Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers but a mostly steady to weak undertone was noted. Steer and heifer calves were weak to 6.00 lower on a light test. The softness in the market today fell inline with the CME Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures which both closed sharply lower. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Quality was more attractive this week, with several nice loads of yearlings on offer. Boning and Breaking type slaughter cows traded mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Lean cows were 1.00 higher. Hot and dry conditions have returned to the region following all of the rain over the past few weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −85.77 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$361.00

7 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$49.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.22

vs TX average

−10.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	389.00	1,992	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	340.00	1,846	4thin

One grade step is worth $49.00/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale7 hd

361.00

—

TX average4 barns · 147 hd

358.78

+2.22

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−10.92

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−85.77

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	1,589	173.44	2,755	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	156.74	1,909	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	156.49	2,222	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	150.08	1,529	29

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	868	151.49/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,315	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	855	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,197	2
Bulls	—	—	1,723	179.40/cwt	178.50–180.00	3,091	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	156.85/cwt	153.50–159.50	1,918	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	157.74/cwt	153.00–159.50	2,260	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	293.79/cwt	293.50–296.00	2,682	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	2,400	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	966	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,318	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	417.30/cwt	412.00–427.00	1,769	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,746	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	323.83/cwt	320.00–329.00	2,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,097	261.75/cwt	261.75–261.75	2,871	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	828	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,385	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,885	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,835	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	953	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,754	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,648	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,870	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,648	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	216.76/cwt	209.00–222.00	2,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,445	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	293.16/cwt	292.00–296.00	2,574	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,320	161.51/cwt	161.00–162.00	2,132	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,644	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	151.56/cwt	151.00–152.00	1,823	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,167	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	150.64/cwt	149.75–153.00	1,622	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	807	277.25/cwt	277.25–277.25	2,237	105

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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