Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2025-09-23

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 23
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
484 head
536 vs last sale 1,020 34 vs year ago 450 · +7.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
3 vs last sale 50 42 vs year ago 5 · +840.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
207 head
176 vs last sale 31 202 vs year ago 5 · +4,040.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers for a market trend. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand amid tightening supplies. Slaughter cows and bulls too lightly tested for a market trend, but a lower undertone was noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.23/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 55.35 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.
Average price
$348.23
29 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.27
vs TX average
17.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534359.551,92111thin
Medium and Large 1-2552341.311,88318thin
One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $38 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

30 sales
459417374332median 403.5812/1602/2404/2806/2308/18
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.74, low $346.29, median $403.58 across 30 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 sale29 hd
348.23
TX average3 barns · 311 hd
352.50
−4.27
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
−17.62
This barn, trailing median30 sales
403.58
−55.35
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
BullsLow1,688173.472,9283thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,310151.161,98110
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,123149.961,68521
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,341140.341,8825thin

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)1,055$3,5006
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)890$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,136$2,4179
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,097$2,27538
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,081$2,160106
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)813$2,41313
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)783$2,2284thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,598$3,7002thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1600–650616390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4028
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386460.84/cwt450.00–465.001,77922
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1980283.50/cwt283.50–283.502,7782
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18132,413.19/head2,200.00–2,500.002,41313
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 17832,227.95/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2284
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550546345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8847
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550504440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,21819
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900860315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7094
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1212,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3508
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2950177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,6865
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1322,420.47/head2,400.00–2,450.002,42022
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900889315.25/cwt315.25–315.252,80311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650648317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0545
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750734325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3864
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2552,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,080236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,5491
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,3783
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655370.50/cwt370.50–370.502,42723
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420531.79/cwt505.00–540.002,2349
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550514385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9794
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,4692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0553,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5006
CowsBoner 80-85%1,319152.05/cwt151.50–154.502,0066
CowsBoner 80-85%1,328143.11/cwt138.50–146.001,9013
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight963145.93/cwt139.50–147.001,4058
CowsLean 85-90%1,118135.96/cwt130.50–141.501,5202
CowsLean 85-90%1,241155.43/cwt149.00–156.001,92911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,315130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5983,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0492,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,07516
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0792,039.62/head2,025.00–2,050.002,04031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,348142.92/cwt138.00–149.001,9274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,205170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0491
Bulls1,688173.47/cwt172.00–175.502,9283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567339.89/cwt338.00–343.001,92713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,4015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,0155
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1222,358.58/head2,325.00–2,400.002,35951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29981,891.52/head1,875.00–1,900.001,89224
Bred CowsMedium and Large 28902,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400391435.87/cwt418.00–460.001,7047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,9104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800774338.71/cwt330.00–340.502,62282
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400372425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5819
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450414400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6569
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy800–850820262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,1485
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650601345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0734
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000968327.50/cwt327.50–327.503,17017
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800783367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,87412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,2684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700698315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500489495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,4217
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415450.77/cwt440.00–460.001,8719
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,034298.00/cwt298.00–298.003,0815
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5348
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy750–800790285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550512345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7665

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.