Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Another good turn out of quality cattle coming off wheat with all steer and heifer classes up 5.00-9.00, tracking with a higher board. There was no test on high yielding slaughter cows but, average to low yielding boners traded 5.00-8.00 lower. However, a good turn out of slaughter bulls collared out nicely above 170.00. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.38/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −82.57 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$331.38

30 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$41.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.35

vs TX average

+16.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	336.21	1,732	26
Medium and Large 2	548	305.00	1,671	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	295.00	1,602	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.21/cwt here — about $130 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

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.69, low $367.59, median $413.95 across 27 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 sale30 hd

331.38

—

TX average4 barns · 167 hd

305.03

+26.35

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+16.80

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−82.57

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	1,388	171.56	2,382	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,203	115.31	1,387	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	95.78	1,053	28

Every lot, as filed

62 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 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	368	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	173	814.42/head	785.00–875.00	814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	300.00/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,902	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	277.43/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,875	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	284.65/cwt	273.00–289.00	1,822	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	258.48/cwt	257.50–259.00	2,220	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	474	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	209.90/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,083	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,036	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,290	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,503	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,971	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,525	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,017	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	95.30/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,067	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	847	2
Bulls	—	—	1,408	173.52/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,443	11
Bulls	—	—	1,170	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,755	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	108.03/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,129	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	118.48/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,506	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,293	20
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	258	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	262.40/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,926	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	448	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	304.22/cwt	292.00–307.00	2,175	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	611	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	490	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	385.72/cwt	372.00–388.00	2,044	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	262.22/cwt	259.50–265.00	2,150	371
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	315.49/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,126	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	691	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,893	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	756	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,973	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	335.06/cwt	327.50–338.00	2,071	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	265.25/cwt	265.25–265.25	2,027	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,269	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	764	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,239	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	340.98/cwt	336.00–348.00	1,742	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,518	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	244.15/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,668	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	268.23/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,980	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	278.44/cwt	274.50–279.50	2,383	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	330.88/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,952	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	383	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,666	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 Mar 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,012Last week 2,707Year ago 2,468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 278Last week 301Year ago 482

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	352.50	352.50
3	450–500	473	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	544	360.00	360.00
45	600–650	634	290.00–310.00	300.00
3	700–750	722	273.00	273.00
2	750–800	775	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	435.00	435.00
7	450–500	474	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	385.00	385.00
3	400–450	442	230.00	230.00
9	450–500	477	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	593	220.00	220.00
8	700–750	734	260.00–270.00	262.40
2	800–850	845	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	1,000.00	1,000.00
2	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
14	500–550	530	372.00–388.00	385.72
11	550–600	590	330.00–335.00	330.88
48	600–650	618	327.50–338.00	335.06
19	650–700	674	305.00–320.00	315.49
97	700–750	715	292.00–307.00	304.22
13	750–800	768	295.50	295.50
2	800–850	843	255.00	255.00
87	850–900	856	274.50–279.50	278.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	368.00	368.00
4	600–650	611	320.00	320.00
35	750–800	764	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	337.50	337.50
2	500–550	543	295.00	295.00
14	650–700	683	243.00–251.00	244.15
2	800–850	813	221.00	221.00
71	1050–1100	1,083	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	150–200	173	785.00–875.00	814.42
9	400–450	413	367.50	367.50
24	500–550	511	336.00–348.00	340.98
2	550–600	565	279.00	279.00
30	600–650	640	273.00–289.00	284.65
55	650–700	676	267.00–282.00	277.43
232	700–750	738	265.00–275.00	268.23
58	750–800	764	265.25	265.25
371	800–850	820	259.50–265.00	262.22
180	850–900	859	257.50–259.00	258.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	431	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	496	260.00	260.00
2	500–550	548	305.00	305.00
4	600–650	628	205.00–215.00	209.90
2	750–800	780	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	370.00	370.00
19	650–700	691	274.00	274.00
15	750–800	756	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	608	306.00	306.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	275.00	275.00
13	550–600	567	269.00	269.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	258	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	406	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,120	90.00–103.00	95.30
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	102.00	102.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,045	101.00–111.00	108.03
46	—	1,271	113.00–125.00	118.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,408	173.00–177.00	173.52
1	—	1,170	150.00	150.00

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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