Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-06-27

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jun 27
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
183 vs last sale 429 612 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 3 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
13 vs last sale 6 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales for a market trend. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. Triple digit temperatures expected to return this week with summer in full swing.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.44/cwt on 286 head.
Average price
$206.44
286 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.83
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1691214.521,483120
Medium and Large 1-2702207.581,458128
Medium and Large 2690177.111,22238
One grade step is worth $37.42/cwt here — about $261 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 sale286 hd
206.44
TX average4 barns · 1,300 hd
212.27
−5.83
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
BullsHigh1,770128.512,2752thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,188107.001,2712thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06590.009591thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,135$1,2752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,1502thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)825$1,1752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,6923thin

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
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2758194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,47138
HeifersMedium and Large 2714173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,23532
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2656211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733209.25/cwt209.25–209.251,53469
SteersMedium and Large 1832215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,793125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2759190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,44230
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2645235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3043
HeifersMedium and Large 1705212.11/cwt212.00–216.001,49572
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full694209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4506
HeifersMedium and Large 1443231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0233
HeifersMedium and Large 1855190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2593222.72/cwt221.00–228.001,32112
HeifersMedium and Large 2562199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,1186
HeifersMedium and Large 1661223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,47722
SteersMedium and Large 1780222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7322
HeifersMedium and Large 1522227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1855
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479229.77/cwt223.00–240.001,1019
HeifersMedium and Large 1768214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6448
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,691.67/head1,650.00–1,775.001,6923
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28251,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1752
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2906142.02/cwt135.00–148.001,28710
Bulls1,770128.51/cwt128.00–129.002,2752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2712
CowsLean 85-90%1,06590.00/cwt90.00–90.009591

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.