Name: Dalhart Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

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; sentiment seemed to favor a lower undertone with an offering of plainer type cattle. Steers and heifers in the 700 pound range were the stars of the show again this week. Steers brought 6.00 higher and their heifer counterparts brought 10.00 higher. Even the plainer, #2 type cattle closed the gap with some classes braking the 4.00 mark. Average to high yielding breaker and boner cows were up 7.00-8.00 higher this week, with active bidding. Overall `quality was plainer this week but still had a good turn out of quality cattle. Trading was mostly active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $408.01/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −46.90 against this barn's trailing median of $454.91.

Average price

$408.01

141 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$445

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

$88.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.72

vs TX average

−14.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	439.98	2,313	80
Medium and Large 1-2	548	383.24	2,100	28
Medium and Large 2	531	351.52	1,868	33

One grade step is worth $88.47/cwt here — about $445 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 sale141 hd

408.01

—

TX average5 barns · 387 hd

385.30

+22.72

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−14.64

This barn, trailing median31 sales

454.91

−46.90

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,503	151.44	2,276	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	150.31	1,979	105
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	103.10	1,105	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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,580	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,183	$2,440	64
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,197	19

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	412.90/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,701	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,775	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	360.84/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,761	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,517	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	337.61/cwt	336.00–340.00	2,559	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	363.74/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,979	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,107	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	348	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	397.63/cwt	393.00–400.50	2,823	284
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,589	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,307	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	730	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	429.53/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,225	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	414.48/cwt	414.00–416.00	2,541	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	622	372.42/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,316	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,919	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	356.48/cwt	355.00–357.50	2,050	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	384.16/cwt	368.00–392.50	2,954	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	993	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	695	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	394	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,714	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,007	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	492.01/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,121	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	552	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	195	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,152	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	429	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,166	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	123.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,365	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	95.30/cwt	90.00–102.50	1,122	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	111.34/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,245	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	151.44/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,276	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	88.92/cwt	86.00–92.00	720	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	901	97.95/cwt	95.00–100.00	883	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,246	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	2,418.13/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,418	58
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	2,143.98/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,144	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,401	152.98/cwt	145.00–157.00	2,143	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	131.92/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,537	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	170.18/cwt	166.00–176.00	2,173	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	600–650	622	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	600–650	608	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,714	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,055	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,580	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,387	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	322.69/cwt	312.50–330.00	2,026	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	750–800	764	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,311	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	645	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,274	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,250	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	320.26/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,227	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	306.33/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,065	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	388	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,271	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,173	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	567	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,155	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	549	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	534	398.84/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,130	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	321	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,372	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,047	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,363	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,242	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,340	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,752	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	607	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	667	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,385	40

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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Feeder CattleReceipts 1,816Last week 2,198Year ago 1,645

Slaughter CattleReceipts 343Last week 387Year ago 399

Replacement CattleReceipts 87Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	500	375.00	375.00
10	550–600	575	355.00–357.50	356.48
7	600–650	637	315.00	315.00
7	650–700	652	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	1,325.00	1,325.00
4	350–400	385	412.50	412.50
11	400–450	412	407.50–415.00	412.90
18	450–500	488	357.50–362.50	360.84
18	500–550	544	360.00–367.50	363.74
85	550–600	582	400.00	400.00
6	650–700	669	315.00	315.00
15	700–750	709	355.00	355.00
10	750–800	758	336.00–340.00	337.61
2	950–1000	958	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
2	950–1000	993	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	1,150.00	1,150.00
10	400–450	417	381.00	381.00
2	450–500	483	380.00	380.00
10	550–600	572	392.00	392.00
8	650–700	675	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	552	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	608	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	383	315.00–335.00	320.26
3	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
2	500–550	513	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	591	290.00	290.00
7	600–650	628	312.50–330.00	322.69
4	650–700	674	300.00–312.50	306.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	730	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	607	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	1,250.00	1,250.00
4	250–300	276	1,475.00	1,475.00
2	300–350	345	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	392	455.00	455.00
22	400–450	431	485.00–497.50	492.01
2	450–500	450	455.00	455.00
24	500–550	518	425.00–440.00	429.53
8	550–600	584	395.00	395.00
77	600–650	613	414.00–416.00	414.48
284	700–750	710	393.00–400.50	397.63
199	750–800	769	368.00–392.50	384.16
2	800–850	845	340.00	340.00
12	850–900	874	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	730	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	534	395.00–405.00	398.84
51	600–650	622	365.00–390.00	372.42
40	650–700	667	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	420.00	420.00
4	450–500	489	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	505	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	568	382.50	382.50
6	700–750	703	320.00	320.00
2	1050–1100	1,090	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	695	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	429	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	468	480.00	480.00
13	500–550	519	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	440	340.00	340.00
13	500–550	519	330.00	330.00
11	550–600	558	370.00	370.00
26	600–650	645	352.50	352.50
7	750–800	764	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	517	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	603	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	655	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	365.00	365.00
6	550–600	567	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	365	480.00	480.00
5	450–500	476	430.00	430.00
35	500–550	520	450.00	450.00
38	650–700	673	352.50	352.50

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)	6	—	1,117	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,068	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,105	186.00	186.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,580	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	58	—	1,190	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,418.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,320	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,143.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,106	120.00–130.00	123.40
17	—	1,177	90.00–102.50	95.30
14	—	1,118	107.00–118.00	111.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	150.00–153.00	151.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	810	86.00–92.00	88.92
5	—	901	95.00–100.00	97.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,401	145.00–157.00	152.98
28	—	1,165	127.00–138.00	131.92
18	—	1,277	166.00–176.00	170.18

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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