Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing between 600 to 700 pounds traded mostly 20.00 higher. Not enough comparable sales on feeder heifers or heavier weight steers for a market trend but a higher undertone was noted. Steer calves traded mostly 20.00 higher and heifers traded sharply higher with the largest advances on 500-600 pound heifers. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality was mostly attractive with a large portion of the supply consisting of the Texas Angus Calf Special, those cattle were tagged value added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $425.97/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 8 of 28 comparable sales and sits −20.79 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$425.97

72 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$87.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.23

vs TX average

−3.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	434.48	2,391	65
Medium and Large 1-2	599	347.00	2,079	7thin

One grade step is worth $87.48/cwt here — about $313 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale72 hd

425.97

—

TX average2 barns · 119 hd

400.74

+25.23

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−3.18

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−20.79

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	1,350	179.06	2,417	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,161	154.10	1,789	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,158	149.43	1,730	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,688	141.50	2,388	2thin

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)	1,220	$3,590	84
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,163	$3,370	66
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,274	$3,194	111
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,153	$2,967	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,308	$2,760	130
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,153	$2,354	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,162	$2,142	11
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,058	$3,854	481
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,031	$3,535	198
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,558	$3,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,122	$4,934	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,400	$4,300	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,565	$4,019	10
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,068	$2,850	8

Every lot, as filed

83 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	550–600	580	356.93/cwt	353.00–361.00	2,070	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,494	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	455.40/cwt	449.00–462.50	2,163	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	410.17/cwt	409.00–411.00	2,096	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	504.78/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	425.63/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,826	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,934	263
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	338	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	457.75/cwt	442.50–467.50	1,648	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,122	4,933.96/head	4,700.00–4,950.00	4,934	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	268.17/cwt	266.00–272.00	2,658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	336.75/cwt	336.75–336.75	2,596	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	309.45/cwt	308.00–314.00	2,148	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,930	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	774	315.15/cwt	313.00–316.00	2,439	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	3,589.90/head	3,500.00–3,800.00	3,590	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	706	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,224	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,162	2,141.94/head	2,000.00–2,200.00	2,142	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,450	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,436	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,156	3,420.56/head	3,250.00–3,500.00	3,421	56
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	3,087.05/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,087	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,565	4,019.38/head	3,950.00–4,050.00	4,019	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	208.40/cwt	207.00–211.00	2,240	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	2,693.88/head	2,550.00–2,950.00	2,694	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	2,353.92/head	2,200.00–2,450.00	2,354	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,558	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,327	2,787.24/head	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,787	113
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,274	3,379.48/head	3,200.00–3,900.00	3,379	81
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	2,580.56/head	2,250.00–2,650.00	2,581	17
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	43
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	149.43/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,730	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,353	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,785	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,410	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,870	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	150.88/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,767	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,151	174.96/cwt	168.00–178.00	2,014	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	963	194.51/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,873	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,034	3,613.97/head	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,614	155
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	3,893.47/head	3,700.00–4,250.00	3,893	462
Bulls	—	—	1,400	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,506	1
Bulls	—	—	1,935	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,696	1
Bulls	—	—	1,628	185.43/cwt	184.00–187.00	3,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,651	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,945	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	478	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,807	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,153	2,966.51/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	2,967	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,260	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,295	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,079	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	467.68/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,016	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	359.31/cwt	359.00–362.00	2,461	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	312.60/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,897	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	379.30/cwt	371.00–385.00	2,135	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,372	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	337.02/cwt	336.00–338.00	2,127	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	528.76/cwt	525.00–535.00	1,713	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	315	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,392	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,495	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	434.48/cwt	431.00–445.00	2,003	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	327.36/cwt	314.00–338.00	1,853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	412	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,821	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,571	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	876	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,777	25

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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