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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Nov 18

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Nov 11Nov 18Dec 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,083 head

▲ 613 vs last sale 470▲ 694 vs year ago 389 · +178.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

97 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 46▲ 67 vs year ago 30 · +223.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 83▼ 60 vs year ago 77 · −77.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Unweaned steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady. Not enough comparable sales on yearlings or weaned cattle due to last weeks light test. Trading activity was moderate on moderate to good buyer demand. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady. Unseasonably warm temperatures have returned to the trading region with some much needed rain in the forecast for the early part of next week.

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 $371.34/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −58.66 against this barn's trailing median of $430.00.

Average price

$371.34

109 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,091

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$34.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.24

vs TX average

−38.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	378.92	2,118	85
Medium and Large 1-2	578	344.51	1,990	24

One grade step is worth $34.41/cwt here — about $128 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 sale109 hd

371.34

—

TX average5 barns · 416 hd

364.11

+7.24

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−38.74

This barn, trailing median29 sales

430.00

−58.66

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	—	Average	1,720	177.50	3,053	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	138.42	2,031	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	137.82	1,730	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	135.42	1,464	59

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)	1,195	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,463	$2,174	8
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,013	$2,397	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$2,950	2thin

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	238	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,190	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	335	476.82/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,597	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,453	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,842	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	458.87/cwt	430.00–472.00	1,913	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,045	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	392.14/cwt	386.00–408.00	2,106	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	378.46/cwt	376.00–387.00	2,176	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	361.04/cwt	356.00–372.00	2,123	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	589	340.19/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,004	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	623	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,131	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	337.31/cwt	334.00–344.00	2,233	69
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,186	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	314.77/cwt	312.00–322.00	2,185	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	754	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,413	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	760	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,318	69
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	329.25/cwt	329.25–329.25	2,680	127
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	319.58/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,815	48
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,899	3
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,052	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,998	10
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,134	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,552	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	406.97/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,131	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	297	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,129	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,069	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,321	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,410	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,477	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,468	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	504	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,537	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,608	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	312.82/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,705	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	304.40/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,854	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	739	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,121	60
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	317.12/cwt	317.00–317.50	2,470	91
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,447	18
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	940	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,510	18
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,103	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,371	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,747	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,768	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	296.46/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,992	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,072	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,720	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	3,053	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	935	135.65/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,268	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,118	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,627	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,137	135.14/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,537	41
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,250	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,788	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,299	135.39/cwt	134.25–139.00	1,759	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,467	138.42/cwt	138.00–138.50	2,031	7
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,195	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,463	2,173.69/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,174	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,013	2,396.79/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,397	2

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 Nov 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,083Last week 470Year ago 389

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 46Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 83Year ago 77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	335	475.00–485.00	476.82
3	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
31	550–600	588	356.00–372.00	361.04
69	750–800	760	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	500.00	500.00
16	400–450	417	430.00–472.00	458.87
3	450–500	487	420.00	420.00
42	500–550	537	386.00–408.00	392.14
9	550–600	575	376.00–387.00	378.46
69	650–700	662	334.00–344.00	337.31
127	800–850	814	329.25	329.25
48	850–900	881	319.00–320.00	319.58
3	900–950	903	321.00	321.00
10	1050–1100	1,052	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	623	342.00	342.00
6	650–700	683	320.00	320.00
8	750–800	754	320.00	320.00
4	1100–1150	1,134	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	338	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	392	470.00	470.00
6	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
7	550–600	550	355.00	355.00
25	650–700	694	312.00–322.00	314.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	589	339.00–341.00	340.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	504	305.00	305.00
27	600–650	609	290.00–307.00	304.40
60	700–750	739	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	900–950	940	267.00	267.00
2	1100–1150	1,103	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	278	395.00–430.00	406.97
8	350–400	371	380.00	380.00
22	500–550	545	312.00–314.00	312.82
18	800–850	813	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	297	380.00	380.00
5	300–350	334	320.00	320.00
9	350–400	367	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	483	304.00	304.00
9	500–550	512	314.00	314.00
91	750–800	779	317.00–317.50	317.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	565	313.00	313.00
8	650–700	672	293.00–300.00	296.46
2	700–750	700	296.00	296.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	2,950.00	2,950.00

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,463	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,173.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,195	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,013	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,396.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,118	145.50	145.50
19	—	1,299	134.25–139.00	135.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	935	130.00–136.00	135.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,137	130.00–138.00	135.14
1	—	1,250	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,467	138.00–138.50	138.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	177.50	177.50

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.