Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2024-01-30

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 30
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,711 head
34 vs last sale 1,745 906 vs year ago 805 · +112.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
10 vs last sale 30 29 vs year ago 11 · +263.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
135 head
14 vs last sale 149 102 vs year ago 33 · +309.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 4.00 to 7.00 higher. However, two big loads of reputation 550 to 600 pound steers with good flesh conditions traded sharply higher compared to last weeks light test in that weight range. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Quality was very attractive with several large consignments of yearlings and long weaned calves with at least two rounds of shots. Both CME Feeder and Live Cattle futures closed higher again today. Warmer temperatures have returned to the area following some much needed rain last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $263.98/cwt on 867 head.
Average price
$263.98
867 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.72
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664266.261,768747
Medium and Large 1-2637249.781,592120
One grade step is worth $16.49/cwt here — about $176 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 sale867 hd
263.98
TX average5 barns · 2,867 hd
256.26
+7.72
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
BullsLow1,145103.251,1822thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21799.071,20622
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13884.7296411

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,355$1,8751thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,267$1,5093thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,176$1,4626
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,65011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,35011
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,187$2,31251
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,25010
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,132$2,03533

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1317312.18/cwt305.00–320.009906
HeifersMedium and Large 1392293.20/cwt285.00–300.001,14921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516235.04/cwt230.50–242.001,21336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2396311.01/cwt307.00–312.001,23210
SteersMedium and Large 1676260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,761107
HeifersMedium and Large 1489265.79/cwt260.00–280.001,30044
SteersMedium and Large 1492308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,51520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526260.12/cwt259.00–261.001,36813
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy665248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6492
SteersMedium and Large 1235397.00/cwt397.00–397.0093312
SteersMedium and Large 1765239.00/cwt235.00–240.001,828157
HeifersMedium and Large 1230330.00/cwt330.00–330.0075914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,75919
SteersMedium and Large 1630260.30/cwt252.00–264.001,64064
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4414
SteersMedium and Large 1822230.24/cwt230.00–231.001,893112
SteersMedium and Large 1385335.14/cwt320.00–349.001,29017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2906197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7854
SteersMedium and Large 1581294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,708183
SteersMedium and Large 1520297.49/cwt294.00–307.001,54745
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585266.19/cwt256.00–270.001,55726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2803224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7996
SteersMedium and Large 1901210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,89215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657240.78/cwt231.00–243.001,58238
SteersMedium and Large 1338357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,2072
SteersMedium and Large 1427306.46/cwt297.00–320.001,3097
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy614226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,3917
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy564234.64/cwt234.00–236.001,32313
BullsMedium and Large 1296348.92/cwt347.00–357.001,0335
BullsMedium and Large 1583250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4583
BullsMedium and Large 1468292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3672
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22199.33/cwt96.00–102.001,21321
CowsLean 85-90%1,10785.92/cwt80.00–90.509518
CowsLean 85-90%1,33895.26/cwt95.00–95.501,2752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13593.50/cwt93.50–93.501,0611
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight98554.00/cwt54.00–54.005321
BullsLight Weight1,03590.50/cwt90.50–90.509371
BullsLight Weight1,255116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4561
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,65011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,033115.80/cwt112.00–120.001,1962
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,093161.37/cwt150.00–177.001,7642
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1990173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1761,461.89/head1,375.00–1,500.001,4626
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2671,508.68/head1,475.00–1,525.001,5093
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3551,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0002,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,25010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0002,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,35011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1872,312.13/head2,200.00–2,500.002,31251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1322,035.34/head2,000.00–2,100.002,03533
HeifersMedium and Large 1518260.65/cwt248.00–269.001,35015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2448243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,08912
BullsMedium and Large 1528266.24/cwt262.00–268.001,40610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585236.34/cwt218.00–238.501,38366
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full707207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4638
HeifersMedium and Large 1579240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3905
HeifersMedium and Large 1290330.00/cwt330.00–330.009573
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy867195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,69114
HeifersMedium and Large 1765216.25/cwt216.25–216.251,65443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,58216
HeifersMedium and Large 1730221.64/cwt215.00–223.501,618107
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy955185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7674
HeifersMedium and Large 1414286.14/cwt280.00–288.001,1859
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,56364

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.