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Lonestar Stockyards

Name: Lonestar Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, May 5

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365

← Apr 28May 5May 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

830 head

▼ 250 vs last sale 1,080▲ 289 vs year ago 541 · +53.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 20▼ 87 vs year ago 92 · −94.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

145 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 37▲ 70 vs year ago 75 · +93.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher, as cattle futures rallied well into the green today following yesterdays drop. Fat cattle traded at a record high of 255.00 last week in Texas. Steer and heifer calves were too lightly tested for a market trend. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand. Quality ranged from plain to attractive with a wide range of flesh conditions as well. The region is still very dry and in need of a rain. According to the US Drought Monitor, winter wheat in Texas was rated 56% very poor to poor on April 26 across the state, along with 45% in Oklahoma.

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 $475.92/cwt on 59 head, down $40.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 30 comparable sales and sits +51.85 against this barn's trailing median of $424.07.

Average price

$475.92

▼ 40.81 vs prior sale

59 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$17.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.84

vs TX average

−11.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	484.62	2,680	30
Medium and Large 1-2	534	466.92	2,492	29

One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $188 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 sale59 hd

475.92

—

TX average5 barns · 224 hd

470.08

+5.84

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−11.63

This barn, trailing median30 sales

424.07

+51.85

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	165.50	2,201	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	716	120.00	859	4thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,590	$3,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,182	$2,461	12
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,281	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	984	$2,747	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,603	$3,386	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,283	$4,776	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,104	$4,535	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,355	$3,664	23

Every lot

58 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,580	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	549.04/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,377	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	546.01/cwt	545.00–547.00	2,506	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	521.71/cwt	519.00–525.00	2,509	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	504	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,495	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	469.45/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,474	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,665	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	480.16/cwt	477.50–500.00	2,723	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,634	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	431.17/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,691	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	403.01/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,769	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	693	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,696	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,802	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	3,031	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	3,025	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Full	832	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,771	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,045	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,034	102
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	966	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	3,173	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	301	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,686	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	338	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,045	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	385	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,329	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,988	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,188	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,318	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	427.15/cwt	407.00–431.00	2,225	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	590	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,331	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,219	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	354.57/cwt	354.00–356.00	2,493	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,694	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,771	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,821	71
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	324.26/cwt	323.00–325.00	2,886	38
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	318.28/cwt	317.00–319.00	2,890	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	914	311.27/cwt	306.00–314.00	2,845	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,954	49
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,241	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,475	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,816	7
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,570	1
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	397	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,826	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	716	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	859	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	2,201	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,603	3,385.84/head	3,125.00–3,600.00	3,386	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,101	4,593.96/head	4,200.00–4,900.00	4,594	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,252	2,819.97/head	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,820	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,283	4,776.23/head	4,550.00–4,800.00	4,776	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,392	3,961.35/head	3,700.00–4,150.00	3,961	17
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,020	271.04/cwt	260.00–282.00	2,765	20
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,132	245.73/cwt	225.00–255.00	2,782	19
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,273	192.73/cwt	175.00–202.00	2,453	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	984	2,746.92/head	2,425.00–3,200.00	2,747	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,140	2,280.92/head	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,281	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,182	2,460.69/head	2,300.00–2,575.00	2,461	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,590	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	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 May 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 830Last week 1,080Year ago 541

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 20Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 145Last week 37Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	545.00–547.00	546.01
3	500–550	533	500.00	500.00
22	550–600	567	477.50–500.00	480.16
8	600–650	624	425.00–435.00	431.17
13	650–700	687	395.00–415.00	403.01
5	700–750	705	397.50	397.50
33	800–850	830	364.50	364.50
7	850–900	880	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	832	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	693	389.00	389.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	545.00–555.00	549.04
11	450–500	481	519.00–525.00	521.71
26	500–550	527	455.00–475.00	469.45
3	550–600	592	445.00	445.00
22	800–850	827	366.50	366.50
102	900–950	903	336.00	336.00
7	950–1000	966	328.50	328.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	600.00	600.00
5	500–550	504	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
15	200–250	245	1,800.00	1,800.00
2	400–450	440	480.00	480.00
3	600–650	613	362.00	362.00
7	700–750	703	354.00–356.00	354.57
4	750–800	781	345.00	345.00
4	800–850	808	343.00	343.00
38	850–900	890	323.00–325.00	324.26
14	900–950	908	317.00–319.00	318.28
49	950–1000	953	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	301	560.00	560.00
3	400–450	423	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	483	480.00	480.00
26	500–550	521	407.00–431.00	427.15
71	850–900	876	322.00	322.00
15	900–950	914	306.00–314.00	311.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	605.00	605.00
3	350–400	385	605.00	605.00
7	400–450	429	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	590	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	585.00	585.00
3	550–600	550	450.00	450.00
7	750–800	758	371.50	371.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,020	252.00	252.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	165.50	165.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	716	120.00	120.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,283	4,550.00–4,800.00	4,776.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,392	3,700.00–4,150.00	3,961.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,101	4,200.00–4,900.00	4,593.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	4,000.00	4,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,252	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,819.97

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,273	175.00–202.00	192.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,132	225.00–255.00	245.73
(<2 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,020	260.00–282.00	271.04

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	984	2,425.00–3,200.00	2,746.92

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	2,050.00–2,500.00	2,280.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,182	2,300.00–2,575.00	2,460.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,590	3,600.00	3,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,603	3,125.00–3,600.00	3,385.84

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.