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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 21

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Jan 14Jan 21Jan 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

598 head

▼ 614 vs last sale 1,212▼ 1,147 vs year ago 1,745 · −65.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 30▼ 15 vs year ago 30 · −50.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

151 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 134▲ 2 vs year ago 149 · +1.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Not enough comparable sales on steer and heifer calves for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls steady on a light test. Quality was attractive with the majority of the supply consisting of load lots of yearlings straight off the wheat. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand. Lighter receipts today were the result of a cold front that moved back into the trading area bringing sub zero temperatures. Seasonal temperatures will return to the region through the end of the week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.71/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −115.29 against this barn's trailing median of $430.00.

Average price

$314.71

17 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$31.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.95

vs TX average

−26.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	322.00	1,858	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	599	291.00	1,743	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about $115 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

314.71

—

TX average4 barns · 705 hd

302.76

+11.95

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−26.23

This barn, trailing median29 sales

430.00

−115.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.73, low $362.24, median $430.00 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,327	141.67	1,880	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,064	122.01	1,298	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	107.33	1,098	3thin

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)	1,019	$2,600	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,187	$2,392	56
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,257	$2,068	57
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,178	$1,875	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,079	$1,854	12

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,316	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,703	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,621	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,858	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,743	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,842	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,034	137
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,174	144
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,000	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	334.23/cwt	334.00–334.50	1,441	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,521	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,450	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	579	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,569	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	622	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,617	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,910	70
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,562	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,667	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,145	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,637	1
Bulls	—	—	1,418	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,999	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	966	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,053	120.26/cwt	119.00–121.50	1,266	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,362	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,385	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	994	1,766.75/head	1,725.00–1,825.00	1,767	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,019	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,068	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,187	2,486.05/head	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,486	44
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,187	2,047.35/head	1,975.00–2,175.00	2,047	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,199	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,268	2,076.83/head	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,077	54
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	765	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,469	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX

Tue Jan 21, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 598Last week 1,212Year ago 1,745

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 30Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 151Last week 134Year ago 149

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	119.00–121.50	120.26
1	—	1,085	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,215	114.00	114.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,019	2,600.00	2,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	—	1,268	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,076.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	44	—	1,187	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,486.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,199	1,975.00	1,975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,178	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,187	1,975.00–2,175.00	2,047.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,068	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	994	1,725.00–1,825.00	1,766.75

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	765	192.00	192.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	431	334.00–334.50	334.23
20	500–550	514	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	579	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	266.00	266.00
70	750–800	758	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	599	291.00	291.00
16	750–800	792	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	429	397.00	397.00
7	450–500	481	337.00	337.00
13	550–600	577	322.00	322.00
8	600–650	612	301.00	301.00
137	700–750	725	280.50	280.50
144	750–800	792	274.50	274.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	482	324.00	324.00
15	550–600	585	285.00	285.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.