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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 13

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

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Feeder Cattle receipts

994 head

▲ 453 vs last sale 541▼ 416 vs year ago 1,410 · −29.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

144 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 92▲ 127 vs year ago 17 · +747.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

101 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 75▲ 70 vs year ago 31 · +225.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves traded sharply higher, with instances of 20.00 higher on calves suitable to turnout on summer grass. The whole trading region has greened up following the rain over the past two weeks. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Slaughter cows traded mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher. The wheat run has resumed, with receipts returning to near seasonal levels after recent delays due to heavy precipitation.

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 $416.80/cwt on 314 head. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −13.20 against this barn's trailing median of $430.00.

Average price

$416.80

314 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$59.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.21

vs TX average

+32.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	418.68	2,217	304
Medium and Large 1-2	591	359.63	2,125	10thin

One grade step is worth $59.05/cwt here — about $91 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 sale314 hd

416.80

—

TX average3 barns · 455 hd

394.59

+22.21

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

+32.20

This barn, trailing median29 sales

430.00

−13.20

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	—	Low	1,425	149.50	2,130	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	147.39	1,815	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,623	140.50	2,281	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,028	137.28	1,411	98

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,333	$2,207	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,208	$1,792	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,107	$2,832	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,107	$2,245	22

Every lot

57 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,493	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,798	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,980	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,517	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,894	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,201	220
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	534	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,083	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,263	80
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	359.63/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,125	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	616	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,897	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,268	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,176	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,172	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,242	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,094	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,467	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	276.83/cwt	269.00–278.50	2,516	29
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,076	233.75/cwt	233.00–237.00	2,515	37
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,155	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,616	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	511.78/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,484	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	340	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,037	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,590	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,772	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,908	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	356.40/cwt	354.00–365.00	1,761	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	511	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,840	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	317.46/cwt	304.00–327.00	1,803	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,876	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	609	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,760	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,079	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,928	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,118	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,085	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,323	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,275	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	518.34/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,679	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,106	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,096	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,425	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	2,130	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	932	150.44/cwt	147.50–152.00	1,402	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	938	132.38/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,242	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	955	134.91/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,288	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,260	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,559	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	141.22/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,532	53
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	146.83/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,806	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	153.79/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,919	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,873	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,800	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,466	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,174	1,755.64/head	1,700.00–1,975.00	1,756	35
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,333	2,206.85/head	2,175.00–2,275.00	2,207	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,376	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	7
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	895	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,924	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,285	183.67/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,360	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,107	2,831.61/head	2,525.00–3,200.00	2,832	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,107	2,245.30/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,245	22

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 May 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 994Last week 541Year ago 1,410

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 92Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 75Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	590.00	590.00
15	350–400	367	490.00	490.00
220	500–550	519	424.00	424.00
80	550–600	558	405.50	405.50
7	600–650	629	360.50	360.50
12	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
25	850–900	881	280.00	280.00
29	900–950	909	269.00–278.50	276.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	447.00	447.00
3	450–500	492	385.00	385.00
10	550–600	591	350.00–366.00	359.63
10	600–650	642	339.00	339.00
4	700–750	749	290.00	290.00
4	750–800	773	290.00	290.00
4	800–850	841	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	390.00	390.00
37	1050–1100	1,076	233.00–237.00	233.75
12	1150–1200	1,155	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	616	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	500.00–520.00	511.78
9	300–350	342	465.00	465.00
8	400–450	414	428.00	428.00
9	450–500	494	354.00–365.00	356.40
13	550–600	568	304.00–327.00	317.46
20	650–700	693	300.00	300.00
5	700–750	723	293.00	293.00
11	800–850	808	258.00	258.00
16	850–900	897	259.00	259.00
18	900–950	910	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	425.00	425.00
15	600–650	607	309.00	309.00
71	700–750	705	273.50	273.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	511	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	305.00	305.00
28	600–650	609	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	500.00–525.00	518.34
3	550–600	590	357.00	357.00
4	600–650	649	323.00	323.00

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,376	1,975.00	1,975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,333	2,175.00–2,275.00	2,206.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	35	—	1,174	1,700.00–1,975.00	1,755.64

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	8	—	1,285	182.00–187.00	183.67
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	215.00	215.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,107	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,245.30

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,107	2,525.00–3,200.00	2,831.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	148.50	148.50
11	—	1,008	125.00	125.00
53	—	1,085	137.00–144.00	141.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	137.00	137.00
1	—	1,270	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	147.50–152.00	150.44
9	—	955	134.00–143.00	134.91
21	—	938	130.00–133.00	132.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,230	140.00–147.50	146.83
3	—	1,248	152.00–157.00	153.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	149.50	149.50

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.