Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-03-28

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 28
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
767 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 780▲ 53 vs year ago 714 · +7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 16▲ 7 vs year ago 19 · +36.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 24▼ 43 vs year ago 86 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. Several in attendance for the registered fancy replacement bull sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $190.62/cwt on 380 head.
Average price
$190.62
380 head · 760 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,449
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.48
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1743194.431,445307
Medium and Large 1-2830174.631,45073
One grade step is worth $19.80/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale380 hd
190.62
—
TX average4 barns · 2,038 hd
207.10
−16.48
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
Bulls—High1,649108.991,7974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49587.521,30910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23284.831,0453thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04881.888589thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,133$1,0752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,190$1,0751thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,290$3,49340

Every lot, as filed

43 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03585.45/cwt84.00–88.008843
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52386.15/cwt80.00–87.501,3128
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0622
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11980.39/cwt75.00–82.009004
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10590.50/cwt90.50–90.501,0001
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—92579.50/cwt77.00–82.007352
Bulls——1,660112.57/cwt111.00–114.001,8692
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38592.98/cwt92.00–94.001,2882
Bulls——1,638105.40/cwt101.50–108.551,7262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1331,075.33/head1,025.00–1,125.001,0752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1901,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—8481,621.97/head1,500.00–2,000.001,62212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,4794,295.17/head3,700.00–5,200.004,29528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—358231.00/cwt231.00–231.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—509179.00/cwt179.00–179.009115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—810170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3773
SteersMedium and Large 1—838183.56/cwt178.00–184.351,538164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—595199.16/cwt187.00–200.001,18589
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—615175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0766
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—657174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1437
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—635177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1247
HeifersMedium and Large 1—247242.00/cwt242.00–242.005983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531194.25/cwt193.00–195.001,0318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—296239.00/cwt239.00–239.007076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—854173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,47766
SteersMedium and Large 1—860181.25/cwt181.25–181.251,55922
SteersMedium and Large 1—525226.71/cwt221.00–228.001,19036
SteersMedium and Large 1—415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009962
HeifersMedium and Large 1—491216.24/cwt192.00–218.001,06243
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414221.30/cwt218.00–226.0091615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—670178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1934
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—654188.06/cwt185.00–189.001,23013
SteersMedium and Large 1—245276.00/cwt276.00–276.006762
SteersMedium and Large 1—323258.00/cwt258.00–258.008333
SteersMedium and Large 1—661199.89/cwt195.00–201.001,32161
SteersMedium and Large 1—454248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1264
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—771163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2574
HeifersMedium and Large 1—897158.83/cwt157.50–160.001,42515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—308226.00/cwt226.00–226.006962
BullsMedium and Large 1—655172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1275
BullsMedium and Large 1—596179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0678
BullsMedium and Large 1—440217.00/cwt217.00–217.009554

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.