Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was a good turn out inspite of a windy week and impending winter storm this coming weekend. There were few comparable sales but the market seemed positive. Both steer feeders and calves sold steady to higher with heifers steady to slightly lower. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 7.00 lower on average to high yielding cows. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.01/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −98.90 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$356.01

45 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,007

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$45.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.76

vs TX average

+6.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	379.05	2,052	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	586	340.16	1,995	22
Medium and Large 2	545	333.75	1,819	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.30/cwt here — about $233 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 sale45 hd

356.01

—

TX average4 barns · 239 hd

337.25

+18.76

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+6.73

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−98.90

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	—	Average	1,267	149.00	1,888	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,593	145.23	2,314	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,131	122.61	1,387	158
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	100.68	1,006	30

Every lot, as filed

70 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	600–650	640	313.95/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,009	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	433	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,464	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	436	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	297.04/cwt	282.50–302.00	1,684	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	329	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	249.66/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,813	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,832	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,031	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	315.04/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,657	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	664	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	440	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	236.26/cwt	225.00–239.25	2,022	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	541	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,115	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,130	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,184	158
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,882	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	396	409.84/cwt	402.50–412.00	1,623	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	347	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,423	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,044	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,216	107.54/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,308	14
Bulls	—	—	1,354	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,963	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	678	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	617	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	829	95.21/cwt	90.00–99.00	789	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	111.79/cwt	107.00–117.50	1,224	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	135.31/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,908	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,919	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	145.23/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,314	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	122.22/cwt	114.00–128.00	1,335	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	838	103.34/cwt	100.00–107.00	866	9
Bulls	—	—	1,180	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,805	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	852	115.72/cwt	114.00–116.00	986	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	740	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,124	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	283.23/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,765	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	303.11/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,037	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	633	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	688	287.52/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,978	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	863	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,106	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	1000–1050	1,008	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,359	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	258.53/cwt	252.00–266.00	2,280	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	388.95/cwt	382.50–392.50	1,855	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	573	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	908	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,097	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	293.45/cwt	292.00–294.00	2,227	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	291.64/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,805	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	257.53/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,780	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,039	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	294.50/cwt	283.00–302.50	2,120	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,421	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	569	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,687	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	244.45/cwt	242.00–248.50	1,912	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	318.74/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,613	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	238.83/cwt	238.50–239.00	1,975	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	271.86/cwt	270.00–275.75	2,213	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,319	3

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 Mar 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,124Last week 2,455Year ago 2,608

Slaughter CattleReceipts 400Last week 300Year ago 597

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	477	382.50–392.50	388.95
4	500–550	525	371.00	371.00
7	550–600	551	370.00	370.00
27	600–650	640	300.00–317.50	313.95
41	650–700	672	290.00–310.00	303.11
80	700–750	720	283.00–302.50	294.50
59	750–800	759	292.00–294.00	293.45
180	800–850	814	270.00–275.75	271.86
38	850–900	882	252.00–266.00	258.53
24	950–1000	980	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	437.50	437.50
4	400–450	436	407.00	407.00
8	500–550	541	391.00	391.00
6	650–700	664	306.00	306.00
4	850–900	863	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	599	339.00	339.00
13	600–650	623	294.00	294.00
19	750–800	786	271.00	271.00
158	800–850	835	261.50	261.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	347	410.00	410.00
22	350–400	396	402.50–412.00	409.84
3	500–550	507	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	515	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	312.00	312.00
2	550–600	575	330.00	330.00
3	700–750	703	273.00	273.00
4	750–800	775	210.00	210.00
2	900–950	915	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	688	286.00–293.00	287.52
4	700–750	740	287.00	287.00
7	1000–1050	1,008	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	338.00	338.00
12	500–550	506	307.50–322.50	318.74
8	550–600	569	296.50	296.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
18	500–550	526	310.00–322.50	315.04
29	550–600	567	282.50–302.00	297.04
43	600–650	619	280.00–296.00	291.64
97	650–700	691	254.00–264.00	257.53
52	700–750	726	246.00–256.00	249.66
172	750–800	782	242.00–248.50	244.45
60	800–850	827	238.50–239.00	238.83
246	850–900	856	225.00–239.25	236.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	282.50	282.50
2	600–650	635	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	573	287.00	287.00
3	600–650	633	275.00	275.00
23	900–950	908	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
8	600–650	623	281.00–290.00	283.23
2	700–750	745	250.00	250.00
4	750–800	768	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	361.00	361.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	464	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,216	106.00–110.00	107.54
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	91.00	91.00
14	—	829	90.00–99.00	95.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,095	107.00–117.50	111.79
43	—	1,410	129.00–140.00	135.31
66	—	1,092	114.00–128.00	122.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,593	144.00–150.00	145.23
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	838	100.00–107.00	103.34
22	—	852	114.00–116.00	115.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,354	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,180	153.00	153.00

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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