Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-06-20

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
429 head
65 vs last sale 364 358 vs year ago 787 · 45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
11 vs last sale 14 32 vs year ago 35 · 91.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
84 vs last sale 90 4 vs year ago 10 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested for a market trend. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows and bulls for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate on moderate buyer demand.

The majority of the supply consisted of load lots of crossbred cattle. Temperatures have warmed back up with the majority of the Panhandle forecasted to be in the mid 90's to low 100's degree over the next week, with a chance of scattered showers on Thursday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $220.80/cwt on 249 head.
Average price
$220.80
249 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.89
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679244.331,6606thin
Medium and Large 1-2783220.271,724132
Medium and Large 2747220.141,645111
One grade step is worth $24.19/cwt here — about $14 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 sale249 hd
220.80
TX average4 barns · 1,317 hd
230.69
−9.89
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
BullsLow90079.007111thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10094.001,0341thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low76080.006081thin

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
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,105$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$1,5001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)866$1,1754thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1-2643193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 1307295.00/cwt295.00–295.009064
HeifersMedium and Large 2827189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,56719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,60036
SteersMedium and Large 2588233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3705
SteersMedium and Large 2687223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,53546
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed807216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,74760
SteersMedium and Large 1755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7374
SteersMedium and Large 1528273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,4412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810212.10/cwt212.00–215.001,71862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3052
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2965188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,8142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,75260
HeifersMedium and Large 1666217.35/cwt216.50–218.001,4487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524226.09/cwt212.00–233.001,18510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2873187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335276.00/cwt276.00–276.009252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1552
BullsMedium and Large 21,1051,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 18661,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1754
Bulls90079.00/cwt79.00–79.007111
CowsLean 85-90%1,10094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0341
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight76080.00/cwt80.00–80.006081

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.