Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 20.00 to 30.00 lower on comparable sales. Feeder steers and heifers were too lightly tested for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows traded 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 lower on a light test. Buyer demand was light to moderate as the board closed sharply lower again today and abnormally hot and dry conditions continue across the Panhandle. Drought conditions have expanded, with the entire Panhandle now listed in the Severe to Exceptional drought categories and some cities now putting in water conservation measures and restrictions. The supply consisted primarily of replacement cows from droughted out producers, along with short weaned calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.21/cwt on 51 head, down $34.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −75.60 against this barn's trailing median of $438.81.

Average price

$363.21

▼ 34.44 vs prior sale

51 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,001

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$25

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

$25.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.62

vs TX average

−7.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	365.73	1,998	46
Medium and Large 1-2	595	340.00	2,023	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.73/cwt here — about −$25 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 $362.24, median $438.81 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 sale51 hd

363.21

—

TX average5 barns · 268 hd

353.59

+9.62

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

−7.79

This barn, trailing median28 sales

438.81

−75.60

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	—	Low	1,640	193.50	3,173	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	156.75	1,975	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,047	145.82	1,527	114
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,310	132.50	1,736	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	869	$2,526	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,146	$2,398	33
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,041	$2,368	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,177	$1,998	49
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,058	$1,924	22
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,025	$1,668	57
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	838	$2,600	6
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	833	$2,425	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,513	$3,333	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,301	$3,079	7

Every lot, as filed

61 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	600–650	621	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,990	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,841	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,227	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	386.38/cwt	370.00–392.00	1,789	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,245	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	353.58/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,995	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,462	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	1,558.41/head	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,558	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,091	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,728	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	274	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	663	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,141	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,620	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	1,720.89/head	1,675.00–1,800.00	1,721	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	987	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,268	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	911	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,275	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	143.22/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,492	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	152.11/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,758	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	981	149.34/cwt	149.25–151.00	1,465	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,975	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	597	363.50/cwt	363.50–363.50	2,170	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,138	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	869	2,525.65/head	2,300.00–2,725.00	2,526	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	940	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,936	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	359.95/cwt	359.00–365.00	1,706	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,239	2,080.75/head	1,925.00–2,400.00	2,081	39
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,139	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	2,397.51/head	2,000.00–2,575.00	2,398	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	1,790.71/head	1,785.00–1,800.00	1,791	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,888	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,570	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,043	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	361	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	422	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,604	36
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,307	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,589	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,487	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	2,367.87/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,368	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	348	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	457	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,833	33
Bulls	—	—	1,480	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,842	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,510	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	156.75/cwt	148.00–157.50	1,975	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,568	5

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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