Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-06-14

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 14
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
288 vs last sale 843 670 vs year ago 1,225 · 54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
120 vs last sale 29 94 vs year ago 55 · +170.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
12 vs last sale 4 28 vs year ago 44 · 63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady to firm. Heifer calves traded 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales from the previous week on steer calves for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on very good buyer demand. Hotter than average temperatures moved into the region, topping out at 106 degrees over the weekend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.53/cwt on 272 head.
Average price
$160.53
272 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,111
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.78
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2687161.221,107155
Medium and Large 1699159.621,116117
One grade step is worth $1.60/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale272 hd
160.53
TX average4 barns · 1,088 hd
172.31
−11.78
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
BullsHigh1,61994.331,52710
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48187.661,29819
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30085.741,11438
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02280.0181782

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,425$9751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)795$4001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)680$3752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)870$7955

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1677150.09/cwt150.00–151.501,01632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489158.00/cwt158.00–158.007734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed326170.00/cwt170.00–170.005548
HeifersMedium and Large 2473138.50/cwt138.50–138.506556
HeifersMedium and Large 1446159.50/cwt159.50–159.5071122
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,024125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2804
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed477177.50/cwt177.50–177.5084712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed373185.00/cwt185.00–185.006906
HeifersMedium and Large 1557158.39/cwt158.00–159.5088227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,141137
SteersMedium and Large 1687162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,11325
SteersMedium and Large 1623166.22/cwt166.00–166.501,0369
SteersMedium and Large 1592169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,00316
SteersMedium and Large 1750153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,15120
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy851132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,12326
SteersMedium and Large 1708159.25/cwt159.25–159.251,12743
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2001,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29751,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 3600475.00/head475.00–475.004752
Bred CowsMedium 3795400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Bred CowsMedium 3680375.00/head375.00–375.003752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,425975.00/head975.00–975.009751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 198388.43/cwt87.00–92.008697
Bulls1,819103.27/cwt100.00–106.501,8784
Bulls1,55382.38/cwt80.00–86.501,2793
Bulls1,41894.37/cwt89.00–98.501,3383
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94479.51/cwt70.00–82.0075142
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80654.33/cwt48.00–61.504384
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36287.82/cwt87.00–88.251,19611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28585.43/cwt84.00–87.001,09824
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53391.73/cwt91.50–92.001,4062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,1981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47787.41/cwt85.00–91.001,29116
CowsLean 85-90%1,13683.45/cwt79.50–84.5094836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19080.63/cwt79.50–82.509593

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.