Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: There were too few comparable sales on steer and heifer calves to determine a trend, however; a much lower undertone was noted following a lesser demand. the bigger end of the steers though me with higher prices and greater demand. Feeder steers weighing 700-750 brought 5.50 higher. Feeder heifers didn't fare as well, as sentiment was lower overall. Average to high yielding boner cows sold 3.00-9.00 lower and slaughter bulls remained steady. Trade was moderate to steady, dependent on class of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.33/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −50.59 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$404.33

37 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$8.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.56

vs TX average

−9.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	407.10	2,189	25
Medium and Large 1-2	536	398.54	2,138	12thin

One grade step is worth $8.56/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale37 hd

404.33

—

TX average5 barns · 523 hd

396.76

+7.56

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−9.19

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−50.59

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	—	Low	1,497	177.60	2,658	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,480	170.50	2,523	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,271	159.93	2,033	142
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,007	138.99	1,400	50

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,465	$2,572	3thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1Unweaned	200–250	205	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	285.62/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,870	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	367.01/cwt	359.00–373.00	2,507	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	317.35/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,989	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	379.56/cwt	377.50–382.50	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	625	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,206	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,585	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,161	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	665	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,594	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	319.80/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,005	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,265	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	557	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,345	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	396.94/cwt	380.00–399.00	2,667	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	350.94/cwt	345.00–354.00	3,029	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	360.06/cwt	359.50–361.00	2,913	38
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	980	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,034	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	220	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1500–1550	1,500	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	318.83/cwt	311.50–327.50	2,640	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	674	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,275	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	388.69/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,017	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1250–1300	1,275	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	278	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	369.08/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,764	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	525	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,799	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	307.41/cwt	302.50–314.00	2,994	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	1,468.05/head	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,468	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1500–1550	1,500	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,513	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,279	111.91/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,431	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	148.79/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,549	18
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	975	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,180	1
Bulls	—	—	1,632	177.74/cwt	177.00–179.00	2,901	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	953	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,020	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	903	134.85/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,218	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	164.27/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,053	92
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	156.28/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,032	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	2,523	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	138.23/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,854	12
Bulls	—	—	1,442	177.03/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,553	35
Bulls	—	—	1,945	202.67/cwt	186.00–209.00	3,942	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,161	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium 1	150–200	155	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,067	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,059	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	818	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,301	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	222	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,143	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,943	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,657	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,254	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,433	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,540	2,557.79/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	600–650	648	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,814	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	383	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,321	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,278	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	650–700	666	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,198	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	348	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	327.44/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,433	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	364.84/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,656	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,512	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	328.35/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,233	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,405	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,008	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,766	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	155	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,548	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	842	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,913	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	642	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,568	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	392.34/cwt	382.00–396.00	2,817	174

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,753Last week 1,268Year ago 1,600

Slaughter CattleReceipts 509Last week 560Year ago 405

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 34Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
2	200–250	205	1,225.00	1,225.00
3	300–350	308	530.00	530.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	266	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,468.05
2	350–400	365	515.00	515.00
5	400–450	432	377.50–382.50	379.56
13	450–500	478	350.00–372.50	369.08
5	500–550	536	330.00	330.00
24	600–650	627	315.00–331.00	319.80
49	650–700	683	359.00–373.00	367.01
29	700–750	745	304.00	304.00
59	750–800	793	326.00	326.00
153	800–850	828	311.50–327.50	318.83
22	850–900	856	327.00	327.00
16	950–1000	974	302.50–314.00	307.41
48	1000–1050	1,005	285.00–300.00	285.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	625	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,143	170.00	170.00
1	1500–1550	1,500	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
1	150–200	155	750.00	750.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	800.00	800.00
3	350–400	365	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	450	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	523	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	648	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	402.50	402.50
9	650–700	680	320.00–332.50	328.35
19	700–750	743	305.00–330.00	327.44
3	850–900	892	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	364	495.00	495.00
6	400–450	411	465.00	465.00
7	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
11	500–550	519	386.00–400.00	388.69
77	600–650	608	419.00	419.00
75	650–700	672	380.00–399.00	396.94
174	700–750	718	382.00–396.00	392.34
38	800–850	809	359.50–361.00	360.06
35	850–900	863	345.00–354.00	350.94
102	900–950	942	310.00–317.50	317.35
8	950–1000	994	322.50	322.50
1	1500–1550	1,500	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	516	410.00	410.00
5	550–600	565	382.50	382.50
5	600–650	622	395.00	395.00
9	700–750	728	350.00–369.00	364.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	665	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	557	421.00	421.00
23	600–650	642	400.00	400.00
31	800–850	842	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	220	1,400.00	1,400.00
11	250–300	278	1,625.00	1,625.00
1	300–350	305	440.00	440.00
13	350–400	384	460.00	460.00
6	450–500	467	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	648	350.00	350.00
10	650–700	674	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1250–1300	1,275	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	150–200	155	850.00	850.00
3	200–250	222	800.00	800.00
6	400–450	441	415.00	415.00
4	650–700	695	315.00	315.00
11	700–750	701	325.00	325.00
4	750–800	773	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	357.50	357.50
2	350–400	383	345.00	345.00
6	650–700	666	330.00	330.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	353	230.00	230.00
2	500–550	520	345.00	345.00
5	650–700	651	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	337.50	337.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,279	110.00–117.00	111.91
18	—	1,041	140.00–150.00	148.79
4	—	1,144	130.00	130.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	107.00	107.00
13	—	903	125.00–140.00	134.85
7	—	818	159.00	159.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,250	159.00–169.00	164.27
38	—	1,300	152.00–162.00	156.28
12	—	1,341	134.00–141.00	138.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	170.50	170.50
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	121.00	121.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,632	177.00–179.00	177.74
35	—	1,442	165.00–180.00	177.03
3	—	1,945	186.00–209.00	202.67

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,168	185.00	185.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	947	175.00	175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,254	194.00	194.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,540	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,557.79
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	193.00	193.00

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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