Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: There were few comparable sales as turn out for this sale was higher, with rain and the holiday keeping cattle away the last two weeks. Sentiment seemed to be lower on steer calves and feeders, yet the #2 quality seem to be closing the price margin on the better kind of cattle. Heifers seemed to gain even though there were no comparable sales, demand was greater and a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cattle remain steady with higher yielding bulls still bringing over 2.00. Quality was fair to good with good demand and active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.33/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −75.59 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$379.33

35 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$491

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

$69.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

vs TX average

+0.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	384.78	2,075	23
Medium and Large 1-2	514	379.64	1,951	10thin
Medium and Large 2	503	315.00	1,584	2thin

One grade step is worth $69.78/cwt here — about $491 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale35 hd

379.33

—

TX average4 barns · 110 hd

374.95

+4.37

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

+0.20

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−75.59

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	1,230	195.09	2,400	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	170.26	2,421	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	164.52	2,002	146
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,031	138.57	1,429	76
Heifers	Select	Average	898	185.00	1,661	12

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
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	880	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	898	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,661	12
Bulls	—	—	1,815	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,739	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	860	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,299	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	173.61/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,243	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	163.95/cwt	150.00–172.00	2,040	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	151.19/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,710	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,987	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	880	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	906	132.82/cwt	127.50–141.00	1,203	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	170.26/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,421	4
Bulls	—	—	1,430	177.37/cwt	173.00–182.50	2,536	2
Bulls	—	—	1,033	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,066	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	483	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	583	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	850	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,103	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,669	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	998	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,906	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,211	138.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,678	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	120.66/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,337	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	132.74/cwt	127.50–136.00	1,427	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	892	158.52/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,414	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	838	117.61/cwt	115.00–122.00	986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	676	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,096	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	918	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	296.52/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,144	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	368.31/cwt	362.50–371.00	1,893	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	502.50/head	502.50–502.50	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,993	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	320.59/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	305.58/cwt	304.50–306.50	2,683	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	322.28/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,034	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	302.33/cwt	282.00–303.00	2,334	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,562	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	281.33/cwt	278.00–284.50	2,448	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	405.41/cwt	402.00–410.50	1,719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,673	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	286.17/cwt	282.50–289.00	2,312	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,653	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,086	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,487	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	348.57/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,980	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	342.00/cwt	320.00–343.00	2,503	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	390.63/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,867	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	379.64/cwt	362.50–387.50	1,951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,200	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	747	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	294.21/cwt	289.00–307.50	1,880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,015	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,151	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	455	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	248	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,704	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	292	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	672	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	662	351.65/cwt	341.00–355.00	2,328	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	395	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,629	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,292	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,118	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,674	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,003	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	347.78/cwt	332.50–358.00	1,871	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,482	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	638	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,116	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,183	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	716	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,291	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	327.39/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,226	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,694	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	11

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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Feeder CattleReceipts 2,052Last week 1,343Year ago 1,703

Slaughter CattleReceipts 591Last week 538Year ago 327

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	898	185.00	185.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	206.00	206.00
2	—	1,430	173.00–182.50	177.37
5	—	1,033	200.00	200.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	860	151.00	151.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,292	170.00–180.00	173.61
61	—	1,244	150.00–172.00	163.95
32	—	1,131	142.00–158.00	151.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	906	127.50–141.00	132.82
20	—	892	152.00–165.00	158.52
5	—	838	115.00–122.00	117.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,422	170.00–171.00	170.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	998	191.00	191.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,211	135.00–140.00	138.58
9	—	1,108	114.00–124.00	120.66
15	—	1,075	127.50–136.00	132.74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	340.00	340.00
1	850–900	850	277.00	277.00
4	900–950	918	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,103	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	250–300	295	502.50	502.50
1	300–350	310	502.50	502.50
7	350–400	364	467.50	467.50
2	400–450	403	445.00	445.00
38	450–500	478	380.00–400.00	390.63
3	500–550	532	370.00	370.00
7	550–600	568	340.00–350.00	348.57
3	600–650	647	340.00	340.00
33	650–700	680	320.00–337.50	327.39
141	700–750	732	320.00–343.00	342.00
2	750–800	785	302.00	302.00
14	800–850	845	314.00	314.00
159	850–900	878	304.50–306.50	305.58
19	900–950	907	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	455.00	455.00
11	500–550	515	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	438	425.00	425.00
9	450–500	484	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	514	362.50–387.50	379.64
64	700–750	717	304.50	304.50
9	750–800	764	277.00	277.00
3	850–900	857	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	292	230.00	230.00
6	450–500	488	340.00	340.00
7	600–650	639	289.00–307.50	294.21
4	700–750	749	310.00	310.00
7	750–800	760	283.00	283.00
2	950–1000	955	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	412.50	412.50
2	500–550	503	315.00	315.00
3	600–650	638	235.00	235.00
13	650–700	662	341.00–355.00	351.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	716	320.00	320.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	252.50	252.50
2	500–550	545	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	898	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	676	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	447.50	447.50
2	350–400	368	417.00	417.00
5	400–450	424	402.00–410.50	405.41
3	450–500	475	396.00	396.00
16	500–550	514	362.50–371.00	368.31
17	600–650	631	320.00–325.00	322.28
10	700–750	723	295.00–300.00	296.52
65	750–800	772	282.00–303.00	302.33
120	800–850	808	282.50–289.00	286.17
106	850–900	870	278.00–284.50	281.33
9	900–950	928	288.00	288.00
11	1050–1100	1,086	229.00	229.00
2	1150–1200	1,150	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
2	200–250	248	475.00	475.00
2	550–600	570	299.00	299.00
2	600–650	633	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	406	365.00	365.00
6	450–500	478	358.00	358.00
19	500–550	538	332.50–358.00	347.78
4	550–600	556	339.00	339.00
3	600–650	640	313.00	313.00
5	650–700	664	319.00	319.00
82	750–800	764	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	472.50	472.50
6	450–500	468	402.50	402.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
5	550–600	584	320.00–321.00	320.59
3	650–700	670	297.50	297.50
2	700–750	708	293.00	293.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	395	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	445	333.00	333.00
3	450–500	462	332.50	332.50
3	500–550	528	301.00	301.00
6	600–650	613	310.00	310.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	2,800.00	2,800.00

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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