Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-12-14

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Dec 14
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
962 head
573 vs last sale 1,535 220 vs year ago 1,182 · 18.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
37 vs last sale 10 41 vs year ago 6 · +683.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
36 vs last sale 25 46 vs year ago 15 · +306.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves traded firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were firm to 2.00 higher on limited comparable sales from the previous week. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate buyer demand. Above average temperatures for this time of year accompanied by high winds have continued to dry out soil moisture and diminish winter grazing. As a result, more cattle are being sent to growyards.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.52/cwt on 463 head.
Average price
$147.52
463 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$913
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$504
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$44.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.94
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623150.54938307
Medium and Large 1-2623143.74896147
Small and Medium 2-3410106.004359thin
One grade step is worth $44.54/cwt here — about $504 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 sale463 hd
147.52
TX average4 barns · 2,433 hd
148.46
−0.94
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
BullsLow1,44369.711,0066thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55769.741,0866thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30064.7384210
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04050.5352621

Every lot, as filed

66 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55769.74/cwt68.00–70.501,0866
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20560.33/cwt60.00–60.507273
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34166.62/cwt65.00–68.508937
CowsLean 85-90%1,09539.54/cwt35.00–44.004332
CowsLean 85-90%1,13760.56/cwt58.00–63.006895
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84538.51/cwt35.00–40.003254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy686125.00/cwt125.00–125.008588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325168.00/cwt168.00–168.005462
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88552.95/cwt50.50–58.004695
Bulls1,31167.55/cwt66.50–70.008865
Bulls2,10080.50/cwt80.50–80.501,6911
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,12176.95/cwt67.00–105.0086324
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-273485.30/cwt70.00–88.0062617
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4411,025.87/cwt975.00–1,050.0014,78316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1521,138.19/cwt935.00–1,200.0013,1124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481141.00/cwt141.00–141.006786
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647145.09/cwt140.00–146.5093972
HeifersMedium and Large 1535155.74/cwt154.00–157.5083337
HeifersSmall and Medium 2-3410106.00/cwt106.00–106.004359
HeifersMedium and Large 1607153.77/cwt153.50–154.7593376
HeifersMedium and Large 1457161.00/cwt161.00–161.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 1340168.00/cwt168.00–168.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562149.00/cwt149.00–149.0083727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2878124.17/cwt123.00–125.001,0907
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0505
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned623135.97/cwt130.00–143.0084721
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned578145.00/cwt145.00–145.0083816
HeifersMedium and Large 1441168.00/cwt168.00–168.0074123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2829126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0456
HeifersMedium and Large 1382173.03/cwt169.00–175.0066112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388164.00/cwt164.00–164.006363
SteersMedium and Large 1663161.06/cwt160.00–161.501,06817
SteersMedium and Large 1481183.29/cwt180.00–184.0088217
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy627154.59/cwt154.00–156.0096921
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy692151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,04817
HeifersMedium and Large 1754147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,10858
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436151.00/cwt151.00–151.0065811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2299214.00/cwt214.00–214.006409
SteersMedium and Large 1-2754146.67/cwt145.00–147.501,1066
SteersMedium and Large 1618162.66/cwt160.00–165.501,00528
SteersMedium and Large 1780154.17/cwt150.50–155.501,203102
SteersMedium and Large 2585159.00/cwt159.00–159.009306
SteersMedium and Large 2762139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2396187.84/cwt186.00–188.0074423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621154.22/cwt147.00–156.0095810
SteersMedium and Large 2366166.00/cwt166.00–166.006085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487180.00/cwt180.00–180.0087715
SteersMedium and Large 1563161.00/cwt161.00–161.009063
SteersMedium and Large 1517171.97/cwt163.00–174.0088921
SteersMedium and Large 11,001131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3116
SteersMedium and Large 1721151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0894
SteersMedium and Large 1326208.00/cwt208.00–208.006784
CowsLean 85-90%1,23252.11/cwt42.00–57.006425
SteersMedium and Large 1405191.00/cwt191.00–191.007741
Dairy HeifersLarge 373350.86/cwt45.00–54.503733
Dairy HeifersLarge 388550.00/cwt50.00–50.004431
Dairy HeifersLarge 381558.00/cwt58.00–58.004731
Dairy HeifersLarge 376037.00/cwt37.00–37.002811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy797138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,10026
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy662143.00/cwt143.00–143.0094733
BullsMedium and Large 1735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008825
BullsMedium and Large 1810115.50/cwt115.50–115.509361
BullsMedium and Large 1490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007841
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed293217.00/cwt217.00–217.006365

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.