Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-09-20

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 20
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,429 head
432 vs last sale 997 318 vs year ago 1,111 · +28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
2 vs last sale 65 18 vs year ago 45 · +40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
50 vs last sale 86 24 vs year ago 12 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Steer calves were mostly 3.00 lower, with bigger declines on lighter weight cattle. Heifer calves traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was attractive with several smaller bunches of calves and loads of yearlings on offer.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.16/cwt on 620 head.
Average price
$171.16
620 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,022
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.31
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556177.35987311
Medium and Large 1-2654165.851,085287
Medium and Large 2426152.9165122
One grade step is worth $24.44/cwt here — about $336 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 sale620 hd
171.16
TX average4 barns · 1,779 hd
166.85
+4.31
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
BullsLow1,41481.201,1486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28581.011,0415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63177.441,2634thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low97563.8262238

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$1,0751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$1,0659
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,245$9508
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,142$7255

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1705176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2415
SteersMedium and Large 2484167.00/cwt167.00–167.0080818
SteersMedium and Large 1349235.00/cwt235.00–235.008204
SteersMedium and Large 1561191.87/cwt187.50–196.001,07668
SteersMedium and Large 1631179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1298
SteersMedium and Large 1773174.25/cwt174.25–174.251,34732
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned458214.43/cwt202.00–218.0098219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2314218.47/cwt210.00–231.006868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2417207.99/cwt207.00–211.008678
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571179.93/cwt178.50–182.501,02722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned541175.13/cwt167.00–177.0094759
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned423182.18/cwt179.00–184.0077133
HeifersMedium and Large 1619169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0468
HeifersMedium and Large 1416195.12/cwt195.00–198.0081248
SteersMedium and Large 1677179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,21211
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned566178.73/cwt174.00–181.001,01213
SteersMedium and Large 1423219.81/cwt216.00–222.0093064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0034
SteersMedium and Large 1542191.04/cwt190.00–197.001,03513
HeifersMedium and Large 2238140.00/cwt140.00–140.003332
HeifersMedium and Large 1510180.20/cwt179.00–184.0091929
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724164.47/cwt163.50–165.501,191135
HeifersMedium and Large 1703167.02/cwt163.50–167.501,17484
HeifersMedium and Large 1491185.00/cwt185.00–185.009084
HeifersMedium and Large 1826158.28/cwt157.00–163.501,30710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273194.68/cwt192.00–197.005314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582168.00/cwt168.00–168.009787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446171.00/cwt171.00–171.007638
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520171.00/cwt171.00–171.0088914
HeifersMedium and Large 1311204.00/cwt204.00–204.0063418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,02699
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned455179.13/cwt178.00–181.008158
HeifersMedium and Large 2348151.00/cwt151.00–151.005254
HeifersMedium and Large 2469155.00/cwt155.00–155.0072716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2687157.78/cwt151.00–160.501,08414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340181.00/cwt181.00–181.006153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2817148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2651,065.07/head1,025.00–1,085.001,0659
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,142724.76/head635.00–800.007255
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19101,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,245950.00/head950.00–950.009508
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1972114.19/cwt114.00–116.001,1109
Bulls1,14769.20/cwt56.50–82.007943
Bulls1,68093.20/cwt92.50–94.501,5663
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight72544.50/cwt38.50–48.003236
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90062.99/cwt61.50–64.505674
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81254.13/cwt51.00–57.004406
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28581.01/cwt79.00–82.501,0415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63580.50/cwt80.50–80.501,3161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63076.42/cwt74.50–79.001,2463
CowsLean 85-90%1,10476.20/cwt72.50–78.0084111
CowsLean 85-90%1,09967.58/cwt62.50–69.0074311
SteersMedium and Large 1451224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,01011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy896141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,26310
BullsMedium and Large 1277239.00/cwt239.00–239.0066213
BullsMedium and Large 1365233.00/cwt233.00–233.0085011
BullsMedium and Large 1549184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0109
BullsMedium and Large 1336200.00/cwt200.00–200.006724
BullsMedium and Large 1425207.63/cwt207.00–209.008823

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.