Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on yearling for a market trend. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive with several nice strings of reputation cattle on offer. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 5.00 higher. Rain and cooler temperatures have returned to the forecast and pasture and range conditions are in fair to good condition. Cotton and sorghum planting is underway, while wheat being harvested for hay and silage is almost wrapped up.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.80/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −83.97 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$362.80

141 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$20.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.36

vs TX average

−15.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	367.70	2,124	108
Medium and Large 1-2	540	346.76	1,873	33

One grade step is worth $20.94/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale141 hd

362.80

—

TX average4 barns · 336 hd

349.44

+13.36

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−15.78

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−83.97

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	1,678	168.33	2,825	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	146.27	1,829	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	140.39	1,529	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,350	133.50	1,802	4thin

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)	1,100	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,373	$2,283	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,156	$2,235	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,178	$1,905	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	624	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,153	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,847	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	333.45/cwt	329.00–339.00	1,871	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	318.25/cwt	318.25–318.25	2,291	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,251	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	227	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	822	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,980	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	367.33/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	364.25/cwt	364.25–364.25	2,149	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	867	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,141	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,528	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	694	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,804	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,202	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,901	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	346.76/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,873	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	237	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,336	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,057	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,380	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,832	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	369.45/cwt	364.00–399.00	1,788	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,099	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	299	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	308.38/cwt	300.00–314.00	1,918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,184	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,978	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	938	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,467	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	688	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,954	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	289.49/cwt	289.00–290.00	2,116	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	529	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,005	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	343.65/cwt	338.00–345.00	1,814	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,168	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,189	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,556	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,234	2,614.07/head	2,550.00–2,650.00	2,614	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	153.86/cwt	151.50–155.00	1,839	3
Bulls	—	—	1,688	154.87/cwt	152.00–157.50	2,614	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,086	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	1,023	139.11/cwt	136.00–141.50	1,423	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,802	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	145.67/cwt	141.50–147.50	1,828	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,102	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,728	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	143.65/cwt	140.50–148.00	1,632	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	135.45/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,517	2
Bulls	—	—	1,668	181.79/cwt	181.00–182.50	3,032	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,373	2,283.33/head	2,200.00–2,350.00	2,283	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	1,922.73/head	1,900.00–1,975.00	1,923	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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