Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher on all classes. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows and bulls but a lower undertone was noted. Quality was mostly plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $417.22/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −29.54 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$417.22

24 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,307

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.66

vs TX average

+0.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	417.22	2,307	24

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale24 hd

417.22

—

TX average5 barns · 242 hd

405.56

+11.66

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+0.69

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−29.54

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	1,458	155.00	2,259	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	148.46	1,883	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,098	144.46	1,586	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,682	142.56	2,398	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	226.48	3,196	9thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,092	$3,226	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$2,738	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,268	$2,525	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,357	$3,975	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,253	$3,650	3thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	148.25/cwt	147.75–152.50	1,912	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,547	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,682	142.56/cwt	140.00–143.50	2,398	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	141.84/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,522	14
Bulls	—	—	1,585	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,615	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,411	226.48/cwt	224.00–232.00	3,196	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,034	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,267	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	3,225.99/head	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,226	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,399	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,253	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,049	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,053	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	458.14/cwt	442.00–465.00	2,204	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,336	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,231	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	405.77/cwt	400.00–409.00	2,495	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,378	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	483.23/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,339	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,836	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	420.34/cwt	405.00–437.00	2,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,844	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,357	3,975.00/head	3,975.00–3,975.00	3,975	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,703	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	182.91/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,177	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,298	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,417	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,776	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,404	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,203	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,929	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	154.39/cwt	152.50–155.25	1,806	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	1,483	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	2

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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