Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher, with larger advances on load lots of cattle. Steer and heifer calves traded 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand. Slaughter cows traded firm to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls too lightly tested for a market trend. According to the US Drought Monitor, the northeastern portion of the Texas Panhandle last week saw 2-4 inches rainfall over an area of exceptional drought, helping to relieve drought conditions with a small downgrade to extreme drought there. However, for the most part, extreme to exceptional drought conditions persisted across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, and much of western Oklahoma. There's not much relief in sight, with this weeks forecast consisting of temperatures in the upper 90's and 100's with limited chances of moisture.

*No sale next week due to the 4th of July Holiday, the next sale will be Tuesday, July 7th.*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $417.59/cwt on 28 head, up $4.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 30 comparable sales and sits +14.01 against this barn's trailing median of $403.58.

Average price

$417.59

▲ 4.50 vs prior sale

28 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$15.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.32

vs TX average

+1.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	426.91	2,315	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	411.56	2,251	17thin

One grade step is worth $15.35/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.74, low $346.29, median $403.58 across 30 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 sale28 hd

417.59

—

TX average4 barns · 134 hd

418.91

−1.32

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

+1.76

This barn, trailing median30 sales

403.58

+14.01

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	1,506	171.87	2,587	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	880	184.20	1,620	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,221	182.13	2,224	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,428	175.99	2,513	8thin

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)	1,446	$4,400	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,438	$4,050	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,226	$3,926	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	994	$2,838	16
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,615	$2,825	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,193	$2,816	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,203	$2,611	19
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,033	$2,572	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,391	$2,422	5
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,915	$4,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,337	$4,541	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,351	$4,438	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,124	$3,179	9

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,813	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,336	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,734	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	438.48/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,144	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,301	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,862	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,786	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,215	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,196	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	352.47/cwt	347.00–352.75	2,562	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	413.50/cwt	413.50–413.50	2,237	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,314	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	488	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,675	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,481	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	822	2,580.11/head	2,550.00–2,725.00	2,580	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,147	2,724.28/head	2,250.00–2,900.00	2,724	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,400	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,595	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,426	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	6
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	303	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	712	8
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	250–300	290	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	711	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	611	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	363.75/cwt	363.75–363.75	2,874	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	872	179.10/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,562	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	845	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,437	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,613	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,362	178.18/cwt	178.00–179.00	2,427	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	176.86/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,251	2
Bulls	—	—	1,523	185.92/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,832	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	857	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	182.32/cwt	179.00–184.00	2,222	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	887	188.59/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,673	16
Bulls	—	—	1,488	157.81/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,348	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,825	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	2,820	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	617	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,514	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	404	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,778	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,080	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,983	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	308	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,294	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,526	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	3,001.50/head	2,850.00–3,100.00	3,002	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,446	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,128	3,039.07/head	2,925.00–3,300.00	3,039	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	717	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,395	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,438	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,641	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	3,139.02/head	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,139	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	287.07/cwt	285.00–302.00	2,986	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,209	242.47/cwt	215.00–257.50	2,931	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	518.59/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,562	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,565	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,602	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	731.00/head	731.00–731.00	731	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,337	4,541.26/head	4,300.00–4,675.00	4,541	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,351	4,437.81/head	4,400.00–4,650.00	4,438	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,203	2,610.63/head	2,525.00–2,750.00	2,611	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,615	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,391	2,422.32/head	2,400.00–2,550.00	2,422	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,038	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,535	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,214	3,941.67/head	3,500.00–4,400.00	3,942	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,915	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,448	4,038.77/head	3,750.00–4,300.00	4,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,084	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	670.41/cwt	650.00–685.00	2,125	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,159	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,520	19

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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