Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-02-02

Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 2

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Jan 26Feb 2Feb 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

241 head

▼ 1,010 vs last sale 1,251▲ 241 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 30▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to firm on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.87/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$131.87

126 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,027

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$26.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.04

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	664	137.75	915	10thin
Medium and Large 1	787	132.08	1,040	112
Medium and Large 2	823	111.30	915	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.46/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale126 hd

131.87

—

TX average4 barns · 2,574 hd

141.92

−10.04

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	54.94	681	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	43.00	415	2thin

Every lot

24 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	823	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	844	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	973	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,002	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	132.40/cwt	130.00–135.25	1,004	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	844	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	112.59/cwt	105.00–120.00	912	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	910	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	992	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	129.54/cwt	127.00–129.75	1,184	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	133.75/cwt	133.00–134.00	706	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	781	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	820	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	861	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,015	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	597	134.81/cwt	134.50–139.00	805	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	727	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	858	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	783	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	846	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	870	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	818	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,350	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,026	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	890	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	365	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	468	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	54.94/cwt	51.50–57.50	681	2

This sale against other markets

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Tue Feb 2, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 241Last week 1,251Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 30Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to firm on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	914	127.00–129.75	129.54
66	—	758	130.00–135.25	132.40
3	—	637	132.50	132.50
16	—	721	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	742	135.00	135.00
5	—	586	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	111.00	111.00
1	—	910	109.00	109.00
2	—	810	105.00–120.00	112.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	742	116.00	116.00
8	—	659	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	138.00	138.00
4	—	528	133.00–134.00	133.75
4	—	660	123.00	123.00
7	—	620	126.00	126.00
11	—	832	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	783	108.00	108.00
14	—	597	134.50–139.00	134.81
1	—	1,350	76.00	76.00
3	—	727	118.00	118.00
3	—	870	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	51.50–57.50	54.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	41.00	41.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.