Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-05-10

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 10
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
673 head
384 vs last sale 1,057 464 vs year ago 209 · +222.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
18 vs last sale 93 53 vs year ago 22 · +240.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
44 vs last sale 16 30 vs year ago 30 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady with a light test in most weight classes. Quality average to attractive. Demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested with a lower undertone noted. Several attractive Cow-Calf pairs offered. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.79/cwt on 358 head.
Average price
$143.79
358 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$968
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$298
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.67
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663147.83979262
Medium and Large 1-2707134.3294988
Medium and Large 2683130.338913thin
Medium and Large 2-3637107.006825thin
One grade step is worth $40.83/cwt here — about $298 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 sale358 hd
143.79
TX average4 barns · 1,709 hd
151.46
−7.67
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
BullsLow1,66589.301,4877thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40579.501,1171thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29076.4098621
CowsLean 85-90%Low99758.2458121

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1683142.96/cwt140.00–145.009765
HeifersMedium and Large 1533150.00/cwt150.00–150.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2897125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0883
SteersMedium and Large 1836144.75/cwt144.00–145.001,21038
HeifersMedium and Large 2585131.00/cwt131.00–131.007661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689149.43/cwt149.00–149.501,03014
SteersMedium and Large 2690150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 1569156.94/cwt155.00–160.0089320
SteersMedium and Large 1755152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,15114
SteersMedium and Large 1346212.00/cwt212.00–212.0073412
HeifersMedium and Large 1743141.54/cwt138.75–142.001,05285
HeifersMedium and Large 1422175.00/cwt175.00–175.0073927
SteersMedium and Large 2892119.50/cwt119.00–121.001,0664
SteersMedium and Large 1506181.50/cwt181.50–181.5091810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434186.00/cwt186.00–186.008075
SteersMedium and Large 2378165.00/cwt165.00–165.006242
SteersMedium and Large 2765140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0711
SteersMedium and Large 2900123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569160.93/cwt158.00–165.009165
SteersMedium and Large 1459191.47/cwt190.00–192.0087931
SteersMedium and Large 1854142.07/cwt142.00–142.501,21344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333166.00/cwt166.00–166.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned402168.00/cwt168.00–168.006753
BullsMedium and Large 2703129.00/cwt129.00–129.009072
BullsMedium and Large 2813124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0082
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505160.00/cwt160.00–160.008083
BullsMedium and Large 1439187.00/cwt187.00–187.008219
CowsLean 85-90%1,19570.00/cwt70.00–70.008371
CowsLean 85-90%1,11373.59/cwt70.50–77.008199
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38572.39/cwt68.50–73.251,00310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20480.05/cwt76.50–83.0096411
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85854.36/cwt52.00–56.004663
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80736.65/cwt32.00–42.002965
CowsLean 85-90%1,04048.15/cwt42.00–51.505013
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,1171
Bulls1,59581.04/cwt78.50–84.501,2934
Bulls1,758100.31/cwt95.50–103.001,7633
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1701,660.00/cwt1,660.00–1,660.0019,4229
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1851,605.64/cwt1,200.00–1,635.0019,02710
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2875700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,244810.00/cwt810.00–810.0010,0764
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,278775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,9055
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19751,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0010,7252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1341,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0013,32512
HeifersMedium and Large 1828129.43/cwt128.00–133.501,07226
HeifersMedium and Large 1473160.80/cwt156.00–163.0076129
HeifersMedium and Large 1332189.00/cwt189.00–189.006278
HeifersMedium and Large 1773136.43/cwt136.00–136.501,05557
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557144.00/cwt144.00–144.0080210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735131.54/cwt124.00–136.5096765
SteersMedium and Large 2-3735122.00/cwt122.00–122.008972
SteersMedium and Large 1625162.34/cwt160.00–165.001,01527
HeifersMedium and Large 2755125.00/cwt125.00–125.009441
HeifersMedium and Large 2710135.00/cwt135.00–135.009591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3637107.00/cwt107.00–107.006825

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.