Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared t the last sale: All classes of feeder and heifers made a significant jump, keeping in step with the national trend. Steer calves gained 6.00-12.00 with bigger feeder cattle gaining upward of 20.00. Both heifer calves and feeders fared better with gains from 12.00-24.00. Thin fleshed and fancy cattle in the most demand. There is no report on slaughter cattle; due to the inclement winter weather, this reporter had to get home. Trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.57/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −121.34 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$333.57

151 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$35.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.59

vs TX average

−8.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	337.31	1,778	135
Medium and Large 1-2	545	302.02	1,647	16thin

One grade step is worth $35.29/cwt here — about $131 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.

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 sale151 hd

333.57

—

TX average4 barns · 465 hd

316.98

+16.59

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−8.51

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−121.34

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	1,272	145.36	1,849	3thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1-2	500–550	532	304.03/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,617	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	287.20/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	250.48/cwt	249.00–252.50	2,264	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	1,210.00/head	1,210.00–1,210.00	1,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,736	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	549	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,663	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	290.74/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,564	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,701	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	341.79/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,395	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,291	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	706	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	258.55/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,862	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,139	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,287	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	366	358.25/cwt	347.50–367.00	1,311	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	478	333.47/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,594	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	614	303.72/cwt	298.00–308.00	1,865	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	543	308.83/cwt	304.00–311.00	1,677	19
Bulls	—	—	1,272	145.36/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	328.82/cwt	318.00–336.00	1,855	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	276.85/cwt	262.00–281.00	1,564	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	655	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	311.50/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,433	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	466	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,573	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	276.39/cwt	269.00–278.00	2,161	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	266.48/cwt	261.50–269.25	2,190	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	242.11/cwt	240.75–243.50	1,985	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,999	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	266.12/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,674	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	329.07/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,787	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	275.36/cwt	274.00–279.00	2,043	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,009	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	263.38/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,746	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	278.29/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,837	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	258.64/cwt	258.00–264.00	2,276	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	246.53/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,903	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	339.05/cwt	332.00–358.00	1,672	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	296.50/cwt	286.00–304.00	1,835	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	659	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,964	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	594	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,693	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,195	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	386.63/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,458	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	429	393.74/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,689	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	612	305.49/cwt	299.00–309.00	1,870	78

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Thu Jan 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,843Last week 2,275Year ago 2,326

Slaughter CattleReceipts 500Last week 480Year ago 857

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	532	290.00–312.00	304.03
4	550–600	585	296.00	296.00
8	700–750	720	252.00–266.00	258.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	1,160.00	1,160.00
3	300–350	337	482.50	482.50
25	350–400	377	375.00–405.00	386.63
5	400–450	441	352.50	352.50
46	450–500	493	332.00–358.00	339.05
31	500–550	543	323.00–330.00	329.07
25	550–600	564	318.00–336.00	328.82
27	600–650	619	286.00–304.00	296.50
39	650–700	660	265.00–282.00	278.29
61	700–750	742	274.00–279.00	275.36
113	750–800	782	269.00–278.00	276.39
315	800–850	822	261.50–269.25	266.48
46	850–900	880	258.00–264.00	258.64
19	900–950	904	249.00–252.50	250.48
19	950–1000	950	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	500–550	506	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
3	650–700	675	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	429	390.00–402.00	393.74
9	500–550	534	345.00	345.00
78	600–650	612	299.00–309.00	305.49
30	650–700	659	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	272.50–298.00	287.20
3	550–600	590	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	250–300	270	1,210.00	1,210.00
14	400–450	408	340.00–342.50	341.79
42	450–500	460	305.00–323.00	311.50
122	500–550	538	285.00–302.00	290.74
20	550–600	565	262.00–281.00	276.85
33	600–650	629	265.00–270.00	266.12
94	650–700	663	240.00–267.00	263.38
3	700–750	703	248.00	248.00
43	750–800	772	246.00–247.00	246.53
130	800–850	820	240.75–243.50	242.11
6	850–900	869	230.00	230.00
45	900–950	905	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	466	337.50	337.50
37	500–550	549	303.00	303.00
35	550–600	565	301.00	301.00
7	650–700	655	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	259.00	259.00
3	500–550	527	245.00	245.00
7	700–750	706	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	775	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	366	347.50–367.00	358.25
30	450–500	478	330.00–335.00	333.47
19	500–550	543	304.00–311.00	308.83
19	600–650	614	298.00–308.00	303.72
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	230.00	230.00
5	350–400	390	280.00	280.00
9	400–450	422	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	405.00	405.00
3	500–550	533	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	594	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,272	140.00–148.00	145.36

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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