Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-10-31

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 31
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
792 head
414 vs last sale 1,206 1,105 vs year ago 1,897 · 58.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
24 vs last sale 22 25 vs year ago 71 · 35.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
118 head
103 vs last sale 15 51 vs year ago 67 · +76.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers for a market trend, but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 4.00 higher on a light test. Trading activity was moderate on limited demand. The majority of the supply consisted of bred cows and unweaned calves. A cold front moved across the region over the weekend dropping temperatures over 40 degrees from earlier in the week. As a result, numbers were lighter than the week before.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.73/cwt on 279 head.
Average price
$224.73
279 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$343
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.49
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526232.761,224183
Medium and Large 2315217.006844thin
Medium and Large 1-2749209.111,56792
One grade step is worth $23.65/cwt here — about −$343 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 sale279 hd
224.73
TX average4 barns · 1,180 hd
221.24
+3.49
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
BullsLow1,57190.671,4244thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19093.851,1178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36693.681,2805thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12488.1399119

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,213$1,3772thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,340$1,37511
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,149$1,36529
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,218$1,27263

Every lot, as filed

54 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned533217.42/cwt216.00–218.001,15914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned735178.41/cwt175.50–185.001,31113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned606210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2737
SteersMedium and Large 1578249.00/cwt245.00–251.001,43918
SteersMedium and Large 1420297.48/cwt295.00–302.001,24915
SteersMedium and Large 1501284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,42314
SteersMedium and Large 1651235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2801190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315262.00/cwt262.00–262.008255
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned547240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,3169
SteersMedium and Large 1377316.07/cwt312.00–320.001,1924
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned493255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2572
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned408279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,1382
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned365292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,0662
SteersMedium and Large 1481281.26/cwt275.00–288.001,35346
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2388230.00/cwt230.00–230.0089210
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2323200.00/cwt200.00–200.006465
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned801190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5225
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned632220.35/cwt213.00–236.001,39343
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned697212.75/cwt211.00–214.001,48331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned645218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4063
HeifersMedium and Large 1326273.17/cwt270.00–282.0089113
HeifersMedium and Large 1387265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0265
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full735191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,40410
BullsMedium and Large 1280315.00/cwt315.00–315.008822
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned571179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0225
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned447298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3323
CowsLean 85-90%1,07784.28/cwt78.50–89.009089
CowsLean 85-90%1,16791.59/cwt90.50–97.001,06910
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36693.68/cwt92.00–96.501,2805
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17294.54/cwt94.00–95.501,1087
Bulls1,57190.67/cwt87.50–93.001,4244
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,240165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0463
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2131,376.70/head1,350.00–1,400.001,3772
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0411,231.31/head1,150.00–1,275.001,2319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1971,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,42520
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2181,271.62/head1,200.00–1,300.001,27263
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3401,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,37511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388242.00/cwt242.00–242.009394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,60268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2919163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,49818
HeifersMedium and Large 1433259.26/cwt256.00–270.001,12316
HeifersMedium and Large 1488245.98/cwt245.00–251.001,20022
HeifersMedium and Large 1523230.66/cwt228.00–234.001,20613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned478225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0765
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned581208.17/cwt204.00–209.001,20924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned608205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2462
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned315217.00/cwt217.00–217.006844
HeifersMedium and Large 1564252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,42122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned436250.10/cwt242.00–251.001,09019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,0322
SteersMedium and Large 1829224.75/cwt224.75–224.751,86360

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.