Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were too lightly tested for a market trend. Quality was plain to attractive, with several loads of three color feeders straight off the wheat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.92/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −94.84 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$351.92

66 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$168

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

$4.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.58

vs TX average

−12.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	356.23	1,863	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	578	351.33	2,031	58

One grade step is worth $4.90/cwt here — about −$168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale66 hd

351.92

—

TX average4 barns · 181 hd

340.35

+11.58

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−12.06

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−94.84

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,075	196.44	2,112	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,748	131.06	2,291	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,184	130.05	1,540	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	952	117.43	1,118	10

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,244	$2,567	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,108	$2,454	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,111	$2,257	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,314	$3,323	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,097	$3,273	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,900	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,609	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,266	24
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,882	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	847	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,041	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,877	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	775	94.56/cwt	90.00–99.00	733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	252.76/cwt	252.25–253.00	2,050	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,314	3,322.65/head	3,100.00–3,400.00	3,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	356.23/cwt	353.00–362.00	1,863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	390.82/cwt	380.00–392.00	1,645	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,920	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	295.29/cwt	295.00–297.00	2,159	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,408	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,193	13
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,913	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	259.53/cwt	258.00–265.00	2,286	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,105	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,073	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,102	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	933	119.66/cwt	114.00–125.50	1,116	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	985	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,261	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	129.03/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,439	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,748	131.06/cwt	129.50–132.50	2,291	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,005	206.95/cwt	206.00–208.00	2,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	51
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	860	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,658	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	128.89/cwt	125.00–133.50	1,521	6
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,145	185.92/cwt	184.00–188.00	2,129	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,561	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	2,500.89/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,501	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,063	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,199	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,918	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	261.25/cwt	257.50–265.00	2,027	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,995	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	303.42/cwt	301.00–308.00	1,760	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,660	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,097	3,273.05/head	3,150.00–3,300.00	3,273	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	317.31/cwt	299.00–319.00	2,116	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,764	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	324.59/cwt	321.00–337.00	2,077	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	2,381.81/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	272.40/cwt	267.00–273.50	2,277	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,451	64
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,211	2,660.82/head	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,661	10

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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