Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-02-01

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 1
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,541 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 1,582▲ 1,300 vs year ago 241 · +539.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 16▲ 20 vs year ago 6 · +333.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 16▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower, with the exception of 650-700 lb heifers which traded firm. Steer calves traded unevenly steady on a light test. Heifer calves traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher, with instances of 10.00 to 15.00 higher on lighter weights. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher on a light test. Quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of large load lots of yearlings or long weaned cattle off the short wheat or grass. Buyer demand was good on moderate to active trading activity. A winter storm warning is in effect for the next two days with snow totals predicted from 3 to 5 inches across the trading region.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.94/cwt on 880 head.
Average price
$161.94
880 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,155
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.30
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1714162.791,163762
Medium and Large 1-2704156.461,101118
One grade step is worth $6.33/cwt here — about $62 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 sale880 hd
161.94
—
TX average4 barns · 1,829 hd
162.24
−0.30
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
Bulls—High1,54885.751,3272thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35771.169663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29364.338327thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07652.6256610

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1—673141.00/cwt141.00–141.009495
BullsMedium and Large 1—555150.50/cwt150.50–150.508358
BullsMedium and Large 1—849117.00/cwt117.00–117.009934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—489166.12/cwt165.50–172.0081228
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418184.13/cwt175.50–190.0077023
HeifersMedium and Large 1—794142.12/cwt140.50–142.251,12863
SteersMedium and Large 1—362222.35/cwt219.00–227.008057
SteersMedium and Large 1—897143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,28311
SteersMedium and Large 1—817154.42/cwt153.75–154.751,262182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—562157.28/cwt152.00–160.0088412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—532179.50/cwt179.50–179.5095517
SteersMedium and Large 1—477198.36/cwt192.50–200.0094620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—809148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,2014
SteersMedium and Large 1—505190.20/cwt183.00–193.0096118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—606165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0005
SteersMedium and Large 1—422205.00/cwt205.00–205.008656
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622151.50/cwt151.50–151.5094210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,073123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,3203
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—596165.00/cwt165.00–165.009835
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—631162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,02713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—771151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,16474
SteersMedium and Large 1—787155.33/cwt151.50–155.751,222198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—726135.75/cwt134.00–137.509868
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529161.83/cwt157.00–168.5085638
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,17260
SteersMedium and Large 1—717153.58/cwt153.00–154.001,10126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—654155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0146
HeifersMedium and Large 1—356201.03/cwt195.00–204.007166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—732145.35/cwt143.00–146.001,064111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—679149.44/cwt147.50–151.251,015145
HeifersMedium and Large 1—584155.55/cwt153.00–157.00908107
SteersMedium and Large 1—681161.72/cwt155.50–165.251,101109
SteersMedium and Large 1—612172.90/cwt172.00–173.251,058167
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,511950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,3558
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,360925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,5804
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—870925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,0482
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—840132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1091
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,4921,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0016,78516
Bulls——1,64596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5791
Bulls——1,45075.50/cwt75.50–75.501,0951
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—95049.24/cwt44.00–55.004683
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31563.50/cwt63.50–63.508351
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17258.43/cwt56.50–60.006853
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32058.08/cwt50.00–62.007673
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05040.50/cwt40.50–40.504251
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27369.01/cwt64.50–72.508784
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37874.99/cwt74.00–76.001,0332
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11554.22/cwt51.50–57.506053

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.