Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2025-03-18

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Mar 18
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,646 head
302 vs last sale 1,344 648 vs year ago 998 · +64.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 14 16 vs year ago 28 · 57.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
196 head
164 vs last sale 32 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes of steers and heifers traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive, with the majority of the supply consisting of load lots of yearlings straight off the wheat. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. High winds moved across the region on Friday and have returned today. Sustained winds ranged from 30 to 60 mph, with gusts reaching over 80 mph. A few fires broke out throughout the Panhandle and blowing dust limited visibility causing interstates and highways to shutdown due to multicar pileups. No rain is in the forecast, but the it is much needed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.47/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 98.11 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.
Average price
$305.47
17 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.71
vs TX average
9.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548305.471,67317thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale17 hd
305.47
TX average5 barns · 378 hd
292.76
+12.71
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
−9.11
This barn, trailing median30 sales
403.58
−98.11
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
BullsLow1,515160.002,4242thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,177140.571,6553thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,200135.871,6304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,377125.611,7303thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,168$2,83431
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,566$2,40111
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,154$1,84859
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,359$1,8005
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,5755
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$1,53926
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)847$1,5138
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,227$2,69918
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,040$2,6505

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1600–650616299.67/cwt297.50–300.501,846202
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700687280.95/cwt278.00–287.001,9309
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1401,539.40/head1,450.00–1,600.001,53926
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2272,698.64/head2,600.00–2,750.002,69918
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500462362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,67229
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800753254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,91327
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,017180.67/cwt179.00–182.501,8373
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850810254.21/cwt251.00–255.252,059101
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18471,512.51/head1,500.00–1,525.001,5138
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1541,848.29/head1,700.00–2,050.001,84859
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5662,400.75/head1,950.00–2,500.002,40111
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800779269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,09620
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1682,834.40/head2,600.00–2,950.002,83431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900859262.72/cwt260.00–263.002,257124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3591,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8005
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500499375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800782254.60/cwt254.60–254.601,991146
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0402,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1301,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5755
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1938212.60/cwt210.00–214.001,9945
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850803257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,06417
CowsBoner 80-85%1,295139.15/cwt137.50–141.001,8022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,105132.59/cwt130.00–135.001,4652
Bulls1,885145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,7331
BullsLight Weight1,145175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0041
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,177140.57/cwt137.50–147.001,6553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,377125.61/cwt120.50–128.001,7303
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600583290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6912
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850821230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8887
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300296417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,23422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700669307.20/cwt305.00–311.002,05516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,41611
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000995210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,09013
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500465370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7216
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1000–10501,014221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,24130
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550518310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,60610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450442362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,6009
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563347.94/cwt342.00–365.001,95923
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750735264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,9401
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874266.48/cwt265.25–268.002,329125
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950943255.25/cwt255.25–255.252,40728
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500483387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,87223
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700674282.98/cwt275.00–284.001,9079
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000999243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,42821
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550539363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,9578
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900896243.25/cwt243.25–243.252,18057
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750730266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,94245
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669319.46/cwt319.00–321.002,13749
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750708299.51/cwt296.00–300.002,12134
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,7647
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850834270.17/cwt264.00–273.502,25365
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350327457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,49620
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612321.42/cwt320.00–325.001,9677
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,7934
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450412370.59/cwt362.00–380.001,52717

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.