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
Bulls—Average1,500105.001,5751thin
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 1—516209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0788
SteersMedium and Large 1—595205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2202
SteersMedium and Large 1—805188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,51725
SteersMedium and Large 1—525234.84/cwt234.00–236.001,23339
HeifersMedium and Large 1—703179.03/cwt178.50–184.001,25931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—876169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4805
SteersMedium and Large 1—648199.20/cwt195.00–201.001,29110
SteersMedium and Large 1—676205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,38647
SteersMedium and Large 1—393256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0062
SteersMedium and Large 1—482247.03/cwt243.00–252.001,19167
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480206.58/cwt205.00–207.0099225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—637199.61/cwt196.00–206.001,27279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—787183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,444129
SteersMedium and Large 1—781192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,50311
SteersMedium and Large 1—889181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,61433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664189.64/cwt189.00–191.001,25942
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387230.00/cwt230.00–230.008903
HeifersMedium and Large 1—911155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,41213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—677183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,24217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—586204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,19547
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—658191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2574
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8831,092.45/head1,000.00–1,225.001,0923
Bulls——1,500105.00/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 1—769170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,31149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—824174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,43870
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—626181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1337
BullsMedium and Large 1—423245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0362
BullsMedium and Large 1—393257.00/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.