Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-01-10

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 10
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,054 head
15 vs last sale 2,039 1,140 vs year ago 914 · +124.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
10 vs last sale 56 21 vs year ago 25 · +84.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
83 vs last sale 135 1 vs year ago 51 · +2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend due to the previous sales light test. Steer calves traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves traded mostly weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of yearlings or long weaned calves with full vaccination programs.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $188.23/cwt on 1,033 head.
Average price
$188.23
1,033 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,248
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$521
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.27
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1689191.311,318779
Medium and Large 1-2592179.571,062239
Medium and Large 2480166.0079715thin
One grade step is worth $25.31/cwt here — about $521 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 sale1,033 hd
188.23
TX average4 barns · 3,197 hd
190.49
−2.27
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
BullsAverage1,56081.501,2712thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,34269.249294thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11268.1575811
CowsLean 85-90%Average97562.6761118

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)1,240$1,3336
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$1,10614
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,204$1,03313
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,410$9753thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$8251thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1801162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,30265
HeifersMedium and Large 1622170.78/cwt167.00–177.501,06251
HeifersMedium and Large 1425201.41/cwt201.00–203.0085657
SteersMedium and Large 1-2733157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516184.59/cwt180.00–190.0095234
SteersMedium and Large 1544219.04/cwt215.00–228.001,192114
SteersMedium and Large 1786179.63/cwt175.00–179.751,412106
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy666172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,14618
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy786170.09/cwt170.00–171.001,337128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466200.50/cwt200.50–200.5093426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340226.00/cwt226.00–226.0076821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862166.69/cwt161.00–167.501,43732
SteersMedium and Large 2480166.00/cwt166.00–166.0079715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0095
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419205.00/cwt205.00–205.008599
SteersMedium and Large 1408232.00/cwt232.00–232.009478
SteersMedium and Large 11,040164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,70615
SteersMedium and Large 1637182.84/cwt182.00–184.001,16514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2756161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577177.29/cwt169.00–180.001,02356
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660156.74/cwt153.00–175.001,03447
SteersMedium and Large 1706173.62/cwt172.50–180.001,22690
SteersMedium and Large 1573209.41/cwt207.00–216.001,20018
SteersMedium and Large 1367254.00/cwt254.00–254.0093214
SteersMedium and Large 1998165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6478
SteersMedium and Large 1928170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,57835
SteersMedium and Large 1468233.35/cwt219.00–235.001,09297
SteersMedium and Large 1838174.69/cwt173.00–175.001,46460
SteersMedium and Large 1660184.02/cwt179.00–186.001,21554
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy709155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0994
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy780150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,17011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy533165.00/cwt165.00–165.008792
BullsMedium and Large 1705152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0721
BullsMedium and Large 1543178.73/cwt175.00–181.009718
BullsMedium and Large 1458215.00/cwt215.00–215.009854
HeifersMedium and Large 1571175.95/cwt171.00–177.001,00595
HeifersMedium and Large 1717165.93/cwt162.00–170.001,19058
HeifersMedium and Large 1462177.49/cwt176.00–181.0082010
HeifersMedium and Large 2432169.00/cwt169.00–169.0073046
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580164.73/cwt163.00–166.0095514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680160.47/cwt151.00–165.001,09114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519166.52/cwt163.00–174.0086422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2734171.75/cwt171.75–171.751,26170
HeifersMedium and Large 2327161.00/cwt161.00–161.0052615
HeifersMedium and Large 1334208.54/cwt206.00–213.006978
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full825155.56/cwt153.00–157.501,28353
HeifersMedium and Large 11,025126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2923
HeifersMedium and Large 1515185.31/cwt175.00–188.0095482
HeifersMedium and Large 1772168.09/cwt167.50–169.001,29813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380193.56/cwt191.00–196.007368
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433168.00/cwt168.00–168.007276
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy618158.00/cwt158.00–158.009765
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2975900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3121,194.00/head1,100.00–1,350.001,1947
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,079846.00/head700.00–925.008466
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0541,122.11/head1,000.00–1,275.001,12213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,410975.00/head975.00–975.009753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2401,332.98/head1,190.00–1,375.001,3336
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2900825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 192482.26/cwt79.00–89.007608
Bulls1,77583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4731
Bulls1,34580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0761
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88364.40/cwt60.00–71.005697
CowsLean 85-90%1,04367.54/cwt64.00–71.507044
CowsLean 85-90%1,20559.03/cwt50.00–62.507114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15172.20/cwt70.00–79.008315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07964.77/cwt60.00–69.506996
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight79056.98/cwt55.00–60.004503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1341
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20870.65/cwt70.00–71.008533

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.