Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Receipts were lighter today due to a cold front moving across the trading region bringing single digit temperatures and snow flurries with it. Despite lighter receipts, quality was very attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of high quality black yearlings straight off the wheat. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows and bulls for a market trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −155.77 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$291.00

4 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−34.70

vs TX average

−50.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	291.00	1,682	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.73, low $393.85, median $446.77 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

291.00

—

TX average5 barns · 233 hd

325.70

−34.70

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−50.21

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−155.77

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,325	130.50	1,729	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	117.75	1,451	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	117.13	1,175	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,102	$2,080	14
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,226	$2,044	24
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,159	$1,933	12

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,678	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,237	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,729	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	956	113.06/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,081	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	122.55/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	783	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,016	117
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	930	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,521	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,545	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,262	2,117.04/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,117	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,151	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,149	2,136.40/head	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,136	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	826	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,189	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	614	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,897	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	348.21/cwt	334.00–354.00	1,288	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	1,992	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,558	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,117	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,763	9

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.

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