Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-10-24

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 24
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,206 head
348 vs last sale 1,554 315 vs year ago 1,521 · 20.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
25 vs last sale 47 1 vs year ago 21 · +4.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
40 vs last sale 55 22 vs year ago 37 · 59.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers for a market trend but a much lower undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower on a light test. Trading activity was moderate on light to moderate demand. Windy conditions coupled with hotter than average temperatures have deteriorated pasture and rangeland conditions further. However, rain and cooler temperatures are in the forecast through the weekend and the beginning part of next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $252.49/cwt on 660 head.
Average price
$252.49
660 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$56.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.53
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2439277.071,21556
Medium and Large 1594256.381,523500
Medium and Large 2430220.56948104
One grade step is worth $56.51/cwt here — about $268 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 sale660 hd
252.49
TX average4 barns · 2,704 hd
247.96
+4.53
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
BullsLow1,11098.001,0881thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26388.591,1197thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68587.501,4741thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06274.5279110

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)1,222$1,77510

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1783227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,77792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned640174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,11413
SteersMedium and Large 1617258.25/cwt258.25–258.251,59371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1375
SteersMedium and Large 2438226.00/cwt226.00–226.0099047
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned430231.31/cwt230.50–232.0099536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,1672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2458280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,28217
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned596252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,50211
SteersMedium and Large 1530278.33/cwt275.00–285.001,47515
SteersMedium and Large 1466302.11/cwt288.00–304.001,408103
SteersMedium and Large 1418304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,27111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,28716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2334306.99/cwt306.00–310.001,02516
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned520249.59/cwt249.50–250.001,29844
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned479252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,20710
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned680214.00/cwt208.00–225.001,45511
SteersMedium and Large 1731231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,69227
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned701217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,52115
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned383265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,01515
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned631222.25/cwt210.00–239.001,40251
SteersMedium and Large 1305325.00/cwt325.00–325.0099110
HeifersMedium and Large 1534226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,20713
BullsMedium and Large 2605207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2522
BullsMedium and Large 2459227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0427
BullsMedium and Large 2361237.00/cwt237.00–237.008564
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,07911
BullsMedium and Large 1465236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,09712
CowsLean 85-90%1,07172.37/cwt72.00–73.507754
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33990.24/cwt88.00–91.501,2085
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94270.07/cwt68.50–71.506603
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97075.00/cwt75.00–75.007281
CowsLean 85-90%1,27085.27/cwt82.50–87.501,0832
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68587.50/cwt87.50–87.501,4741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07384.48/cwt83.50–85.509062
BullsLight Weight1,11098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0881
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,00585.00/cwt85.00–85.008541
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2938120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1264
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2221,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,77510
HeifersMedium and Large 1623212.71/cwt210.00–220.001,32519
HeifersMedium and Large 1413260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0748
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned385260.11/cwt250.00–262.001,00126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,01618
HeifersMedium and Large 2499218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0887
HeifersMedium and Large 1352265.00/cwt265.00–265.009335
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2498221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,10120
HeifersMedium and Large 2383220.00/cwt220.00–220.0084314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned610210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,28112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned596206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2288
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned513221.33/cwt219.00–222.501,13537
HeifersMedium and Large 1335260.00/cwt260.00–260.008714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2915172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,57414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,113164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8254
SteersMedium and Large 2347222.00/cwt222.00–222.0077031
SteersMedium and Large 2513209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,07226
SteersMedium and Large 1555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,44314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2289293.52/cwt293.00–295.0084819

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.