Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-10-10

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,648 head
579 vs last sale 1,069 632 vs year ago 1,016 · +62.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
15 vs last sale 33 87 vs year ago 105 · 82.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
156 vs last sale 165 25 vs year ago 34 · 73.5%
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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, but a lower undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded firm to 4.00 higher compared to last weeks light test. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. Trading activity was moderate on moderate buyer demand. Quality was mostly attractive with quite a few load lots of yearlings and several bunches of short weaned or unweaned calves on offer.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $229.24/cwt on 743 head.
Average price
$229.24
743 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$68
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.19
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2634233.871,483173
Medium and Large 1681227.841,551570
One grade step is worth $6.03/cwt here — about −$68 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 sale743 hd
229.24
TX average4 barns · 1,828 hd
227.05
+2.19
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,45392.381,3438thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13485.329689thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,96581.501,6011thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,470$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$1,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)983$1,5173thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2780234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8257
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,54024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623234.95/cwt225.00–239.001,46440
HeifersMedium and Large 1780223.14/cwt221.00–223.501,74073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395241.00/cwt241.00–241.009525
HeifersMedium and Large 1671235.35/cwt234.25–237.501,579147
HeifersMedium and Large 1345282.00/cwt282.00–282.009734
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned348252.00/cwt252.00–252.008772
HeifersMedium and Large 1715227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,623156
HeifersMedium and Large 1606246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,49150
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned319247.00/cwt247.00–247.007886
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned620219.81/cwt209.00–225.001,36312
BullsMedium and Large 1598213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2744225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,67470
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4701,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29851,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,113152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6923
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2875125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10587.00/cwt87.00–87.009611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,96581.50/cwt81.50–81.501,6011
CowsLean 85-90%1,17083.17/cwt80.00–87.509735
CowsLean 85-90%1,18590.67/cwt90.50–91.001,0743
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight80580.00/cwt80.00–80.006441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50393.15/cwt92.00–99.001,4007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588239.72/cwt239.00–247.001,41033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2494248.06/cwt246.00–249.001,22519
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned532230.58/cwt221.00–240.001,22717
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned378242.00/cwt242.00–242.009152
SteersMedium and Large 1540283.52/cwt279.00–287.001,53114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419282.84/cwt282.00–285.001,1857
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned581219.06/cwt215.50–227.001,27364
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned485225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,09121
SteersMedium and Large 1836235.62/cwt234.00–239.001,970104
SteersMedium and Large 1-2892231.62/cwt230.75–232.502,066250
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned636247.70/cwt243.50–250.501,575110
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned659235.46/cwt235.00–237.001,55213
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned587245.10/cwt242.00–262.001,43926
HeifersMedium and Large 11,088175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,90422
SteersMedium and Large 1720248.38/cwt245.00–249.251,78848
SteersMedium and Large 1468296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,38523
SteersMedium and Large 1781240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,87437
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned469276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,29416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6458
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4564
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned751193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4498
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned502242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2153
BullsMedium and Large 1396302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1966
BullsMedium and Large 1265337.00/cwt337.00–337.008932
BullsMedium and Large 1233345.00/cwt345.00–345.008042

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.