Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2021-02-23

Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 23

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Feb 9Feb 23Mar 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

332 head

▲ 332 vs last sale 0▲ 332 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly firm to 1.00 higher on a light test. According to the cattle report, cattle movements were largely impacted by the weather and many of the implications will not be known for days or in some cases weeks. As temperatures warm, cattle owners will mainly be interested in the welfare of the cattle and attempting to restore animals to their prior state. As a result, receipts were light this week across the majority of the trading region. The barn is expecting numbers to get back to normal next week. 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 $130.53/cwt on 242 head.

Average price

$130.53

242 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

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

$16.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

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	541	145.57	787	21
Medium and Large 1	802	129.10	1,036	221

One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale242 hd

130.53

—

TX average1 barns · 242 hd

130.53

+0.00

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	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,000	51.50	515	2thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	403	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	629	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	145.17/cwt	137.00–150.00	822	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	888	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	938	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	129.92/cwt	129.00–133.00	965	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,063	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,085	73
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	509	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	358	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	573	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	669	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	849	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	994	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	992	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	950	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	950	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	990	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	515	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	515	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,220	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	952	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,000	1

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 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 332Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	78.00	78.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	750.00	750.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	743	129.00–133.00	129.92
35	—	685	137.00	137.00
74	—	829	128.25	128.25
73	—	863	125.75	125.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	678	131.00	131.00
11	—	566	137.00–150.00	145.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	403	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	358	160.00	160.00
5	—	490	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	828	120.00	120.00
14	—	648	131.00	131.00
7	—	680	126.00	126.00
5	—	452	148.00	148.00
4	—	973	102.00	102.00
1	—	320	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	51.00	51.00

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.