Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers weighing between 500 and 600 pounds traded mostly 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Lighter weight steers and heifers and unweaned calves traded 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Long weaned cattle with at least two rounds of shots are still very much in demand as buyers are still concerned about large temperature fluctuations and calf health in the month of October. Not enough comparable sales on yearlings for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows or bulls for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.44/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 8 of 28 comparable sales and sits −22.32 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$424.44

86 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$36.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.02

vs TX average

−33.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	433.88	2,391	64
Medium and Large 1-2	556	397.00	2,207	22

One grade step is worth $36.88/cwt here — about $184 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

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 sale86 hd

424.44

—

TX average5 barns · 502 hd

390.42

+34.02

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−33.70

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−22.32

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	1,363	178.33	2,431	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,170	149.05	1,745	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	143.14	2,021	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	136.67	1,503	3thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,555	$3,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,214	$2,721	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,135	$2,372	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,233	$4,092	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,343	$3,674	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,128	$3,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,078	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	521.42/cwt	520.00–522.00	2,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	354.06/cwt	349.00–365.50	2,372	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	517.54/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,055	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,146	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,974	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,433	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	406.41/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,463	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	424.47/cwt	413.00–432.00	2,386	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,173	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,167	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,433	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	863	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	611	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,218	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	467	408.32/cwt	405.00–412.00	1,907	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,584	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	4,025.00/head	4,025.00–4,025.00	4,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,087	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	598	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	449	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	392.55/cwt	390.00–398.00	2,434	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	726	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,454	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,343	3,674.49/head	3,650.00–3,700.00	3,674	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	4,350.00/head	4,350.00–4,350.00	4,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,128	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,115	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,695	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,679	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	145.00/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,678	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	995	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,303	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,946	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,843	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,555	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	133.26/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,935	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,085	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,213	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,088	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,384	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	138.71/cwt	135.00–142.50	2,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,564	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	861	342.25/cwt	342.25–342.25	2,947	88
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,214	2,720.65/head	2,475.00–2,875.00	2,721	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	2,372.25/head	2,200.00–2,425.00	2,372	33
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,406	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	920	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	470.22/cwt	462.00–486.00	2,182	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	450.46/cwt	437.00–453.00	1,734	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	391.32/cwt	380.00–406.00	1,824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,845	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	380.76/cwt	380.00–381.00	2,441	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,741	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,523	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,291	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	642	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,311	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	771	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	353	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,395	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,390	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	484.67/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,365	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	740	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,579	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,948	4

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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