Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded up to 20.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves traded sharply higher on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand, especially on the larger drafts of yearlings. Slaughter cows were steady to 4.00 higher. Quality was mixed. The trades tagged value added were home raised Akauishi steers and heifers. Higher than seasonable temperatures have moved back into the area for the next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.24/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −28.52 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$418.24

136 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$53.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.07

vs TX average

−12.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	426.27	2,405	37
Medium and Large 2	540	418.00	2,257	93
Medium and Large 1-2	558	372.50	2,079	6thin

One grade step is worth $53.77/cwt here — about $327 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale136 hd

418.24

—

TX average5 barns · 479 hd

387.17

+31.07

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−12.39

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

−28.52

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	—	High	1,296	199.26	2,583	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,289	148.86	1,919	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	148.58	1,604	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,705	135.00	2,302	1thin

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)	1,315	$2,750	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,400	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,288	$1,967	3thin

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 1	850–900	875	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,835	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,345	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,123	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	503	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,977	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,457	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,379	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,701	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,971	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,135	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	611	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,998	30
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	991	270.74/cwt	270.00–271.00	2,683	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	979	283.09/cwt	281.00–288.00	2,771	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	732	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	361.08/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,282	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,194	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	299.88/cwt	293.00–304.00	2,489	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	889	144.64/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,286	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,741	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	149.47/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,800	6
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	965	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,741	1
Bulls	—	—	1,485	156.52/cwt	146.00–168.00	2,324	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,313	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,302	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,461	138.01/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,016	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	155.06/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,847	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	452	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,636	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	540	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,257	93
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	426	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,908	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	491	416.95/cwt	411.00–427.00	2,047	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	396	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,099	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	294.04/cwt	282.00–306.00	1,997	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	509	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,868	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,947	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,112	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,452	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,981	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,053	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,976	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	357.95/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,073	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,962	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,178	4

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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