Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-05-31

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 31
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
602 head
136 vs last sale 738 602 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
21 vs last sale 56 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
3 vs last sale 11 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded firm to 2.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Hotter than average temperatures accompanied by high winds plagued the region over the weekend, but cooler temperatures and a chance of rain are in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.72/cwt on 264 head.
Average price
$151.72
264 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.78
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536157.12843181
Medium and Large 1-2657139.9391983
One grade step is worth $17.19/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale264 hd
151.72
TX average4 barns · 1,224 hd
148.94
+2.78
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
BullsAverage1,82592.421,6872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38979.231,10151
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53474.791,1473thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12873.9383418

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,65011

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 1393184.00/cwt184.00–184.0072315
BullsMedium and Large 1498164.00/cwt164.00–164.008179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707136.50/cwt136.50–136.5096563
HeifersMedium and Large 1727141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,0299
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498153.82/cwt153.00–156.0076611
HeifersMedium and Large 1563151.00/cwt151.00–151.008502
SteersMedium and Large 1658158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,0437
SteersMedium and Large 1532180.52/cwt176.00–185.0096038
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2524130.50/cwt130.50–130.506846
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2678125.00/cwt125.00–125.008489
Dairy SteersMedium 373552.00/cwt52.00–52.003825
SteersSmall and Medium 3-462072.00/cwt72.00–72.004464
SteersSmall and Medium 3-467750.50/cwt50.50–50.5034210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470169.00/cwt169.00–169.007942
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned406161.00/cwt161.00–161.006547
SteersSmall and Medium 3-455346.00/cwt46.00–46.002547
SteersMedium and Large 1629158.50/cwt158.50–158.5099719
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned480176.00/cwt176.00–176.008455
SteersMedium and Large 1451192.00/cwt192.00–192.0086651
SteersMedium and Large 1588164.08/cwt163.75–164.5096521
HeifersMedium and Large 1697142.50/cwt142.50–142.5099326
SteersMedium and Large 1832144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,20219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573158.00/cwt158.00–158.009055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333161.00/cwt161.00–161.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 1841131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2502147.00/cwt147.00–147.007389
HeifersMedium and Large 1502158.00/cwt158.00–158.007935
HeifersMedium and Large 1615150.72/cwt149.00–154.0092736
HeifersMedium and Large 1453166.57/cwt161.00–167.0075570
HeifersMedium and Large 1351168.50/cwt167.00–170.0059120
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,65011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1840127.21/cwt121.00–135.001,0692
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,06584.00/cwt84.00–84.008951
Bulls1,82592.42/cwt90.50–94.501,6872
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94565.50/cwt65.50–65.506191
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32578.50/cwt78.50–78.501,0401
CowsLean 85-90%1,14374.84/cwt70.50–76.7585512
CowsLean 85-90%1,04566.31/cwt64.00–68.506932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38979.23/cwt77.25–80.751,10151
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63872.94/cwt72.00–74.001,1952
CowsLean 85-90%1,18778.15/cwt77.00–79.009283

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.