Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : In spite of the frigid temperatures, there was a decent turn out of quality calves and feeders. Both calves and feeder steers were on top, gaining from 5.00-10.00 on all classes. Heifers didn't perform as well, falling in all classes 4.00-8.00. Trade was active. Slaughter cattle trade was moderate with lower undertones.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.48/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −120.44 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$334.48

63 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$58.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.33

vs TX average

−4.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	346.47	1,859	50
Medium and Large 1-2	554	288.37	1,599	13thin

One grade step is worth $58.10/cwt here — about $260 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.

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 sale63 hd

334.48

—

TX average5 barns · 315 hd

320.15

+14.33

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−4.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−120.44

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	123.53	1,482	149
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	96.66	962	28

Every lot, as filed

48 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	300–350	336	421.21/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,992	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	332.33/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,898	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	294.34/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	263.91/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,494	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	578	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,642	42
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	248.87/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,690	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,064	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,562	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	98.12/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,066	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	768	93.00/cwt	90.00–95.00	714	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	863	110.56/cwt	110.00–111.00	954	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,090	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	128.50/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,653	96
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	116.69/cwt	113.50–119.00	1,261	40
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,360	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,755	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	462	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,455	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	234.22/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,909	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,907	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	868	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	864	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	783	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	319.22/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,226	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,251	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,306	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	313.63/cwt	312.00–316.00	1,966	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,848	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,712	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	279.41/cwt	273.00–287.00	2,023	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	287.21/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,985	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	270.63/cwt	263.50–272.50	2,149	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	270.32/cwt	267.50–273.25	2,227	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,793	5

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 Feb 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,279Last week 2,173Year ago 1,167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 324Last week 436Year ago 360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	415.00–425.00	421.21
19	400–450	439	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	488	367.50	367.50
40	500–550	528	350.00	350.00
10	550–600	571	330.00–336.00	332.33
86	600–650	627	312.00–316.00	313.63
25	650–700	691	270.00–290.00	287.21
35	700–750	724	273.00–287.00	279.41
139	750–800	794	263.50–272.50	270.63
119	800–850	824	267.50–273.25	270.32
23	850–900	874	257.50	257.50
20	900–950	908	254.00	254.00
4	950–1000	971	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	360.00	360.00
7	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
5	500–550	536	327.50	327.50
8	550–600	566	260.00–270.00	263.91
3	650–700	682	267.50	267.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	758	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	868	254.50	254.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	310.00–325.00	319.22
6	500–550	520	294.00–295.00	294.34
4	600–650	636	280.00	280.00
9	650–700	693	257.50	257.50
15	750–800	798	239.00	239.00
19	800–850	815	228.00–238.00	234.22
68	850–900	864	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	648	241.00	241.00
8	650–700	679	240.00–257.50	248.87
15	700–750	740	235.00	235.00
2	850–900	863	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	578	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	544	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	462	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	783	227.00	227.00
4	850–900	864	224.50	224.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	295	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	438	172.50	172.50
2	550–600	575	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	285.00	285.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,086	95.00–104.00	98.12
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	768	90.00–95.00	93.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	863	110.00–111.00	110.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,069	102.00	102.00
96	—	1,286	124.00–133.00	128.50
40	—	1,081	113.50–119.00	116.69

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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