Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-08-09

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 9
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,427 head
22 vs last sale 1,405 57 vs year ago 1,370 · +4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
9 vs last sale 12 30 vs year ago 51 · 58.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
73 vs last sale 3 12 vs year ago 64 · +18.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves traded mostly firm, with the exception of 500-550 lb steers which were 4.00 lower. All classes of heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows traded with a higher undertone compared to last weeks light test. Quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply once again consisting of load lots of yearlings straight off the short grass. Portions of the Panhandle received some spotty rain ranging from a half inch to an inch and a half. This has lead to drought improvements in the Northern and Central Panhandle according to the US Drought Monitor. However, 90 percent of the state is still rated from abnormally dry to exceptional drought compared to only 5 percent last year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.04/cwt on 737 head.
Average price
$174.04
737 head · 739 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,287
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.26
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1745174.161,297717
Medium and Large 1-2546169.7592820
One grade step is worth $4.41/cwt here — about $370 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 sale737 hd
174.04
TX average3 barns · 1,619 hd
174.30
−0.26
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35583.501,1311thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13080.6891212
CowsLean 85-90%Average92368.556335thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$1,10016
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,123$8602thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,035$7851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)981$70117

Every lot, as filed

49 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
SteersMedium and Large 1669177.62/cwt172.50–179.001,188103
SteersMedium and Large 1488185.67/cwt181.00–188.009069
SteersMedium and Large 1326207.00/cwt207.00–207.006754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382160.60/cwt151.00–168.0061344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2690150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0352
SteersMedium and Large 1569183.40/cwt177.50–188.501,04432
HeifersMedium and Large 1569168.64/cwt168.50–171.00960224
HeifersMedium and Large 1370182.09/cwt174.00–183.0067435
HeifersMedium and Large 1466173.53/cwt168.50–176.0080969
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy593156.87/cwt154.00–161.0093015
HeifersMedium and Large 1688161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1085
SteersMedium and Large 1393221.00/cwt221.00–221.008694
HeifersMedium and Large 1925144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,33210
HeifersMedium and Large 1428174.35/cwt166.00–176.0074617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2268177.45/cwt175.00–181.004768
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510154.00/cwt154.00–154.0078510
BullsMedium and Large 1576163.29/cwt153.00–168.0094119
BullsMedium and Large 1490166.00/cwt166.00–166.008132
BullsMedium and Large 1720143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0305
HeifersMedium and Large 1505172.00/cwt172.00–172.008695
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy533154.00/cwt154.00–154.008214
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2-3981700.53/head675.00–750.0070117
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,123860.00/head860.00–860.008602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0621,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,10016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,035785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Stock CowsMedium and Large 184589.11/cwt78.00–91.007537
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,165110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0001
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85571.94/cwt66.50–74.006154
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12580.38/cwt80.00–82.5090411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,1311
CowsLean 85-90%1,19555.00/cwt55.00–55.006571
HeifersMedium and Large 1645163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,05115
HeifersMedium and Large 1223190.00/cwt190.00–190.004246
SteersMedium and Large 1824170.12/cwt170.00–170.251,402257
SteersMedium and Large 1853169.75/cwt169.75–169.751,448102
SteersMedium and Large 1422205.02/cwt192.00–224.0086515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511173.50/cwt173.50–173.5088714
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365140.00/cwt140.00–140.0051120
SteersMedium and Large 1531182.13/cwt179.50–186.0096756
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3377144.00/cwt144.00–144.005433
SteersMedium and Large 1776170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,323135
BullsMedium and Large 1511160.00/cwt160.00–160.008184
BullsMedium and Large 1323187.00/cwt187.00–187.006044
BullsMedium and Large 1378198.00/cwt198.00–198.007482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2310166.00/cwt166.00–166.0051512
BullsMedium and Large 1667152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0143
BullsMedium and Large 1234214.00/cwt214.00–214.005017

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.