Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good with the CME board in the green on feeders and live cattle. Chance of much needed rain later in the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $516.73/cwt on 207 head, up $18.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 28 comparable sales and sits +69.97 against this barn's trailing median of $446.77.

Average price

$516.73

▲ 18.19 vs prior sale

207 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$20.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.24

vs TX average

+35.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	532	520.00	2,766	174
Medium and Large 1	540	499.50	2,697	33

One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $69 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 sale207 hd

516.73

—

TX average5 barns · 388 hd

493.50

+23.24

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+35.71

This barn, trailing median28 sales

446.77

+69.97

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	1,600	185.96	2,975	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,189	181.32	2,156	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,553	163.95	2,546	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	898	145.10	1,303	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,394	$3,493	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$3,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,195	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,360	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,005	$2,674	8

Every lot, as filed

36 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	450–500	488	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,120	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,128	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	397.99/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,316	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	319.52/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,834	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	335.79/cwt	335.25–337.00	2,717	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,096	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,749	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,598	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,766	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	612.00/cwt	612.00–612.00	2,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,394	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,720	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,049	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	195	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	1,541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	347.33/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,879	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,698	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,080	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	521.24/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,684	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,742	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,940	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	362.57/cwt	361.00–366.00	2,926	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,394	3,493.30/head	3,250.00–3,600.00	3,493	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	2,673.69/head	2,550.00–2,750.00	2,674	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	234.27/cwt	221.00–255.00	2,610	14
Bulls	—	—	1,600	185.96/cwt	184.00–188.00	2,975	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	898	145.10/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,303	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	181.32/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,156	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	2,511	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	163.83/cwt	160.50–165.50	2,541	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,595	1

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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