Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-09-19

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 19
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,096 head
75 vs last sale 1,171 333 vs year ago 1,429 · 23.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
0 vs last sale 15 48 vs year ago 63 · 76.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
109 vs last sale 2 75 vs year ago 36 · +208.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows or bulls for a market trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.00/cwt on 458 head.
Average price
$247.00
458 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,416
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.21
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530253.421,343227
Medium and Large 1-2650244.841,591192
Medium 1-2379224.008498thin
Medium and Large 2464219.391,01731
One grade step is worth $34.03/cwt here — about $326 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 sale458 hd
247.00
TX average4 barns · 1,251 hd
238.79
+8.21
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
BullsLow1,21580.009721thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15696.171,1129thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03481.608445thin

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)1,215$1,5751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)987$1,7758
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)902$1,5755
Cow-Calf PairsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,75011
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,12512
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)894$2,02249
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$1,8005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)917$1,4846
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,4501thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1899190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7086
BullsMedium and Large 1648216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4005
BullsMedium and Large 1683212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4482
BullsMedium and Large 1456302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3777
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,100115.31/cwt113.00–120.001,2683
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1002,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,75011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19871,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7758
BullsMedium and Large 1523295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5432
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19021,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5755
CowsLean 85-90%1,14085.50/cwt85.50–85.509751
Bulls1,21580.00/cwt80.00–80.009721
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight95791.36/cwt88.50–97.008743
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80075.00/cwt75.00–75.006001
CowsLean 85-90%1,06574.75/cwt74.00–75.507962
CowsLean 85-90%1,10098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0781
CowsBoner 80-85%1,132104.82/cwt102.00–106.001,1873
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38092.34/cwt90.00–98.001,2743
HeifersMedium and Large 2425229.74/cwt220.00–234.0097619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641255.25/cwt255.25–255.251,63676
HeifersMedium 1-2379224.00/cwt224.00–224.008498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2218
SteersMedium and Large 1347325.71/cwt325.00–327.001,13014
SteersMedium and Large 11,109185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,0527
SteersMedium and Large 1437308.45/cwt304.00–310.001,34842
SteersMedium and Large 1376331.77/cwt302.00–345.001,24726
HeifersMedium and Large 1529252.97/cwt240.00–255.001,33843
SteersMedium and Large 1532306.78/cwt299.00–311.001,63246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned635247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508273.89/cwt269.00–275.001,39117
SteersMedium and Large 2598234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3993
HeifersMedium and Large 1653257.25/cwt257.25–257.251,68064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1639
HeifersMedium and Large 2525203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,06612
HeifersMedium and Large 1362280.89/cwt275.00–287.001,01710
SteersMedium and Large 1584282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,64717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526252.25/cwt238.00–260.001,32737
BullsMedium and Large 1-2453240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,08720
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,41917
HeifersMedium and Large 1313281.30/cwt281.00–282.0088016
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy539226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,21817
HeifersMedium and Large 1406249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,01135
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0502,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3754
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1918220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0209
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,30017
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29171,483.64/head1,475.00–1,500.001,4846
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28801,990.53/head1,850.00–2,100.001,99145
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29002,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,12512
HeifersMedium and Large 1558247.16/cwt241.00–257.501,37939
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned678226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5323
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned610261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,59212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745230.75/cwt230.75–230.751,71970

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.