Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There was a good turn out of both calves and feeders with a few more groups of healthy thin fleshed cattle come to town. Even though there were few comparable sales to set a trend, sentiment was definitely higher on all classes.Calves weighing 300-500 benefitted the most. Trade was active on good demand. Slaughter cows seemed to stay steady with high yielding slaughter bulls pushing over $1.70.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.48/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −89.48 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$324.48

190 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$40.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.84

vs TX average

+2.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	335.87	1,766	136
Medium and Large 1-2	557	295.78	1,647	54

One grade step is worth $40.09/cwt here — about $119 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 sale190 hd

324.48

—

TX average5 barns · 493 hd

302.64

+21.84

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

+2.74

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−89.48

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	—	Low	1,513	152.97	2,315	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,138	126.69	1,441	143
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	845	94.29	797	17

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
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	976	$2,450	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,080	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Bulls	—	—	1,570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,041	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	157.94/cwt	149.30–162.00	2,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	319.86/cwt	317.50–324.00	1,542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	380.17/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,756	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	254.21/cwt	253.00–255.50	2,107	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	337.63/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,746	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	285.58/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,922	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	428	389.57/cwt	382.50–400.00	1,667	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	411.76/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,544	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,304	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	353	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,518	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	2,180	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	495	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,844	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	414	442.73/cwt	430.00–451.00	1,833	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	482	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,976	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	501	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	346.32/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,790	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	570	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,038	42
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	323	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,933	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	399	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,546	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	257.62/cwt	253.00–269.50	2,133	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,641	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	314.54/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,000	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,650	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	994	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,147	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,924	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	139.31/cwt	134.00–147.00	1,779	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	127.25/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,414	75
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	853	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	827	3
Bulls	—	—	1,260	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,361	1
Bulls	—	—	1,350	163.65/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,209	3
Bulls	—	—	1,940	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,376	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	905	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	822	94.14/cwt	89.00–98.00	774	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	113.54/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,215	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	774	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,043	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	260.78/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,685	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	1100–1150	1,110	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,464	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	805	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	829	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,131	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	1000–1050	1,004	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,184	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	432.36/cwt	427.50–437.00	1,838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,829	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	976	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	412.40/cwt	400.00–417.00	1,909	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	858	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,278	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	733	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,920	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	831	255.38/cwt	244.00–256.00	2,122	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,231	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	326.75/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,065	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,092	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	279.94/cwt	276.50–282.00	2,304	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	354.61/cwt	347.50–369.00	1,894	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,430	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,188	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	332.72/cwt	327.50–334.00	1,943	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	314.57/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,771	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,119	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,057	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,412	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	443.78/cwt	440.00–447.50	1,589	6

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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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,066Last week 2,012Year ago 1,511

Slaughter CattleReceipts 284Last week 278Year ago 400

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	130.00	130.00
3	—	1,600	149.30–162.00	157.94
1	—	1,260	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,350	159.00–170.00	163.65
1	—	1,940	174.00	174.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,277	134.00–147.00	139.31
75	—	1,111	121.00–132.00	127.25
30	—	1,070	108.00–119.00	113.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	853	97.00	97.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	95.00	95.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	822	89.00–98.00	94.14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	482	317.50–324.00	319.86
4	500–550	526	328.00	328.00
7	700–750	720	263.00	263.00
4	950–1000	994	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	1,000.00	1,000.00
7	250–300	269	525.00	525.00
7	300–350	341	472.50	472.50
6	350–400	358	440.00–447.50	443.78
4	400–450	425	427.50–437.00	432.36
12	450–500	463	400.00–417.00	412.40
40	500–550	534	347.50–369.00	354.61
24	550–600	584	327.50–334.00	332.72
123	600–650	632	310.00–332.00	326.75
7	650–700	660	321.00	321.00
29	700–750	708	309.00	309.00
22	750–800	764	292.00	292.00
78	800–850	823	276.50–282.00	279.94
3	850–900	873	273.00	273.00
33	900–950	917	265.00	265.00
3	1050–1100	1,092	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	495	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	400–450	414	430.00–451.00	442.73
17	450–500	482	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	501	390.00	390.00
42	550–600	570	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	468	352.50	352.50
3	500–550	542	347.50	347.50
7	550–600	583	310.00–318.00	314.54
10	600–650	633	304.00	304.00
6	650–700	692	289.00	289.00
49	800–850	828	253.00–269.50	257.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	805	281.00	281.00
36	850–900	858	265.50	265.50
46	1100–1150	1,110	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	1,000.00	1,000.00
10	250–300	298	437.50	437.50
13	350–400	375	405.00–422.50	411.76
4	400–450	403	395.00	395.00
13	450–500	462	360.00–387.50	380.17
69	500–550	517	322.00–340.00	337.63
25	550–600	563	305.00–322.00	314.57
4	600–650	633	286.00	286.00
35	650–700	673	270.00–290.00	285.58
32	750–800	766	268.50	268.50
123	800–850	829	253.00–255.50	254.21
124	850–900	861	253.25	253.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	417.50	417.50
36	350–400	353	430.00	430.00
17	400–450	428	382.50–400.00	389.57
40	500–550	517	345.00–347.00	346.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	355.00	355.00
6	500–550	548	310.00	310.00
48	550–600	558	294.00	294.00
43	750–800	761	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	399	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
28	700–750	733	262.00	262.00
38	750–800	774	264.00	264.00
57	800–850	831	244.00–256.00	255.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
9	600–650	646	260.00–261.00	260.78
4	750–800	776	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	829	257.00	257.00
4	1000–1050	1,004	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	746	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	828	233.00	233.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	976	2,450.00	2,450.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

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