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

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 8
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
608 head
253 vs last sale 355 819 vs year ago 1,427 · 57.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
28 vs last sale 48 1 vs year ago 21 · 4.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
6 vs last sale 8 62 vs year ago 76 · 81.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend due to last weeks light test, but a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls too lightly tested for a market trend. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Supply was very attractive with several load lots of nice yearlings straight off the grass on offer.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $229.46/cwt on 219 head.
Average price
$229.46
219 head · 729 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$770
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.24
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2405243.3698525
Medium and Large 1771227.671,755194
One grade step is worth $15.68/cwt here — about −$770 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 sale219 hd
229.46
TX average4 barns · 793 hd
229.70
−0.24
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
BullsAverage1,348125.261,6892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,104100.381,1098thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52599.501,5183thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,29587.011,1272thin

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)782$6673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,400$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,232$1,8158

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007882
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47897.50/cwt97.50–97.501,4412
CowsLean 85-90%1,29587.01/cwt86.50–87.501,1272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,040103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25998.00/cwt91.00–99.501,2345
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,620103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,6771
Bulls1,348125.26/cwt125.00–125.501,6892
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,173147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7242
Bred CowsMedium 3782666.52/head600.00–700.006673
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29751,691.15/head1,675.00–1,710.001,6912
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3171,856.65/head1,750.00–1,900.001,8576
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1482253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,21922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2928
SteersMedium and Large 1861237.75/cwt237.75–237.752,04716
SteersMedium and Large 1693248.50/cwt248.50–248.501,72212
HeifersMedium and Large 1441255.96/cwt252.00–260.001,1296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722221.97/cwt219.00–225.001,6034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0723
HeifersMedium and Large 1671235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5775
HeifersMedium and Large 1533250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3333
SteersMedium and Large 1849237.85/cwt237.85–237.852,019106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned325250.00/cwt250.00–250.0081318
HeifersMedium and Large 1839224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,87910
SteersMedium and Large 1612251.95/cwt248.00–254.001,5429
SteersMedium and Large 2398256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2791233.75/cwt233.75–233.751,84960
HeifersMedium and Large 1859220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,890130
HeifersMedium and Large 1628239.00/cwt237.00–240.001,50118
BullsMedium and Large 1692199.50/cwt198.50–204.001,38111
BullsMedium and Large 1713204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned344285.00/cwt285.00–285.0098015
BullsMedium and Large 1293327.00/cwt327.00–327.009582

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.