Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to determine a trend, but sentiment was definitely higher. Feeder steers brought 13.00-15.00 higher on high demand. Feeders heifers sold higher as well, though there were few comparable sales. Overall the market keeps pushing higher with a strong demand for the bigger cattle. Good turn out of high yielding beef cows and bulls came to town, selling steady to 2.00 higher. Demand and trade were good and active, commiserate with quality. Cooler weather and more rain is forecast for the upcoming week, possibly putting moisture on planted wheat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.72/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −42.20 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$412.72

127 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,271

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$774

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

$124.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.79

vs TX average

+12.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	430.41	2,356	97
Medium and Large 1-2	564	361.00	2,036	27
Medium and Large 2	517	306.00	1,582	3thin

One grade step is worth $124.41/cwt here — about $774 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale127 hd

412.72

—

TX average5 barns · 482 hd

391.93

+20.79

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+12.83

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−42.20

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	—	Average	1,489	190.18	2,832	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	189.24	2,487	360
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,709	175.04	2,991	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	131.61	1,332	21

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,028	$2,525	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,208	$2,400	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,644	$4,360	10

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,041	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,028	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	933	125.39/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,170	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,709	175.04/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,991	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	162.34/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,166	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	178.24/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,424	192
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	153.84/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,866	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,260	227.10/cwt	215.00–238.00	2,861	107
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,379	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	335.92/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,291	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	392.42/cwt	386.00–394.50	2,005	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	460.64/cwt	460.00–467.50	2,183	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	545	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,181	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	437.72/cwt	437.50–438.00	2,307	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	367.71/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,486	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,855	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	368.25/cwt	365.00–373.00	2,291	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,171	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	334.09/cwt	325.00–337.00	3,027	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	341.73/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,953	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	357.24/cwt	355.00–359.00	2,765	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,779	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	281.91/cwt	274.00–285.00	2,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1050–1100	1,076	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,446	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,103	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	296.13/cwt	280.00–303.50	2,730	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	384	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	1,859	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	844	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	475	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	381.36/cwt	368.00–389.00	2,772	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	570	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,269	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,076	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	308	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,105	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,052	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,534	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	373	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	650	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	482	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,774	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	393.96/cwt	387.50–397.00	1,836	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,036	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,670	4,450.00/head	4,450.00–4,450.00	4,450	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	553	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,218	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,221	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,426	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	131.49/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,400	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	778	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	844	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	185.31/cwt	180.00–195.00	2,622	4
Bulls	—	—	1,783	204.10/cwt	203.00–205.00	3,639	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	189.34/cwt	180.00–194.00	2,764	10

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,824Last week 1,666Year ago 1,174

Slaughter CattleReceipts 805Last week 349Year ago 384

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 6Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	171.00	171.00
12	—	1,065	125.00–138.00	131.49
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	933	125.00–126.00	125.39
2	—	778	108.50	108.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,709	174.00–180.00	175.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,334	160.00–165.00	162.34
192	—	1,360	172.00–180.00	178.24
35	—	1,213	140.00–158.00	153.84
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,260	215.00–238.00	227.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,415	180.00–195.00	185.31
2	—	1,783	203.00–205.00	204.10
10	—	1,460	180.00–194.00	189.34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	685	310.00	310.00
2	850–900	873	272.50	272.50
1	950–1000	965	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	396.00	396.00
4	600–650	635	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	492.50	492.50
2	350–400	375	437.50	437.50
7	400–450	409	435.00	435.00
13	450–500	466	387.50–397.00	393.96
5	550–600	596	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	445	490.00	490.00
21	500–550	511	386.00–394.50	392.42
4	550–600	564	385.00	385.00
10	600–650	622	365.00–373.00	368.25
35	650–700	682	320.00–340.00	335.92
2	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
5	800–850	844	306.00	306.00
7	850–900	855	240.00	240.00
69	900–950	922	280.00–303.50	296.13
7	950–1000	979	274.00–285.00	281.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	417.00	417.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	750.00	750.00
2	650–700	690	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	553	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	250–300	288	1,425.00	1,425.00
2	350–400	378	470.00	470.00
35	450–500	474	460.00–467.50	460.64
18	500–550	527	437.50–438.00	437.72
2	550–600	588	400.00	400.00
5	600–650	610	401.00	401.00
18	650–700	676	365.00–377.00	367.71
331	700–750	727	368.00–389.00	381.36
134	750–800	774	355.00–359.00	357.24
126	850–900	864	340.00–349.00	341.73
124	900–950	906	325.00–337.00	334.09
24	950–1000	958	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	502.50	502.50
23	350–400	384	484.00	484.00
4	450–500	475	497.50	497.50
25	500–550	512	495.00	495.00
52	550–600	570	398.00	398.00
5	800–850	844	337.00	337.00
7	1050–1100	1,076	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
24	450–500	482	368.00	368.00
27	550–600	564	361.00	361.00
2	650–700	650	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	407	510.00	510.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	306.00	306.00
2	900–950	935	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	693	350.00	350.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	330.00	330.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,028	2,525.00	2,525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,208	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,670	4,450.00	4,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	3,550.00	3,550.00

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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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

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