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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Apr 8

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

180 head

▼ 359 vs last sale 539▼ 682 vs year ago 862 · −79.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 69▼ 22 vs year ago 29 · −75.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 59▼ 113 vs year ago 159 · −71.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers due to this weeks light test. Slaughter cows traded mostly 5.00 higher. Receipts were lighter today due to the rain and snow that moved in towards the end of last week and through the weekend. The rain and snow made travel difficult over the weekend and the remaining mud has made it tough to gather and ship. Pastures have already greened up following the moisture. Temperatures are forecasted to warm up to at or above seasonal averages which will continue to spur on pasture growth.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $277.58/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −70.19 against this barn's trailing median of $347.77.

Average price

$277.58

31 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$23.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.95

vs TX average

−13.32 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	679	279.07	1,895	29
Medium and Large 1-2	698	256.00	1,787	2thin

One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about $108 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.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

277.58

—

TX average5 barns · 208 hd

275.64

+1.95

National average170 barns · 8,502 hd

290.90

−13.32

This barn, trailing median26 sales

347.77

−70.19

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 600–700 lb

26 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $397.02, low $309.50, median $347.77 across 26 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	142.18	1,873	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	136.00	1,350	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$2,050	1thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,778	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,935	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,000	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,119	28
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,312	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	918	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,359	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	363	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,336	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,585	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,537	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	279.07/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,895	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,787	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	860	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,995	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,432	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	993	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,350	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,317	142.18/cwt	142.00–142.50	1,873	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,135	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	996	213.10/cwt	206.00–218.00	2,122	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,157	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,667	29
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,164	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,165	4

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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 539Year ago 862

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 69Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 59Year ago 159

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	860	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	315.00	315.00
29	650–700	679	273.00–280.00	279.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	698	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	368.00	368.00
21	400–450	433	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	918	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	658	304.00	304.00
28	700–750	711	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	474	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	903	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	384.00	384.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,050.00	2,050.00

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	4	—	1,164	186.00	186.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	996	206.00–218.00	213.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,157	230.50	230.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,317	142.00–142.50	142.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	993	136.00	136.00

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.