Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Calves too lightly tested for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Not enough slaughter cows for a market trend. Storms moved across the Panhandle over the past two nights bringing 1 to 3 inches of rain. Rain chances continue throughout the week, before temperatures warm up to the 90's over the weekend. Pastures are in good shape, and producers have been busy trying to beat the rain with wheat silage and bailing wheat hay in full swing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.71/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −85.05 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$361.71

102 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$30.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.22

vs TX average

−12.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	369.09	2,117	77
Medium and Large 1-2	556	339.00	1,885	25

One grade step is worth $30.09/cwt here — about $232 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale102 hd

361.71

—

TX average4 barns · 255 hd

349.49

+12.22

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

−12.43

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−85.05

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	1,925	157.00	3,022	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,290	139.63	1,801	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,104	124.36	1,373	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,635	$3,175	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$2,950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1Fleshy	700–750	718	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	926	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,334	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,205	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,331	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	990	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	147.94/cwt	145.50–151.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,885	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,939	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,663	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,860	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,635	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,885	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,550	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	292.47/cwt	288.00–293.00	1,731	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,537	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	287.64/cwt	285.00–287.75	2,347	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	257.39/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,856	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	268.96/cwt	265.00–269.25	2,141	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,589	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	358.54/cwt	345.00–363.00	1,703	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	286.54/cwt	282.50–289.50	2,459	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,522	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,133	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,842	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	431.77/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	265.79/cwt	255.00–273.00	2,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,148	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,862	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,413	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,011	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	380.33/cwt	376.00–388.00	2,042	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,509	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	140.20/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,823	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	121.54/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,341	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,437	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,647	1
Bulls	—	—	2,290	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	3,710	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,371	1

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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