Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-03-22

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 22
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
907 head
526 vs last sale 381 49 vs year ago 956 · 5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
34 vs last sale 84 40 vs year ago 10 · +400.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
82 vs last sale 6 87 vs year ago 1 · +8,700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with the larger bunches NHTC cattle selling at an even higher premium. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. The Central and Eastern regions of the Panhandle received moisture in the form of rain which later turned to snow causing ice to accumulate on the power lines and cause power outages. Totals ranged anywhere from 2 to 6 inches. The moisture was much needed, but warmer temperatures accompanied by high winds will be moving back into the area by the weekend and first of next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.04/cwt on 529 head.
Average price
$158.04
529 head · 726 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,147
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$396
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.32
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1732158.891,164500
Medium and Large 1-2681155.001,05611thin
Medium and Large 2564136.1776718thin
One grade step is worth $22.72/cwt here — about $396 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 sale529 hd
158.04
TX average4 barns · 2,481 hd
157.72
+0.32
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
BullsAverage1,50981.431,2295thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48879.891,1898thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10479.818815thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02168.6670132

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1334183.68/cwt183.00–187.0061317
HeifersMedium and Large 1610149.00/cwt149.00–149.0090913
SteersMedium and Large 2514127.00/cwt127.00–127.006537
SteersMedium and Large 1612165.96/cwt160.00–167.001,01628
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC619151.50/cwt151.50–151.5093838
SteersMedium and Large 1490188.17/cwt181.00–190.0092210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435158.47/cwt158.00–160.006898
HeifersMedium and Large 1692145.14/cwt135.00–146.501,00477
HeifersMedium and Large 1438163.00/cwt161.50–171.0071427
HeifersMedium and Large 1541155.99/cwt154.00–161.008448
SteersMedium and Large 1670155.50/cwt153.00–160.001,04213
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC845151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,27647
SteersMedium and Large 1869150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,30657
SteersMedium and Large 1392194.48/cwt193.50–206.0076224
SteersMedium and Large 2595142.00/cwt142.00–142.0084511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,05611
SteersMedium and Large 1441193.50/cwt193.50–193.5085320
SteersMedium and Large 1849143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,21815
SteersMedium and Large 1729158.04/cwt157.50–159.001,15266
SteersMedium and Large 1786152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,195207
SteersMedium and Large 1515177.00/cwt177.00–177.009121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624147.00/cwt147.00–147.0091710
BullsMedium and Large 1550165.00/cwt165.00–165.009083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476174.00/cwt174.00–174.0082811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2695138.50/cwt138.50–138.5096311
BullsMedium and Large 1434181.72/cwt173.00–186.0078915
BullsMedium and Large 1537160.00/cwt160.00–160.008593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10479.81/cwt79.50–81.008815
CowsLean 85-90%1,17560.63/cwt60.00–62.007123
CowsLean 85-90%1,09374.38/cwt72.00–76.5081320
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45181.66/cwt81.50–82.501,1857
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78543.00/cwt43.00–43.003381
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81260.58/cwt56.00–67.504928
Bulls1,54090.57/cwt88.50–92.501,3952
Bulls1,48875.33/cwt69.50–78.501,1213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75067.50/cwt67.50–67.501,1811
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1796117.94/cwt117.00–125.009399
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1718118.00/cwt118.00–118.0084713
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2715104.00/cwt104.00–104.007441
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29041,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,0404
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-298374.00/cwt74.00–74.007279
Bred CowsMedium and Large 190080.00/cwt80.00–80.007201
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2879100.22/cwt87.00–107.0088111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0351,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1231,535.00/cwt1,535.00–1,535.0017,23817
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1778108.00/cwt108.00–108.008402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0501,700.00/cwt1,700.00–1,700.0017,85011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,01375.00/cwt75.00–75.007606
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1903103.50/cwt103.50–103.509353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662134.00/cwt134.00–134.008873
SteersMedium and Large 1325206.00/cwt206.00–206.0067012
HeifersMedium and Large 1494159.00/cwt159.00–159.007859
HeifersMedium and Large 2448126.00/cwt126.00–126.005646
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC791145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,15131
HeifersMedium and Large 1762141.02/cwt139.00–142.001,07547

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.