
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,357962.95/cwt885.00–1,075.0013,06712
Bulls1,78065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1571
Bulls1,91081.26/cwt77.50–84.501,5522
Bulls2,22086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,9201
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight71030.00/cwt30.00–30.002131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29358.74/cwt55.25–62.507604
CowsLean 85-90%1,10048.54/cwt46.50–50.505342

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.