Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-01-24

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 24
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
609 head
953 vs last sale 1,562 973 vs year ago 1,582 · 61.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
0 vs last sale 25 9 vs year ago 16 · +56.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
22 vs last sale 33 5 vs year ago 16 · 31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 3.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate on moderate buyer demand. Receipts were lighter today as the majority of the trading region received some much need moisture in the form of 1 to 3 inches of snow.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.95/cwt on 317 head.
Average price
$166.95
317 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$384
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.83
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1764169.191,293187
Medium and Large 1-2555163.74909130
One grade step is worth $5.45/cwt here — about $384 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 sale317 hd
166.95
TX average4 barns · 1,554 hd
169.79
−2.83
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
BullsLow1,23774.069163thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51478.781,1934thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15077.278897thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95657.615515thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,115$8101thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,540$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)750$7003thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1771169.49/cwt168.25–169.751,307175
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy507168.00/cwt168.00–168.008525
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy784162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,2747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325187.00/cwt187.00–187.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,03076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591159.00/cwt159.00–159.0094017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned558171.00/cwt171.00–171.0095410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned441164.00/cwt164.00–164.0072315
SteersMedium and Large 1523211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425204.00/cwt204.00–204.008674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511195.00/cwt195.00–195.009967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,12871
SteersMedium and Large 1823169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3912
SteersMedium and Large 1764174.03/cwt170.00–175.001,33032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned399180.00/cwt180.00–180.007184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416172.94/cwt171.00–176.007195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531166.69/cwt164.00–169.0088511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned506131.00/cwt131.00–131.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned406140.00/cwt140.00–140.0056811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned276127.00/cwt127.00–127.003514
SteersMedium and Large 1738175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,29222
BullsMedium and Large 21,5401,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2750700.00/head700.00–700.007003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,115810.00/head810.00–810.008101
BullsReturn to Feed1,05057.50/cwt57.50–57.506041
Bulls1,33082.34/cwt80.50–84.501,0952
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91650.68/cwt50.00–52.004643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15077.27/cwt73.50–81.508897
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51478.78/cwt77.00–79.501,1934
CowsLean 85-90%1,01568.01/cwt66.50–69.506902

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.