Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers calves traded mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 5.00 to 9.00 higher. Trading activity was moderate on moderate demand. Quality was mixed, with the majority of the supply consisting of unweaned or short weaned calves. Warmer conditions have returned to the area as cotton harvest is wrapping up. A cool down is forecasted next week accompanied my a chance of moisture.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.74/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −61.03 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$385.74

43 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$25.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.94

vs TX average

−39.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	386.95	2,133	41
Medium and Large 1-2	508	361.00	1,834	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.95/cwt here — about $300 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 sale43 hd

385.74

—

TX average5 barns · 288 hd

366.80

+18.94

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−39.13

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−61.03

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	—	Average	1,705	174.33	2,972	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	142.05	1,755	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,091	138.67	1,513	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,378	136.86	1,886	6thin

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)	1,539	$2,763	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,550	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,220	$2,291	41
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,137	$1,688	6
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,353	$3,500	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,173	$3,084	9

Every lot, as filed

45 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	134.23/cwt	132.50–135.50	1,893	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	133.99/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,491	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	142.60/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,641	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	150.33/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,563	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	913	126.28/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,153	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	144.08/cwt	140.00–148.50	1,738	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	432.11/cwt	428.00–447.00	2,299	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	326.31/cwt	322.00–330.00	2,056	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	357.01/cwt	352.00–380.00	2,006	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	444	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,563	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,880	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	3,084.35/head	3,050.00–3,100.00	3,084	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,538	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,153	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	347.35/cwt	347.00–347.50	2,331	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	772	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,401	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,191	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	739	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	969	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,935	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	357.29/cwt	347.00–363.00	2,204	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	394.03/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,734	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,630	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	439.83/cwt	410.00–451.00	2,072	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	508	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,834	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	712	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,407	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,539	2,763.26/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,763	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,690	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	133.91/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,812	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,830	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,225	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,475	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	167.41/cwt	165.00–170.00	3,055	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,288	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	2,290.92/head	2,000.00–2,450.00	2,291	41

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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