Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-11-01

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 1
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,897 head
▲ 376 vs last sale 1,521▲ 355 vs year ago 1,542 · +23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 21▼ 5 vs year ago 76 · −6.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 37▼ 94 vs year ago 161 · −58.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 1.00 lower. Not enough comparable sales on feeder heifers due to last weeks light test, but a higher undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Not enough comparable sales on replacement cattle from last weeks light test but a much higher undertone was noted. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was very attractive, with some really nice weaned calves and replacement cattle with high quality genetics on offer.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.87/cwt on 853 head.
Average price
$177.87
853 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1597186.061,111433
Medium and Large 1-2781169.431,323420
One grade step is worth $16.63/cwt here — about −$212 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 sale853 hd
177.87
—
TX average4 barns · 2,394 hd
176.13
+1.74
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
Bulls—Low1,74281.831,4267thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22369.2284713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51769.091,0484thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03560.3362531

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)1,170$1,51611
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,333$1,11015
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,218$8889
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,013$8293thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,064$7833thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)998$6002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,7108
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,4854thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,463$1,0992thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—380190.00/cwt190.00–190.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—295212.00/cwt212.00–212.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380212.36/cwt202.00–217.008079
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—488172.00/cwt172.00–172.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—487152.95/cwt150.00–166.0074521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—334165.50/cwt165.50–165.505535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,11323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325194.00/cwt194.00–194.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—754159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1996
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625166.97/cwt162.00–168.001,04444
HeifersMedium and Large 1—556170.50/cwt170.50–170.5094823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—407164.00/cwt164.00–164.006675
BullsMedium and Large 1—415198.00/cwt198.00–198.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—762150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1437
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—806157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,26569
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—531159.76/cwt150.50–165.508488
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—896125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1248
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434187.72/cwt185.00–190.0081511
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3331,109.51/head1,000.00–1,275.001,11015
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,02081.76/cwt81.00–83.008343
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0501,710.00/head1,710.00–1,710.001,7108
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,2001,485.00/head1,485.00–1,485.001,4854
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,4631,099.15/head1,000.00–1,200.001,0992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—985741.50/head690.00–793.007422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—998600.00/head600.00–600.006002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,038736.60/head700.00–770.007372
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—878110.46/cwt110.00–111.009702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1701,515.62/head1,160.00–1,550.001,51611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0701,005.00/head1,005.00–1,005.001,0051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,218887.57/head800.00–975.008889
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,115875.00/head875.00–875.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482182.98/cwt178.00–187.0088267
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513176.00/cwt176.00–176.0090345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523170.00/cwt170.00–170.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—613153.96/cwt153.50–158.5094433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—683150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571157.65/cwt152.00–162.0090014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—384181.00/cwt181.00–181.006957
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—757163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,23413
SteersMedium and Large 1—570189.92/cwt184.00–195.001,083114
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—573155.00/cwt155.00–155.008886
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—666146.02/cwt144.00–152.0097239
HeifersMedium and Large 1—704166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,16982
SteersMedium and Large 1—677174.80/cwt172.00–176.001,18398
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—746174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,302145
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—728151.69/cwt151.25–155.001,10426
SteersMedium and Large 1—380235.19/cwt227.00–241.0089414
SteersMedium and Large 1—474192.96/cwt191.00–196.009155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—482164.50/cwt164.50–164.5079323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—598169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,0143
SteersMedium and Large 1—296238.00/cwt238.00–238.007041
SteersMedium and Large 1—989143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—847166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,410240
SteersMedium and Large 1—442224.79/cwt221.00–225.0099418
SteersMedium and Large 1—541194.80/cwt187.00–196.001,054115
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—575176.31/cwt175.00–178.001,01416
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—658162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0665
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—707155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0968
BullsMedium and Large 1—995114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1341
BullsMedium and Large 1—800140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—580155.00/cwt155.00–155.008994
BullsMedium and Large 1—614155.00/cwt155.00–155.009529
BullsMedium and Large 1—385182.00/cwt182.00–182.007011
Bulls——1,83379.09/cwt71.50–84.001,4505
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21167.98/cwt65.00–71.0082311
Bulls——1,51588.69/cwt88.50–89.001,3442
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—91052.45/cwt46.00–55.504774
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—93458.67/cwt56.00–60.505489
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29076.02/cwt75.50–76.509812
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47870.76/cwt70.50–71.001,0462
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55567.41/cwt66.50–68.001,0482
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11765.19/cwt63.00–67.5072812
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10858.34/cwt56.00–62.506466

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.