Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-06-06

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
601 head
84 vs last sale 517 242 vs year ago 843 · 28.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
25 vs last sale 9 5 vs year ago 29 · +17.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
39 vs last sale 57 14 vs year ago 4 · +350.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 18.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was light to moderate on good demand. The area remains muddy and flooded in some areas from recent rains.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.46/cwt on 263 head.
Average price
$203.46
263 head · 766 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$519
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$22.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.72
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462226.001,0443thin
Medium and Large 1769203.201,563260
One grade step is worth $22.80/cwt here — about −$519 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 sale263 hd
203.46
TX average4 barns · 827 hd
219.17
−15.72
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
BullsHigh1,755122.002,1411thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,422106.021,5089thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,222101.841,24516
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low84881.256898thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,374$1,7676
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,495$1,6504thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,6251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)820$1,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)867$1,4643thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)933$1,4563thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1684203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,38953
HeifersMedium and Large 1388274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,0632
HeifersMedium and Large 1455248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1282
HeifersMedium and Large 1792206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,63257
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy832200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6648
SteersMedium and Large 1528260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3732
HeifersMedium and Large 1828198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,644132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0443
SteersMedium and Large 1688228.06/cwt224.00–229.001,56986
SteersMedium and Large 1805217.08/cwt212.00–219.001,74726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628220.02/cwt215.00–223.001,38211
SteersMedium and Large 1628236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4828
HeifersMedium and Large 1568222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2612
HeifersMedium and Large 1539220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,18612
SteersMedium and Large 1798223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,78051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712209.57/cwt209.00–214.001,49227
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29331,456.43/head1,435.00–1,510.001,4563
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28671,464.04/head1,400.00–1,560.001,4643
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4951,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0801,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3741,766.66/head1,725.00–1,775.001,7676
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28201,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bulls1,755122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,1411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22596.16/cwt95.50–97.001,1782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,222102.65/cwt100.50–106.001,25414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,422106.02/cwt104.50–108.001,5089
CowsLean 85-90%81980.00/cwt80.00–80.006557
CowsLean 85-90%1,05090.00/cwt90.00–90.009451

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.