Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2024-02-20

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 20
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,259 head
1,060 vs last sale 199 471 vs year ago 1,730 · 27.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 1 · +700.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
11 vs last sale 0 8 vs year ago 19 · 42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 higher on comparable sales. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves due to last weeks light test but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls too lightly tested for a market trend. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of load lots of yearlings, and smaller packages of calves suitable for grazing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $271.29/cwt on 645 head.
Average price
$271.29
645 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$53.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.25
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695273.361,899574
Medium and Large 1-2643263.031,69157
Medium and Large 2747220.141,64414thin
One grade step is worth $53.21/cwt here — about $254 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 sale645 hd
271.29
TX average5 barns · 1,706 hd
275.54
−4.25
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
BullsAverage1,115164.001,8294thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,300113.501,4761thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215110.501,3431thin

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)1,114$2,0004thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,468$1,7852thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,258$1,6384thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6833
SteersMedium and Large 2766221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,69310
SteersMedium and Large 2699218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5244
SteersMedium and Large 1782241.34/cwt240.25–243.001,887113
SteersMedium and Large 1821239.68/cwt236.00–242.251,968110
SteersMedium and Large 1249425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0588
SteersMedium and Large 1397387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,5363
SteersMedium and Large 1473340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,60811
SteersMedium and Large 1413373.70/cwt360.00–380.001,54311
SteersMedium and Large 1581306.19/cwt299.00–312.501,77962
SteersMedium and Large 1742244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,81046
SteersMedium and Large 1510332.63/cwt310.00–335.001,696101
SteersMedium and Large 1882228.54/cwt227.50–230.502,01671
SteersMedium and Large 1662256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,69521
SteersMedium and Large 1607289.96/cwt286.00–292.001,76012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,5113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2683
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2786171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3446
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2648142.00/cwt142.00–142.009203
SteersMedium and Large 1340390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3263
SteersMedium and Large 1288402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,1582
HeifersMedium and Large 1935200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,87011
HeifersMedium and Large 1423306.12/cwt300.00–311.001,29511
HeifersMedium and Large 1733225.23/cwt223.00–227.001,6519
HeifersMedium and Large 1376329.41/cwt321.00–332.001,2398
BullsMedium and Large 1594281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,66910
BullsMedium and Large 1465345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9805
HeifersMedium and Large 1582255.11/cwt252.00–259.001,48545
HeifersMedium and Large 11,052181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,90921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2643256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,64618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2693253.68/cwt249.00–254.501,75820
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,035185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320260.00/cwt260.00–260.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 1523274.99/cwt270.50–278.001,43815
HeifersMedium and Large 1811221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,79216
HeifersMedium and Large 1494275.64/cwt275.50–276.001,36214
HeifersMedium and Large 1330325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0732
HeifersMedium and Large 1248413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,0246
HeifersMedium and Large 1640249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,59418
HeifersMedium and Large 1774224.48/cwt223.75–227.001,737135
HeifersMedium and Large 1686227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,55713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,41527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2779220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,71868
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4681,785.05/head1,725.00–1,850.001,7852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2581,638.01/head1,600.00–1,750.001,6384
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1142,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,070118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2631
Bulls1,575129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,0321
BullsLight Weight962175.66/cwt174.00–178.001,6903
CowsBoner 80-85%1,215110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,3431
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,300113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,4761

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.