Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-06-13

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
364 head
237 vs last sale 601 191 vs year ago 555 · 34.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
20 vs last sale 34 135 vs year ago 149 · 90.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
72 vs last sale 18 74 vs year ago 16 · +462.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on all classes for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly attractive with a quite few nice packages high quality replacement cattle on offer. Scattered rain storms were once again reported across the majority of the Panhandle causing continued muddy conditions and flash flooding.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $225.65/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$225.65
116 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.84
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654243.731,59531
Medium and Large 2589219.831,29412thin
Medium and Large 1-2795218.921,74173
One grade step is worth $24.81/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale116 hd
225.65
TX average3 barns · 544 hd
236.49
−10.84
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
BullsAverage1,355105.001,4232thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24895.751,1942thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05088.789327thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,186$1,9218
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,091$1,67345
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,200$1,5122thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$1,4238
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,113$1,3188
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,083$1,0892thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)965$8351thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,8513thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$1,7382thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
BullsMedium and Large 1655207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3561
BullsMedium and Large 1540247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2695195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2617195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2033
BullsMedium and Large 1827181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4973
HeifersMedium and Large 1474259.13/cwt252.00–264.001,22812
SteersMedium and Large 1601245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3262
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3364204.00/cwt204.00–204.007435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2826216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,78863
HeifersMedium and Large 1900186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,6796
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519218.82/cwt213.00–231.001,13619
SteersMedium and Large 1541268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,45013
SteersMedium and Large 1833216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7994
SteersMedium and Large 1789217.21/cwt216.00–221.001,7148
SteersMedium and Large 2515224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1547
SteersMedium and Large 2692214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full624189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1795
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3443
HeifersMedium and Large 1664210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,39819
HeifersMedium and Large 2621180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1187
HeifersMedium and Large 1815193.22/cwt193.00–193.501,57528
BullsMedium and Large 1-2507220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1153
BullsMedium and Large 1764190.51/cwt185.00–196.001,4554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1284
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,938.64/head1,925.00–1,950.001,9392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2501,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0001,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0851,694.15/head1,625.00–1,750.001,69443
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0831,088.58/head1,035.00–1,135.001,0892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2001,511.61/head1,500.00–1,525.001,5122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1131,318.44/head1,300.00–1,350.001,3188
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2231,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1861,921.18/head1,875.00–2,000.001,9218
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1201,422.76/head1,410.00–1,435.001,4238
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2965835.00/head835.00–835.008351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28001,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
BullsReturn to Feed1,190100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1901
Bulls1,520110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6721
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92578.22/cwt72.00–83.507243
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,1131
CowsLean 85-90%1,14396.70/cwt95.00–100.001,1054

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.