Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Calf and feeder turn out was short with few comparable sales to set a trend. A lower undertone followed the quality of cattle. Thin fleshed, turn out type cattle remain in higher demand. Slaughter cattle turn out was good with average to high selling higher. Slaughter bulls also turned out with higher yielding bulls bringing over 1.80. Trade was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.68/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −90.23 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$364.68

28 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+29.93

vs TX average

+10.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	364.68	1,922	28

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale28 hd

364.68

—

TX average5 barns · 154 hd

334.75

+29.93

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+10.38

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−90.23

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	1,262	149.97	1,892	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	136.18	1,703	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	946	109.35	1,034	43

Every lot, as filed

46 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	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	314.51/cwt	299.00–322.50	1,821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	672	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	317.68/cwt	314.00–337.50	1,874	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	864	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	959	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	216.03/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,279	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,246	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,953	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	378.72/cwt	332.50–395.00	1,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,129	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,925	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	328	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,410	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	328	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,525	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,144	2
Bulls	—	—	2,021	183.05/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,699	5
Bulls	—	—	1,074	138.79/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,491	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	872	143.13/cwt	129.00–149.00	1,248	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	868	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	990	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	847	121.71/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,031	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	790	101.16/cwt	91.00–110.00	799	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	150.94/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,047	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	124.11/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,455	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	101.35/cwt	96.00–116.00	1,091	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	125.24/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,340	15
Bulls	—	—	922	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,106	5
Bulls	—	—	1,299	164.39/cwt	159.00–179.00	2,135	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	136.15/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,819	68

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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 564Last week 1,855Year ago 1,307

Slaughter CattleReceipts 270Last week 372Year ago 272

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	525	327.50	327.50
3	550–600	579	299.00–322.50	314.51
1	750–800	795	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	255.00	255.00
4	350–400	360	332.50–395.00	378.72
2	400–450	430	384.00	384.00
4	450–500	465	356.00	356.00
3	500–550	503	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	720	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	672	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	397.50	397.50
4	400–450	420	388.00	388.00
1	450–500	475	378.00	378.00
22	500–550	510	377.50	377.50
6	550–600	590	314.00–337.50	317.68
30	600–650	618	316.00	316.00
14	750–800	780	273.00	273.00
7	850–900	854	263.00	263.00
6	950–1000	978	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	612	237.50	237.50
5	800–850	826	210.00–225.00	216.03
1	1000–1050	1,010	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	465.00	465.00
4	400–450	410	465.00	465.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	170.00	170.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	288	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	376	255.00	255.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,383	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,021	180.00–185.00	183.05
13	—	1,074	135.00–140.00	138.79
5	—	922	120.00	120.00
9	—	1,299	159.00–179.00	164.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	872	129.00–149.00	143.13
2	—	868	114.00	114.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	847	120.00–122.00	121.71
17	—	790	91.00–110.00	101.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,356	144.00–155.00	150.94
15	—	1,070	121.00–127.00	125.24
68	—	1,336	130.00–141.00	136.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	120.00–127.00	124.11
10	—	1,076	96.00–116.00	101.35

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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Dalhart Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle