Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-09-06

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,236 head
35 vs last sale 1,271 246 vs year ago 990 · +24.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
1 vs last sale 20 146 vs year ago 167 · 87.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
38 vs last sale 33 50 vs year ago 21 · +238.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to firm. Feeder heifers traded firm to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows and bulls for a market trend. Quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of load lots of yearlings straight off the grass and large groups of really nice weaned calves. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.82/cwt on 630 head.
Average price
$197.82
630 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$260
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.74
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470223.501,049297
Medium and Large 1-2749174.911,310333
One grade step is worth $48.59/cwt here — about −$260 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 sale630 hd
197.82
TX average4 barns · 1,832 hd
191.08
+6.74
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
BullsHigh1,58294.171,4903thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15380.529284thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91673.2567113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30570.009141thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,126$1,32522
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,097$1,09521
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,124$1,0105
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,024$84819
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)700$1,3501thin

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
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3361162.00/cwt162.00–162.005854
SteersMedium and Large 1335255.31/cwt237.00–257.0085558
SteersMedium and Large 1507217.04/cwt197.00–219.001,10097
SteersMedium and Large 1763179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771173.75/cwt172.85–177.501,340303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0269
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3342161.00/cwt161.00–161.005517
HeifersMedium and Large 1568170.78/cwt169.00–175.009707
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15380.52/cwt78.50–82.509284
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91879.43/cwt75.50–82.0072910
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight70343.00/cwt43.00–43.003022
Bulls1,823108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,9782
CowsLean 85-90%1,32072.00/cwt72.00–72.009501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30570.00/cwt70.00–70.009141
Bulls1,10065.50/cwt65.50–65.507211
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,135107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2141
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1925118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,024847.82/head825.00–1,025.0084819
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1261,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,32522
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 17001,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0971,094.82/head1,060.00–1,175.001,09521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1241,010.00/head1,010.00–1,010.001,0105
HeifersMedium and Large 1387204.54/cwt197.00–217.0079271
HeifersMedium and Large 2362170.00/cwt170.00–170.0061510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy641151.00/cwt151.00–151.009688
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2396181.00/cwt181.00–181.007174
HeifersMedium and Large 1325217.37/cwt195.00–219.0070655
HeifersMedium and Large 2730156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1392
HeifersMedium and Large 1492186.66/cwt186.00–187.5091825
HeifersMedium and Large 1983145.09/cwt144.00–147.001,42622
HeifersMedium and Large 2273187.00/cwt187.00–187.005119
HeifersMedium and Large 1606176.82/cwt175.00–177.501,07219
HeifersMedium and Large 1433188.00/cwt188.00–188.0081410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2344184.87/cwt182.00–187.0063614
HeifersMedium and Large 1504185.40/cwt185.00–186.009345
HeifersMedium and Large 1752171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,2903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2884146.85/cwt145.00–151.001,29813
SteersMedium and Large 1483210.01/cwt201.00–212.001,01419
SteersMedium and Large 1412234.94/cwt214.00–239.0096866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403186.00/cwt186.00–186.007502
SteersMedium and Large 1812174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,4176
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy647168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0875
HeifersMedium and Large 1741168.55/cwt166.00–169.001,24919
SteersMedium and Large 1370228.38/cwt228.00–229.0084517
SteersMedium and Large 1730178.00/cwt175.00–179.001,29912
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3583145.00/cwt145.00–145.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1613185.77/cwt185.50–187.001,13911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,06411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2401203.00/cwt203.00–203.0081410
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3718143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2702170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,19364
BullsMedium and Large 1910126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1472
BullsMedium and Large 1592176.17/cwt161.00–178.001,0439
BullsMedium and Large 1469176.00/cwt176.00–176.008258
BullsMedium and Large 1248237.00/cwt237.00–237.005882
BullsMedium and Large 1675150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0132

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.