Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Comparable sales were too few to determine a trend, even with a good turn out of yearlings coming off grass. The undertone seemed mixed however, as prices seemed to track with market volatility and demand for larger cattle to fill empty pens. The most desired classes of cattle seem to be 700 pound steers and heifers. Average to high yielding slaughter cattle sold 1.00-9.00 lower. Trade was moderate on plain to better quality cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $420.57/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −34.34 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$420.57

129 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$448

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

$75.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+38.99

vs TX average

+3.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	439.34	2,393	97
Medium and Large 1-2	535	363.67	1,945	32

One grade step is worth $75.67/cwt here — about $448 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 sale129 hd

420.57

—

TX average5 barns · 386 hd

381.58

+38.99

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+3.48

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−34.34

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	1,620	145.43	2,356	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	146.14	1,918	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,840	143.00	2,631	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,134	119.28	1,352	45

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)	1,327	$1,525	3thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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 1	500–550	501	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,114	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	344.84/cwt	337.50–349.00	2,473	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,474	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	592	422.50/cwt	414.00–425.00	2,501	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	448.38/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,323	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,189	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,060	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	332.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,307	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	351.10/cwt	331.00–351.75	3,188	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	404	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,432	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	604	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	319	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,862	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	379.37/cwt	375.00–391.00	2,310	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,264	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	664	358.87/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,383	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	315	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	317.81/cwt	312.50–320.00	2,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	349.33/cwt	347.00–351.00	3,078	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	838	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	440.80/cwt	440.00–441.00	2,019	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	388.50/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,323	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	391.30/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,821	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,555	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,871	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	302	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,608	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	395	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	412	514.29/cwt	507.50–516.00	2,119	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,943	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	947	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,065	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	828	120.58/cwt	120.00–121.00	998	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	114.94/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,384	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	145.35/cwt	139.00–147.50	1,906	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	121.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,543	24
Bulls	—	—	1,300	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	345	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,374	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	125.43/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,562	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,631	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	162.55/cwt	157.00–171.00	2,181	38
Bulls	—	—	1,780	155.65/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	352.26/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,515	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	820	364.31/cwt	362.00–367.00	2,987	96
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,327	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	329	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,110	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	310.94/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	308.52/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,089	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	741	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,890	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,903	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	448	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	368	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	380.47/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,857	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	800–850	814	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,043	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,275	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	445	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,435	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	375.68/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,920	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	394.61/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,894	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,442	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	334.07/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,984	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,841	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,252	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,158	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	354	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,168	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	276.64/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,203	12
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	5

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 2,198Last week 2,069Year ago 1,357

Slaughter CattleReceipts 387Last week 353Year ago 380

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 75Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	1,100.00	1,100.00
7	350–400	380	460.00	460.00
5	400–450	443	440.00	440.00
10	450–500	458	440.00–441.00	440.80
27	500–550	501	422.00	422.00
3	600–650	603	349.00	349.00
2	650–700	683	342.50	342.50
11	700–750	717	337.50–349.00	344.84
63	750–800	759	326.00	326.00
23	850–900	884	289.00	289.00
26	950–1000	957	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
21	450–500	488	380.00–382.50	380.47
3	500–550	500	379.00	379.00
26	600–650	613	352.00	352.00
2	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
7	800–850	821	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	447.50	447.50
6	400–450	428	410.00	410.00
7	500–550	529	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	838	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	302	532.50	532.50
14	350–400	395	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	225	925.00	925.00
2	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	430	327.50	327.50
5	550–600	571	322.50	322.50
11	600–650	627	300.00–315.00	310.94
10	650–700	677	302.50–312.50	308.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	430	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	354	330.00	330.00
12	400–450	435	275.00–277.50	276.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	404	535.00	535.00
10	450–500	480	456.00	456.00
32	550–600	592	414.00–425.00	422.50
18	650–700	664	350.00–360.00	358.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	1,350.00	1,350.00
12	250–300	284	1,825.00	1,825.00
6	400–450	412	432.50	432.50
4	450–500	479	430.00	430.00
21	500–550	518	445.00–455.00	448.38
5	550–600	598	387.50–390.00	388.50
15	600–650	609	375.00–391.00	379.37
33	650–700	694	330.00–350.00	332.43
217	700–750	721	380.00–393.00	391.30
11	750–800	784	365.00	365.00
87	850–900	881	347.00–351.00	349.33
304	900–950	908	331.00–351.75	351.10
52	950–1000	975	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	515.00	515.00
14	500–550	503	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	418	425.00	425.00
52	450–500	480	385.00–395.00	394.61
22	500–550	511	375.00–382.50	375.68
8	550–600	594	332.50–335.00	334.07
4	600–650	639	352.50	352.50
7	650–700	681	312.50–320.00	317.81
2	850–900	880	310.00	310.00
10	1000–1050	1,043	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	550.00	550.00
26	400–450	412	507.50–516.00	514.29
25	500–550	519	457.50	457.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	302.50	302.50
3	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
43	400–450	430	350.00–355.00	352.26
5	450–500	462	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	723	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
96	800–850	820	362.00–367.00	364.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	337.50	337.50
9	400–450	445	322.50	322.50
9	700–750	741	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	435.00	435.00
2	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
3	600–650	620	367.50	367.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	814	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	604	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	580	335.00	335.00
4	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	150.00	150.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	300	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	947	112.50	112.50
8	—	828	120.00–121.00	120.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,204	112.00–118.00	114.94
15	—	1,245	120.00–130.00	125.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,311	139.00–147.50	145.35
24	—	1,268	120.00–125.00	121.65
38	—	1,342	157.00–171.00	162.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	143.00	143.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,780	150.00–160.00	155.65

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)	3	—	1,327	1,525.00	1,525.00

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Dalhart Livestock Auction

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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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