Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-01-18

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 18
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,599 head
685 vs last sale 914 1,339 vs year ago 260 · +515.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
36 vs last sale 25 59 vs year ago 120 · 49.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
6 vs last sale 51 520 vs year ago 565 · 92.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded 4.00 to 8.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. Quality was very attractive with big strings of cattle that came straight off the wheat, as well as, several nice loads of NHTC cattle on offer. Buyer demand was good on moderate to active trading activity. A cold front is forecasted to move into the region midweek, accompanied by a chance of snow. The entire trading region is in desperate need of moisture.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.87/cwt on 789 head.
Average price
$161.87
789 head · 772 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,250
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$474
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.09
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1784162.871,278717
Medium and Large 1-2682153.951,04955
Medium and Large 2554145.1880417thin
One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $474 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 sale789 hd
161.87
TX average4 barns · 3,041 hd
162.96
−1.09
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
BullsAverage1,53789.931,38218
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48570.641,0493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27068.2086627
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02143.2244110

Every lot, as filed

51 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
BullsMedium and Large 1658139.00/cwt139.00–139.009154
BullsMedium and Large 1448143.00/cwt143.00–143.0064112
BullsMedium and Large 1743136.78/cwt133.00–138.001,0168
HeifersMedium and Large 1426176.00/cwt176.00–176.007508
HeifersMedium and Large 1687150.47/cwt147.00–153.501,03432
HeifersMedium and Large 1485171.68/cwt165.00–173.5083358
SteersMedium and Large 1464200.50/cwt200.50–200.5093016
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC889163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,454120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,06615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned680146.00/cwt146.00–146.0099316
SteersMedium and Large 1512193.50/cwt193.50–193.5099111
SteersMedium and Large 2622146.00/cwt146.00–146.0090810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0195
SteersMedium and Large 1756158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,19810
SteersMedium and Large 2456144.00/cwt144.00–144.006577
SteersMedium and Large 1856156.25/cwt156.25–156.251,338131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667139.04/cwt132.00–143.0092722
HeifersMedium and Large 1612159.78/cwt152.50–161.00978214
HeifersMedium and Large 1375191.02/cwt190.00–193.5071636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518165.00/cwt165.00–165.008552
SteersMedium and Large 1732164.06/cwt158.00–166.751,201251
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC758168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,27327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned623131.00/cwt131.00–131.008162
HeifersMedium and Large 2583137.00/cwt137.00–137.0079910
HeifersMedium and Large 2439154.00/cwt154.00–154.006766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,11517
SteersMedium and Large 1616168.22/cwt162.75–170.001,03620
SteersMedium and Large 1848156.78/cwt152.00–157.001,329113
HeifersMedium and Large 1532161.91/cwt156.00–163.5086139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2845130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0999
HeifersMedium and Large 1719155.85/cwt154.50–158.001,121268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2646149.00/cwt149.00–149.009639
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned489159.00/cwt159.00–159.007785
SteersMedium and Large 1594165.19/cwt165.00–165.5098118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3201,126.51/cwt950.00–1,250.0014,87021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,12516
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,160666.27/cwt600.00–725.007,7292
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,343841.69/cwt825.00–850.0011,3043
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,08978.64/cwt75.00–85.008563
Bulls1,55690.40/cwt87.50–92.001,40713
Bulls1,17378.69/cwt75.00–82.009232
Bulls1,69595.37/cwt94.00–96.501,6173
CowsLean 85-90%1,06532.00/cwt32.00–32.003412
CowsLean 85-90%1,03545.57/cwt40.50–51.004722
CowsLean 85-90%1,12757.96/cwt56.50–60.006533
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85330.10/cwt24.00–35.002572
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92043.00/cwt43.00–43.003961
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54571.71/cwt70.50–73.001,1082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27167.24/cwt60.50–69.5085521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26571.57/cwt71.50–72.009056
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36568.50/cwt68.50–68.509351

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.