Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sale results were mixed on a shorter run with few comparable sales. Feeder steers seemed to sell a tick higher with heifer calves 3.00-5.00 higher and their #800 big sisters were up 2.00. Slaughter cows sold steady on few comparable sale. Trade was moderate. A spring cold front is expected to bring rain and snow to the area this weekend. Let's hope we all get some long awaited moisture to jump start the spring.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.54/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −119.37 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$335.54

67 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$66.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.24

vs TX average

−33.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	383.34	2,016	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	330.41	1,859	58
Medium and Large 2	595	317.00	1,886	2thin

One grade step is worth $66.34/cwt here — about $130 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 sale67 hd

335.54

—

TX average5 barns · 241 hd

332.31

+3.24

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−33.47

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−119.37

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%	High	1,377	127.58	1,757	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	88.17	880	18

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 2	300–350	348	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	172	916.02/head	900.00–950.00	916	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	668	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,944	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	529	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,640	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,125	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	271.14/cwt	255.00–273.50	2,465	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,250	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	305.04/cwt	300.00–309.00	2,227	146
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,698	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	492	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	317.70/cwt	315.00–319.00	2,151	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	293.97/cwt	290.00–302.00	2,293	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	330.00/cwt	322.50–334.00	1,861	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	445	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	376	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,873	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	708	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	319.98/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,064	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	273.08/cwt	266.00–275.00	2,403	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	383.34/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,016	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,866	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	386.48/cwt	382.50–387.50	1,886	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	343.10/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,764	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	848	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	713	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,854	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	602	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,674	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,759	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,246	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,171	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	82.46/cwt	80.00–85.00	807	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,585	136.78/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,168	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	114.03/cwt	107.00–123.00	1,221	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	768	88.05/cwt	82.00–91.00	676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	659	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,779	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	256.49/cwt	255.00–258.00	2,070	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	254.95/cwt	249.50–256.00	2,029	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	851	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	990	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,722	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	415.24/cwt	407.50–420.00	1,615	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,185	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	257.74/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,905	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,893	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	229.14/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	319.13/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,030	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,340	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,710	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	297.85/cwt	289.00–302.00	1,739	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	269.37/cwt	264.00–270.50	2,572	69

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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,855Last week 2,066Year ago 1,099

Slaughter CattleReceipts 372Last week 284Year ago 305

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	330.00	330.00
5	350–400	390	327.50	327.50
2	550–600	595	317.00	317.00
2	600–650	618	307.50	307.50
4	700–750	735	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	150–200	172	900.00–950.00	916.02
3	250–300	288	1,225.00	1,225.00
5	300–350	336	460.00	460.00
12	400–450	417	447.50	447.50
10	450–500	488	382.50–387.50	386.48
7	500–550	526	380.00–387.50	383.34
18	600–650	645	315.00–324.00	319.98
28	650–700	677	315.00–319.00	317.70
146	700–750	730	300.00–309.00	305.04
82	750–800	780	290.00–302.00	293.97
8	800–850	824	273.00	273.00
119	850–900	880	266.00–275.00	273.08
95	900–950	909	255.00–273.50	271.14
69	950–1000	955	264.00–270.50	269.37
14	1050–1100	1,054	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	668	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	327.00	327.00
52	550–600	564	322.50–334.00	330.00
36	600–650	636	319.00–320.00	319.13
23	650–700	658	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	370.00	370.00
4	400–450	445	417.50	417.50
5	450–500	492	384.00	384.00
4	550–600	555	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	708	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	362.50	362.50
4	400–450	430	387.50	387.50
4	500–550	529	310.00	310.00
17	600–650	602	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	424.00	424.00
8	350–400	389	407.50–420.00	415.24
7	400–450	419	447.50	447.50
35	500–550	514	342.00–355.00	343.10
20	550–600	584	289.00–302.00	297.85
26	600–650	602	284.00	284.00
10	650–700	681	278.00	278.00
44	700–750	739	240.00–260.00	257.74
85	750–800	796	249.50–256.00	254.95
124	800–850	807	255.00–258.00	256.49
59	850–900	881	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	659	270.00	270.00
4	700–750	713	260.00	260.00
4	800–850	848	214.00	214.00
7	850–900	851	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	990	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	240.00	240.00
6	700–750	726	227.50–230.00	229.14
2	800–850	815	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	754	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	602	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	426.00	426.00
2	750–800	788	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,246	94.00	94.00
6	—	979	80.00–85.00	82.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,585	130.00–139.00	136.78
55	—	1,071	107.00–123.00	114.03
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	768	82.00–91.00	88.05

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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