Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-10-18

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 18
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,790 head
774 vs last sale 1,016 94 vs year ago 1,696 · +5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
23 vs last sale 105 52 vs year ago 30 · +173.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
20 vs last sale 34 48 vs year ago 6 · +800.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers compared to last weeks light test, but a higher undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady to 5.00 higher, with instances of 10.00 higher on 550 to 600 pound calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 1.00 higher. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. A good portion of the trading region received some much needed rain over the weekend. Although the total amounts of rain were short, it was more than welcome to help this wheat crop emerge.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.59/cwt on 698 head.
Average price
$158.59
698 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,063
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.42
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646158.871,026484
Medium and Large 1-2726157.951,146214
One grade step is worth $0.92/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale698 hd
158.59
TX average4 barns · 1,669 hd
154.17
+4.42
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
BullsLow1,84682.981,53210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17366.627815thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low90061.3655257

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,254$1,01723
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$9212thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,047$9177
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,204$8634thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,238$7854thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)835$63310

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1415216.00/cwt216.00–216.008962
BullsMedium and Large 11,10084.00/cwt84.00–84.009241
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy901126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,1406
HeifersMedium and Large 1628159.62/cwt158.00–162.001,002140
HeifersMedium and Large 1515165.40/cwt164.50–166.0085234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2687160.96/cwt150.00–162.001,10678
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,031118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed680174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,18782
SteersMedium and Large 1509188.00/cwt188.00–188.0095729
SteersMedium and Large 1578181.02/cwt178.50–181.501,04665
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned585167.00/cwt167.00–167.0097718
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned655166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,08961
SteersMedium and Large 1398222.00/cwt222.00–222.008846
SteersMedium and Large 1822167.70/cwt167.00–167.751,37862
SteersMedium and Large 1773171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,32473
SteersMedium and Large 1721172.52/cwt171.00–174.001,244118
SteersMedium and Large 1659177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1668
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned646166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,07230
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned490152.00/cwt152.00–152.0074521
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned599156.00/cwt156.00–156.0093418
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned544150.75/cwt150.00–151.5082018
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned621155.65/cwt154.50–156.7596760
SteersMedium and Large 1489194.50/cwt194.50–194.5095137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567173.32/cwt171.00–175.0098317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2783155.41/cwt152.00–155.501,217123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333164.00/cwt164.00–164.005463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2454163.00/cwt163.00–163.007404
HeifersMedium and Large 1680164.15/cwt164.00–164.251,11691
HeifersMedium and Large 1431169.50/cwt169.50–169.507317
HeifersMedium and Large 1378185.00/cwt185.00–185.006992
HeifersMedium and Large 1870150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3052
HeifersMedium and Large 1711164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1666
HeifersMedium and Large 1773158.14/cwt157.75–161.001,22275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434164.50/cwt164.50–164.507146
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1841,102.30/head1,075.00–1,125.001,1024
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2865669.84/head635.00–700.006703
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,204863.03/head850.00–875.008634
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1853101.57/cwt100.00–103.008664
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2541,016.70/head975.00–1,175.001,01723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2895921.06/head875.00–960.009212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,238785.00/head785.00–785.007854
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2835633.08/head525.00–675.0063310
Bulls1,74080.37/cwt75.00–87.001,3987
Bulls2,09289.08/cwt88.50–90.001,8643
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight70342.07/cwt35.00–46.002963
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92263.07/cwt59.00–69.5058230
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight82750.22/cwt47.00–53.004156
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17366.62/cwt66.00–69.007815
CowsLean 85-90%1,12562.07/cwt61.00–63.506986
CowsLean 85-90%81967.14/cwt65.50–67.5055012

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.