Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-05-17

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 17
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
880 head
207 vs last sale 673 149 vs year ago 731 · +20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
48 vs last sale 75 24 vs year ago 51 · 47.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
33 vs last sale 60 5 vs year ago 22 · +22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to firm on limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate on moderate demand. The majority of the trading region is listed in the extreme to exceptional drought categories despites some recent scattered rains. This is in part due to higher than average temperatures coupled with high winds. As a result, crop, rangeland and pasture conditions were very poor to poor according to the Texas Crop and Weather Report.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.18/cwt on 413 head.
Average price
$146.18
413 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.22
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1648147.73957314
Medium and Large 1-2712141.281,00699
One grade step is worth $6.45/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale413 hd
146.18
TX average4 barns · 1,927 hd
148.40
−2.22
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
BullsHigh1,62585.721,3935thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,27474.829533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23574.809246thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00963.346396thin

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
SteersSmall and Medium 3-456440.00/cwt40.00–40.002267
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774138.25/cwt138.25–138.251,07070
HeifersMedium and Large 1614149.91/cwt147.50–152.5092029
HeifersMedium and Large 1821134.27/cwt132.00–139.001,10221
HeifersMedium and Large 1254175.00/cwt175.00–175.004454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2889123.56/cwt123.00–127.001,09850
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578167.00/cwt167.00–167.009652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2742145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0765
SteersMedium and Large 1609166.52/cwt166.00–167.501,01417
SteersMedium and Large 1Full775143.99/cwt143.50–144.501,1168
HeifersMedium and Large 1749141.85/cwt141.85–141.851,062114
SteersMedium and Large 1445177.00/cwt177.00–177.0078810
SteersMedium and Large 1883124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0952
SteersMedium and Large 1911135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,23416
SteersMedium and Large 1530181.85/cwt180.00–185.009648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517155.00/cwt155.00–155.0080110
SteersSmall and Medium 3-448530.00/cwt30.00–30.001463
SteersMedium and Large 1564180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,01510
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-355275.00/cwt75.00–75.004143
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3744110.00/cwt110.00–110.008187
SteersMedium and Large 1675152.32/cwt148.00–155.001,02817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2611151.28/cwt150.00–158.0092413
HeifersMedium and Large 1779143.83/cwt142.00–145.751,12022
BullsMedium and Large 1201475.00/cwt475.00–475.009558
BullsMedium and Large 11,18098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1561
BullsMedium and Large 1785122.00/cwt122.00–122.009581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2891113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,01119
BullsMedium and Large 1473170.00/cwt170.00–170.008045
CowsLean 85-90%1,02871.71/cwt69.50–74.007372
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18570.25/cwt70.25–70.258321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31877.11/cwt75.50–78.501,0162
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90045.50/cwt45.50–45.504101
Bulls1,94596.75/cwt95.00–99.001,8822
Bulls1,40372.29/cwt68.50–77.501,0142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23574.80/cwt71.50–77.509246
CowsLean 85-90%1,03363.70/cwt61.00–65.506583
Bulls1,43090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2855800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,8401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19901,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0010,6431
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1900991.67/cwt975.00–1,000.008,9253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2800850.00/cwt850.00–850.006,8001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1955108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0311
Stock CowsMedium and Large 197387.55/cwt85.50–90.008522
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0531,004.69/cwt960.00–1,060.0010,57917
HeifersMedium and Large 1531159.54/cwt156.00–160.0084727
HeifersMedium and Large 1464158.75/cwt158.00–159.0073755
HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4378150.00/cwt150.00–150.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 1673145.58/cwt145.00–146.009807
BullsMedium and Large 1435180.00/cwt180.00–180.007833
HeifersMedium and Large 1577146.50/cwt146.50–146.5084535
SteersSmall and Medium 3-4333250.00/cwt250.00–250.008332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2607145.00/cwt145.00–145.0088022
HeifersMedium and Large 1205325.00/cwt325.00–325.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2543155.00/cwt155.00–155.008422
HeifersMedium and Large 1186300.00/cwt300.00–300.0055812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376161.77/cwt160.00–163.006085

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.