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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Feb 25

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

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Feeder Cattle receipts

883 head

▲ 413 vs last sale 470▼ 467 vs year ago 1,350 · −34.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 12▲ 3 vs year ago 23 · +13.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

38 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 62▲ 26 vs year ago 12 · +216.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers due to last weeks light test, however a much higher undertone was noted. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand, especially for stocker type cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 5.00 higher on a light test. Temperatures have warmed up to the 60's and 70's following last weeks single digit temperatures. Auction receipts are expected to return to normal now that temperatures have returned to seasonal averages and above.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.00/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −74.46 against this barn's trailing median of $386.46.

Average price

$312.00

78 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$19.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.87

vs TX average

+4.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	312.76	1,731	75
Medium and Large 1-2	592	293.00	1,735	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about −$3 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale78 hd

312.00

—

TX average3 barns · 139 hd

301.13

+10.87

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

+4.99

This barn, trailing median31 sales

386.46

−74.46

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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.74, low $341.20, median $386.46 across 31 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	—	Low	1,965	140.20	2,755	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,310	129.03	1,690	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,682	128.84	2,167	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,123	126.12	1,416	5thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,400	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,527	$1,875	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,281	$1,817	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	979	$1,725	7

Every lot

50 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,327	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	415.47/cwt	412.00–418.00	1,562	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,532	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	396.77/cwt	387.00–400.00	1,678	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	370.07/cwt	355.00–373.00	1,795	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	353.41/cwt	352.00–355.00	1,813	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	322.06/cwt	317.00–329.00	1,894	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,878	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,009	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,054	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	268.28/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,074	40
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	256.43/cwt	252.00–258.50	2,080	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,219	46
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	869	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,190	26
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,204	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	931	240.29/cwt	235.00–241.00	2,237	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,291	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	328.02/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,361	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	360.00/cwt	348.00–377.00	1,512	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,553	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	346.18/cwt	337.00–349.00	1,686	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	321.22/cwt	307.00–335.00	1,690	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	307.43/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,755	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,735	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,772	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,684	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,770	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,879	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	250.68/cwt	250.50–251.00	1,918	72
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	245.16/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,932	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,920	30
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,903	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	877	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,017	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,502	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,715	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,842	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,865	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,425	1
Bulls	—	—	2,015	145.30/cwt	144.50–146.00	2,928	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	933	119.90/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,119	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,249	130.26/cwt	127.50–131.50	1,627	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	129.03/cwt	124.50–132.50	1,690	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,682	128.84/cwt	127.50–129.50	2,167	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	924	213.61/cwt	211.00–219.00	1,974	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,095	173.38/cwt	166.00–182.00	1,899	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	979	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,068	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,140	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,452	1,890.50/head	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,891	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,527	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	3

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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 883Last week 470Year ago 1,350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 12Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 62Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	372.00	372.00
6	350–400	378	350.00	350.00
12	400–450	420	348.00–377.00	360.00
8	450–500	487	337.00–349.00	346.18
29	500–550	526	307.00–335.00	321.22
46	550–600	571	306.00–310.00	307.43
12	600–650	633	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	653	271.00	271.00
70	700–750	731	257.00	257.00
72	750–800	765	250.50–251.00	250.68
30	800–850	817	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	415	320.00–330.00	328.02
3	450–500	475	327.00	327.00
3	550–600	592	293.00	293.00
6	600–650	633	266.00	266.00
75	750–800	788	245.00–247.50	245.16
14	850–900	873	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	877	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	319	416.00	416.00
10	350–400	376	412.00–418.00	415.47
10	400–450	423	387.00–400.00	396.77
19	450–500	485	355.00–373.00	370.07
13	500–550	513	352.00–355.00	353.41
57	550–600	588	317.00–329.00	322.06
3	650–700	688	292.00	292.00
6	700–750	701	293.00	293.00
40	750–800	773	267.00–269.00	268.28
46	800–850	831	267.00	267.00
7	850–900	896	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	385.00	385.00
16	650–700	683	275.00	275.00
28	800–850	811	252.00–258.50	256.43
25	900–950	931	235.00–241.00	240.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	850–900	869	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	416.00	416.00
2	600–650	633	271.00	271.00
4	650–700	695	265.00	265.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,095	166.00–182.00	173.38
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	924	211.00–219.00	213.61

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)	3	—	1,527	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,452	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,890.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,140	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	979	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,068	1,725.00	1,725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,865	130.00	130.00
2	—	2,015	144.50–146.00	145.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,249	127.50–131.50	130.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,682	127.50–129.50	128.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	118.00–122.00	119.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	124.50–132.50	129.03

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.