Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-04-04

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
937 head
170 vs last sale 767 25 vs year ago 912 · +2.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
32 vs last sale 26 18 vs year ago 76 · 23.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
38 vs last sale 43 2 vs year ago 7 · 28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. High winds and fire warnings throughout the day. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.41/cwt on 396 head.
Average price
$187.41
396 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.59
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1688187.411,289396
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale396 hd
187.41
TX average4 barns · 1,719 hd
191.00
−3.59
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
BullsAverage1,500105.001,5751thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14891.001,04519
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01185.6486638

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)883$1,0923thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1516209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0788
SteersMedium and Large 1595205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2202
SteersMedium and Large 1805188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,51725
SteersMedium and Large 1525234.84/cwt234.00–236.001,23339
HeifersMedium and Large 1703179.03/cwt178.50–184.001,25931
HeifersMedium and Large 1876169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4805
SteersMedium and Large 1648199.20/cwt195.00–201.001,29110
SteersMedium and Large 1676205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,38647
SteersMedium and Large 1393256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0062
SteersMedium and Large 1482247.03/cwt243.00–252.001,19167
HeifersMedium and Large 1480206.58/cwt205.00–207.0099225
HeifersMedium and Large 1637199.61/cwt196.00–206.001,27279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2787183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,444129
SteersMedium and Large 1781192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,50311
SteersMedium and Large 1889181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,61433
HeifersMedium and Large 1664189.64/cwt189.00–191.001,25942
HeifersMedium and Large 1387230.00/cwt230.00–230.008903
HeifersMedium and Large 1911155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,41213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned677183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,24217
HeifersMedium and Large 1586204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,19547
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy658191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2574
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28831,092.45/head1,000.00–1,225.001,0923
Bulls1,500105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17295.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1135
CowsLean 85-90%1,06388.15/cwt85.00–91.5093723
CowsLean 85-90%1,20598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14290.17/cwt88.00–92.001,03012
CowsLean 85-90%91280.63/cwt79.50–82.5073514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12586.00/cwt86.00–86.009682
HeifersMedium and Large 1769170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,31149
HeifersMedium and Large 1824174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,43870
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy626181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1337
BullsMedium and Large 1423245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0362
BullsMedium and Large 1393257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0106

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.