Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-02-08

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 8
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
602 head
939 vs last sale 1,541 529 vs year ago 1,131 · 46.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
18 vs last sale 26 29 vs year ago 37 · 78.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
15 vs last sale 32 69 vs year ago 86 · 80.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher across all classes. Slaughter cows and bulls were too lightly tested for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Warmer temperatures have returned to the region after last weeks winter storm. According to the US Drought Monitor, 3 months ago less than 1 percent of the state was classified in the Extreme to Exceptional drought category, but as of last week nearly 24 percent of the state is now classified in those categories. The majority of the Panhandle needs more moisture to replenish pastures.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.50/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$164.50
292 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,178
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646174.391,127131
Medium and Large 1-2775156.631,214155
Medium and Large 2718151.501,0876thin
One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $40 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 sale292 hd
164.50
TX average1 barns · 292 hd
164.50
+0.00
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
BullsAverage1,60584.501,3562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18063.507491thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08255.516015thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,14548.00/cwt48.00–48.005501
CowsLean 85-90%1,21861.02/cwt60.00–62.007432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18063.50/cwt63.50–63.507491
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84546.00/cwt46.00–46.003891
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight98561.50/cwt61.50–61.506061
Bulls1,60584.50/cwt84.50–84.501,3562
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,189105.91/cwt105.00–110.001,2595
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1101,370.00/cwt1,370.00–1,370.0015,20711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5101,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0016,6101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2721147.51/cwt147.00–148.001,06414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273190.00/cwt190.00–190.005192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480184.00/cwt184.00–184.008835
SteersMedium and Large 1504194.43/cwt188.00–196.0098040
HeifersMedium and Large 1424190.00/cwt190.00–190.008069
HeifersMedium and Large 1351199.00/cwt199.00–199.006985
HeifersMedium and Large 1644154.00/cwt154.00–154.0099217
HeifersMedium and Large 1759149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,13314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664161.16/cwt155.00–162.001,07033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720156.85/cwt153.00–162.001,12920
HeifersMedium and Large 1842144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,21963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2755148.46/cwt143.00–148.751,12163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2867151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,31482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0173
SteersMedium and Large 2607155.00/cwt155.00–155.009413
SteersMedium and Large 1700165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,15516
SteersMedium and Large 1674165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,11223
SteersMedium and Large 1780158.91/cwt154.50–166.001,23943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2547
SteersMedium and Large 1469200.00/cwt200.00–200.009389
SteersMedium and Large 2828148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532185.00/cwt185.00–185.009843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2926136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2855135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 1510167.12/cwt167.00–167.5085213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2667151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0075
BullsMedium and Large 1604159.00/cwt159.00–159.009605
BullsMedium and Large 1537175.00/cwt175.00–175.009405

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.