Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-05-16

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 16
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
774 head
457 vs last sale 1,231 106 vs year ago 880 · 12.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
15 vs last sale 26 16 vs year ago 27 · 59.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
6 vs last sale 11 22 vs year ago 27 · 81.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A much higher undertone was noted on limited comparable sales of feeder steers and heifers. Trade activity was light to moderate on good demand. Pastures in the area have turned green after recent rains.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.03/cwt on 481 head.
Average price
$195.03
481 head · 833 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.88
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1822198.521,631289
Medium and Large 1-2849190.031,614187
Medium and Large 2849180.001,5285thin
One grade step is worth $18.52/cwt here — about $103 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 sale481 hd
195.03
TX average4 barns · 1,511 hd
205.91
−10.88
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33093.001,2371thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15589.331,0327thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03877.348033thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,045$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)988$1,1564thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1-2631216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3638
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy798168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,34110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2886168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,48839
HeifersMedium and Large 1365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716189.23/cwt189.00–190.251,35586
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,29115
SteersMedium and Large 1950184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,74856
Dairy HeifersLarge 340487.00/cwt87.00–87.003514
SteersMedium and Large 1673209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,40723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2859188.87/cwt184.00–192.501,622179
SteersMedium and Large 1813199.62/cwt198.00–200.751,623205
SteersMedium and Large 1423268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1345
HeifersMedium and Large 1410244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0002
HeifersMedium and Large 1698195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,36515
SteersMedium and Large 2849180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5285
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29881,155.76/head1,060.00–1,225.001,1564
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0451,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90573.00/cwt73.00–73.006611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15292.83/cwt90.00–93.501,0695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16380.58/cwt79.50–82.009372
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,2371
CowsLean 85-90%1,10579.51/cwt79.00–80.008792

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.