Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-07-19

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jul 19
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
722 head
1,503 vs last sale 2,225 722 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
175 vs last sale 245 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
166 vs last sale 170 4 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 steady to 2.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded sharply lower on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. Portions of the Panhandle and West Texas have received some drought relief in the form of Monsoonal rains. However, extreme heat has returned to the area and much of the South, with daily temperatures expected to match or come come close to previous record highs.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.73/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$160.73
292 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.10
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472171.8381194
Medium and Large 1-2639158.201,011168
Medium and Large 2652140.1091430
One grade step is worth $31.73/cwt here — about −$103 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 sale292 hd
160.73
TX average4 barns · 1,416 hd
160.83
−0.10
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
BullsLow1,71776.021,3053thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32966.9388919
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53064.569885thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94153.8550743

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)917$6833thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)600$4751thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2643136.00/cwt136.00–136.008743
HeifersMedium and Large 1241189.00/cwt189.00–189.004556
SteersMedium and Large 1-2812151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,22610
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned375214.00/cwt214.00–214.008038
HeifersMedium and Large 1470165.00/cwt165.00–165.007765
SteersMedium and Large 1657176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,16073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480155.00/cwt155.00–155.007448
HeifersMedium and Large 1806148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,1974
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned296177.00/cwt177.00–177.0052413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,19425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628174.14/cwt162.00–176.001,09421
SteersMedium and Large 1428216.00/cwt216.00–216.009243
HeifersMedium and Large 2568138.00/cwt138.00–138.007844
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2460150.00/cwt150.00–150.0069019
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2426119.00/cwt119.00–119.0050715
SteersMedium and Large 1319247.50/cwt247.50–247.5079028
SteersMedium and Large 1577174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2551156.00/cwt156.00–156.008606
HeifersMedium and Large 1663156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0348
SteersMedium and Large 1-2409186.00/cwt186.00–186.007618
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned254230.00/cwt230.00–230.0058420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2920136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2512
BullsMedium and Large 1380195.00/cwt195.00–195.007412
BullsMedium and Large 1605156.00/cwt156.00–156.009442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520149.00/cwt149.00–149.007754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed730142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,03711
BullsMedium and Large 11,035109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1281
BullsMedium and Large 1348220.00/cwt220.00–220.0076611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572150.00/cwt150.00–150.008585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620145.00/cwt145.00–145.008994
HeifersMedium and Large 1726155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,12922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,13271
HeifersMedium and Large 2668141.00/cwt141.00–141.0094223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,09144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2239180.00/cwt180.00–180.004306
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447165.00/cwt165.00–165.007383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376171.13/cwt170.00–173.0064319
HeifersMedium and Large 1317186.98/cwt186.00–189.0059313
HeifersMedium and Large 1417178.00/cwt178.00–178.0074215
BullsMedium and Large 1197450.00/head450.00–450.004502
BullsMedium and Large 1940117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1002
BullsMedium and Large 1473193.00/cwt193.00–193.009133
BullsMedium and Large 1429214.00/cwt214.00–214.009185
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned228191.00/cwt191.00–191.004358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1408
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 3600475.00/head475.00–475.004751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2700800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 31,050600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 31,000650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bulls1,77553.00/cwt53.00–53.009411
Bulls1,68887.53/cwt84.00–90.501,4782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53064.56/cwt63.00–65.009885
CowsLean 85-90%1,13966.35/cwt65.50–66.7575622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32966.93/cwt65.00–72.0088919
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81852.67/cwt50.00–60.004316
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight71840.12/cwt36.00–47.002888
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight68031.25/cwt20.00–34.002137

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.