Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-03-15

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 15
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
381 head
595 vs last sale 976 2,053 vs year ago 2,434 · 84.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
71 vs last sale 13 74 vs year ago 10 · +740.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
34 vs last sale 40 3 vs year ago 9 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady on comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher compared to last weeks light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.59/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$146.59
192 head · 821 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.33
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1753153.791,158119
Medium and Large 1-2931134.871,25673
One grade step is worth $18.92/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale192 hd
146.59
TX average4 barns · 1,310 hd
161.92
−15.33
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
BullsAverage1,48779.121,1764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40481.321,14219
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04665.5268558

Every lot, as filed

39 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490158.00/cwt158.00–158.007742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410162.00/cwt162.00–162.006643
SteersMedium and Large 1861145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,25328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2795143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1413
SteersMedium and Large 1533178.00/cwt178.00–178.0094912
SteersMedium and Large 1813147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,19522
SteersMedium and Large 1587169.28/cwt163.50–174.009949
SteersMedium and Large 1725154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,11726
SteersMedium and Large 1467184.00/cwt184.00–184.008593
BullsMedium and Large 1387193.00/cwt193.00–193.007473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2937134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,26070
SteersMedium and Large 1621163.31/cwt163.00–163.501,0145
SteersMedium and Large 1655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0481
SteersMedium and Large 1917138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,27013
HeifersMedium and Large 1622146.45/cwt144.00–147.0091111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2387167.00/cwt167.00–167.006465
HeifersMedium and Large 2768120.00/cwt120.00–120.009226
HeifersMedium and Large 1819139.58/cwt138.50–140.001,14333
HeifersMedium and Large 1325167.00/cwt167.00–167.005431
CowsLean 85-90%1,09769.98/cwt66.50–73.5076827
CowsLean 85-90%1,08962.83/cwt53.50–66.5068411
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90647.32/cwt45.00–50.004294
CowsLean 85-90%1,05874.25/cwt74.00–74.507862
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40582.09/cwt75.00–83.251,15318
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38067.50/cwt67.50–67.509321
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95163.00/cwt56.00–67.0059914
Bulls1,53284.99/cwt81.50–90.001,3023
Bulls1,35061.50/cwt61.50–61.508301
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,04592.00/cwt92.00–92.009611
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1895116.84/cwt115.00–121.001,0463
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2851,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,8141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4351,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0015,4261
HeifersMedium and Large 1791139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,10330
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610142.00/cwt142.00–142.008662
HeifersMedium and Large 1689142.36/cwt140.50–143.5098124
HeifersMedium and Large 1484163.56/cwt163.00–166.007925
BullsLarge 329457.00/cwt57.00–57.0016813
BullsMedium and Large 1605146.00/cwt146.00–146.008832

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.