Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to the well needed, abundant rainfall in the area; beef cattle turn out was short resulting no comparable sales to declare a trend. There was no test on high yielding slaughter cows but average to low yielding boners seemed steady. Trade was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −98.95 against this barn's trailing median of $413.95.

Average price

$315.00

3 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.45

vs TX average

−17.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	315.00	1,833	3thin

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

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 sale3 hd

315.00

—

TX average4 barns · 151 hd

312.55

+2.45

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−17.82

This barn, trailing median27 sales

413.95

−98.95

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%	Average	1,190	132.84	1,581	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	104.58	1,015	31

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,192	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,201	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,667	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	109.07/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,140	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	836	96.43/cwt	93.00–98.00	806	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,171	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,378	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	136.63/cwt	130.00–144.50	1,683	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,853	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	864	109.55/cwt	103.00–116.50	947	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	121.77/cwt	116.00–128.00	1,364	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,994	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,892	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,569	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	226.23/cwt	225.00–227.50	923	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	945	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	623	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	838	230.26/cwt	228.00–232.50	1,930	4

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 May 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 444Last week 1,158Year ago 906

Slaughter CattleReceipts 325Last week 209Year ago 287

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	315.00	315.00
7	600–650	631	311.00	311.00
3	650–700	652	250.00	250.00
45	700–750	733	272.00	272.00
65	800–850	827	262.50	262.50
5	1000–1050	1,008	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	657	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	713	220.00	220.00
4	800–850	838	228.00–232.50	230.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	746	295.00	295.00
11	750–800	783	280.00	280.00
45	850–900	871	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	623	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	673	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	352.50	352.50
1	550–600	550	327.50	327.50
1	600–650	620	307.50	307.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	292.50	292.50
2	350–400	360	275.00	275.00
4	400–450	408	225.00–227.50	226.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,045	100.00–112.00	109.07
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	836	93.00–98.00	96.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,232	130.00–144.50	136.63
1	—	1,215	152.50	152.50
14	—	1,120	116.00–128.00	121.77
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	864	103.00–116.50	109.55

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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