Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-12-20

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Dec 20
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,039 head
979 vs last sale 1,060 2,039 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
24 vs last sale 32 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
135 head
120 vs last sale 15 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were too lightly tested last week for a market trend, but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Quality was very attractive with several load lots of cattle off the short wheat on offer. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. A cold front bringing artic air is moving in to the region in the last part of the week dropping temperatures below freezing accompanied by high winds.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.69/cwt on 875 head.
Average price
$186.69
875 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$286
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.14
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588195.901,152543
Medium and Large 1-2735172.411,268315
Medium and Large 2552156.9486617thin
One grade step is worth $38.96/cwt here — about $286 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 sale875 hd
186.69
TX average4 barns · 2,544 hd
187.82
−1.14
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
BullsLow1,18575.508951thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60469.761,1195thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29268.7388823
CowsLean 85-90%Average98954.5353917

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,115$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,379$1,228103
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$1,0652thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,390$1,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,336$94111
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,075$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)850$7751thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
BullsMedium and Large 1468201.00/cwt201.00–201.0094111
BullsMedium and Large 1363230.00/cwt230.00–230.008352
BullsMedium and Large 1628161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0112
BullsMedium and Large 1597181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0816
BullsMedium and Large 1258240.00/cwt240.00–240.006192
BullsMedium and Large 1650155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0085
SteersMedium and Large 1465221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,02824
SteersMedium and Large 1800173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608174.02/cwt173.75–175.001,05838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515180.00/cwt180.00–180.009273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2847168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,427151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2401190.00/cwt190.00–190.007624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2742171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,26920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,04947
SteersMedium and Large 2594161.00/cwt161.00–161.009564
SteersMedium and Large 1725179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,29851
SteersMedium and Large 1412227.00/cwt211.00–236.0093537
SteersMedium and Large 1383215.00/cwt215.00–215.008232
SteersMedium and Large 1315231.46/cwt227.00–233.007298
SteersMedium and Large 1593191.93/cwt186.00–192.251,138270
SteersMedium and Large 2539155.69/cwt152.00–160.0083913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677174.50/cwt172.50–177.001,18152
HeifersMedium and Large 1561181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,018153
HeifersMedium and Large 1375206.36/cwt197.50–210.00774116
HeifersMedium and Large 1487192.37/cwt186.50–197.00937158
SteersMedium and Large 1876173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,51521
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,3287
SteersMedium and Large 1517206.35/cwt194.00–209.001,06796
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621165.06/cwt160.00–168.001,0258
HeifersMedium and Large 2516160.00/cwt160.00–160.008264
SteersMedium and Large 1626184.21/cwt183.00–186.001,15315
HeifersMedium and Large 2426165.00/cwt165.00–165.007034
CowsLean 85-90%1,15668.66/cwt67.00–72.007946
CowsLean 85-90%1,01958.97/cwt55.50–65.006014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,91063.99/cwt63.00–65.001,2222
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32075.00/cwt75.00–75.009901
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44072.92/cwt72.00–74.001,0502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31469.51/cwt66.00–74.0091320
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80033.77/cwt24.00–42.002704
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86748.05/cwt45.00–52.004173
Bulls1,18575.50/cwt75.50–75.508951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14863.52/cwt62.00–64.507293
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4341,335.02/head1,250.00–1,425.001,33569
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,025750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,367959.85/head800.00–1,050.0096010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3901,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19801,064.80/head1,025.00–1,100.001,0652
Bred CowsMedium 2874580.69/head460.00–650.005815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,075800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1151,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2850775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3451,160.10/head1,125.00–1,225.001,16015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3251,007.77/head875.00–1,100.001,00814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420188.00/cwt188.00–188.0079019
HeifersMedium and Large 1668172.30/cwt171.00–172.751,15186
HeifersMedium and Large 2568142.00/cwt142.00–142.008072
BullsMedium and Large 1784136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 1538187.10/cwt185.00–188.001,00797
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725169.35/cwt163.00–173.001,228111
HeifersMedium and Large 1437193.00/cwt193.00–193.0084311
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy782171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560171.12/cwt162.00–174.0095827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520171.02/cwt168.00–178.0088923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2074
HeifersMedium and Large 1629173.34/cwt171.00–174.501,09038

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.