Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Unweaned steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady. Not enough comparable sales on yearlings or weaned cattle due to last weeks light test. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Unseasonably warm temperatures have returned to the trading region with some much needed rain in the forecast for the early part of next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.34/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −75.42 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$371.34

109 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,091

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$34.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.24

vs TX average

−38.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	378.92	2,118	85
Medium and Large 1-2	578	344.51	1,990	24

One grade step is worth $34.41/cwt here — about $128 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 sale109 hd

371.34

—

TX average5 barns · 416 hd

364.11

+7.24

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−38.74

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−75.42

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	1,720	177.50	3,053	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	138.42	2,031	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	137.82	1,730	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	135.42	1,464	59

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)	1,195	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,463	$2,174	8
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,013	$2,397	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$2,950	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	335	476.82/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,597	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	458.87/cwt	430.00–472.00	1,913	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,103	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	392.14/cwt	386.00–408.00	2,106	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	304.40/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,854	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	378.46/cwt	376.00–387.00	2,176	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	406.97/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,131	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	296.46/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,992	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,747	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,447	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	361.04/cwt	356.00–372.00	2,123	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	940	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,510	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,134	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	337.31/cwt	334.00–344.00	2,233	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,899	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	312.82/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,705	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,627	6
Bulls	—	—	1,720	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	3,053	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	135.65/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,268	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	135.14/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,537	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,788	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	138.42/cwt	138.00–138.50	2,031	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	754	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,413	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,463	2,173.69/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,174	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	2,396.79/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,397	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	135.39/cwt	134.25–139.00	1,759	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,410	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	314.77/cwt	312.00–322.00	2,185	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,453	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,608	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	623	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,131	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,998	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,321	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,468	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	317.12/cwt	317.00–317.50	2,470	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	739	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,121	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	319.58/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,815	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	329.25/cwt	329.25–329.25	2,680	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	589	340.19/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,004	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,318	69

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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