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Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Dec 9

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Dec 2Dec 9Dec 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,171 head

▼ 227 vs last sale 1,398▼ 82 vs year ago 1,253 · −6.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 28▼ 4 vs year ago 31 · −12.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

41 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 22▼ 4 vs year ago 45 · −8.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded up to 20.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves traded sharply higher on a light test. Trading activity was moderate to active on good buyer demand, especially on the larger drafts of yearlings. Slaughter cows were steady to 4.00 higher. Quality was mixed. The trades tagged value added were home raised Akauishi steers and heifers. Higher than seasonable temperatures have moved back into the area for the 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 $418.24/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 16 of 30 comparable sales and sits −5.83 against this barn's trailing median of $424.07.

Average price

$418.24

136 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$53.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.07

vs TX average

−12.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	426.27	2,405	37
Medium and Large 2	540	418.00	2,257	93
Medium and Large 1-2	558	372.50	2,079	6thin

One grade step is worth $53.77/cwt here — about $327 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale136 hd

418.24

—

TX average5 barns · 479 hd

387.17

+31.07

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−12.39

This barn, trailing median30 sales

424.07

−5.83

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	—	High	1,296	199.26	2,583	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,289	148.86	1,919	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	148.58	1,604	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,705	135.00	2,302	1thin

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)	1,315	$2,750	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,400	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,288	$1,967	3thin

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,967	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,112	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	396	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,099	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	426	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,908	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,971	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	491	416.95/cwt	411.00–427.00	2,047	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,053	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,345	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,178	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,961	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	540	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,257	93
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	585	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,457	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	593	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,194	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,460	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	632	361.08/cwt	358.00–365.00	2,282	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,379	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	732	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,284	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,472	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	798	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,554	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,835	219
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,976	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	395	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,738	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	452	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,636	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	503	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,977	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	509	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,868	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,962	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,947	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	579	357.95/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,073	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,194	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	611	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,998	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,981	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,135	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	772	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,123	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	781	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,452	70
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	299.88/cwt	293.00–304.00	2,489	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,701	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	679	294.04/cwt	282.00–306.00	1,997	14
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,867	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	965	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,741	1
Bulls	—	—	1,250	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,485	156.52/cwt	146.00–168.00	2,324	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	889	144.64/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,286	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,095	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,741	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	155.06/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,847	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,204	149.47/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,800	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,461	138.01/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,016	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,705	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,302	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	979	283.09/cwt	281.00–288.00	2,771	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	991	270.74/cwt	270.00–271.00	2,683	18
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,313	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,315	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,355	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,171Last week 1,398Year ago 1,253

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 28Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 22Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	435.00	435.00
8	500–550	521	450.00	450.00
3	600–650	615	400.00	400.00
7	700–750	740	334.00	334.00
219	850–900	875	324.00	324.00
13	900–950	936	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	530.00	530.00
8	450–500	491	411.00–427.00	416.95
25	550–600	585	420.00	420.00
10	600–650	632	358.00–365.00	361.08
19	650–700	670	355.00	355.00
3	700–750	732	312.00	312.00
10	750–800	798	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	400–450	426	448.00	448.00
93	500–550	540	418.00	418.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	570.00	570.00
7	350–400	384	550.00	550.00
30	450–500	496	414.00	414.00
3	500–550	523	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	418.00	418.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	393.00	393.00
13	550–600	579	347.00–365.00	357.95
30	600–650	611	327.00	327.00
13	750–800	772	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	601	365.00	365.00
7	650–700	659	324.00	324.00
8	800–850	830	293.00–304.00	299.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	395	440.00	440.00
36	450–500	452	362.00	362.00
53	500–550	509	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	365	430.00	430.00
7	450–500	463	410.00	410.00
11	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
7	550–600	553	352.00	352.00
17	600–650	627	316.00	316.00
70	750–800	781	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	475.00	475.00
3	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
2	750–800	778	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	679	282.00–306.00	294.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	18	—	991	270.00–271.00	270.74
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	979	281.00–288.00	283.09

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)	3	—	1,315	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,313	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,355	2,100.00	2,100.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,255	1,900.00	1,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	889	140.00–148.00	144.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	159.00	159.00
6	—	1,204	146.00–155.00	149.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,461	135.00–141.00	138.01
7	—	1,191	152.00–157.00	155.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	146.00–168.00	156.52
1	—	1,250	200.00	200.00

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.