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
BullsHigh1,54885.751,3272thin
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 1673141.00/cwt141.00–141.009495
BullsMedium and Large 1555150.50/cwt150.50–150.508358
BullsMedium and Large 1849117.00/cwt117.00–117.009934
HeifersMedium and Large 1489166.12/cwt165.50–172.0081228
HeifersMedium and Large 1418184.13/cwt175.50–190.0077023
HeifersMedium and Large 1794142.12/cwt140.50–142.251,12863
SteersMedium and Large 1362222.35/cwt219.00–227.008057
SteersMedium and Large 1897143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,28311
SteersMedium and Large 1817154.42/cwt153.75–154.751,262182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562157.28/cwt152.00–160.0088412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532179.50/cwt179.50–179.5095517
SteersMedium and Large 1477198.36/cwt192.50–200.0094620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2809148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,2014
SteersMedium and Large 1505190.20/cwt183.00–193.0096118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0005
SteersMedium and Large 1422205.00/cwt205.00–205.008656
HeifersMedium and Large 1622151.50/cwt151.50–151.5094210
HeifersMedium and Large 11,073123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,3203
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy596165.00/cwt165.00–165.009835
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy631162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,02713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,16474
SteersMedium and Large 1787155.33/cwt151.50–155.751,222198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726135.75/cwt134.00–137.509868
HeifersMedium and Large 1529161.83/cwt157.00–168.5085638
HeifersMedium and Large 1815143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,17260
SteersMedium and Large 1717153.58/cwt153.00–154.001,10126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0146
HeifersMedium and Large 1356201.03/cwt195.00–204.007166
HeifersMedium and Large 1732145.35/cwt143.00–146.001,064111
HeifersMedium and Large 1679149.44/cwt147.50–151.251,015145
HeifersMedium and Large 1584155.55/cwt153.00–157.00908107
SteersMedium and Large 1681161.72/cwt155.50–165.251,101109
SteersMedium and Large 1612172.90/cwt172.00–173.251,058167
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,511950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,3558
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,360925.00/cwt925.00–925.0012,5804
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1870925.00/cwt925.00–925.008,0482
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1840132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1091
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4921,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0016,78516
Bulls1,64596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5791
Bulls1,45075.50/cwt75.50–75.501,0951
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95049.24/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.