Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-08-01

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
355 head
282 vs last sale 637 1,050 vs year ago 1,405 · 74.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
27 vs last sale 21 36 vs year ago 12 · +300.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
10 vs last sale 18 5 vs year ago 3 · +166.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 4.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Replacement quality was very attractive with a really nice set of fall calving bred cows on offer.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.94/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$230.94
103 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.63
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598242.491,45135
Medium and Large 1-2717225.001,61368
One grade step is worth $17.49/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale103 hd
230.94
TX average4 barns · 1,138 hd
238.57
−7.63
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
BullsAverage1,825123.502,2541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,140108.001,2311thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,360104.001,4141thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94282.777803thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$2,58721
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$1,92118
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,5252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,220$1,4251thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1867167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4483
BullsMedium and Large 1818165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3504
BullsMedium and Large 1555256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4215
BullsMedium and Large 1400299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,19615
HeifersMedium and Large 1461245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1294
HeifersMedium and Large 1619240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4864
HeifersMedium and Large 11,140170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9382
HeifersMedium and Large 1513257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,31818
HeifersMedium and Large 11,075175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,8872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,86059
HeifersMedium and Large 1591246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,61368
SteersMedium and Large 1455291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3244
SteersMedium and Large 1382303.52/cwt301.00–312.001,1594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,44310
SteersMedium and Large 1540272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2881,920.98/head1,875.00–2,025.001,92118
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2201,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1752,587.21/head2,575.00–2,600.002,58721
Bulls1,825123.50/cwt123.50–123.502,2541
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95289.15/cwt86.00–92.508492
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92370.00/cwt70.00–70.006461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,140108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,4141

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.