Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-12-12

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Dec 12
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
715 head
461 vs last sale 1,176 345 vs year ago 1,060 · 32.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
9 vs last sale 56 33 vs year ago 32 · +103.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
33 vs last sale 14 32 vs year ago 15 · +213.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to weak. Feeder heifers traded 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Not enough comparable sales on steer or heifer calves for a market trend. Boning and Breaking Utility slaughter cows traded mostly 1.00 lower. Lean slaughter cows mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate on moderate buyer demand. A cold front is moving into the area Wednesday and Thursday and is forecasted to bring some much needed moisture in the form of rain and snow.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.48/cwt on 255 head.
Average price
$206.48
255 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.08
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655208.551,365168
Medium and Large 1-2675203.351,37284
Medium and Large 2702178.001,2503thin
One grade step is worth $30.55/cwt here — about $116 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 sale255 hd
206.48
TX average4 barns · 1,663 hd
212.55
−6.08
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
BullsLow1,24895.001,1852thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30589.951,17422
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54088.641,36516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00076.1376115

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$1,2423thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,5002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,0001thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0865
BullsMedium and Large 1-2614201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2345
BullsMedium and Large 2625183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1447
BullsMedium and Large 1513246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2622
BullsMedium and Large 1718178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2783
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy719195.34/cwt195.00–196.001,40412
CowsLean 85-90%1,09090.31/cwt90.00–91.009843
CowsLean 85-90%1,03057.00/cwt57.00–57.005871
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54088.64/cwt85.50–92.501,36516
CowsLean 85-90%1,12177.23/cwt72.00–82.008664
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91583.94/cwt79.00–88.007683
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30589.95/cwt85.00–90.501,17422
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight86051.64/cwt41.00–61.004442
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87575.00/cwt75.00–75.006562
Bulls1,39099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3761
BullsLight Weight1,10591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0061
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2767106.00/cwt106.00–106.0081336
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1984104.99/cwt100.00–107.001,0334
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1815101.00/cwt101.00–101.008231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29551,242.06/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2423
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 2702178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2503
HeifersMedium and Large 1630203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,27923
HeifersMedium and Large 1528235.40/cwt225.00–240.001,24317
BullsMedium and Large 1621235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4594
BullsMedium and Large 1453275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4014
HeifersMedium and Large 1587223.25/cwt220.00–224.001,31010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned714188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,3465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468205.00/cwt205.00–205.009592
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2873
SteersMedium and Large 1791215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,70167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2589237.67/cwt235.00–242.001,40016
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned632226.24/cwt224.00–229.001,43018
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned522258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3473
SteersMedium and Large 1740206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5245
SteersMedium and Large 1626235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4714
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned671213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4294
SteersMedium and Large 1408326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,33012
SteersMedium and Large 1527269.27/cwt262.00–274.001,41910
SteersMedium and Large 1376315.46/cwt311.00–320.001,1868
SteersMedium and Large 1491276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3556
SteersMedium and Large 1950185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7582
SteersMedium and Large 1810206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6698
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,41770
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned495225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned593202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1983
SteersMedium and Large 1903180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2852185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,5807
HeifersMedium and Large 1808183.95/cwt183.50–187.001,48671
HeifersMedium and Large 1368265.00/cwt265.00–265.009753
HeifersMedium and Large 1402248.00/cwt248.00–248.009975
SteersMedium and Large 1283318.96/cwt312.50–320.0090321
HeifersMedium and Large 1280283.00/cwt283.00–283.0079215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2594198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1767

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.