Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2025-05-20

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,013 head
19 vs last sale 994 402 vs year ago 1,415 · 28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
119 vs last sale 144 66 vs year ago 91 · 72.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
89 vs last sale 101 160 vs year ago 172 · 93.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder heifers traded mostly 6.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers for a market trend. Calves too lightly tested for a market trend. Quality was mixed with the majority of the supply consisting of crossbred cattle. Slaughter cows traded mostly weak to 3.00 lower on a light test. Wheat pastures in the region are still in really good shape. As a result, there are still a lot of cattle turned out on wheat that haven't made there way to town yet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.83/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 69.75 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.
Average price
$333.83
65 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,851
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.02
vs TX average
0.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557342.001,90524
Medium and Large 1-2553329.051,81941
One grade step is worth $12.95/cwt here — about $86 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 sale65 hd
333.83
TX average5 barns · 425 hd
323.81
+10.02
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−0.43
This barn, trailing median30 sales
403.58
−69.75
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
BullsAverage1,805172.003,1051thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,157143.021,65512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,783136.382,4323thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low946134.721,2749thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,4251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,225$2,7001thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9226
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450434403.13/cwt403.00–404.001,75029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850815259.50/cwt259.50–259.502,11511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,67034
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650606299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,812115
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850828270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,23630
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500493332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6372
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750707267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8883
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700667281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,87423
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750718299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,14721
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000998252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,52020
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450438430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8833
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350313462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,4462
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500486430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,09095
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2252,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600557342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,90524
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,783136.38/cwt134.50–137.502,4323
Bulls1,805172.00/cwt172.00–172.003,1051
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight775123.00/cwt123.00–123.009531
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight935152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,4211
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight972133.93/cwt133.50–134.001,3027
CowsBoner 80-85%1,157143.02/cwt140.00–144.001,65512
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,96523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800754264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,99115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550537336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,80424
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850831289.25/cwt289.25–289.252,40433
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600598362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575319.25/cwt313.00–322.001,83617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,7853
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750744289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,15034
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800763278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,12119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900858282.25/cwt282.00–284.002,422104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750727279.62/cwt277.00–280.002,03381
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450443330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,46211
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850800267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,1364
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750723251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,81530
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750731292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,1354
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850809284.50/cwt284.50–284.502,30215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600597343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,04826
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0702,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,068203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,1686
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2778232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8056
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0002,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750745296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,2053
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy1150–12001,154210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,4236

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.