Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2024-02-06

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 6
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,288 head
423 vs last sale 1,711 521 vs year ago 767 · +67.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
16 vs last sale 40 24 vs year ago 32 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
71 head
64 vs last sale 135 41 vs year ago 30 · +136.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 10.00 higher, with the exception of 600 to 650 pound steers which traded 20.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with instances of up to 20.00 to 30.00 higher on calves under 450 pounds. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows for a market trend. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Quality was once again very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of large load lots of cattle off of cake and grass. Flesh conditions were favorable on lighter weight cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.20/cwt on 501 head.
Average price
$236.20
501 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.44
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1641244.011,565349
Medium and Large 1-2699218.261,525152
One grade step is worth $25.75/cwt here — about $40 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 sale501 hd
236.20
TX average4 barns · 2,232 hd
241.63
−5.44
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
BullsAverage1,670110.501,8454thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,365102.251,3962thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28192.961,19116
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02378.4580214

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,520$1,8003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,190$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)921$1,19825
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,037$2,77414
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,093$2,1796
Cow-Calf PairsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,52511

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1Fleshy764217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,65870
HeifersMedium and Large 1725228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6536
HeifersMedium and Large 1431312.64/cwt312.00–317.001,34732
HeifersMedium and Large 1389323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,25614
HeifersMedium and Large 1517264.03/cwt257.50–268.001,36579
HeifersMedium and Large 1559256.13/cwt252.00–257.001,43231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3872
SteersMedium and Large 1352389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,3693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771232.27/cwt229.50–234.001,7918
SteersMedium and Large 1477330.22/cwt330.00–331.001,57522
SteersMedium and Large 1782238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,8655
SteersMedium and Large 1719246.74/cwt241.00–248.501,77463
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476306.62/cwt301.50–311.001,46011
SteersMedium and Large 1661261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,72514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3196
SteersMedium and Large 1871229.67/cwt226.50–231.502,00019
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy889216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,92564
SteersMedium and Large 1443335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4842
SteersMedium and Large 1336375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2604
SteersMedium and Large 1-2701235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6474
SteersMedium and Large 1527301.49/cwt286.00–313.001,589106
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy977198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,9345
HeifersMedium and Large 1674228.89/cwt227.50–229.501,54351
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned580234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3572
HeifersMedium and Large 1972180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,75032
SteersMedium and Large 1619285.43/cwt263.00–290.001,76723
SteersMedium and Large 1559299.36/cwt288.00–303.001,67329
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy745230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,71418
HeifersMedium and Large 1625238.45/cwt236.00–241.501,49020
HeifersMedium and Large 1757221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,6779
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662222.15/cwt216.00–225.001,47123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19097.27/cwt96.00–101.001,1589
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87560.00/cwt60.00–60.005251
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94072.82/cwt70.50–73.506854
CowsLean 85-90%1,28786.50/cwt83.50–88.501,1133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39987.42/cwt85.00–89.001,2237
CowsLean 85-90%1,00550.00/cwt50.00–50.005031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,365102.25/cwt98.00–106.501,3962
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96487.50/cwt87.50–87.508445
Bulls1,735114.75/cwt114.50–115.001,9912
Bulls1,970115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,2661
BullsLight Weight1,24097.50/cwt97.50–97.501,2091
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0272,870.13/head2,825.00–2,875.002,87010
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1502,813.41/head2,625.00–2,875.002,8133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1901,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3851,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29111,193.77/head1,060.00–1,285.001,19414
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29892,242.83/head2,000.00–2,325.002,2434
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28681,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed897953.37/head950.00–960.009537
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2002,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,52511
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3002,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0502
HeifersMedium and Large 1870204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,7753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2769219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,68464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy759198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,50319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy628217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,36331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy522231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,20611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2828237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9624
SteersMedium and Large 1825240.25/cwt240.25–240.251,98278

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.