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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 16

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,020 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 977▼ 114 vs year ago 1,134 · −10.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 49▲ 23 vs year ago 27 · +85.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

31 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 77▲ 15 vs year ago 16 · +93.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers but a generally steady undertone was noted. Quality ranged from plain to attractive, with several loads of nice feeding type yearlings on offer. Trading activity was moderate to active on moderate to good buyer demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows or bulls for a market trend. Some winter wheat planting began to take place last week and over the weekend ahead of Saturday evenings rain showers.

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 $396.46/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 9 of 29 comparable sales and sits −33.54 against this barn's trailing median of $430.00.

Average price

$396.46

56 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$43.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.82

vs TX average

−8.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	423.97	2,200	14thin
Medium and Large 1	583	390.93	2,277	28
Medium and Large 2	500	380.00	1,900	14thin

One grade step is worth $43.97/cwt here — about $300 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale56 hd

396.46

—

TX average5 barns · 411 hd

394.64

+1.82

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−8.18

This barn, trailing median29 sales

430.00

−33.54

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	1,737	179.69	3,122	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,494	152.62	2,280	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,460	150.00	2,190	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	148.71	1,603	7thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	943	$3,073	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,550	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,617	$2,657	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,370	$2,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,900	1thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	316	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,612	31
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,761	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	388	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,862	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	494.94/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,069	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,221	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	423.97/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,200	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,316	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,235	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,376	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,341	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,481	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,378	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	388.48/cwt	386.00–389.00	2,591	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	362.81/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,431	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,278	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	706	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,400	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,469	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	374.75/cwt	374.75–374.75	2,871	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	338.03/cwt	329.00–345.00	2,620	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	898	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,739	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	940	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,820	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	974	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,990	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,607	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,581	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,768	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,716	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,090	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,017	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,850	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	378.33/cwt	365.00–383.00	2,160	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	591	352.95/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,086	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,049	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	2,228	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	615	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,103	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,115	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	351.25/cwt	351.25–351.25	2,533	139
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,331	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,969	41
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	992	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,145	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,722	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,034	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,413	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,030	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,493	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	162.03/cwt	156.00–165.50	2,584	3
Bulls	—	—	2,021	177.35/cwt	172.00–183.50	3,584	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	820	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,320	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,318	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,209	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,971	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,932	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	147.64/cwt	146.00–150.00	2,138	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,507	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,321	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,540	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,464	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	785	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	969	3,168.66/head	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,169	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,215	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,370	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,550	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,617	2,657.16/head	2,650.00–2,700.00	2,657	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	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 Sep 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,020Last week 977Year ago 1,134

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 49Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 77Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	480.00–500.00	494.94
4	450–500	458	485.00	485.00
2	500–550	530	437.00	437.00
7	550–600	591	402.00	402.00
19	600–650	628	395.00	395.00
104	650–700	667	386.00–389.00	388.48
62	750–800	766	374.75	374.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	480.00	480.00
19	550–600	585	382.00	382.00
50	600–650	648	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	485.00	485.00
14	500–550	519	420.00–427.00	423.97
7	600–650	608	385.00	385.00
14	650–700	670	345.00–370.00	362.81
3	700–750	737	335.00	335.00
28	750–800	775	329.00–345.00	338.03
3	850–900	898	305.00	305.00
6	950–1000	974	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	706	340.00	340.00
3	900–950	940	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	316	510.00	510.00
14	500–550	500	380.00	380.00
11	650–700	678	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	550–600	591	341.00–356.00	352.95
8	600–650	641	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	515.00	515.00
2	350–400	350	505.00	505.00
6	400–450	440	475.00	475.00
26	550–600	571	365.00–383.00	378.33
17	600–650	608	366.50	366.50
41	900–950	922	322.00	322.00
15	950–1000	992	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	615	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	465.00	465.00
3	450–500	492	410.00	410.00
13	550–600	594	345.00	345.00
12	650–700	663	320.00	320.00
139	700–750	721	351.25	351.25
4	750–800	785	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	440.00	440.00
22	500–550	514	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	511	337.00	337.00
5	900–950	928	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	541	376.00	376.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,370	2,350.00	2,350.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,617	2,650.00–2,700.00	2,657.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	3,000.00	3,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	969	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,168.66

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	3,900.00	3,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	100.00	100.00
1	—	820	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,209	163.00	163.00
1	—	1,030	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,507	154.00	154.00
5	—	1,448	146.00–150.00	147.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,540	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	156.00–165.50	162.03
4	—	2,021	172.00–183.50	177.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	242.00	242.00

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.