Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were few comparable sales to determine a trend, but overall the undertone was weaker and trade seemed less active to moderate. The high note was on a set of unweaned steer calves weighing 350 and lower coming close to the $600/cwt mark and feeders steers around 700 pounds showing 12.00 higher. All other classes, including slaughter cattle, seemed to slip down some. Fall is in the air with an approaching cold front coming this weekend and remnants of Tropical Storm Lorena possibly pushing Pacific moisture into a large part of the state. Hopefully the moisture helping to jump start a productive wheat season.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.28/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −25.64 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$429.28

36 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$555

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

$137.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.27

vs TX average

+12.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	450.14	2,289	27
Medium and Large 1-2	543	410.00	2,226	5thin
Medium and Large 2	555	312.52	1,734	4thin

One grade step is worth $137.62/cwt here — about $555 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 sale36 hd

429.28

—

TX average5 barns · 228 hd

418.01

+11.27

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+12.75

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−25.64

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	1,524	194.86	2,969	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,364	166.87	2,276	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	156.61	1,848	143
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	131.43	1,380	33

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,300	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,340	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,048	$2,410	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	965	$2,350	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,128	$2,906	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,700	1thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	731	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,869	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,917	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	733	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	357.72/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,264	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	235	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	402.77/cwt	392.50–417.50	1,881	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	478.64/cwt	475.00–487.50	1,809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	405.70/cwt	390.00–409.00	1,988	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,325	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	878	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	386.75/cwt	386.50–387.00	2,866	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	433.84/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,273	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	648	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	229	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	453.85/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,292	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,185	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	548	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,060	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	856	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	984	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	968	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,365	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	131.19/cwt	120.00–143.00	1,419	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,364	166.87/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,276	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	173.97/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,208	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	862	176.12/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,518	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	159.88/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,973	33
Bulls	—	—	1,283	190.90/cwt	183.00–198.00	2,449	3
Bulls	—	—	1,885	200.81/cwt	196.00–205.00	3,785	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	914	132.08/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,207	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	142.46/cwt	135.00–151.00	1,614	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	137.38/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,577	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	2,906.47/head	2,700.00–2,975.00	2,906	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	2,409.79/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,226	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	208	447.01/head	425.00–465.00	447	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,731	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	294	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	387.36/cwt	371.00–389.50	2,975	140
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	312.52/cwt	312.52–312.52	1,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	299	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	357	579.34/cwt	565.00–582.00	2,068	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,759	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,689	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,236	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	853	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,867	3

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 Sep 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,268Last week 1,090Year ago 1,239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 560Last week 400Year ago 370

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 61Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	700–750	731	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	482.50	482.50
2	450–500	475	452.50	452.50
5	500–550	524	425.00–440.00	433.84
2	600–650	633	384.00	384.00
4	650–700	693	375.00	375.00
137	700–750	741	386.50–387.00	386.75
140	750–800	768	371.00–389.50	387.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	648	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
6	200–250	229	1,525.00	1,525.00
7	250–300	299	580.00	580.00
32	350–400	357	565.00–582.00	579.34
22	500–550	505	450.00–455.00	453.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	543	410.00	410.00
4	600–650	621	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	735	347.50	347.50
4	750–800	764	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	555	312.52	312.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	853	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	437.50	437.50
9	450–500	467	392.50–417.50	402.77
3	500–550	545	342.50	342.50
87	550–600	577	403.00	403.00
7	600–650	633	340.00–365.00	357.72
4	700–750	739	325.00	325.00
3	750–800	750	330.00	330.00
17	900–950	926	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	235	1,425.00	1,425.00
14	300–350	300	517.50	517.50
10	350–400	378	475.00–487.50	478.64
23	450–500	490	390.00–409.00	405.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	733	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	878	282.50	282.50
2	1150–1200	1,185	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	548	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	405.00	405.00
6	450–500	492	357.50	357.50
2	550–600	595	375.00	375.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
7	200–250	208	425.00–465.00	447.01
4	250–300	294	190.00	190.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	960	235.00	235.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	965	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,048	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,409.79
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,128	2,700.00–2,975.00	2,906.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,700.00	2,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	856	115.00	115.00
4	—	968	141.00	141.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,082	120.00–143.00	131.19
8	—	1,148	130.00–141.00	137.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,364	165.00–169.00	166.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,269	165.00–175.00	173.97
33	—	1,234	158.00–168.00	159.88
55	—	1,133	135.00–151.00	142.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	862	170.00–182.50	176.12
7	—	914	130.00–137.50	132.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	183.00–198.00	190.90
2	—	1,885	196.00–205.00	200.81

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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