Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded sharply higher, with instances of 20.00 higher on calves suitable to turnout on summer grass. The whole trading region has greened up following the rain over the past two weeks. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Slaughter cows traded mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher. The wheat run has resumed, with receipts returning to near seasonal levels after recent delays due to heavy precipitation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.80/cwt on 314 head. That ranks 5 of 28 comparable sales and sits −29.96 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$416.80

314 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$59.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.21

vs TX average

+32.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	418.68	2,217	304
Medium and Large 1-2	591	359.63	2,125	10thin

One grade step is worth $59.05/cwt here — about $91 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

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 sale314 hd

416.80

—

TX average3 barns · 455 hd

394.59

+22.21

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+32.20

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−29.96

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	—	Low	1,425	149.50	2,130	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	147.39	1,815	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,623	140.50	2,281	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,028	137.28	1,411	98

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,333	$2,207	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,208	$1,792	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,107	$2,832	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,107	$2,245	22

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,079	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,928	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	359.63/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,275	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,076	233.75/cwt	233.00–237.00	2,515	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,155	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,616	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,467	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	317.46/cwt	304.00–327.00	1,803	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,096	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,376	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,285	183.67/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,360	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,798	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	518.34/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	276.83/cwt	269.00–278.50	2,516	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,085	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	253	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,493	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,559	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,800	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,466	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,873	1
Bulls	—	—	1,425	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	2,130	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	932	150.44/cwt	147.50–152.00	1,402	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	134.91/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,288	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,333	2,206.85/head	2,175.00–2,275.00	2,207	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	146.83/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,806	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	153.79/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,919	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	132.38/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,242	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,260	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	141.22/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,532	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,176	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	2,245.30/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,245	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	2,831.61/head	2,525.00–3,200.00	2,832	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,083	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	1,755.64/head	1,700.00–1,975.00	1,756	35
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	895	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,094	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,908	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,172	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,323	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,201	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	356.40/cwt	354.00–365.00	1,761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	609	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,760	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	616	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,897	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,876	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,118	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	511.78/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,263	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	3

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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