Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2026-01-13

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,312 head
475 vs last sale 1,787 100 vs year ago 1,212 · +8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
24 vs last sale 64 10 vs year ago 30 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
163 head
12 vs last sale 151 29 vs year ago 134 · +21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly firm to 2.00, with instances of up to 10.00 higher on nicer kinds. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 20.00 to 40.00 higher. Large gains were in line with the Cattle futures which closed in the green again today following yesterdays bearish corn report. Quality was mostly attractive with a large portion of the supply consisting of ranch raised yearlings and calves off the short wheat. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.66/cwt on 112 head, up $30.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 28 comparable sales and sits +3.89 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.
Average price
$450.66
30.84 vs prior sale
112 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,485
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.19
vs TX average
21.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551456.752,51683
Medium and Large 1-2553433.212,39629
One grade step is worth $23.54/cwt here — about $120 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
531480430380median 446.7712/1602/2404/1406/1608/18
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 sale112 hd
450.66
TX average5 barns · 570 hd
437.47
+13.19
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−21.32
This barn, trailing median28 sales
446.77
+3.89
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,850170.503,1541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,246153.301,91123
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,166142.521,6629thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,515$3,8001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,307$3,6007
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$3,15321
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,173$2,9003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,212$2,68344
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,222$2,11011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)920$3,3005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,060$3,1752thin

Every lot, as filed

52 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528424.02/cwt400.00–432.002,23936
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625359.39/cwt354.00–381.002,24627
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450447455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0345
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250244625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,5258
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800758370.73/cwt358.00–373.502,810128
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650626370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,31614
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450416510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,1225
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250230657.00/cwt657.00–657.001,5112
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700693390.51/cwt382.00–394.002,70632
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750722382.08/cwt377.00–388.002,75917
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1892276.16/cwt262.00–285.002,46312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2453,153.14/head3,000.00–3,400.003,15321
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0603,175.00/head3,175.00–3,175.003,1752
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 29203,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3005
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700683352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,40421
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,2598
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,083170.64/cwt164.00–177.001,8482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2733,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fleshy1,3333,375.00/head3,375.00–3,375.003,3754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2222,109.62/head2,000.00–2,200.002,11011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750730315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,30311
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600580440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,55218
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163155.00/cwt150.00–159.001,80317
Bulls1,850170.50/cwt170.50–170.503,1541
CowsLean 85-90%1,166142.52/cwt140.00–145.001,6629
CowsBoner 80-85%1,482148.50/cwt148.50–148.502,2016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713357.33/cwt352.00–358.002,54836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450410500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0506
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1042,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2757
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5153,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1732,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2322,759.71/head2,500.00–3,075.002,76037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550503437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,1987
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,64221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,53812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,45822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800759333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,5277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650614347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,1317
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450404530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,1417
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350320575.82/cwt565.00–585.001,84314
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850831343.94/cwt340.00–346.002,85875
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,5975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900894296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,64614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,11414
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540462.34/cwt445.00–476.002,49760
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900882343.74/cwt342.00–345.503,03251
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612434.50/cwt434.50–434.502,65996
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300297615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,8273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800779355.13/cwt351.00–356.502,766105
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850813331.60/cwt327.50–340.002,69668
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,030300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,0901
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765330.27/cwt326.00–335.002,52744

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.