Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2025-04-29

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
650 head
195 vs last sale 845 485 vs year ago 1,135 · 42.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
22 vs last sale 6 5 vs year ago 33 · 15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
17 vs last sale 57 20 vs year ago 20 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers for a market trend but a sharply higher undertone was noted. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Quality was mostly attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of load lots of yearlings or long weaned calves. Severe thunderstorms over the weekend brought rain with totals ranging from 1 to 4 inches, and a few tornados touching down around Canyon and Springlake. More rain is in the forecast over the next 7 days.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.50/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 65.08 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.
Average price
$338.50
102 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,879
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+19.60
vs TX average
+9.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555338.501,879102
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 sale102 hd
338.50
TX average5 barns · 299 hd
318.90
+19.60
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
+9.16
This barn, trailing median30 sales
403.58
−65.08
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
BullsHigh2,017182.143,6734thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053140.001,47416
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,349137.501,8558thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,5501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$2,5001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,395$2,35017
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)912$2,7003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,109$4,09811

Every lot, as filed

27 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,349137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,8558
CowsLean 85-90%1,053140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,47416
Bulls1,973187.56/cwt187.00–188.003,7012
Bulls2,060176.73/cwt176.00–177.503,6412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy900–950938218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,0454
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1652,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19122,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7003
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555338.50/cwt338.50–338.501,879102
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400389410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5957
SteersMedium and Large 11050–11001,088248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,69811
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529378.48/cwt377.00–382.002,00214
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450403460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,85413
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1094,097.70/head3,600.00–4,150.004,09811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2452,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750739262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9367
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300297480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,42612
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,84412
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,74413
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662299.38/cwt297.00–299.501,982232
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350314500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5708
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,038228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,3674
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,032212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,1883
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3952,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,35017
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,08774
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0695
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900859277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,37958

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.