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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Aug 26

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

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Feeder Cattle receipts

588 head

▼ 1,322 vs last sale 1,910▲ 93 vs year ago 495 · +18.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 78▲ 3 vs year ago 42 · +7.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 204 vs last sale 271▲ 47 vs year ago 20 · +235.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady to firm. Not enough comparable sales on calves or slaughter cows for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. A cold front moved across the region dropping temperatures into the 70's and bringing some much needed rain into the region ahead of winter wheat planting that should start in the next couple weeks.

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 $376.33/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −47.74 against this barn's trailing median of $424.07.

Average price

$376.33

9 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.29

vs TX average

−32.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	376.33	2,062	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

376.33

—

TX average5 barns · 398 hd

387.62

−11.29

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−32.97

This barn, trailing median30 sales

424.07

−47.74

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

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.73, low $362.24, median $424.07 across 30 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	1,648	199.79	3,292	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	153.14	1,697	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	151.75	1,794	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,706	150.57	2,568	16

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,345	$2,806	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,315	$2,761	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$4,400	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$3,503	6

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	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,025	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	401	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,624	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,157	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,002	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	394.40/cwt	388.00–396.00	2,516	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,519	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,657	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	370.46/cwt	365.00–374.00	2,645	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,766	70
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,728	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	337.54/cwt	335.00–338.00	2,764	40
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	854	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,810	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	902	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,904	16
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,021	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	976	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,094	19
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,090	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	3,074	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,391	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,782	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,822	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,015	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,954	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,221	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	360.80/cwt	347.00–362.00	2,273	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,288	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	341.99/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,479	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	744	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,418	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,556	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,625	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	913	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,447	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,878	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,051	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,160	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,749	1
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,165	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,260	1
Bulls	—	—	2,133	184.08/cwt	180.00–187.50	3,926	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	957	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,550	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,035	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,635	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,184	148.71/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,761	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,824	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,691	152.08/cwt	147.50–153.50	2,572	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,808	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,531	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	945	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	992	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,197	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,379	2,783.07/head	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,783	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,592	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	800	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,158	3,502.70/head	3,375.00–3,650.00	3,503	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,185	202.15/cwt	200.50–220.00	2,395	11
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,429	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,329	10

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 Aug 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 588Last week 1,910Year ago 495

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 78Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 67Last week 271Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	515.00	515.00
2	350–400	360	495.00	495.00
39	550–600	580	383.00	383.00
9	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
17	900–950	902	291.00	291.00
7	950–1000	989	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	495.00	495.00
4	500–550	505	387.00	387.00
36	600–650	630	347.00–362.00	360.80
5	650–700	677	338.00	338.00
17	700–750	725	340.00–344.00	341.99
14	750–800	763	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	744	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	505	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	900–950	913	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	638	388.00–396.00	394.40
8	650–700	651	387.00	387.00
16	700–750	714	365.00–374.00	370.46
70	750–800	763	362.50	362.50
6	950–1000	953	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	423.00	423.00
6	550–600	567	353.00	353.00
8	650–700	690	385.00	385.00
7	750–800	775	352.00	352.00
40	800–850	819	335.00–338.00	337.54
7	850–900	854	329.00	329.00
19	950–1000	976	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	522.00	522.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	405.00	405.00
16	900–950	902	322.00	322.00
24	1050–1100	1,090	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	365.00	365.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	992	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,197	2,750.00	2,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,379	2,600.00–2,900.00	2,783.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,592	2,900.00	2,900.00

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	6	—	1,158	3,375.00–3,650.00	3,502.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	4,400.00	4,400.00

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	10	—	1,429	163.00	163.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,185	200.50–220.00	202.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	237.00	237.00
1	—	1,165	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,133	180.00–187.50	184.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	158.00	158.00
5	—	1,212	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	957	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,184	145.00–150.00	148.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,808	140.00	140.00
14	—	1,691	147.50–153.50	152.08

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.