Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-05-23

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 23
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
712 head
62 vs last sale 774 26 vs year ago 738 · 3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
30 vs last sale 11 15 vs year ago 56 · 26.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
7 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 11 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales of feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Trade was light to moderate on good demand. Rain throughout the area made for muddy conditions, but benefitted local pastures. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.78/cwt on 247 head.
Average price
$205.78
247 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,346
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.05
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653212.401,387169
Medium and Large 1-2657191.431,25778
One grade step is worth $20.96/cwt here — about $130 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 sale247 hd
205.78
TX average3 barns · 1,454 hd
195.73
+10.05
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
BullsAverage1,750120.612,1113thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16498.431,1468thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47095.001,3971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average93981.7976829

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)900$1,0853thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1615219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2542208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy767171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,31245
HeifersMedium and Large 1443252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1164
HeifersMedium and Large 1510228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1632
HeifersMedium and Large 1322298.00/cwt298.00–298.009608
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned630209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,31711
SteersMedium and Large 1789199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,57012
SteersMedium and Large 1526258.42/cwt251.00–260.501,35913
SteersMedium and Large 1329315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0368
SteersMedium and Large 1-2837188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,578120
SteersMedium and Large 1669230.07/cwt227.00–237.501,53910
SteersMedium and Large 1437285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2453
SteersMedium and Large 1714209.34/cwt208.00–212.001,4959
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2628
HeifersMedium and Large 1574214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,22810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471223.74/cwt217.00–229.001,05412
HeifersMedium and Large 1665200.62/cwt196.00–205.001,33421
HeifersMedium and Large 1729195.28/cwt194.00–196.001,42424
HeifersMedium and Large 1470252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,18417
SteersMedium and Large 1835196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,64111
HeifersMedium and Large 1757194.20/cwt190.50–194.751,47073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2393246.00/cwt246.00–246.009675
HeifersMedium and Large 1390270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0492
SteersMedium and Large 1467281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,3156
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29001,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0853
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,218111.71/cwt109.00–113.001,3619
Bulls1,685116.91/cwt116.50–117.501,9702
Bulls1,880128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,4061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,355105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,4301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13797.42/cwt95.00–98.001,1087
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3971
CowsLean 85-90%93293.00/cwt91.00–97.0086712
CowsLean 85-90%98982.94/cwt80.00–86.508207
CowsLean 85-90%91167.52/cwt65.00–68.5061510

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.