Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: there were few comparable sales on steer calves due to short numbers last week. However; sentiment remained high as a nice quality set of 400lb. , unweaned steer pushed the 5.00 mark. Feeder steers were in high demand as they sold 7.00-8.00 higher, with 900 pounders pushing the 3,000.00 mark. Heifers seemed to remain steady. Slaughter cows and bulls remained steady as well. Higher prices influenced by shorter numbers in the country seem to be pushing cattle to the sale barns earlier. Prices on fresh calves and lesser quality calves continue to move up, narrowing the price difference on the better quality, weaned cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.95/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −62.96 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$391.95

13 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,242

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.46

vs TX average

+4.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	391.95	2,242	13thin

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 sale13 hd

391.95

—

TX average5 barns · 352 hd

373.49

+18.46

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+4.46

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−62.96

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	1,469	203.35	2,987	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,765	174.00	3,071	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,241	160.68	1,994	144
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,199	127.44	1,528	17

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 (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,335	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,070	$1,800	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,105	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,908	2
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,395	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	3,443	1
Bulls	—	—	1,454	213.49/cwt	211.00–218.00	3,104	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	925	125.43/cwt	123.00–134.00	1,160	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	150.20/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,730	37
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,528	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,335	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	319.04/cwt	313.00–320.00	2,453	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	303	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	758	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,750	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,206	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,858	69
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	312.83/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,323	16
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,073	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	327.00/cwt	326.00–328.00	2,730	109
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,402	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	907	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	340.75/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,842	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,271	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	166.79/cwt	162.50–173.00	2,215	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	175.98/cwt	172.00–182.00	2,316	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,071	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	125.77/cwt	117.00–134.00	1,551	15
Bulls	—	—	1,422	183.36/cwt	170.00–189.00	2,607	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,760	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	308.50/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,048	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	299.51/cwt	292.50–310.00	2,594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	1,260.00/head	1,260.00–1,260.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,056	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	304.82/cwt	290.00–312.00	2,469	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,188	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	314	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,460	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	328.41/cwt	327.50–329.00	2,864	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	302.48/cwt	292.50–324.00	2,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,918	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	391.95/cwt	382.50–397.50	2,242	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	1,535.00/head	1,535.00–1,535.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	356	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,869	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	365.90/cwt	353.50–371.50	2,686	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	365.91/cwt	362.00–366.50	2,788	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	423.26/cwt	422.50–447.50	1,608	156

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 Aug 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,666Last week 1,164Year ago 1,529

Slaughter CattleReceipts 349Last week 548Year ago 359

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 0Year ago 0

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,090	175.00	175.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,395	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,335	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	2,400.00	2,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	202.50	202.50
6	—	1,454	211.00–218.00	213.49
3	—	1,422	170.00–189.00	183.36
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	925	123.00–134.00	125.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,152	140.00–158.00	150.20
59	—	1,328	162.50–173.00	166.79
34	—	1,316	172.00–182.00	175.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	174.00	174.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,233	117.00–134.00	125.77
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	140.00	140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	346	310.00	310.00
5	350–400	389	310.00	310.00
16	400–450	423	300.00–320.00	312.83
5	450–500	493	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	728	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	790	290.00	290.00
6	900–950	907	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	1,260.00	1,260.00
1	250–300	255	1,400.00	1,400.00
59	600–650	613	357.00	357.00
6	650–700	664	300.00–320.00	308.50
7	700–750	714	292.50–324.00	302.48
22	750–800	769	313.00–320.00	319.04
50	800–850	810	290.00–312.00	304.82
5	850–900	866	292.50–310.00	299.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	560	292.50	292.50
3	650–700	675	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	547	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	300–350	314	465.00	465.00
156	350–400	380	422.50–447.50	423.26
7	400–450	439	435.00	435.00
3	550–600	560	342.50	342.50
8	600–650	607	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	808	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	473	447.50	447.50
3	600–650	612	371.00	371.00
2	700–750	723	311.00	311.00
109	800–850	835	326.00–328.00	327.00
69	850–900	893	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	356	525.00	525.00
141	400–450	408	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	470	475.00	475.00
13	550–600	572	382.50–397.50	391.95
2	700–750	718	334.50	334.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	1,535.00	1,535.00
2	400–450	403	502.50	502.50
2	450–500	465	460.00	460.00
172	700–750	734	353.50–371.50	365.90
140	750–800	762	362.00–366.50	365.91
71	800–850	834	340.00–353.00	340.75
10	850–900	872	327.50–329.00	328.41
4	900–950	935	320.00	320.00
2	950–1000	958	319.00	319.00

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle