Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-11-08

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,432 head
465 vs last sale 1,897 255 vs year ago 1,177 · +21.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
53 vs last sale 71 81 vs year ago 43 · +188.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
53 vs last sale 67 23 vs year ago 37 · 62.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. According to USDA-NASS, winter wheat planting across the state reached 88 percent, up 5 points from the previous year. Winter wheat emergence has reached 67 percent, up 5 points from the previous year. Although rains have been scarce they've been pretty timely for the winter wheat crop thus far.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.02/cwt on 502 head.
Average price
$173.02
502 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.38
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1611178.551,091224
Medium and Large 1-2791168.561,333278
One grade step is worth $9.99/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale502 hd
173.02
TX average4 barns · 1,567 hd
180.40
−7.38
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
BullsLow2,00786.961,7453thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48770.501,0499thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24570.3487646
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04263.1465861

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,174$7715
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)688$3503thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 1678164.19/cwt164.00–164.251,11383
HeifersMedium and Large 1636169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,07532
SteersMedium and Large 1564185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0435
SteersMedium and Large 1684173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,18329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0094
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408200.00/cwt200.00–200.008164
SteersMedium and Large 1472205.00/cwt205.00–205.009687
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567152.84/cwt145.00–164.008675
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned579169.00/cwt169.00–169.0097910
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned612170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0403
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned541174.50/cwt174.50–174.509446
SteersMedium and Large 1625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,125101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728166.44/cwt165.00–167.501,21221
HeifersMedium and Large 1425188.00/cwt188.00–188.007994
SteersMedium and Large 1-2877160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2803168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,353240
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned655163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,07138
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned528155.83/cwt151.50–160.008238
HeifersMedium and Large 1359192.00/cwt192.00–192.006894
BullsMedium and Large 1760138.96/cwt136.00–140.001,0564
BullsMedium and Large 1661147.21/cwt144.00–148.009735
BullsMedium and Large 1732140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0253
BullsMedium and Large 1488172.00/cwt172.00–172.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1541165.94/cwt165.00–167.0089821
SteersMedium and Large 1412213.36/cwt210.00–215.008793
SteersMedium and Large 1538185.50/cwt185.50–185.5099816
SteersMedium and Large 1360228.33/cwt228.00–229.008226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717163.10/cwt162.75–163.501,169146
HeifersMedium and Large 1327209.84/cwt205.00–212.006866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2496170.50/cwt170.50–170.5084618
HeifersMedium and Large 1565168.11/cwt167.50–168.5095021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2323185.00/cwt185.00–185.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536156.00/cwt156.00–156.008368
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,174771.02/head725.00–835.007715
Bred CowsMedium 2-3688350.00/head350.00–350.003503
Stock CowsMedium and Large 189191.00/cwt91.00–91.008114
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-282569.00/cwt69.00–69.005692
Bulls2,00786.96/cwt83.00–89.501,7453
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94356.25/cwt55.00–62.005307
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23470.20/cwt66.50–71.5086642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36775.15/cwt74.00–76.501,0273
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32562.00/cwt62.00–62.008221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44874.15/cwt73.00–75.001,0744
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51967.58/cwt65.00–68.501,0275
CowsLean 85-90%1,00961.39/cwt60.00–63.506195
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight76439.86/cwt34.00–44.003057
CowsLean 85-90%1,10968.38/cwt65.00–70.7575842

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.