Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2025-09-09

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 9
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
977 head
610 vs last sale 367 239 vs year ago 738 · +32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
13 vs last sale 62 74 vs year ago 123 · 60.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
43 vs last sale 34 44 vs year ago 33 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers traded mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower on all classes. The softer market was in line with the CME Feeder Cattle Board, which closed down the limit on all contract months. Quality was a little plainer than the previous week, but larger bunches of cattle on offer and still attracted stronger buyer interest despite condition. Despite a lower market trading activity was mostly active on moderate buyer demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows due to last weeks light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $435.33/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 9 of 28 comparable sales and sits 11.44 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.
Average price
$435.33
74 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,366
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.74
vs TX average
+21.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542437.032,36771
Medium and Large 1-2593395.002,3423thin
One grade step is worth $42.03/cwt here — about $24 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

28 sales
531480430380median 446.7712/1602/2404/1406/1608/18
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 sale74 hd
435.33
TX average5 barns · 444 hd
404.59
+30.74
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
+21.81
This barn, trailing median28 sales
446.77
−11.44
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
BullsLow1,806176.933,1956thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,531158.122,4208thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,157155.911,8048thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,307152.751,99617

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,255$3,3002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,133$3,1134thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,580$2,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,185$2,65820
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,111$2,5405
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,228$2,43621
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,073$2,0505
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,253$3,4502thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1450–500481475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,28520
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950911316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,87915
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300293600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7582
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571388.56/cwt382.00–400.002,21918
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577408.31/cwt402.00–415.002,3568
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450410459.13/cwt440.00–465.001,8829
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400369460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,69716
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750729332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,4205
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550545408.74/cwt400.00–415.002,22855
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661346.80/cwt341.00–360.002,29213
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1342
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350313540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6903
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600590350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0652
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900853294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,5083
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850835300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5053
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450418430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7972
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800799358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,86025
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900890320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8485
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5802,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,495172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,5711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2553,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1502,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0633,425.00/head3,425.00–3,425.003,4252
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,111219.67/cwt212.00–225.002,4416
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight975146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4241
CowsLean 85-90%1,325145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,9281
CowsLean 85-90%1,159159.30/cwt158.00–162.501,8466
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,595147.97/cwt146.00–151.002,3602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,509161.50/cwt161.50–161.502,4376
CowsBoner 80-85%1,384146.36/cwt145.00–150.502,0264
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1012,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2032,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2282,436.41/head2,425.00–2,450.002,43621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283154.71/cwt153.25–161.001,98513
BullsLight Weight1,240177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,1951
Bulls1,919176.92/cwt170.00–180.503,3955
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500461430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800789329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,59669
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950903323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,9177
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2533,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1852,657.78/head2,450.00–2,800.002,65820
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0732,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0505
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350346510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7655
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,52414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900866329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,84911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600593395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,058264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,79314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,17719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650626352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2046
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533398.00/cwt372.00–407.002,12115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622398.80/cwt375.00–399.502,481137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750748366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,73866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy800–850825310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,56280
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900884322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,8464
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350343510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7495
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450422515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1739
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550537440.68/cwt436.00–460.002,36663
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,46910
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450433470.14/cwt450.00–481.002,03636

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.