Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-08-22

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 22
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
684 head
139 vs last sale 545 150 vs year ago 834 · 18.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
18 vs last sale 17 23 vs year ago 12 · +191.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
5 vs last sale 16 73 vs year ago 84 · 86.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales for feeder steers or heifers but a much higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly weak to 2.00 lower. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Quality was very attractive, with several nice load lots of yearlings and several smaller packages of calves straight off the grass on offer.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.56/cwt on 287 head.
Average price
$230.56
287 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$368
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568239.891,36126
Medium and Large 1753229.631,730261
One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about −$368 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 sale287 hd
230.56
TX average4 barns · 1,487 hd
229.29
+1.26
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
BullsLow1,685112.251,8912thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,513100.291,5183thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17599.011,1639thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14895.171,09211

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)955$1,3252thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,080$1,1752thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,300$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0801,175.23/head1,025.00–1,300.001,1752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3001,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,115166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,8511
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1751,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428259.27/cwt254.00–265.001,1104
SteersMedium and Large 1Full503271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3632
HeifersMedium and Large 1963193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full598237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4162
HeifersMedium and Large 1822221.25/cwt221.25–221.251,819125
SteersMedium and Large 1671250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,68122
HeifersMedium and Large 1389285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1097
HeifersMedium and Large 1607251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,52426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486254.86/cwt254.00–257.001,2397
HeifersMedium and Large 1488267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,30531
SteersMedium and Large 1567270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5315
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned559266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,48717
SteersMedium and Large 1Full773233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8013
SteersMedium and Large 1Full575252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4492
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned590238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,40413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned483265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2808
SteersMedium and Large 1525286.21/cwt286.00–287.001,50329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4813
SteersMedium and Large 1435306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,33115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,1952
SteersMedium and Large 1956224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,1417
SteersMedium and Large 1468290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3576
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned644250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,61015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2789235.87/cwt234.00–236.001,86164
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned405292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1832
SteersMedium and Large 11,185183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,1692
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full440262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1535
HeifersMedium and Large 11,102188.50/cwt188.50–188.502,07733
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy519240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615230.02/cwt226.00–233.001,4158
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy757200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5143
BullsMedium and Large 1667215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4345
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29551,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3252
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,045167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,7451
Bulls1,310105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3761
Bulls2,060119.50/cwt119.50–119.502,4621
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94891.25/cwt90.00–92.508652
CowsLean 85-90%1,16789.41/cwt83.00–94.001,0435
CowsBoner 80-85%1,196107.76/cwt104.50–110.501,2896
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13381.50/cwt81.50–81.509233
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590105.44/cwt105.00–106.001,6762
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2241
CowsLean 85-90%1,223104.33/cwt102.00–105.001,2764

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.