Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-08-16

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 16
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,074 head
353 vs last sale 1,427 405 vs year ago 669 · +60.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
2 vs last sale 21 16 vs year ago 35 · 45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
39 vs last sale 76 17 vs year ago 20 · +85.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded steady to firm. Steer calves sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on feeder heifers for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $169.11/cwt on 427 head.
Average price
$169.11
427 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,131
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$694
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$132.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.77
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589189.621,117224
Medium and Large 1-2765174.791,337154
Small and Medium 373457.5242249
One grade step is worth $132.10/cwt here — about $694 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 sale427 hd
169.11
TX average4 barns · 2,201 hd
182.88
−13.77
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
BullsAverage1,45391.391,3282thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41087.001,2272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34077.581,0402thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average79152.5041513

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$1,0005
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)951$96411
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)794$3507
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,1751thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
SteersSmall and Medium 368754.00/cwt54.00–54.003713
SteersSmall and Medium 373757.75/cwt57.75–57.7542646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377211.00/cwt211.00–211.007959
HeifersMedium and Large 1731162.14/cwt160.50–162.501,18578
HeifersMedium and Large 1402170.00/cwt170.00–170.006836
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned614160.25/cwt160.25–160.2598432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,19210
SteersMedium and Large 1370230.00/cwt230.00–230.0085122
SteersMedium and Large 1688177.13/cwt177.00–178.001,21986
HeifersMedium and Large 1503168.00/cwt168.00–168.0084525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512151.00/cwt151.00–151.007739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2248157.00/cwt157.00–157.003896
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614147.00/cwt147.00–147.0090323
HeifersMedium and Large 2668124.00/cwt124.00–124.008283
HeifersMedium and Large 1451173.00/cwt173.00–173.007807
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2125180.00/cwt180.00–180.002258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2342166.00/cwt166.00–166.005688
HeifersSmall and Medium 367152.00/cwt52.00–52.0034912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408158.00/cwt158.00–158.006453
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3794350.00/head350.00–350.003507
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19801,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1009
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2001,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0881,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0005
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2-3818350.00/head350.00–350.003502
Stock CowsMedium 2-376849.00/cwt49.00–49.003769
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-282773.00/cwt73.00–73.006043
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2615109.00/cwt109.00–109.006701
Bulls1,45391.39/cwt90.00–92.501,3282
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89461.63/cwt58.50–65.505514
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight70346.99/cwt46.00–52.003307
CowsLean 85-90%1,16574.00/cwt74.00–74.008621
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight62033.00/cwt33.00–33.002051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2501
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3342140.00/cwt140.00–140.004793
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3429127.00/cwt127.00–127.005455
SteersMedium and Large 1738175.75/cwt175.75–175.751,29716
SteersMedium and Large 1523186.00/cwt186.00–186.009734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2806172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,390132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned670150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0055
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335103.47/cwt103.00–104.0034711
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3342161.00/cwt161.00–161.005515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300208.00/cwt208.00–208.006244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2858166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,4294
SteersMedium and Large 1436206.59/cwt205.00–209.0090117
SteersMedium and Large 1450215.00/cwt215.00–215.0096825
SteersMedium and Large 1566184.53/cwt184.50–185.001,04443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34077.58/cwt75.00–80.001,0402
BullsMedium and Large 1232200.00/cwt200.00–200.0046412
BullsMedium and Large 1664135.00/cwt135.00–135.008964
BullsSmall and Medium 354340.00/cwt40.00–40.002173
HeifersMedium and Large 1643168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,080148
HeifersMedium and Large 2528140.00/cwt140.00–140.007396
HeifersSmall and Medium 357040.00/cwt40.00–40.002283
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned699164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,14611
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3425152.00/cwt152.00–152.006466

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.