Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special NoteThis is the last sale of the year. Sales will not resume until after the Christmas and New Year Break, January 9th 2025. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year*

Compared to last week: All classes took a pretty good slide backward but the market and demand still remains good. Heifers weighing 300 - 400 pounds made the gains of the day bringing from 7.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cattle made a jump higher on good demand. High yielding cows gained 2.00-4.00 with average yielding boner cows up almost 12.00. Slaughter bulls gained 2.00. Have a Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.31/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −153.60 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$301.31

132 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$18.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.93

vs TX average

−25.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	570	304.00	1,733	7thin
Medium and Large 1	547	303.55	1,662	108
Medium and Large 1-2	543	286.00	1,553	17thin

One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.66, low $409.27, median $454.91 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale132 hd

301.31

—

TX average5 barns · 473 hd

297.38

+3.93

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−25.32

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−153.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,494	140.75	2,103	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	123.02	1,784	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	109.13	1,353	151
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	86.97	910	29

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,525	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	339	425.46/cwt	425.00–427.50	1,442	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	438	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	1,004.20/head	900.00–1,125.00	1,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	538	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,652	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	566	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,769	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	753	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	248.75/cwt	245.00–249.00	2,124	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	484	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	292.04/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,784	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	222.77/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,479	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	311.25/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	256.65/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,894	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	276.90/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,614	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	352.04/cwt	347.00–362.50	1,669	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	387.60/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,512	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	266.74/cwt	235.00–276.00	1,800	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	256.74/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,964	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	304.85/cwt	299.00–318.00	1,661	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,834	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1400–1450	1,403	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	365.20/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,589	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	270.15/cwt	267.00–274.00	1,672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	243.32/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,601	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,454	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	404.44/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,274	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	543	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,553	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	671	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	375	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,466	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	459	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,515	18
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	216.50/cwt	215.00–220.00	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,907	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,633	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	439	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,462	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,558	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	117.59/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,357	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	109.19/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,386	129
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	85.08/cwt	80.00–88.00	965	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	123.02/cwt	114.00–127.00	1,784	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	948	93.62/cwt	89.00–98.00	888	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	820	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	759	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	868	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	877	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	888	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	764	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	92.62/cwt	85.00–97.00	959	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	828	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	638	3
Bulls	—	—	1,605	128.96/cwt	126.00–135.00	2,070	5
Bulls	—	—	1,415	149.17/cwt	146.00–153.00	2,111	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	219	878.77/head	800.00–950.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	570	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	293.33/cwt	288.00–308.00	1,276	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	573	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	253.74/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,459	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,763	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	363	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	266.55/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,429	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	229.15/cwt	228.00–230.50	1,874	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	301.20/cwt	298.00–352.50	1,473	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,593	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	331.02/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,258	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	238.14/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,596	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	484	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,321	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	591	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	193.74/cwt	180.00–226.00	1,304	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	255.01/cwt	249.00–270.00	1,586	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	513	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,235	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,410	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,736	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	429	339.49/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	193.20/cwt	185.00–217.50	1,121	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	600–650	618	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	398	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,512	2

How this sale compares

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.

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Feeder CattleReceipts 2,275Last week 2,650Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 480Last week 442Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Special NoteThis is the last sale of the year. Sales will not resume until after the Christmas and New Year Break, January 9th 2025. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	339	425.00–427.50	425.46
5	400–450	438	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	500	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	280	725.00	725.00
2	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	473	310.00–312.50	311.25
7	550–600	570	304.00	304.00
12	650–700	664	219.00–230.00	222.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	200–250	218	900.00–1,125.00	1,004.20
1	250–300	260	1,050.00	1,050.00
2	250–300	290	382.50	382.50
9	300–350	315	385.00–410.00	404.44
15	350–400	390	385.00–395.00	387.60
10	400–450	435	355.00–372.50	365.20
15	450–500	474	347.00–362.50	352.04
66	500–550	545	299.00–318.00	304.85
13	550–600	583	265.00–287.00	276.90
34	600–650	611	291.00–295.00	292.04
198	650–700	675	235.00–276.00	266.74
23	700–750	738	240.00–259.00	256.65
190	750–800	765	241.00–261.00	256.74
27	800–850	801	229.00	229.00
67	850–900	854	245.00–249.00	248.75
4	900–950	941	217.50	217.50
6	1400–1450	1,403	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	429	327.50–345.00	339.49
18	500–550	538	307.00	307.00
6	550–600	566	312.50	312.50
6	750–800	753	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	619	267.00–274.00	270.15
9	650–700	658	240.00–250.00	243.32
16	700–750	710	205.00	205.00
3	750–800	765	190.00	190.00
37	850–900	891	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	543	286.00	286.00
4	650–700	671	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	391.00	391.00
18	450–500	459	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	618	260.00	260.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	307	215.00–220.00	216.50
6	350–400	375	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	439	333.00	333.00
91	500–550	525	311.00	311.00
7	550–600	573	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	219	800.00–950.00	878.77
1	250–300	255	725.00	725.00
2	300–350	328	360.00	360.00
6	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
22	400–450	435	288.00–308.00	293.33
118	450–500	489	298.00–352.50	301.20
26	500–550	536	250.00–272.00	266.55
18	550–600	575	241.00–260.00	253.74
23	600–650	622	249.00–270.00	255.01
14	650–700	670	233.00–239.00	238.14
44	700–750	708	225.00	225.00
14	750–800	787	224.00	224.00
201	800–850	818	228.00–230.50	229.15
2	850–900	875	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	695	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	580	185.00–217.50	193.20
2	600–650	613	230.00	230.00
17	650–700	673	180.00–226.00	193.74
34	800–850	800	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	380	325.00–335.00	331.02
4	500–550	504	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	484	273.00	273.00
6	500–550	513	272.00	272.00
5	550–600	591	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	331.00	331.00
24	450–500	488	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	700	222.50	222.50
3	750–800	773	241.00	241.00
2	800–850	815	197.50	197.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,154	114.00–119.00	117.59
129	—	1,269	103.00–114.00	109.19
6	—	948	89.00–98.00	93.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,134	80.00–88.00	85.08
6	—	1,035	85.00–97.00	92.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,450	114.00–127.00	123.02
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	820	92.50	92.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	101.00	101.00
2	—	888	86.00	86.00
3	—	828	77.00	77.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,605	126.00–135.00	128.96
7	—	1,415	146.00–153.00	149.17

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	1,525	2,000.00	2,000.00

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.

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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

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