Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sale on steers this week but sentiment leaned toward steady to higher. Heifers were up almost 8.00 on both feeders and calves. Quality was good as some cattle continue to trickle in off wheat.Trade was moderate. High yielding boner and breaker cows brought 2.00-8.00 higher. Some price spreads were wider among the higher quality slaughter cattle due to higher buyer demand. This week brought good rain to several parts of the sale area, keeping temperatures cooler and grass greener.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.07/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −73.84 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$381.07

7 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+29.46

vs TX average

+2.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	381.07	2,099	7thin

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 sale7 hd

381.07

—

TX average5 barns · 355 hd

351.61

+29.46

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+2.49

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−73.84

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	1,275	199.75	2,547	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,535	155.30	2,384	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,323	144.06	1,906	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	901	103.70	934	30

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 Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,430	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,280	$2,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	800–850	836	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,266	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	428	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	799	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,110	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,812	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	343.33/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,009	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	878	173.33/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,522	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	339.82/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,100	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	316.62/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,916	17
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	836	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,266	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	209.55/cwt	199.00–220.00	1,928	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	767	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,686	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,430	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,801	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	118.42/cwt	111.00–123.50	1,227	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	890	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	887	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,639	61
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	791	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,285	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,188	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	288.24/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,070	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	320.51/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,885	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	747	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,435	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	731	312.21/cwt	302.00–322.50	2,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	695	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	642	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,103	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	287.01/cwt	285.00–289.00	2,196	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	322.33/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,308	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	290.41/cwt	288.00–294.00	1,952	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	696	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,255	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	300.84/cwt	294.00–303.50	2,488	173
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,175	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	155.30/cwt	151.00–157.00	2,384	4
Bulls	—	—	1,275	199.75/cwt	191.00–219.00	2,547	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	791	98.31/cwt	92.50–107.00	778	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	98.45/cwt	97.00–100.00	998	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,447	151.74/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,196	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	132.20/cwt	124.00–142.50	1,497	22

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 Jun 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,133Last week 1,071Year ago 1,693

Slaughter CattleReceipts 209Last week 324Year ago 742

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 12Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	382.50	382.50
6	500–550	533	340.00	340.00
15	550–600	588	320.00–322.50	320.51
17	600–650	605	305.00–320.00	316.62
5	650–700	672	288.00–294.00	290.41
16	700–750	718	280.00–290.00	288.24
126	750–800	765	285.00–289.00	287.01
21	800–850	836	271.00	271.00
2	850–900	853	252.00	252.00
5	950–1000	950	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	352.50	352.50
6	450–500	493	340.00–350.00	343.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	695	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	402.50	402.50
8	650–700	696	324.00	324.00
4	700–750	731	302.00–322.50	312.21
6	750–800	767	323.00	323.00
10	850–900	890	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	710	283.00	283.00
2	750–800	799	250.00	250.00
6	800–850	836	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	530	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	559	377.50	377.50
11	600–650	618	339.00–340.00	339.82
11	650–700	653	335.00	335.00
24	700–750	716	320.00–327.50	322.33
173	800–850	827	294.00–303.50	300.84
2	850–900	850	293.00	293.00
2	1000–1050	1,033	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	744	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
62	700–750	747	326.00	326.00
61	850–900	887	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	642	327.50	327.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	738	202.50	202.50
6	750–800	791	162.50	162.50
18	850–900	878	170.00–200.00	173.33
26	900–950	920	199.00–220.00	209.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	474	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	580	312.50	312.50
1	850–900	895	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	930	242.50	242.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	2,900.00	2,900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,036	111.00–123.50	118.42
6	—	1,014	97.00–100.00	98.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,535	151.00–157.00	155.30
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	791	92.50–107.00	98.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,447	145.00–157.00	151.74
22	—	1,132	124.00–142.50	132.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,275	191.00–219.00	199.75

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Dalhart, TX

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle