Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers but a higher undertone was noted. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Quality was mostly plain to attractive with several load lots of nice yearlings on offer. Discounts for unweaned steer calves are widening as we move into October. While discounts continue to be applied to heifer calves, tighter supplies of heifers on offer caused the unweaned discount to be notably smaller for heifers compared to their steer counterparts today. Sorghum harvest is in full swing and winter wheat planting continues.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.93/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 5 of 28 comparable sales and sits −35.83 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$410.93

38 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+25.39

vs TX average

−11.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	410.93	2,370	38

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 sale38 hd

410.93

—

TX average5 barns · 340 hd

385.54

+25.39

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−11.72

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−35.83

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	175.00	2,551	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	152.97	2,269	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	152.17	1,560	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,326	149.98	1,988	11

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,423	$2,896	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,421	$2,536	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$2,226	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,192	$2,000	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,224	$3,700	9

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	357.94/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,080	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,727	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,352	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	373.36/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,524	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	2,000	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,166	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,034	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	373.86/cwt	367.00–380.00	2,168	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	424.44/cwt	420.00–431.00	2,390	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	818	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,274	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	368.73/cwt	358.00–374.00	2,367	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	821	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	544	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,339	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,552	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	344.61/cwt	339.00–344.75	3,157	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,222	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	367.50/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,451	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	807	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,853	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,421	2,536.21/head	2,450.00–2,800.00	2,536	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,224	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,069	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	152.97/cwt	152.00–155.50	2,269	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	134.98/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,960	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	143.43/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,908	3
Bulls	—	—	1,685	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,780	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	930	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,465	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,428	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	936	207.33/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,941	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,423	2,895.69/head	2,850.00–2,950.00	2,896	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,230	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,276	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,789	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	162.91/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,249	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	339.46/cwt	339.00–339.50	2,940	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,442	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	624	363.01/cwt	362.00–366.00	2,265	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,225.84/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,226	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,192	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	923	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,787	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	759	324.68/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,464	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,823	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	813	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,472	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	526	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,930	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,871	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,052	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	342.31/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,122	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,196	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,157	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	367	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	587	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	915	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,003	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	374.65/cwt	363.00–377.00	2,836	36

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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