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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Oct 21

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,012 head

▼ 205 vs last sale 1,217▼ 320 vs year ago 1,332 · −24.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 74▼ 190 vs year ago 214 · −88.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 69▼ 301 vs year ago 360 · −83.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers weighing between 500 and 600 pounds traded mostly 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Lighter weight steers and heifers and unweaned calves traded 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Long weaned cattle with at least two rounds of shots are still very much in demand as buyers are still concerned about large temperature fluctuations and calf health in the month of October. Not enough comparable sales on yearlings for a market trend. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Not enough comparable sales on slaughter cows or bulls for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted.

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 $424.44/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 16 of 30 comparable sales and sits +0.37 against this barn's trailing median of $424.07.

Average price

$424.44

86 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$36.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.02

vs TX average

−33.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	433.88	2,391	64
Medium and Large 1-2	556	397.00	2,207	22

One grade step is worth $36.88/cwt here — about $184 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 sale86 hd

424.44

—

TX average5 barns · 502 hd

390.42

+34.02

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−33.70

This barn, trailing median30 sales

424.07

+0.37

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	—	Low	1,363	178.33	2,431	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,170	149.05	1,745	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	143.14	2,021	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	136.67	1,503	3thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,555	$3,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,214	$2,721	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,135	$2,372	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,233	$4,092	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,343	$3,674	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,128	$3,050	2thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,523	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	517.54/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,894	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	521.42/cwt	520.00–522.00	2,122	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,845	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	470.22/cwt	462.00–486.00	2,182	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	484.67/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,365	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,395	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	547	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,390	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	424.47/cwt	413.00–432.00	2,386	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,291	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	593	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,295	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	406.41/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,463	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	620	392.55/cwt	390.00–398.00	2,434	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	380.76/cwt	380.00–381.00	2,441	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	642	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,311	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	354.06/cwt	349.00–365.50	2,372	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,318	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	740	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,579	60
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	752	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,564	70
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,741	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	861	342.25/cwt	342.25–342.25	2,947	88
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,433	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	353	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,800	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,779	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	450.46/cwt	437.00–453.00	1,734	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	449	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,895	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	391.32/cwt	380.00–406.00	1,824	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	467	408.32/cwt	405.00–412.00	1,907	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,078	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,700	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,055	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,936	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,948	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,105	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	598	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,021	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	611	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,218	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,433	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	673	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,436	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	726	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,454	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,584	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	771	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,552	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	863	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,615	4
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,146	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,974	24
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,173	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,167	34
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,838	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,953	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,087	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,085	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,213	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,946	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,088	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	995	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,303	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,384	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,043	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,679	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,115	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,695	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,157	145.00/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,678	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,280	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,843	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,452	133.26/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,935	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	138.71/cwt	135.00–142.50	2,164	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,128	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,195	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,205	4,025.00/head	4,025.00–4,025.00	4,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	4,350.00/head	4,350.00–4,350.00	4,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,343	3,674.49/head	3,650.00–3,700.00	3,674	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,135	2,372.25/head	2,200.00–2,425.00	2,372	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,214	2,720.65/head	2,475.00–2,875.00	2,721	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,555	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	920	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,162	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,135	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,406	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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,012Last week 1,217Year ago 1,332

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 74Year ago 214

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 69Year ago 360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	525.00	525.00
3	350–400	363	490.00	490.00
14	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
13	500–550	502	414.00	414.00
22	600–650	616	395.00	395.00
22	750–800	769	336.00	336.00
24	1100–1150	1,146	259.50	259.50
34	1150–1200	1,173	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	390.00	390.00
4	550–600	573	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	422.00	422.00
17	450–500	467	405.00–412.00	408.32
4	550–600	598	352.00	352.00
18	600–650	611	363.00	363.00
5	650–700	673	362.00	362.00
16	700–750	726	338.00	338.00
4	850–900	863	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	598	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	385	437.00–453.00	450.46
3	400–450	408	435.00	435.00
16	450–500	466	380.00–406.00	391.32
3	500–550	512	332.00	332.00
7	550–600	550	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	510.00	510.00
4	750–800	771	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	500.00–530.00	517.54
7	400–450	407	520.00–522.00	521.42
12	450–500	488	480.00–490.00	484.67
13	500–550	515	465.00	465.00
45	550–600	562	413.00–432.00	424.47
55	600–650	606	400.00–419.00	406.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	437.00	437.00
35	650–700	670	349.00–365.50	354.06
60	700–750	740	348.50	348.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	600–650	620	390.00–398.00	392.55
88	850–900	861	342.25	342.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	750–800	752	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	314	485.00	485.00
12	400–450	427	432.00	432.00
17	450–500	464	462.00–486.00	470.22
10	500–550	525	400.00	400.00
6	550–600	570	402.00	402.00
12	600–650	641	380.00–381.00	380.76
3	650–700	672	345.00	345.00
12	750–800	772	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	593	387.00	387.00
8	600–650	642	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	333.00	333.00
8	600–650	644	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	626	312.00	312.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	4,025.00	4,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,343	3,650.00–3,700.00	3,674.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	4,350.00	4,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,128	3,050.00	3,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	3,900.00	3,900.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,555	3,450.00	3,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,214	2,475.00–2,875.00	2,720.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	33	—	1,135	2,200.00–2,425.00	2,372.25

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	1	—	1,135	212.00	212.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	152.00	152.00
2	—	1,560	135.00–142.50	138.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,043	161.00	161.00
6	—	1,157	144.00–150.00	145.00
3	—	1,452	130.00–140.00	133.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	144.00	144.00
1	—	1,025	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	141.00	141.00
1	—	1,625	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	204.00	204.00

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.