Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-01-31

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 31
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
805 head
196 vs last sale 609 736 vs year ago 1,541 · 47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
14 vs last sale 25 15 vs year ago 26 · 57.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
22 vs last sale 11 1 vs year ago 32 · +3.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly firm to 3.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on steer or heifer calves for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was attractive with the majority of the consignments consisting of load lots of yearlings. A cold front moved back into the area bringing some snow flurries and temperatures in the 20's.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.83/cwt on 457 head.
Average price
$173.83
457 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,128
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.53
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1643174.761,123353
Medium and Large 1-2671170.671,145104
One grade step is worth $4.09/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale457 hd
173.83
TX average4 barns · 1,115 hd
174.36
−0.53
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
BullsAverage1,50595.501,4371thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53880.231,2342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10074.418183thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87967.505933thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,126$97911
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$9202thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,042$87713
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,435$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,167$1,2003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$1,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
SteersMedium and Large 1330257.54/cwt255.00–260.008502
BullsMedium and Large 1875117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned693162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,12312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565158.04/cwt155.00–165.0089310
HeifersMedium and Large 1491182.97/cwt177.50–184.0089825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2393189.00/cwt189.00–189.007432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300205.00/cwt205.00–205.006154
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned585183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0713
SteersMedium and Large 1515203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,04518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2717173.43/cwt169.00–175.001,24321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2833171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4246
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned391211.00/cwt211.00–211.008255
SteersMedium and Large 1770176.93/cwt172.00–178.501,36222
HeifersMedium and Large 1415195.67/cwt190.00–200.0081219
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned403168.00/cwt168.00–168.006776
HeifersMedium and Large 1728171.95/cwt170.00–173.851,252149
SteersMedium and Large 1849171.97/cwt171.00–172.001,46063
SteersMedium and Large 1702178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2503
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned498214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,06612
HeifersMedium and Large 1641173.90/cwt170.00–176.501,115123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2634167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0627
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2708170.94/cwt169.50–171.001,21073
SteersMedium and Large 1483227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0964
SteersMedium and Large 1576195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,12640
SteersMedium and Large 1633188.46/cwt186.00–193.501,19331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2753165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2428
HeifersMedium and Large 1505172.00/cwt172.00–172.008694
HeifersMedium and Large 1359211.00/cwt211.00–211.007577
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned501160.00/cwt160.00–160.008026
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned563156.00/cwt156.00–156.008782
SteersMedium and Large 1667185.47/cwt180.00–187.501,23749
BullsMedium and Large 11,4351,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0501,236.90/head1,225.00–1,250.001,2372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,051895.85/head825.00–925.0089611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,024931.26/head850.00–975.009317
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1985919.67/head850.00–1,000.009202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2995775.00/head725.00–825.007752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3051,063.60/head1,000.00–1,100.001,0644
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4001,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bulls1,50595.50/cwt95.50–95.501,4371
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87967.50/cwt62.00–70.005933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00071.50/cwt71.50–71.507151
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53880.23/cwt78.00–82.501,2342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15075.86/cwt74.50–77.008722

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.