Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2025-02-25

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 25
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
883 head
413 vs last sale 470 467 vs year ago 1,350 · 34.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
14 vs last sale 12 3 vs year ago 23 · +13.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
24 vs last sale 62 26 vs year ago 12 · +216.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers due to last weeks light test, however a much higher undertone was noted. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand, especially for stocker type cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 5.00 higher on a light test. Temperatures have warmed up to the 60's and 70's following last weeks single digit temperatures. Auction receipts are expected to return to normal now that temperatures have returned to seasonal averages and above.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.00/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 91.58 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.
Average price
$312.00
78 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.87
vs TX average
+4.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554312.761,73175
Medium and Large 1-2592293.001,7353thin
One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about −$3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
459417374332median 403.5812/1602/2404/2806/2308/18
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.74, low $346.29, median $403.58 across 30 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 sale78 hd
312.00
TX average3 barns · 139 hd
301.13
+10.87
National average189 barns · 18,586 hd
307.01
+4.99
This barn, trailing median30 sales
403.58
−91.58
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
BullsLow1,965140.202,7553thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,310129.031,6904thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,682128.842,1679thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,123126.121,4165thin

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)1,140$2,4003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,527$1,8753thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,281$1,8179
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)979$1,7257

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1400–450420360.00/cwt348.00–377.001,51212
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650633280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,77212
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700653271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7702
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600588322.06/cwt317.00–329.001,89457
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550513353.41/cwt352.00–355.001,81313
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,095173.38/cwt166.00–182.001,8992
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1924213.61/cwt211.00–219.001,9746
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400398385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900873218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,90314
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485370.07/cwt355.00–373.001,79519
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423396.77/cwt387.00–400.001,67810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5271,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850811256.43/cwt252.00–258.502,08028
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950931240.29/cwt235.00–241.002,23725
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526321.22/cwt307.00–335.001,69029
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1402,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,7353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4521,890.50/head1,850.00–1,950.001,8915
Bulls1,865130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,4251
Bulls2,015145.30/cwt144.50–146.002,9282
CowsLean 85-90%1,249130.26/cwt127.50–131.501,6273
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,682128.84/cwt127.50–129.502,1679
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight933119.90/cwt118.00–122.001,1192
CowsBoner 80-85%1,310129.03/cwt124.50–132.501,6904
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850817235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,92030
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773268.28/cwt267.00–269.002,07440
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850831267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,21946
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765250.68/cwt250.50–251.001,91872
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900896246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,2047
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350347372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,2913
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3236
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650633271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7152
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700695265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8424
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571307.43/cwt306.00–310.001,75546
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,87970
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350319416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,3273
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400376415.47/cwt412.00–418.001,56210
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400361416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,5027
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500487346.18/cwt337.00–349.001,6868
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0093
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750701293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,0546
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full850–900877230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0175
SteersMedium and Large 1Full850–900869252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,19026
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29791,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7257
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0681,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415328.02/cwt320.00–330.001,36110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800788245.16/cwt245.00–247.501,93275
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,87816

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.