Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-08-02

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,405 head
512 vs last sale 893 995 vs year ago 410 · +242.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
28 vs last sale 40 23 vs year ago 35 · 65.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
46 vs last sale 49 19 vs year ago 22 · 86.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were unevenly steady on limited comparable sales from the previous week. Quality was very attractive, with the majority of the sale consisting of large load lots of yearlings straight off the short grass. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher on a light test. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. A good portion of the trading region finally received some much needed rain ranging from 2-7 inches. The droughted out pastures are starting to green up for the first time this summer.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.42/cwt on 774 head.
Average price
$169.42
774 head · 795 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,347
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
10.33
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1795169.421,347774
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale774 hd
169.42
TX average4 barns · 2,228 hd
179.74
−10.33
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
BullsLow1,04878.398224thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67085.001,4201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19868.868255thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89048.004272thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15265.50/cwt65.50–65.507553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26873.89/cwt72.50–75.509372
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight83046.00/cwt46.00–46.003821
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95050.00/cwt50.00–50.004751
Bulls1,04878.39/cwt77.00–80.508224
Stock CowsMedium and Large 178385.00/cwt85.00–85.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 2347150.00/cwt150.00–150.005219
HeifersMedium and Large 1657161.89/cwt158.50–170.001,064104
HeifersMedium and Large 1783154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,21025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722157.01/cwt156.00–158.001,134138
SteersMedium and Large 1428204.30/cwt194.50–219.0087416
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned643151.00/cwt151.00–151.009712
HeifersMedium and Large 1366180.91/cwt176.00–183.0066217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270184.00/cwt184.00–184.0049710
HeifersMedium and Large 1342188.27/cwt180.00–192.0064416
HeifersMedium and Large 2653138.00/cwt138.00–138.0090112
BullsMedium and Large 11,070113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,2092
BullsMedium and Large 1295215.00/cwt215.00–215.006344
BullsMedium and Large 1318203.00/cwt203.00–203.006462
BullsMedium and Large 1480173.00/cwt173.00–173.008304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553159.00/cwt159.00–159.008795
HeifersMedium and Large 1280195.02/cwt185.00–200.0054615
SteersMedium and Large 1707175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,24119
SteersMedium and Large 1785167.34/cwt165.50–169.001,314212
SteersMedium and Large 1290213.00/cwt213.00–213.006184
SteersMedium and Large 1687177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,21678
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned581171.00/cwt171.00–171.009946
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned663168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,1176
HeifersMedium and Large 1467169.50/cwt169.00–170.007928
SteersMedium and Large 1910163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,483122
SteersMedium and Large 1888163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,450242
SteersMedium and Large 1460203.99/cwt200.00–207.009387
SteersMedium and Large 1357221.00/cwt221.00–221.0078912
SteersMedium and Large 1540187.03/cwt180.50–198.001,01030
HeifersMedium and Large 1526164.85/cwt163.00–170.5086720
SteersMedium and Large 1842163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,37720

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.