Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-08-15

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
63 vs last sale 608 529 vs year ago 1,074 · 49.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
3 vs last sale 20 2 vs year ago 19 · 10.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
2 vs last sale 14 21 vs year ago 37 · 56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales of feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. Scattered showers across portions of the Panhandle over the weekend brought some much need moisture and relief in the hotter than average temperatures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.77/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$219.77
227 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$615
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.48
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2464228.001,0588thin
Medium and Large 1729227.381,65861
Medium and Large 1-2773216.411,673158
One grade step is worth $11.59/cwt here — about −$615 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 sale227 hd
219.77
TX average4 barns · 974 hd
227.25
−7.48
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
BullsAverage1,655127.502,1101thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,635106.501,7411thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,052104.061,0946thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low85783.287149thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,056$1,7504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)827$1,0494thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,2001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)933$1,1373thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
SteersMedium and Large 1420292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2261
Bred CowsMedium 28271,048.90/head1,025.00–1,075.001,0494
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,1001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 39001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0001,160.00/head1,160.00–1,160.001,1601
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,285112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4394
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0561,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2868231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,0056
BullsMedium and Large 1830194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,61010
BullsMedium and Large 1490275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,34812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3072
BullsMedium and Large 1565221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2493
BullsMedium and Large 1415281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,1663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,1943
SteersMedium and Large 1841237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2792223.60/cwt222.50–225.501,77163
SteersMedium and Large 1754239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8024
HeifersMedium and Large 1862215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,85318
HeifersMedium and Large 2464228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0588
HeifersMedium and Large 1433260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1264
SteersMedium and Large 1868227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9704
SteersMedium and Large 1569270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5368
SteersMedium and Large 11,032197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,03821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2906214.50/cwt214.50–214.501,94318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3382
HeifersMedium and Large 1820219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7965
HeifersMedium and Large 1583245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4286
HeifersMedium and Large 1544251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3657
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2764221.20/cwt211.00–223.001,69090
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy771219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,6926
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy960175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin765205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,56845
HeifersMedium and Large 1694233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,61712
Bulls1,655127.50/cwt127.50–127.502,1101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,635106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,7411
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight74870.50/cwt70.50–70.505273
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight78396.00/cwt96.00–96.007522
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87793.51/cwt91.00–99.008203
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight76873.76/cwt71.00–77.005662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,186108.09/cwt106.00–110.001,2824
CowsLean 85-90%1,305110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4361

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.