Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-02-22

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 22
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
466 head
645 vs last sale 1,111 134 vs year ago 332 · +40.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
27 vs last sale 10 33 vs year ago 4 · +825.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
2 vs last sale 13 13 vs year ago 2 · +650.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly weak to 2.00 lower on a limited comparable sales. Not enough comparable sales on calves for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls were sharply higher on when compared to last weeks light test. Quality was mostly plain to average with the majority of the supply consisting of Medium and Large 1-2's. A cold front moved into the region accompanied by high winds. Fires broke out around the Panhandle and damaged several dwellings and structures. The fires moved fast due to the dry conditions coupled with high winds. According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, 77 percent of the topsoil moisture was rated as poor to very poor across Texas as of February 13. Nearly two-thirds of oats, winter wheat, and rangeland and pastures were rated in poor to very poor condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.49/cwt on 215 head.
Average price
$157.49
215 head · 703 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.20
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1722165.471,19415thin
Medium and Large 1-2703158.411,114168
Medium and Large 2692148.901,03132
One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $163 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 sale215 hd
157.49
TX average4 barns · 2,219 hd
171.69
−14.20
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
BullsAverage1,85590.001,6701thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56288.001,3758thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23878.7797521
CowsLean 85-90%Average95765.756297thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008911
BullsMedium and Large 1518150.00/cwt150.00–150.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1803106.00/cwt106.00–106.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy762143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0907
HeifersMedium and Large 1834148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,23460
HeifersMedium and Large 1382208.00/cwt208.00–208.0079513
SteersMedium and Large 1500182.00/cwt182.00–182.009101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580164.75/cwt164.00–167.0095641
SteersMedium and Large 2615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008302
SteersMedium and Large 1908145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443177.00/cwt177.00–177.007845
SteersMedium and Large 2679150.81/cwt141.00–152.001,02428
HeifersMedium and Large 2256157.00/cwt157.00–157.004029
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712157.03/cwt152.50–159.001,11813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1805
SteersMedium and Large 1-2821149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,22968
SteersMedium and Large 2958136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3032
SteersMedium and Large 1350225.00/cwt225.00–225.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475154.00/cwt154.00–154.0073210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664164.11/cwt155.00–167.501,09034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330202.00/cwt202.00–202.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2693147.61/cwt145.00–149.001,02323
HeifersMedium and Large 1260215.00/cwt215.00–215.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 2473140.00/cwt140.00–140.006624
HeifersMedium and Large 1415185.00/cwt185.00–185.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2818121.00/cwt121.00–121.009902
SteersMedium and Large 1725164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,18910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2609150.50/cwt150.50–150.5091720
HeifersMedium and Large 1450190.00/cwt190.00–190.008555
HeifersSmall and Medium 3-432382.00/cwt82.00–82.002653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2769140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0777
HeifersMedium and Large 1305200.00/cwt200.00–200.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 2690123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3501,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0016,8751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,133850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,6313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,208800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,6642
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,125750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,4381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2901,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0016,4486
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,195975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,6511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 180599.00/cwt99.00–99.007971
Bulls1,85590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6701
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86858.59/cwt55.00–64.005093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16173.98/cwt66.50–75.5085911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56288.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3758
CowsLean 85-90%97273.00/cwt73.00–73.007103
CowsLean 85-90%1,18065.50/cwt65.50–65.507731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32284.04/cwt76.50–84.751,11110

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.