Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-03-29

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 29
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
714 head
193 vs last sale 907 729 vs year ago 1,443 · 50.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
31 vs last sale 50 2 vs year ago 21 · 9.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
2 vs last sale 88 77 vs year ago 9 · +855.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher on comparable sales. Demand for light weight steer and heifer calves were very good, with buyers stocking up on grazing cattle and hoping that the spring will bring generous rains to improve droughted out pastures. Cattle in those classes traded mostly 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were too lightly tested for a market trend. Some really nice cow-calf pairs and springing cows were on offer. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.43/cwt on 404 head.
Average price
$148.43
404 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$530
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$74.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.33
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1668156.881,048219
Medium and Large 1-2733141.531,038148
Medium and Large 2550138.2176129
Medium 2-363282.005188thin
One grade step is worth $74.88/cwt here — about $530 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 sale404 hd
148.43
TX average4 barns · 1,948 hd
147.10
+1.33
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
BullsHigh1,62084.331,3666thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37565.008941thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95564.9862112

Every lot, as filed

68 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
SteersMedium and Large 1691157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0858
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524153.00/cwt153.00–153.008024
HeifersMedium and Large 1418179.11/cwt177.00–180.0074914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629147.00/cwt147.00–147.0092553
HeifersMedium and Large 1362191.00/cwt191.00–191.006913
SteersMedium and Large 2421171.00/cwt171.00–171.007208
SteersMedium and Large 1478191.29/cwt189.00–195.009145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390191.00/cwt191.00–191.007452
SteersMedium and Large 2498165.00/cwt165.00–165.008222
SteersMedium and Large 1763152.34/cwt151.00–154.501,16213
SteersMedium and Large 1835150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,25313
SteersMedium and Large 1623164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0222
SteersMedium and Large 1566177.61/cwt177.00–178.001,00513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425193.00/cwt193.00–193.008202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687154.53/cwt154.00–155.001,06213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610163.00/cwt163.00–163.009947
SteersMedium and Large 1723153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1067
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2361145.00/cwt145.00–145.005237
SteersMedium and Large 1410208.00/cwt208.00–208.008534
SteersMedium and Large 1367214.01/cwt209.00–215.0078511
SteersMedium and Large 1995128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2743
SteersMedium and Large 1524184.84/cwt177.00–187.0096916
SteersMedium and Large 1333217.00/cwt217.00–217.007233
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2471141.00/cwt141.00–141.006645
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2420154.00/cwt154.00–154.006479
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2331151.00/cwt151.00–151.005005
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2468142.00/cwt142.00–142.006654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2866128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,10812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2801140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,12571
HeifersMedium and Large 1755148.93/cwt143.50–149.001,124155
BullsMedium and Large 1500169.00/cwt169.00–169.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1630145.00/cwt145.00–145.009141
BullsMedium and Large 1285223.00/cwt223.00–223.006363
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37565.00/cwt65.00–65.008941
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89966.43/cwt62.00–68.5059710
Bulls1,835101.48/cwt101.00–102.001,8622
Bulls1,59589.75/cwt83.50–97.501,4322
CowsLean 85-90%1,17050.00/cwt50.00–50.005851
CowsLean 85-90%1,30565.50/cwt65.50–65.508551
Bulls1,74059.00/cwt59.00–59.001,0271
BullsLight Weight1,12064.50/cwt64.50–64.507221
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1764117.53/cwt115.00–124.008984
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,102985.00/cwt985.00–985.0010,85510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2876839.79/cwt785.00–925.007,3574
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0351,240.91/cwt1,175.00–1,260.0012,8434
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,01976.81/cwt74.00–79.007834
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2001,700.00/cwt1,700.00–1,700.0020,4004
Stock CowsMedium and Large 274573.00/cwt73.00–73.005441
Stock CowsMedium and Large 190395.14/cwt90.00–105.0085922
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 3575575.00/cwt575.00–575.003,3061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1898850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,6334
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0021,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,0245
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1291,456.12/cwt1,300.00–1,550.0016,44021
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0501,135.00/cwt1,135.00–1,135.0011,9181
BullsMedium and Large 11,6652,200.00/cwt2,200.00–2,200.0036,6301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563156.00/cwt156.00–156.008782
HeifersMedium and Large 1479172.82/cwt170.00–177.0082839
HeifersMedium and Large 1335201.00/cwt201.00–201.006735
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full657149.00/cwt149.00–149.009793
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy786120.00/cwt120.00–120.009436
HeifersMedium and Large 2466166.00/cwt166.00–166.0077416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,18037
HeifersMedium and Large 1195475.00/cwt475.00–475.009261
HeifersMedium and Large 1219525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,1506
HeifersMedium 2-363282.00/cwt82.00–82.005188
HeifersMedium and Large 2654104.00/cwt104.00–104.0068013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full590155.00/cwt155.00–155.009152

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.