Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-09-13

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
997 head
239 vs last sale 1,236 254 vs year ago 1,251 · 20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
44 vs last sale 21 56 vs year ago 121 · 46.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
15 vs last sale 71 82 vs year ago 4 · +2,050.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Winter wheat planting continues across the region. Temperatures have warmed back up to the upper 80's and lower 90's during the day and dropping down to the 50's and 60's at night.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $200.12/cwt on 577 head.
Average price
$200.12
577 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,205
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$449
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.27
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1607200.421,217563
Medium and Large 1-2408188.3276814thin
One grade step is worth $12.10/cwt here — about $449 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 sale577 hd
200.12
TX average4 barns · 1,880 hd
189.85
+10.27
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
BullsAverage1,58291.911,45411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14283.1895022
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45580.501,1711thin
CowsLean 85-90%High96970.2668127

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 (2-4 yrs)1,041$1,15417
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$1,14736
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)978$6503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)752$5003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$1,3503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$1,0502thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
BullsMedium and Large 1450207.00/cwt207.00–207.009323
BullsMedium and Large 1513181.00/cwt181.00–181.009296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2339187.00/cwt187.00–187.006345
HeifersMedium and Large 1581173.32/cwt173.00–175.001,00724
HeifersMedium and Large 1320201.78/cwt201.00–208.0064626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2451175.00/cwt175.00–175.007894
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350188.00/cwt188.00–188.006585
SteersMedium and Large 1380241.74/cwt241.00–251.0091951
SteersMedium and Large 1664176.06/cwt175.00–176.501,16930
SteersMedium and Large 1570189.46/cwt186.00–190.501,08048
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned660165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,0928
SteersMedium and Large 1828161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3332
SteersMedium and Large 1467227.42/cwt211.00–234.001,06226
SteersMedium and Large 1338248.66/cwt246.00–253.0084043
SteersMedium and Large 1439231.04/cwt225.00–234.001,014118
SteersMedium and Large 1795172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,371220
SteersMedium and Large 1715172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440188.50/cwt188.50–188.508299
HeifersMedium and Large 1362207.25/cwt200.00–209.0075034
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned572166.00/cwt166.00–166.009505
HeifersMedium and Large 1624165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0307
HeifersMedium and Large 1513177.00/cwt177.00–177.009089
HeifersMedium and Large 1664163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,08215
SteersMedium and Large 1925152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,40613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy668157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,04910
HeifersMedium and Large 1432188.27/cwt181.00–190.50813117
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2978650.00/head650.00–650.006503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19891,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4008
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,088935.00/head935.00–935.009359
Bred CowsMedium 2752500.00/head500.00–500.005003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1281,147.33/head1,075.00–1,275.001,14736
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,00586.00/cwt86.00–86.008641
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1783148.14/cwt146.00–151.001,1608
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2767117.97/cwt117.00–120.009056
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0001,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3503
Bulls1,59694.82/cwt88.50–98.501,5135
Bulls1,952105.50/cwt102.00–109.502,0593
Bulls1,18773.47/cwt69.00–79.508723
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95977.25/cwt77.25–77.257418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14283.18/cwt80.00–84.0095022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,1711
CowsLean 85-90%1,01078.00/cwt78.00–78.007883
CowsLean 85-90%1,23868.16/cwt65.00–70.008443
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight77761.04/cwt60.00–63.004743
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94165.75/cwt65.75–65.7561910

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.