Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-04-19

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 19
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,193 head
651 vs last sale 542 313 vs year ago 1,506 · 20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
17 vs last sale 48 14 vs year ago 45 · 31.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
81 vs last sale 100 11 vs year ago 30 · 36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers from last weeks light test for a market trend, but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Quality was mostly attractive, with the majority of the supply consisting of large strings of cattle off of the short wheat.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.17/cwt on 739 head.
Average price
$144.17
739 head · 758 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$12
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.41
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1750145.131,088463
Medium and Large 1-2772142.551,100276
One grade step is worth $2.57/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale739 hd
144.17
TX average4 barns · 2,021 hd
148.58
−4.41
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
BullsHigh1,60396.951,5543thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38784.751,1753thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27078.519978thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10166.1672817

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1615150.00/cwt150.00–150.009231
BullsMedium and Large 1950119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1311
BullsMedium and Large 1940110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0342
BullsMedium and Large 1-298290.00/cwt90.00–90.008843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2747142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2778142.38/cwt142.25–142.501,108260
SteersMedium and Large 2494155.00/cwt155.00–155.007664
SteersMedium and Large 1487189.50/cwt189.50–189.509233
SteersMedium and Large 1874149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,30424
SteersMedium and Large 1586177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,03710
SteersMedium and Large 11,105121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2841145.90/cwt141.00–148.001,22787
SteersMedium and Large 2417155.00/cwt155.00–155.006463
SteersMedium and Large 2725147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,06614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570149.10/cwt147.00–150.008507
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475184.00/cwt184.00–184.008743
SteersMedium and Large 1698162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1314
SteersMedium and Large 1769156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,2034
SteersMedium and Large 1709165.15/cwt165.00–166.501,17180
SteersMedium and Large 1617170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0498
HeifersMedium and Large 1757144.44/cwt142.50–145.501,093193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388181.00/cwt181.00–181.007025
SteersMedium and Large 1807154.93/cwt151.00–155.251,25028
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608160.00/cwt160.00–160.009732
HeifersMedium and Large 1645153.13/cwt153.00–155.0098830
HeifersMedium and Large 1811140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,137130
HeifersMedium and Large 1695149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,041108
HeifersMedium and Large 1545159.00/cwt159.00–159.008672
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy997119.33/cwt119.00–120.001,1903
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy730157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1462
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,170850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9451
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,082114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2336
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,12785.68/cwt76.00–88.0096612
Bulls1,770106.18/cwt105.00–107.501,8792
Bulls1,27078.50/cwt78.50–78.509971
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22272.69/cwt72.00–73.008883
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38784.75/cwt84.75–84.751,1753
CowsLean 85-90%1,12072.00/cwt72.00–72.008061
CowsLean 85-90%1,15574.00/cwt74.00–74.008551
CowsLean 85-90%1,09665.25/cwt65.25–65.2571515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29882.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0645

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.