Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Turn out was good with cattle continuing to come off wheat. There were few comparable sales, but a definite higher undertone was noted. Demand seemed to favor 700-800 pound steers and heifers. Slaughter cattle made a jump this week with a nice group of cull beef cows that came to town. Average to high yielding boner cows bringing 2.00-9.00 higher. Trade was moderate to active. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day and remember those that paid the ultimate price to preserve this life and nation.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.75/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −97.16 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$357.75

20 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$28.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.59

vs TX average

−20.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	360.56	1,983	18thin
Medium and Large 2	568	332.50	1,889	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.06/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale20 hd

357.75

—

TX average4 barns · 257 hd

344.16

+13.59

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−20.30

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−97.16

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	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,445	153.89	2,224	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	140.66	1,763	138
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	852	111.20	947	9thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,931	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800–850	847	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,101	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,704	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,223	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	723	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,421	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,775	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	640	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	800–850	808	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,094	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	129.42/cwt	123.00–131.50	1,435	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	522	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,023	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	275	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,093	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	713	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	449	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,639	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,236	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	295.58/cwt	294.50–297.00	2,459	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	294.25/cwt	294.25–294.25	2,501	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	320.64/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,113	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	693	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,030	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,210	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	293.40/cwt	280.00–298.00	2,289	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	280.56/cwt	270.00–283.50	2,082	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	263.64/cwt	256.50–269.00	2,172	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	826	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,181	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	694	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,221	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	272.01/cwt	269.00–274.00	2,647	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	338.90/cwt	322.50–343.50	1,928	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	254.99/cwt	246.00–256.50	2,369	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,962	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	811	112.12/cwt	107.00–118.00	909	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	961	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,345	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	156.64/cwt	153.00–158.00	2,002	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	142.02/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,899	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,075	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	153.89/cwt	152.50–154.50	2,224	15

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

Thu May 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,292Last week 2,047Year ago 1,371

Slaughter CattleReceipts 334Last week 277Year ago 471

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	365.00	365.00
3	550–600	587	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	613	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,045	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	1,150.00	1,150.00
3	500–550	537	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	624	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	668	270.00	270.00
13	700–750	732	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	713	263.00	263.00
3	800–850	847	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	357.50	357.50
3	600–650	618	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	397.50	397.50
2	600–650	640	278.00	278.00
2	800–850	808	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	427.50	427.50
20	550–600	569	322.50–343.50	338.90
2	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
22	650–700	665	295.00	295.00
85	700–750	742	270.00–283.50	280.56
98	800–850	824	256.50–269.00	263.64
3	850–900	872	240.00	240.00
84	900–950	929	246.00–256.50	254.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	390.00	390.00
7	800–850	826	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	353.00	353.00
9	650–700	693	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	451.00	451.00
3	450–500	480	367.50	367.50
5	550–600	598	325.00	325.00
33	650–700	659	317.00–321.00	320.64
13	700–750	732	339.00	339.00
16	750–800	780	280.00–298.00	293.40
189	800–850	832	294.50–297.00	295.58
63	850–900	850	294.25	294.25
7	900–950	921	240.00	240.00
151	950–1000	973	269.00–274.00	272.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	723	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	332.50	332.50
3	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	365.00	365.00
3	700–750	723	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	412.50	412.50
8	500–550	522	387.50	387.50
12	650–700	694	320.00	320.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	255.00	255.00
3	400–450	402	295.00	295.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	220.00	220.00
4	300–350	334	220.00	220.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	180.00	180.00
3	550–600	590	220.00	220.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,109	123.00–131.50	129.42
19	—	1,278	153.00–158.00	156.64
77	—	1,337	139.00–149.00	142.02
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	811	107.00–118.00	112.12
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	961	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	108.00	108.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,445	152.50–154.50	153.89

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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