Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-10-25

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 25
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,521 head
269 vs last sale 1,790 268 vs year ago 1,789 · 15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
61 vs last sale 82 89 vs year ago 110 · 80.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
17 vs last sale 54 2 vs year ago 39 · 5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded firm to 4.00 higher on comparable sales. Not enough comparable sales on feeder heifers for a market trend. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher, with the exception of steers weighing under 400 pounds which traded 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of yearlings straight off the short grass and several smaller packages of weaned calves. A cold front moved into the region the trading region bringing with it some much needed rain ranging from a half inch to an inch and a half. This should bring a much needed boost to the winter wheat crop.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.13/cwt on 1,094 head.
Average price
$176.13
1,094 head · 689 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,214
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.11
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560183.881,029196
Medium and Large 1-2723174.991,265876
Medium and Large 2506152.6177222
One grade step is worth $31.26/cwt here — about $257 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 sale1,094 hd
176.13
TX average4 barns · 2,217 hd
175.02
+1.11
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
BullsLow1,35382.521,1162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,37567.669303thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,67064.501,0771thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low89050.4344912

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)961$8838
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$8415
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)930$7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)850$8002thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2752175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,316183
SteersMedium and Large 1525185.25/cwt183.00–187.0097331
SteersMedium and Large 1566186.46/cwt180.00–187.001,05584
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80947.70/cwt45.00–50.503865
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87053.48/cwt53.00–54.004652
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight69533.06/cwt31.00–35.002302
Bulls1,35382.52/cwt79.50–86.001,1162
Stock CowsMedium and Large 194885.55/cwt71.50–103.008112
BullsMedium and Large 1455192.00/cwt192.00–192.008741
BullsMedium and Large 1650146.00/cwt146.00–146.009491
BullsMedium and Large 2388155.00/cwt155.00–155.006012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,07390
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned495185.00/cwt185.00–185.009162
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned702156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,09518
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned593172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0208
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned659153.69/cwt151.50–158.001,0136
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned614165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0135
SteersMedium and Large 1412213.54/cwt208.00–226.0088025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714176.25/cwt176.25–176.251,258424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2694166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,15212
SteersMedium and Large 1315230.00/cwt230.00–230.007251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2454171.00/cwt171.00–171.007765
SteersMedium and Large 2571146.50/cwt146.50–146.508375
SteersMedium and Large 2626141.00/cwt141.00–141.008835
SteersMedium and Large 2468152.00/cwt152.00–152.007119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2809174.60/cwt174.60–174.601,413115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy759165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,25238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy709165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1705
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full626146.00/cwt146.00–146.009144
SteersMedium and Large 1490192.00/cwt192.00–192.009412
SteersMedium and Large 1626172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0778
SteersMedium and Large 2310184.00/cwt184.00–184.005703
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned487161.00/cwt161.00–161.007845
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned577148.15/cwt141.00–152.0085523
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned630144.26/cwt140.50–149.0090911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned717138.50/cwt135.50–139.0099314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned666152.70/cwt138.50–154.001,01724
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy651167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0906
HeifersMedium and Large 2664128.55/cwt125.00–133.008549
HeifersMedium and Large 2466156.93/cwt151.00–161.0073124
HeifersMedium and Large 1466176.68/cwt172.00–178.0082323
HeifersMedium and Large 1426179.13/cwt175.00–182.0076311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned509155.00/cwt155.00–155.007894
HeifersMedium and Large 1503167.84/cwt166.00–171.0084419
BullsMedium and Large 1509150.00/cwt150.00–150.007644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2391169.41/cwt165.00–174.0066210
HeifersMedium and Large 2568151.00/cwt151.00–151.008582
HeifersMedium and Large 1377212.89/cwt182.00–232.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 1569162.00/cwt162.00–162.0092213
HeifersMedium and Large 1922134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,24013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1850800.00/head800.00–800.008002
Bred CowsMedium 1975745.18/head650.00–810.007452
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,288904.33/head850.00–950.009043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,021947.62/head810.00–1,000.009485
Bred CowsMedium 1860775.70/head700.00–860.007763
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,230900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium 1930700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1883114.68/cwt107.00–123.001,0133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41566.50/cwt66.50–66.509411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67064.50/cwt64.50–64.501,0771
CowsLean 85-90%1,17065.78/cwt65.00–66.507702
CowsLean 85-90%1,16562.00/cwt62.00–62.007221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35568.24/cwt68.00–68.509252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2402161.00/cwt161.00–161.006476
BullsMedium and Large 1-2553148.50/cwt148.50–148.508214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530155.00/cwt155.00–155.008228

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.